This past Saturday in Charlottesville the "Unite the Right" rally took place, where Nazi and Confederate flags were adorned, citronella torches were lit, and one innocent person was killed by end of the day.

What occurred in Charlottesville brings up a much deeper question: When do we buck the traditional American paradigm of "anything goes free speech" and stand up against blatant hate and bigoted behavior?

Where do we draw the line between free speech and hatred, particularly when this hatred-fueled protest leads to violence and death as it did in Charlottesville? We can only embrace freedom of speech to a certain point before we are also protecting violent and hateful actions that go against our country's ideals.

At the "Unite the Right" rally, a car intentionally plowed into a group of counter-protesters, killing one person, and injuring several people. As I sit here trying my hardest to envision a scenario where expressing one's convictions and beliefs did not lead to violent behavior in Charlottesville, I fail to see any other result. There are the undeniable effects of death and violence caused by the polarizing ideals of the white nationalists that comprised the "Unite the Right" rally.

What's more disconcerting, however, is the President's shallow condemnation of discord "on many sides." Let me be blunt, there was only one "side" spouting hateful messages and acting in violent and abhorrent ways. That "side" consisted of white supremacists, neo-nazis and other rancorous sympathizers.

Perhaps the President's ambiguity and refusal to specifically disavow white supremacists is a direct result of how this particular faction wholeheartedly supported him and the Republican Party. Although many within the Republican Party have already condemned white nationalism and its hateful ideas, the President has still failed to definitively do so - which simply begs the question of just what will it take for him to stand up to racism.

Eerily enough, this morning as I was reading the news reports on the Charlottesville rally, I received an email from UF President Kent Fuchs, disclosing information on a planned speaking engagement by white nationalist Richard Spencer in September.

I call on my fellow students to condemn the spread of hateful messages and stand against such offensive ideas. We need to send our own message that, we are better than this, we are stronger than this, and we will not accept the spread of hatred and racism on our campus, or in our country.

As always, I proudly stand against the wave of hate and violence and its attempts to wash over our country. I stand with my friends of all races, nationalities, color, ethnicities, creeds and religious beliefs.

To those who seek to spread fear, hatred, and violence, your faces are being recognized and known, you can try and hide behind your despicable retweets and comments and white hoods, but your unpatriotic words will not tear us down.