Why was Charlottesville such a big deal?

[Tekken_Guy]

Compared to other deadly tragedies, Charlottesville seems to have really angered the nation. What about this attack made it stand out compared to other terrorist attacks like the ones in San Bernardino or Fort Hood? Those attacks faded out of the news very quickly compared to Charlottesville.

[AtorBoltox]

If you have to ask this question you really just are beyond help

[7,052,770]

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Because the president said some of the Neo-Nazis were good people and that #bothsidesdoit ?

Believe me, if Obama had said some of the Boston Marathon bombers were "good people" and condemned "both sides" for the incident, it would have been a defining moment of his presidency.

[Green Line]

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Because the president said some of the Neo-Nazis were good people and that #bothsidesdoit ?

Believe me, if Obama had said some of the Boston Marathon bombers were "good people" and condemned "both sides" for the incident, it would have been a defining moment of his presidency.

He would have been impeached the next day.

[Cactus Jack]

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Because the president said some of the Neo-Nazis were good people and that #bothsidesdoit ?

Believe me, if Obama had said some of the Boston Marathon bombers were "good people" and condemned "both sides" for the incident, it would have been a defining moment of his presidency.

He would have been impeached the next day.

And thus our point is proven. The same standard should be applied to Trump, and yet that hasn't been the case.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Compared to other deadly tragedies, Charlottesville seems to have really angered the nation. What about this attack made it stand out compared to other terrorist attacks like the ones in San Bernardino or Fort Hood? Those attacks faded out of the news very quickly compared to Charlottesville.

The President of the United States did not repeatedly publicly claim that there was no difference between the Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and their victims.

[pbrower2a]

Because the President's response was unnecessary and offensive.

Neo-Nazis and Ku Kluxists have a constituency -- themselves alone.

[HisGrace]

In addition to Trump's response, these were the biggest white supremacist demonstrations in decades and are representative of a culture shift. Not really true of the other stuff you talked about.

The implication here seems to be that there is some kind of "double standard" against white supremacists here. I really don't care if people treat white supremacists "fairly" or not. Boo-frickin-hoo.