The Charlottesville fallout and what to make of Trump's views on white supremacy. Plus, how China manages the message.
Charlottesville: White supremacy and the White House
When hundreds of far-right protesters gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia last week it was ostensibly to protect a statue, a symbol. They were also out to assert themselves on the public stage, in front of the news cameras.
They were met force that didn't come from the police. And when a car rammed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters, killing one and injuring many more, the recriminations were swift. The driver of the car reportedly had links to a neo-Nazi movement called Vanguard America, and within 48 hours of the killing, the web hosting service used by the movement dropped the group at the insistence of online activists. Another neo-Nazi site, the Daily Stormer, was dumped by its host, following a wave of complaints online about a deeply offensive story the site published on the woman killed by the car driver.
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