Trump put his "dog whistle" away and opted for the bullhorn:

1. Take a page from the advice of the great-great-grandson of Confederate President Jefferson Davis--take down the Confederate statues (all of which were erected as the Klan gained power and some Whites pushed back against civil rights reforms) and put the statues and plaques into museums where they belong.  There's also more context for them there.

2.  This isn't about statues. Judging by the chants in Charlotteville from the White protesters, it is about resentment against Blacks and other minorities and anti-Semitism. In other words, same old, same old.

3.  If hundreds of people show up in your community, mostly from out of state, armed to the teeth and shouting hate slogans, you're an idiot if you don't try to defend yourself. You'd think in a country that preaches 2nd Amendment rights, people would understand that sometimes to stand up to an aggressor you have to knock some of them down.