"Nazis are bad and slavery is wrong" is the common ground of ALL DECENT PEOPLE: don't be a nazi sympathizer

     Really? Do you really think now is appropriate time for "free speech" defenses? Or to mock "liberals" with the flaws of other people who have statues? PSA: Right after people are killed, and/or when people are marching for the ability to do are harm and murder groups of people are not the the times for your crappy agendas. Right after a school or nightclub shooting is not the time to make sure people know you want zero restrictions on your ability to own however many machine guns you want. Right after people march in support of terrorism is not the time to question if it falls under free speech (it doesn't). If you literally cannot get behind that slavery and nazis are wrong then you are un-American.
Nothing should be said on the topic of the current events other than "that is not okay". Nothing. Trying to find small slivers of justification or counter points does not make you culturally or philosophically intelligent; you are in fact showing your support for hatred and lack basic compassion. You are not showing compassion when you say things like "don't respond with anger", except for the group of people (in this case nazis) who you are defending. You are defending them over the people they are threatening. Threatening people and inciting violence is actually not covered in your right to free speech. Telling people not to voice their anger and pain at seeing the return of nazis via the alt-right white supremacist groups is in no way helpful. It isn't. You're not being a nice or compassionate person. A compassionate person "mourns with those who mourn". Now is not the time. There is a difference with people expressing disgust and shame over events and actually threatening people. And that line is the rally of people with torches and the abhorrent man who rammed his car into a crowd, killing a woman. If one of your friends is actually on their way to do someone harm, stop them. When they are grieving the tragedy that is this country and the real peril that citizens are in it isn't the time to feel self-righteous and point out saying you want to punch nazis isn't nice to say. Forming a rally to support killing and enslaving people isn't nice either, why don't you focus on condemning that? Anything else is unnecessary and frankly disturbing. Most of the posts I've seen have condemned these atrocious actions but a few people have felt it was appropriate to taunt or defend their "right" to incite violence.
    You're wrong, and even if you were right now is not the time. Now is the time to reach out to those afraid for their safety and support them. Now is the time to rebuke racists that want to destroy decency in this country. Now is the time to make sure your family members, friends and co-workers know that you do not support violence and terrorism and instead that you show true compassion to the groups who need it.