This in theory makes sense, but it is hard to say that would be the solution. The reason that we have people so adamant about deportation is because we are seeing "us" vs. "them" and most likely even if immigrants had easier access to papers, there will still be a fight for deportation or just racism//hate that they are immigrants. For instance, there is still hatred towards Mexican immigrants, telling them to be sent back to where they came from, even when they are 100% legal.

I agree with this, I think it is important to have more patience and training for police officers. But, that doesn't fix still a majority of just people's mindsets in general. How could elected leaders do this?

I am confused about this

This is listed, I don't know that these would be the best of solutions because a lot comes from abductions, but we also can't life in fear

Seem to have very strong feelings about this topic

I like this, but how does it relate to Charlottesville?

That is amazing that you get to live in such a diverse setting and still feel safe and accepted

This section describes how Charlottesville demonstration was literally planned to portray neo-Nazi hate. They even had it titled on their website under "Summer of Hate". The website also praised Trump in how he reacted to the situation, not attacking them specifically. I believe this is significant because there is definitely a problem when a neo-Nazi group is praising the president. Yes maybe it was nice to not feel attacked, but based on evidence of their website postings and the actions that actually occurred, it was 100% intentional and something to condemn them about. This just makes me think of how there are so many extremists and biggots that support Trump in the past and present. Trump promoted racists ideology during his campaign and then on top of it, does not directly shut down a group that further perpetuates this mindset. All in all support from a neo-Nazi group says a lot ... There was also an article I saw in the NYT that said that a former imperial wizard of the KKK told reporters that they were going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump and take our country back.

This quote is from Chris Christie, he is basically agreeing that Trump should have called out white nationalists groups and been more specific of how he has no tolerance for such groups. This is significant because Chris Christie is a strong supporter of Trump now. This is not someone that does not agree with Trump's views and presidency and just wants to speak more out against him. It is one of his supporters that wished he spoke up more and is encouraging him to do so. Connecting to this, makes me again think of during Trump's campaign, there were numerous people from his party refusing to vote for him. In other words, you had people that were once in support of the group/party, but because of what he was doing or not doing, people spoke their minds by not supporting him. On a more personal level, I have had times where my friends spoke up and told me they did not agree with certain decisions I was making. While they were in support as a whole, they did not accept what I was doing in a certain situation. In this sense, I realized that I may be blindsided and should take a step back and see what they were seeing. This I feel like is different thought, because Trump is not trying to or does not see what people do not agree with. At some points he does things to make everyone happy, while other times, he does things that creates a lot more issues and I don't think sees the wrong in him not calling out White nationalists.

This statement is defending what Trump said in regards to Charlottesville, quoted from a White House spokesman. This spokesman is saying that it is implied when Trump said they condemn violence, bigotry and hatred on both sides, he was insinuating that this included white supremacist groups. However, I think this is significant because it demonstrated that Trump could not specifically condemn extremists groups. This could either be because he had supporters part of these groups or he thought it was easiest to take some kind of "middle stance" and blame "both sides". Yet, Charlottesville really did not have two sides. The white nationalists were the ones that slammed their car into a crowd of people, no question about that. This just made me think of during the campaign, it was demonstrated that Trump was once in contact and tweeted with the leader of the KKK. He claimed he didn't know who he was, but they had numerous contact that was found still on the internet. Also, Americans just seem so uncomfortable to even admit that there is this domestic terrorism. There always seems to be a focus on Terrorism that comes from "other" groups. We profile people constantly based on this, yet there are plenty of Americans that can do just as much damage within the country that remain taboo to talk about.

This section is directly of what Trump said in regards to Charlottesville, after blaming "many sides" he goes on and says basically that hate and violence against one another must end. We are all Americans that should come together and love each other. The significance of this is just how generic of a response this was. If it is pulled out of context we could be talking about countless events and topics. It isn't clear that it is not about terrorism or maybe just an average protest gone wrong. It is not clear that white supremacists are the one to condemn in this situation for what happened. Furthermore, with this statement, like Pence, Trump becomes a hypocrite in my eyes. He is preaching love and acceptance, yet doesn't demonstrate himself. He wants to build a wall, causing division; he wanted a Muslim ban, promoting hate and division. He would put down every minority group during his campaign. So, unless you are a white, cis, upper class man - you aren't American and did not deserve full respect from Trump during his campaign. How is this much different from some white nationalist groups ideals?

This quote of VP Pence, does cover what I discussed earlier of what Trump missed; in other words, what he did not explicitly say. He singled out white supremacits//neo-Nazis//KKK and does say that they should not be associated in American public life. I took notice of this quote because it does show that Pence is trying to cover all ground by saying what Trump did not. This makes sense to me in the sense that Pence is more knowledgeable of the political arena, knowing know should be said and how it should be said. Nonetheless, this is still almost hypocritical. That is, Pence is strongly against the LGBT community (just like white supremacists groups) and wants to take extreme action (e.g. conversion therapy) similar to neo-Nazis groups do to minorities. It isn't necessarily surprising Pence would say what he said to cover his tracks, but based on his views and background, it does not exactly make me believe he means what he says.