Dear Mr. President,

It’s me again. Hi. How’s your vacation going? Okay, let’s cut the crap. Things have become rather… intense to say the least since you decided to take a golfing getaway. Honestly, it feels like things are going back in time, there’s a threat of nuclear war hanging over our heads because of a couple of playground insults from you, sir, and now the KKK and Nazis are marching with torches. Hey, I wish that time travel exists as much as the next person, but this is not the kind of history that I want to see, especially not in 2017.

I watched your official statement shortly after the events that happened in Charlottesville. This was the opportunity to make a stand against violence and hatred. This was could have been something that nobody saw coming. Instead, you did the exact thing that we were expecting. You didn’t condemn the hateful actions of white supremacists. You officially said that you condemn “hatred, bigotry, and violence on all sides.”

All sides? What were other "sides" that came to mind? The South Side? The Dark Side? No, sir. You are mistaken. There are only two sides. Not Democrat and Republican. Not liberal and conservative. This is good versus evil.

There’s a quote by Elie Wiesel, someone who survived the brutality of hatred at the hands of Nazis, that says “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.”

Neutrality in the face of hatred and oppression is something that will only benefit the people who incited these violent acts. You will not create a more United States if you want us to unite with Nazis. We literally fought a world war that proved that Nazism is wrong.

Call it for what it is. Say the words. Domestic terrorism. A man plowed through a crowd of counter protesters with a van. This. Is. Terrorism. If only you’d condemn it as easily as you condemned terrorism by the hands of ISIS.

Mr. President, I wanted to give you some free advice. Actually, perhaps a better word would be “warning.” I cannot time travel to the future, but I know what the future will be like (if we aren’t blown up by one of your Tweets). I know how history treats people like you, and you will not be hailed as the hero that you see yourself as. Here is what you can do. You can openly condemn them. You can call it for what it is. This is domestic terrorism. It’s the dangerous result of white supremacy and aggression.

Do that, sir. If you have any love for this country or what it stands for, you’ll do that.

All the best,

Kayla