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

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ROTHMAN: "One of the least covered stories of 2016 was the organized violence demonstrated against Trump supporters. We covered the violence committed by Trump supporters at Trump’s behest as we should have. We didn’t really cover the violence that was reciprocal. And there's sort of a moral complexity there which is absent from what happened Saturday. It’s easy to attack Nazis. We know how that went in history. There’s no moral ambiguity as to whether it's okay to attack Nazis. When it comes to the lashing out of people who are, for example, Hispanics, who have been demonized by this president, who were lashing out at those supporters and breaking bottles over people’s heads, people are more conflicted about that, and they shouldn’t be. Violence is violence, and we should be able to call it what it is."