But there is a direct line to be drawn from his nihilistic rhetoric through President Trump’s toxic tweets to the far-right sentiments expressed in Charlottesville. Some have said that the answer, in the wake of Charlottesville, must be to restrict the rights of white nationalists, to alter the Constitution’s mechanics in order to save its soul. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. It means a broad social commitment to organizations telling the stories of embattled minorities, whether Muslim Americans or L.G.B.T.Q. But he also wrote, “Human beings’ basic qualities deserved esteem and confidence.”I’ve spent the last week walking around Charlottesville, meeting with my neighbors and talking about how to learn and move on from last weekend.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2017 02:03 UTC