“...the ideology of the white nationalists who showed up to protest is vile and despicable.”
Actually, I don’t think anyone has publically articulated, in terms acceptable to both sides, just what their ideology is, or why it is unacceptable.
In this incident, everyone seems to be assuming the identities and motives of both sides. I haven’t seen any actual facts.
The most important question, who started the violence?, does not even seemed to have been asked. ‘the other guys did!’ appears to be the outcry.
One thing is certain: the authorities failed to keep the two sides separated, making the violence predictable.
It's a fact that Richard Spencer was invited to speak—he was promoted on the poster I saw—and it's also a fact that Spencer is full of white nationalist sh-t...