What happened in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend?
In the absence of media “information”, I thought it was a planned “march” (intentional incitement is more like it) by a bunch of White supremacists and neo-nazis.
It was clear to me that they were hoping to be as provocative as possible so that protesters would to something they could rationalize into a reason to tear into those protesters.
It was clear to me that their strategy worked. A violent and deadly riot ensued.
It was also clear to me that Donald Trump would in some way be blamed for this. Why? Not because he has shown me to be either a White supremacist or neo-nazi, but because media are ongloingly salivating from the corners of their mouths to “prove” he is both. And, in this, they think they have found it.
But then I came in contact with the media take on what happened. And the biggest news, other than the riot itself? Donald Trump gave the White supremacists/neo-nazis a virtual free pass.
Yeah, he condemned what happened. But he didn’t exclusively condemn White supremacists and neo-nazis, he condemned “many sides” – which, presumably, would include the protesters who, from what I can gather, took the bait and started the violence. That, we have been told both yesterday and today, is some kind of proof that President Trump tacitly – maybe not so tacitly – supported the marchers.
In reality? He did no such thing.
But to a media hell-bent to take Donald Trump out by any means necessary, his response is the greatest thing that has happened since he threatened kim jung-un with major retaliation if kim launched missiles against USA territory.
Here is the first paragraph of as ugly, dishonest and fraudulent an editorial I have ever seen – the lead editorial in today’s New York Times (more on the editorial in my next blog):
Let’s discard the fiction that President Trump wasn’t placating white supremacists by responding so weakly to the neo-Nazi violence that killed Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old counterdemonstrator in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. The neo-Nazis heard his message loud and clear.
Two questions:
-Can someone at The Times, or anywhere else, show me a list of Donald Trump quotes that are anti-Black? Can someone on that editorial board, or anywhere else, show me a list of actions he has taken that are anti-Black – beyond a 1973 court action that the Trump organization was less willing to rent to Blacks than Whites (an ugly fact, but one that was common to a vast majority of middle class and upper middle class landlords at the time. Does anyone ask how many Blacks live in the Clinton’s town of Chappaqua, NY? It’s under 2%: does that mean they are racists?)
-Can someone at The Times, or anywhere else, show me a list of Donald Trump quotes that are anti-semitic? That are neo-nazi? Can someone on that editorial board, or anywhere else, show me a list of actions he has taken that are anti-Semitic/neo-nazi?
And if anyone thinks that Trump’s bringing Steve Bannon into the administration is “proof” of any kind, I will ask the same question about him. Other than one comment about “whiny Jewish kids” his soon-to-be ex-wife claimed he made during an acrimonious divorce battle, which no one else heard, where’s your evidence of Steve Bannon’s anti-Semitism? I certainly can rattle off a number of Jews Bannon has worked with over many years – none of whom, to my knowledge, have ever come forward to accuse him of anti-Semitism. Can you name off the ones who have?
Not enough for you? OK, there’s more.
Donald Trump grew up in very wealthy circumstances. He and his family lived in a beautiful, very large home in Jamaica Estates, Queens NY. When Trump was growing up, that neighborhood had a major Jewish population. It still does to this day. And during his entire business career, Donald Trump has had Jews around him, right up to the present. They include (but are far from limited to):
-Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin;
-Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs David Shulkin;
-Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn;
-Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller.
-Personal attorney/adviser Michael Cohen
-And, of course, son in law Jared Kushner and daughter Ivanka.
Can anyone list out the boyhood acquaintances, or adult acquaintances/friends/business or political colleagues who have come forward to accuse Donald Trump of being an anti-Semite? Does the above list of confidants look like the kind of crowd a neo-nazi hangs with to you?
Personally, I wish President Trump would have been more specific in denouncing the White supremacists/neo-nazis who marched in Charlottesville – along with pointing out that there were haters among the protesters as well (unless you think “antifa” thugs are loving, peaceful folks).
But to accuse him of being in league with them? That is a dirty lie. And if media had any shame – which, it is evident, a great many of them do not – they would be ashamed of making any such connection.
