Mainstream media exploit Charlottesville violence to help the Left

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The mainstream media enjoys grousing about supposed threats to the First Amendment under President Donald Trump. But few are bothering to stand up for the basic right of freedom of speech in the wake of violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia between white supremacists and left-wing “anti-fascist” rioters.

As repulsive as the white supremacists and their messages were, they had the same First Amendment rights as all other Americans do. (I grew up in Skokie, Illinois, where neo-Nazis were once granted the right to march through the largest community of Holocaust survivors outside of Israel, so free speech has always been a particularly potent principle for me.) The “anti-fascist” protesters arrived with the intent of shutting down free speech — through force.

When that happens, Americans should unite in condemning the violent assault on the First Amendment. We should not let those who would shut down free speech succeed, either by silencing the offensive speech or by using the fact of violence to rally public opinion against the targeted group. Otherwise, such violence will continue to be used.

The fact that Trump’s measured, appropriate response became a pretext for more media outrage, and nationwide protest, is further proof that the media have abandoned their own supposed principles in the service of a political agenda. They want to bring down President Trump, and negate the 2016 election, First Amendment be damned.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/08/13/media-exploit-violence-help-democrats/

 

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