Mr. President, You're Missing the Point

Mr. President, You’re Missing the Point

During a news conference Tuesday, President Trump defended the comment he made Saturday when he said “many sides” were to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that left one woman dead. – USA Today, August 16, 2017

Yes, Mr. President, you’re right. There was violence perpetuated by both sides of the Charlottesville march. Protest marches are almost never sanitized non-violent affairs. Someone throws an egg. Someone else retaliates by throwing a stone. Others throw punches. Both protesters and counter-protestors get caught up in the moment. Violence can almost always be expected when people march.

But that’s not the point, Mr. President.

Violence was the result of what happened in Charlottesville, not the cause.

The cause of what happened there was hate.

The K.K.K. White Supremacists. Neo-Nazis. Others.

Groups that exist to hate.

Hate blacks. Hate Jews. Hate non-Europeans. Hate anyone who disagrees with their racist worldview.

These hate groups descended upon Charlottesville ostensibly to protest the removal of a statue. But the actual goal was to “unite the right” and “take our country back.”

Preserving monuments had nothing to do with what happened in Charlottesville.

It was all about rallying the forces of hate.

Mr. President, I really don’t give a flying shit about whether “both sides” were violent last Saturday.

Of course both sides were.

But only one side stands for hate.

Only ONE side hates blacks.

Only ONE side hates Jews.

Only ONE side hates anyone who is not a lily-white northern European to whom they believe God gave America in the first place.

Mr. President, you’re missing the point.

I pray you “get it” before hate wins another day in America.

9 Comments

Gail August 16, 2017 at 9:03 am - Reply
Thanks Marty for saying what we are feeling.
Gail August 16, 2017 at 9:04 am - Reply
Thanks Marty for saying what I am feeling.
Susan Miller August 16, 2017 at 9:04 am - Reply
Amen!
Barbara N Coe August 16, 2017 at 9:45 am - Reply
Amen! Right on point, Marty!
Mary August 16, 2017 at 10:24 am - Reply
and I pray that Congress finds their voice and come out publically and denounce their Presidents actions and words.
SCOT REEVES August 16, 2017 at 4:56 pm - Reply
Here, here! or Hear! Hear! Really, does Trump care? He is a man devoid of wisdom or
compassion. Thankfully, he is not the ultimate arbiter.
Shirley Foster Williams McQuerter August 16, 2017 at 7:29 pm - Reply
Hallelujah! Truth, Justice and Equality will Reign. Tho’ not soon – Unfortunately, we have a President who lacks Moral fitness!
Martha August 17, 2017 at 3:13 pm - Reply
RIGHT ON! MARTY, I have shared this with many and they have responded with a thanks . Totally agreeing. Send this to Mr. president .thank you.
Martha
Kenneth S White August 18, 2017 at 3:57 pm - Reply
All Trump’s doing is getting Russian investigation off the front page. Like the snake, he changes his skin every so often, but it’s what’s inside the snake that never goes away. Maybe I’m giving snakes a bad rap, but this is how low Mr. Trump will go to have you “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” I wish I were in Oz.