re: It's not a "False Equivalence"; it's a "False Choice/Dilemma"

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When two entities are evil there's no need to rank them.

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You have the right to have evil opinions. You can even share them or speak about them freely if you want. What people consider moral changes all the time.

However....it doesn't matter what your stances you are....if you use violence to attack another person's right to speak or express themselves freely, you are going against the core values of our nation. David Duke and Gary Chamber alike have the right to express their opinion or protest so long as they don't vandalize property, assault people, or use violence.

You feeling more righteous or "correct" doesn't mean you can club someone, throw acid on them, or use violence to attack them without facing charge. It doesn't matter how horrible of a person you perceive them to be. The use of violence is illegal regardless of what your political stance happens to be.

Trump admonished the violence on all sides in Virginia. This was a 100% justified stance, and I'd have taken the exact same stance if I were him. The Progressive left (primarily the media) is criticizing Trump for not denouncing only the side they feel is morally wrong. This new manufactured controversy over confederate statues only exists because the progressives in the Democratic party and in their media know that there will be at least a handful of skin heads that they can point a camera at while ignoring violence in counter protests. They knew Trump would denounce the violence regardless of the politics of the people involved because any rational person would. They are using that as some kind of pretend evidence that Trump is some kind of KKK sympathizer.

The coordinated effort to eliminate monuments is their latest wedge issue. This is controversy that they created, and they are perfectly happy if communities get vandalized or people get hurt so long as they can build a wedge issue around it. Last year, they used Baton Rouge for the same thing.