NATIONALISTS HELD A RALLY IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, WHERE
THEY PLAN TO REMOVE THE STATUTE
OF ROBERT E.
LEE, WHY DO RACIST MOBS ALWAYS
CARRY TORCHES?
YOU CLAIM TO BE THE MASTER RACE
AND YOU'RE STILL USING FIRE TO
ILLUMINATE THINGS.
USE A FLASH LIGHT YOU CAN HOLD
IT UP TO YOUR CHIN LIKE THIS AND
LOOK REALLY SPOOKY.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING
FOR?
AND NOT ONLY THE TORCHES, WHEN
YOU USE THEM IT MAKES IT REALLY
EASY TO SEE YOUR FACES SO DON'T
COMPLAIN WHEN WE COMMENT ON IT.
LIKE THIS [ BLEEP ] GUY.
PETER, I'M SO AMERICAN I CAN'T
EVEN PRONOUNCE IT.
HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT WE HAVE
THE WRONG IMPRESSION OF HIM.
>> A 20-YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY OF
NEVADA, RENO STUDENT SEEN HERE
AT THE PROTEST.
HIS PHOTO HAS BEEN CIRCULATING
ON LINE, HE SAYS HE IS NOT AN
ANGRY RACIST BUT CALLS HIMSELF A
NATIONALIST WHO CARES FOR ALL
PEOPLE AND WANTS TO QUOTE
PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK, PETER?
I DON'T THINK YOU CARE ABOUT A
STATUE OF ROBERT E. LEE, YOU'RE
FIGHTING TO HONOR YOUR WHITE
EUROPEAN ROOTS, I THINK YOU'RE A
SCARED PATHETIC ASSHOLE WHO GOT
ON LINE AND FOUND A COMMUNITY OF
PATHETIC SCARED LITTLE ASSHOLES
LIKE YOU.
AND THAT MADE YOU FEEL POWERFUL
SO YOU GOT TOGETHER WITH YOUR
NEW FRIENDS GRABBED SOME NEW
TIKI TORCHES AND TOOK TO THE
STREETS TO PRESERVE WHAT YOU
HAVE.
BUT ALL YOU REALLY HAVE IS BEING
LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE BORN A WHITE
GUY.
YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN PERSECUTED
OR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BUT NOW
YOUR PICTURE IS EVERYWHERE AND
EVERYBODY THINKS YOU'RE A NAZI,
SO YES, MAYBE THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME YOU WILL FEEL PERSECUTED.
I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY, VERY
CLEAR THAT I CONDEMN WHITE
SUPREMACISTS OR ALT-RIGHT
ASSHOLES AND EVERYTHING YOU
STAND FOR.
WAIT, ARE YOU SERIOUSLY
APPLAUDING ME FOR THAT?
WHAT I DID WAS NOT PARTICULARLY
BRAVE OR HARD.
IT'S EASY FOR ME TO SAY THAT I
HATE NAZIS.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP NEEDED TO
TAKE A LONG TIME TO THINK ABOUT
WHERE HE STOOD ON THE WHOLE
NAZIS MARCHING IN HIS NAME
THING.
>> WE CONDEMN IN THE MOST
POSSIBLE TERMS THIS EGREGIOUS
DISPLAY.
>> NO, THERE IS ONLY ONE SIDE,
THE NAZI SIDES, IT IS NOT COMING
FROM MANY SIDES, THIS IS NOT A
WEIRD HEXAGON OF RACISM.
AND TRUMP SAID HE DID CONDEMN
VIOLENCE, MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO
PUT LABELS ON EVERYTHING.
>> TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO STATE WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS OR AT LEAST SAY THE
NAME, BUT THE NAME IS THERE,
RADICAL ISLAMIC TERROR, AND
BEFORE YOU SOLVE IT YOU HAVE TO
SAY THE NAME.
>> YEAH, TRUMP DIDN'T SAY THE
NAME WHITE SUPREMACY UNTIL MORE
THAN TWO DAYS AFTER THE RALLY
MAINLY BECAUSE TRUMP KNOWS IF HE
SAYS WHITE SUPREMACY THREE TIMES
IN A ROW, STEVE BANNON APPEARS
IN A WINDOW HOLDING A BLOODY
BANNER.
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO CONDEMN
NAZIS?
TRUMP LOVES CONDEMNING.
>> TWEETS EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL
OF HOW ACTRESS KRISTIN STEWART
BROKE UP.
>> FOR SUGGESTING JOHN MCCAIN
AND OTHER POWs WERE NOT HEROES
BECAUSE THEY WERE CAPTURED.
FOR ATTACKING A MS. UNIVERSE,
THERE IS SEENINGLY NO ONE WHO IS
IMMUNE TO THE PRESIDENT'S IRE.
>> EXCEPT NAZIS, UNLESS THAT
NAZI IS GOING TO LOSE, THEN
WATCH OUT TRUMP IS COMING TO GET
YOU.
THE TRUTH IS IN THE LAST NINE
YEARS, RIGHT WING MILITIAS HAVE
BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR TWICE AS
MANY TERRORIST ATTACKS AS
ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS, SO WHITE
PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BETTER AT
TERRORISM.
BUT IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.
BUT JUST IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM
DOESN'T MAKE IT GO AWAY.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT RACISM
HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND MAYBE CELEBRATING THOSE
ROOTS IS NOT THE BEST IDEA BUT
SOME AMERICANS SAY THE FIGHT IS
TO SAVE THEIR HERITAGE.
OKAY, FINE, IT'S YOUR HERITAGE.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PROUD
OF ALL YOUR HERITAGE, YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR
HERITAGES AND GO OH, THAT IS BAD
HERITAGE, MAYBE I SHOULD LEARN
FROM THAT HERITAGE AND NOT DO
THAT HERITAGE AGAIN.
THE ISSUE WILL STILL BE THERE,
IF MY SON ASKED ME ABOUT ROBERT
E. LEE, I WOULDN'T SAY I COULD
HAVE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK BUT THEY
TOOK THE STATUE DOWN.
NOW I HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING
THAT INFORMATION.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THERE ARE NO STATUES OF
HITLER IN GERMANY, AND YET
SOMEHOW WE STILL REMEMBER HIM.
IN THE WAKE OF THESE HORRIBLE
EVENTS, CELEBRATES TOOK TO
TWITTER TO EXPRESS THEIR
OUTRAGE, WITH LADY GAGA SAYING
THIS IS NOT US, POWERFUL WORDS.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS US.
IT'S A PART OF THIS COUNTRY WE
CAN'T PRETEND IT'S NOT.
IF A DOCTOR FINDS A CANCER IN MY
LEFT TESTICLE, I DON'T SAY I
DON'T HAVE CANCER, MY LEFT
TESTICLE HAS CANCER, THAT IS NOT
ME, IT IS ME, I DON'T BLAME THE
RIGHT AND CLAIM THERE IS
PROBLEMS ON BOTH SIDES.
NO, INSTEAD, WE CUT THAT CANCER
OUT AS QUICKLY AND AS
AGGRESSIVELY AS POSSIBLE AND
HOPE IT DOESN'T COME BACK.