Article snippet: Posted at 4:00 am on August 14, 2017 by Joe Cunningham It’s hard to fathom how quickly this went to pieces. The white nationalist rally and subsequent violence in Charlottesville over the weekend was nothing short of a horrifying sensory overload. A friend with whom I was commiserating said to me “I can’t believe this all happened in a weekend.” These are events that one would expect to take a few day’s worth of protesting and violence, but it was all crammed into one day and managed to point out pretty much every single major flaw in our society. There were several key takeaways from this weekend, but I’ve managed to condense it into some main points that we have to address if we ever hope to move on from it. This cannot be disputed. They say it, others say it of them, and the evidence is right before our eyes. If you see a conservative online saying this isn’t so, that person is lying. They felt and feel emboldened. It’s simply a fact. Throughout his campaign, many of us here at RedState and elsewhere in conservative media warned that presidential candidate Donald Trump needed to distance himself very publicly from the “alt-right,” a movement which is just a glorified white supremacist movement. This was due in no small part to his ties to Banno-bart, but also just his own personality cult. His campaign talking points and promises were dog-whistles to these self-identified white nationalists, who have not been mainstream for decades. However, now they feel li... Link to the full article to read more