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Originally Posted by hilary
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Would it be possible to get back to discussing readings?..........
It's probably important to differentiate between what we personally hope to see happen with Trump and other such 'very fine people', and readings talking specifically about the outcome of this particular report's publication. (Or, of course, non-publication...)
It's probably important to differentiate between what we personally hope to see happen with Trump and other such 'very fine people', and readings talking specifically about the outcome of this particular report's publication. (Or, of course, non-publication...)
For the record two groups were fighting all day in the streets in Charlottesville, Antifa (Communists/Anarchists) and White Nationalists (racists) , both Trump condemned, *neither* did he refer to as very fine people.
The pretext of their fight was the issue of the Historical Preservation of Confederate Monuments. On THAT issue, there ARE "very fine people" on both sides of that argument. Some who say we should remember the past for better or worse and preserve the statues, and some who rightly point out some of these monuments were erected as intimidation against the black population,
Personally I think we should preserve some of them and take down the ones erected as intimidation.
Anyway "very fine people on both sides" referred to THAT argument, the Preservation of Historical Monuments. He was not endorsing Antifa nor endorsing Skinheads, and he specifically repudiated the White Nationalists.
The media has been extremely dishonest in how they have conflated and misrepresented this situation - and I work in the media.
- LL
