It's been over a week since Nazis, white supremacists and other racist groups from the dark corners of America's asshole congregated in Virginia to protest the removal of Confederate monuments that memorialize our country's deep racist roots and romanticize the traitors who fought to protect them.
By now, you've probably seen and read millions of smart and not-so-smart takes on this issue. In Friday's paper, the Oklahoman Editorial Board – a group that doesn't include one minority voice or opinion – shared their thoughts.
Naturally, The Oklahoman's stance falls in the not-so-smart column. Instead of simply condemning the white supremacists and Nazis, The Oklahoman played up the threat of "liberal" activist groups, and attempted to place equal blame for the violence in Virginia on counterprotesters. It's so ridiculous and tone-deaf that President Trump may want to RT it.
Via NewsOK.com:
Sometimes the "enemy of my enemy" is a thug
IN the aftermath of Charlottesville and other race-related incidents elsewhere, it's clear that Republicans and Democrats alike need to face this fact: The enemy of my enemy is not automatically my friend.
Instead, the enemy of my enemy can be someone whose views are antithetical to everything Republicans and Democrats believe.
In Charlottesville, groups openly identifying as neo-Nazis and white supremacists rallied, supposedly to protest the planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Counterprotesters showed up, including members of the so-called Antifa, liberal activists known for threatening and engaging in acts of violence to silence groups they don't like. This has even included threatening violence at a Portland, Oregon parade merely because a local Republican group was participating.
At Charlottesville, this combustible mixture escalated until one alleged white supremacist plowed his car into a crowd, killing one and injuring 19.