Don't get me wrong. The political views and aims of so-called Nazis (many are probably not really more than too ignorant to know better) are repulsive, repugnant and vile. Those who promote white supremacy and separation of races are, in my mind, no better. Having said that, the right (yes "right") to publicly espouse their beliefs peaceably is without question. As others have said, the First Amendment is to protect speech we despise, not speech with which we agree. Did the President go too far in creating a false equivalency between the loathsome views expressed by some in Charlottesville, with those expressed by others? Certainly, yes. Did he fail to demonstrate the standard of intellectual honesty we have a right to expect from our leaders? Again, yes. But let us criticize him for what he did, not for something that, had he done it, we would be morally obliged to acknowledge was appropriate.