Turning A Jesus Wept Moment Into A Teachable Moment
It is now a week after the horrific events in Charlottesville. It has been a week full of news breaking faster than we can keep up with it and a rising tide of voices raised in opposition to the display of white supremacist violence and vitriol ... and to the stunning lack of moral leadership from a President either incapable or unwilling to condemn it.
From the Joint Chiefs of Staff issuing their own definitive anti-racism statement to CEOs fleeing his council of advice to the truly awesome letter of resignation from members of the President's Council on the Arts and the Humanities -- and even from some GOP leaders on Capitol Hill -- the message has been loud, clear and consistent: there are no "two sides" when one of the sides is torch bearing Nazis.
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