It appears that the only person who is endorsing free speech is President Donald Trump. Politicians should be saying that they don't agree with the message of the KKK and other hate groups but that they support their right to express their views. The Supreme Court has affirmed this right. By not denouncing the violence on both sides, the leftists feel encouraged to use violence to oppose those with whom they disagree such as the Tea Party and other Republican groups. Marco Rubio, John McCain and others have given tacit approval to leftist violence. The media was not reporting what I saw on television. Many people with clubs and flaming aerosol cans were attacking those who had come to Charlottesville to protest the removal of Confederate statutes. All violence should be denounced. Both sides have blame for violence in Charlottesville. Saying this does not show approval for the KKK. That is how the media is trying to spin this.

Ronald Kuhns, Nottingham

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