Ake says (way up above): I hold no brief for Fascism or Racism but in a democratic country, while these organisations are LEGAL they cannot be refused the right to demonstrate.
I think that's more-or-less how the U.S. courts have interpreted the First Amendment, so I guess I couldn't argue with Ake on that.

But it was clear to us that the fascist demonstration was intended to provoke violence, and violence happened. And I suppose that some of the violence was committed by people on the left, who should be prosecuted along with right-wingers for their violence.

But it's clear that this event was initiated by the white supremacists, the neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan. Whether their actions were legal or not, the President of the United States should not hesitate to condemn these hate groups. He failed to do that at first, then gave a clearly reluctant denunciation later, and then more-or-less retracted that denunciation on Tuesday.

My 27-yr-old stepson works as an instructor pilot near our home in one of the most conservative counties of California, and pilots tend to be conservative anyhow. So, the stepson brings home information that it was left-wingers who threw "chemicals" at the right-wing demonstrators. I wonder where that information came from, and if there's any truth in it.

It appears that there was some violence on the part of a small group of left-wing demonstrators, the ones referred to as "antifa." So, maybe we have to admit that Trump was right that "many sides" shared the guilt. That sure doesn't seem right to me, but how do we answer that challenge?

-Joe-