Many of us hoped the white nationalist movement that instigated last year's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, would suffer a fatal blow. The majority of Americans condemned both the blatant bigotry displayed by the protesters and the president's failure to single out the nationalists as the perpetrators of the "hatred, bigotry and violence." He instead, said he saw that violence "on many sides."
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This weekend's rally in DC was smaller and less potent than expected, but the overall movement may be growing bigger than any of the marginalized individuals who represent it.
With the - and, some would say - white nationalists are trying to normalize an ideology considered unacceptable before Charlottesville.
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