When the Klan marches
I wake to the news of a rally at the University of Virginia. The "Unite the Right" rally of white nationalists and other right-wing groups. All under the guise of protecting history. The chants included, "Blood and Soil" and "You will not replace us." Jason Kessler, an organizer of the rally had this to say, "We're going to start standing up for our history." And more importantly he does not consider himself to be a white nationalist. In February, the city voted to rename two parks and to remove other Confederate symbols. A move that is occurring across the South in response to the 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel which took 9 lives. But, in Charlottsville, Virginia folks marched against such actions with torches (only the white hoods were missing). The mayor released the following statement describing the rally as a, "cowardly parade of hatred, bigotry, racism, and intolerance march down the lawns of the architect of our Bill of Rights...