What not explicitly condemning the white nationalist part of this or pointing out this is on the rise, what does that do in terms of opening the door for concerns about future attacks? do you fear that it gives individuals some sick belief that they re not going to be condemned directly for this kind of thinking and behavior? i mean, i think there are two implications. one is the one you are discussing which is what i call validation. i m not suggesting that the president is saying what is happening is appropriate. i m saying a subgroup of people will say violence is okay just like we saw among islamic extremists. if you don t directly confront them day after day, some group of them will say this validates what i believe. i think there is a more boring issue. let me bore you for 20 seconds. if we cannot have a conversation ....