As someone with zero use for Donald Trump I have been openly condemning any and all violence that is initiated by those in opposition to the president. In some situations, notably the recent skirmish in Berkeley, Antifa has been the cause of the troubles. It would not have turned violent without them.

That said, I will not be drawn into the game of false moral equivalence. Those who march under the Nazi or Confederate flags have embraced ideologies that specifically call for the degradation of human life, and even the deaths of humans (there were white supremacists in Charlottesville calling for the death of Jews among other things). It's not a matter of good people on both sides. There are no good Nazis.

There are plenty on the right who have recognized this, including both of Alaska's senators. They responded with honor. While I don't side with the left (I identify as centrist), when I see good people on both sides condemning the bad people on their own side, I see cause for hope.