What follows is the text of a friends (retired FBI) e-mail to me this morning:
He's right!
I agree with what he said but he left out one component; the White Nationalists. If I understand them correctly, they are simply nationalists aka Patriots who are white, not national socialists which is something different.
It would have been better had the White Nationalists not shown up so this confusion would not be there. Just let the White Supremacists and KKK type show up and stay out of it.
Probably what happened, and this is where it gets really confusing, is a leftist organized this thing and called it a "Unite the Right" rally. This guy Kessler or something like that, was an obama voter and Occupy Wall Street protester, both very left. Why he organized a rally to Unite the Right is the mystery.
A guess might be to bring the white supremacists there along with the KKK so his friends in antifa could show up and make a big show of protesting them but wait; they were all on the same side; the left.
This is why I think the White Nationalists or Patriots as I understand them to be; should stay away from these fake rallies. It's all Kabuki theater by the left. Remember the left is not stupid; just criminally minded and devious. Never to be trusted. Never.
This way the leftist media can't lump Patriots in with the KKK type's.
Are you more or less confused now?
But, and there's always a but, but there are rallies that aren't fake and those are the ones where the locks on chains and other weapons used by the masked leftist are used.
Another confusing aspect is these two leftist groups, the KKK and the antifa, don't like each other even though they are both leftist groups. Think of it like the Muslim Shia and Sunni. Both Muslim but they hate each other just like antifa and KKK.