Rothman: Violence Is Violence Whether Left or Right and We Have to Call It What It Is

[excerpt ROTHMAN Saturday was ░░░░░░░░ the time to make ░░░░░░░░ equivalencies A year ago ░░░░░░░░ There was an event ░░░░░░░░ passed through the nation ░░░░░░░░ consciousness like an apparition ░░░░░░░░ we did not address ░░░░░░░░ In Sacramento in June ░░░░░░░░ 2016 white supremacists secured ░░░░░░░░ permit they marched into ░░░░░░░░ capital and they demonstrated ░░░░░░░░ the streets of the ░░░░░░░░ of California They were ░░░░░░░░ by people who called ░░░░░░░░ By Any Means Necessary ░░░░░░░░ became a nucleus of ░░░░░░░░ became Antifa They came ░░░░░░░░ They were violent The ░░░░░░░░ said that it wasn ░░░░░░░░ the white supremacists who ░░░░░░░░ this it was the ░░░░░░░░ About a month ago ░░░░░░░░ of the organizers of ░░░░░░░░ event a woman named ░░░░░░░░ Felarca was arrested and ░░░░░░░░ with conspiring to incite ░░░░░░░░ riot and engaging in ░░░░░░░░ herself We didn t ░░░░░░░░ about any of this ░░░░░░░░ were people who were ░░░░░░░░ flying the flags of ░░░░░░░░ and attacking people who ░░░░░░░░ demonstrating pro fascist ideologies ░░░░░░░░ was our Weimar moment ░░░░░░░░ we didn t talk ░░░░░░░░ it GEIST The point ░░░░░░░░ re making and the ░░░░░░░░ that a lot of ░░░░░░░░ have looked at and ░░░░░░░░ ve heard from many ░░░░░░░░ them online I assume ░░░░░░░░ the last 24 hours ░░░░░░░░ so is that the ░░░░░░░░ in Charlottesville was perpetrated ░░░░░░░░ by white supremacists the ░░░░░░░░ action but this has ░░░░░░░░ going on in this ░░░░░░░░ now for a couple ░░░░░░░░ years on the left ░░░░░░░░ well where you have ░░░░░░░░ violence perpetrated by Antifa ░░░░░░░░ you want to call ░░░░░░░░ the left I don ░░░░░░░░ know what they are ░░░░░░░░ but the violence is ░░░░░░░░ limited to one side ░░░░░░░░ this country ROTHMAN No ░░░░░░░░ s not GEIST Is ░░░░░░░░ a fair assessment ROTHMAN ░░░░░░░░ absolutely One of the ░░░░░░░░ covered stories of 2016 ░░░░░░░░ the organized violence demonstrated ░░░░░░░░ Trump supporters We covered ░░░░░░░░ violence committed by Trump ░░░░░░░░ at Trump s behest ░░░░░░░░ we should have We ░░░░░░░░ t really cover the ░░░░░░░░ that was reciprocal And ░░░░░░░░ s sort of a ░░░░░░░░ complexity there which is ░░░░░░░░ from what happened Saturday ░░░░░░░░ s easy to attack ░░░░░░░░ We know how that ░░░░░░░░ in history There s ░░░░░░░░ moral ambiguity as to ░░░░░░░░ it s okay to ░░░░░░░░ Nazis When it comes ░░░░░░░░ the lashing out of ░░░░░░░░ who are for example ░░░░░░░░ who have been demonized ░░░░░░░░ this president who were ░░░░░░░░ out at those supporters ░░░░░░░░ breaking bottles over people ░░░░░░░░ heads people are more ░░░░░░░░ about that and they ░░░░░░░░ t be Violence is ░░░░░░░░ and we should be ░░░░░░░░ to call it what ░░░░░░░░ is.”