We all have the right to believe what we want and to say what we want. But no one has the right to impose beliefs on others or to act out their hatred so that it causes fear and/or pain and/or wounds and/or death.
THAT was the problem with what happened in Charlottesville. And even though they used the excuse about the RE Lee statue, they called their assembly "Unite the Right," and their purpose was to reinstate the kind of era that RE Lee and the Confederate leadership fought and lost to protect and perpetuate. They designed a gathering meant to incite hatred and violence and fulfilled their purposes to their glee. They should not be allowed to continue.
Hate groups have no place in America. None of us is safe if we allow them to continue to teach their twisted propaganda; to train people to use and compile assault weapons; to support KKK goals and make Nazi salutes; and export their hatred and evil.
People of the Body of Christ should be the first ones to condemn this hatred and work against this evil. Instead, white Protestant conservative Americans are the only "believers" not on the list of the haters. Certainly not all white Protestant conservatives belong to hate groups, but many of them are either silent about or supportive of what happened in Charlottesville and they need to be called out about it.
Search your conscience.
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