Despite the fact it’s about 3,000 miles from Laguna to Charlottesville, Va., plenty of people in town have been talking about what happened there last Saturday. It is beyond a crime when someone makes himself judge, jury and executioner. That is exactly what a KKK sympathizer did when he drove his car into a crowd of protesters killing one and injuring 19.
Last year the KKK began recruiting followers, both here in Southern California and across the country, by leaving candy, hate messages and a toll-free telephone number in bags on people’s driveways. This past weekend in Virginia, they traded in their robes and hoods for slacks and white golf shirts. But don’t be fooled. No matter how sweet the KKK tries to flavor its message or dress like they are about to tee off at a country club, their message is the same as it always has been: hateful and disgusting.
When President Kennedy delivered his inaugural address in 1961, he told the world, “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
I believe the same could be said today to those who hate their fellow Americans because of the color of their skin or their political beliefs.
Twenty years after Kennedy, presidential candidate Ronald Reagan called America, “A shining city upon a hill.”
Unlike the KKK, both Kennedy and Reagan were appealing to our better angels. Their messages were positive and full of grace. My hope is no one in Laguna forgets this as we remember what happened in Charlottesville.
Denny Freidenrich, Laguna Beach
Democrats haven’t been this angry since Republicans took away your slaves.
You support abortion which murders 6 times as many black babies as white.
You support the welfare state which enables irresponsibility by fathers.
You promote divisiveness, which increased from 46% in 2009 when Obama the race-baiter took office, to 86% when he left office.
It’s absolutely abominable how racist and divisive Democrats have been for at least the last five decades, when Democrat LBJ announced, “I’ll have those ni***** voting Democrat for the next 200 years.” Racists like Denny Friedenrich are keeping the Democrat racism alive by projecting it and dividing us by race.
“We [Charlotesville police] were ordered to bring the rival groups together. As soon as they were in contact with each other, we were told to stand down. It was outrageous. We weren’t allowed to arrest anyone without asking the mayor first. We weren’t even allowed to stop the driver as he sped away.“
“The event was being set up as far back as at least May and it went like clockwork.”
Michael Signer, the mayor of Charlottesville, ordered police to stand down during the most chaotic and destructive period of the protests – despite police protests against the orders.
“We wanted to keep the peace and do our job but these mother******* in charge really want to destroy America,” said one Charlottesville policeman.
http://truthuncensored.net/charlottesville-police-come-forward-told-stand-ignite-race-war-video/