"why should you think that President Donal-John should be any different? "
Paerhaps because he is not sane?
Like it or not (most sane people do not - you, apparently do) - he is President of the United States)
It is his job as President to condemn racism outright, particularly when it takes to the streets - he has prevaricated and twisted and finally, has been embarrassed into making a still half-arsed statement
The people he has been forced into condemning form a large section of support for his populism and extremist rhetoric - that's why he has hesitated in condemning them
"Violence is self defeating,"
What an insane statement - of course it isn't otherwise we would be living in a world without war
Violence is an inevitable part of the world we live in and until we change that world, it will remain the case.
I have never at any time condoned terrorism, I point out that it is inevitable in certain circumstances - America uses terrorism in peacetime and at war, Britain has used and supported terrorism in wartime and has backed terrorism when they deemed necessary in situations like those in Northern Ireland - waterboarding and other forms of torture, for instance.
As a pacifist (sort of), I abhor all forms of violence, but that doesn't mean I don't recognise its inevitability and am prepared to accept it as the lesser of two evils
Terrorism (aka "resistance") helped defeat Nazism in Eorope - it hapled end Apartheid in South Africa - it brought about the downfall of Empires and won independence for many countries
Your last sentence is utter gibberish unless you are prepared to lay out in detailed terms who social terms is to be brought about
To work for the betterment of humanity is to provoke a violent response from those who wish to maintain their dominance of society - the eternal dilemma of all pacifists (sort of or otherwise)
Jim Carroll