The reactions to the Charlottesville disaster are really aggravating me. The news media and the pop culture were happy to wink at political violence earlier in the year, when it was mainly left-wingers doing it. Now, when it's still mainly left-wingers doing it, they've decided it's something they want to weep over. Save it, Van Jones. Where were your tears when a racist movement was burning down buildings, and assaulting and killing police officers?
Oh, and it's some kind of crime to suggest that anyone was acting up on the Left, down in C-ville. Because none of them managed to kill anyone on that particular day, we shouldn't blame them for using violence. Not surprising, really, since they already told us it was OK to punch a "Nazi," just for running his mouth.
And no, I'm not going to make any of the usual noises, about whether I deplore racism or political violence. If I favored either of those things, I'd be on the political left, wouldn't I? Go ask Antifa and Black Lives Matter to renounce those things.