Columbus, OH – The billionaire CEO of the company behind Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works says he plans to demand civility from politicians he supports after President Donald Trump’s response to the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia, rally.
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L Brands founder Leslie Wexner says he was shocked Trump appeared to blame “both sides” for the violence that broke out at the white nationalist rally Aug. 12.
The Columbus Dispatch reports online that Wexner said in speaking to about 700 employees last month that he spent “a couple of sleepless nights” before deciding he needed to do something.
Wexner is one of the country’s top political donors. He said he’s “just had it” and won’t support political leaders or parties unless they send him a note saying “they’re going to behave civilly.”
Thats correct, behaving civilly means calling out all sides who commit violence including antifa that came with sticks and beat white supremacists among other peaceful protesters.
Its really not that difficult to comprehend,
1) Neo nazis are very bad and should be denounced. Perhaps their rights to free speech should not be granted.
2) There are other crimes in this country that must be denounced as well. We should denounce rapists and thieves too. That does not equate them with nazis however its a crime as well. And its a crime even if one raps or steals from a neo nazis. And guess what its also a crime to beat up a neo nazis.
3) An organization that promotes violence against social injustice should not be allowed to thrive either. And Antifia should be banned. But hey aren’t they fighting nazis? Yeah but they end up blurring the line. Every alt right guy is a nazis. And cops protecting protestors get stuff thrown at them too. And cops arresting blacks are also considered social injustice and fair game.
Its very simple noone is equating anyone but all violence and unjustifiable hate must stop.
Uneducated Archy: It is very simple Nazism is wrong unparalleled in history. The fact that Donald Trump doesn’t seem to get it is horrifying. The fact that there are many Jews willing to defend him on this is equally galling. No less than the Conservative legend Bill O’Reilly called out Trump on this in a beautiful piece that appeared in the Hill. The fact that O’Reilly has a better sense of Jewish history then those whose own relatives were slaughtered in Hitler’s inferno is astounding and worrisome. No Nazism is not the same as Antifa. Equating the two would be similar to equating Kahane’s JDL with the KKK. Leslie Wexner should be applauded for what he has done and those that defend and continue to defend the man who said that “many fine people” attended the Neo Nazi march should hang their heads in shame.
How much did Wexner give to the Orange Yutz? He thought he would behave or talk ‘civily’? When he said Mexicans were rapists? Bragged about groping women? Mocked the handicapped reporter? Insulted women? Lied 100 times about every issue? And backs the neo nazis marching in Charlottesville while planning to DEPORT 850,000 kids?
Another Leftist looooooser who can’t understand what the president said. Who does this guy think antifa is other than yes other leftist hate group?
Money obviously doesn’t buy brains.
“You also had some very fine people on both sides!”
NO!
… people who is marching with people wearing swastikas and ranting Nazi slogans are NOT good people.
And the excuse that people are removing statures of traitors and enemies of the U.S. (like R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis) is wrong … is wrong!
You may disagree with the people’s opinion and believe we should remove statues but that does not make anyone who does believe in it not fine people.
You make the same argument the other way too. If people were marching along side violent antifa guys who had cubs and sticks and were beating up white supremacists and promoting violence then they are NOT good people either.
The protest was in a wide area. Not necessarily did everyone know or even see all people and their signs. I am willing to bet many never knew they were nazis signs And the same is true of many on the left who were not violent.
So yes there were fine people on both sides!
Archy