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Reporter Embedded With White Nationalists in Charlottesville: They Didn't Talk About Robert E. Lee Statue

posted onAugust 21, 2017
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Article snippet: Posted at 9:00 pm on August 20, 2017 by Susan Wright “Unite the Right” was billed as a march to protest the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue. You would think that there would be some conversation about that, somewhere along the way. According to the Vice News correspondent embedded with the group (as shown in the video I talked about last week, here), preserving a piece of American history was the furthest thing from their minds. So what was on their minds, if not Robert E. Lee? Jews. In that respect, at least, they have something in common with the counter-protesters and the Antifa crowds that are raging against anything that resembles American history, these days: They don’t care about the statues, either. They’re just a convenient excuse. Another point Reeve brought up is that the groups there for the rally aren’t real life “bros.” That would explain the white Polo shirts and khakis. They wanted to appear like a Gentlemen’s Auxiliary, or something. Well, the Jaycees they are not. What we’ve seen, as a result of the filth they brought to Charlottesville and the subsequent loss of life, is that any meaningful discussion about the importance of maintaining our nation’s heritage – every part of it – has been lost. They gave Antifa and every other leftist group wiggle room to claim the high ground. Anybody who might be thinking about defending some of those time-worn monuments to the southern side of the war between the states will have to wade neck-deep thr... Link to the full article to read more

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