In recent news, a March in Charlottesville, Virginia has caused the state to issue a local State of Emergency.

Why?

Chanting Nazi slogans and dressing up as members of the KKK, white conservative supremacists have officially crossed the line from “White Lives Matter,” to “No One Matters But Us.”

I consider myself to be a conservative. I voted for that party, I associate with that party, and I have agreed with (most of) the office’s decisions that came after Trump’s inauguration - I still do.

However, it makes me sick to see some people take their “rights” too far.

And those are (some of) the people that I used to relate myself with. However, in this moment in time, I would give anything to not belong to that group - just for the sake of the reputation that they’re foolishly giving themselves - and the people that call themselves conservatives but don’t act out like this.

If this party didn’t already lose enough respect, they certainly lost it all now. In most of the world, the republican party has already been anything but respected. But now, it’s like they dug a hole for themselves and, as conservatives, are shoveling the dirt right on top of them.

Thanks to this hideous outrage coming from white supremacists, the conservative name is being dragged through the mud. Because of that, it will take a very long time to gain the respect of the people identifying with that party - even if they’re nothing like the people torching, chanting, and hating. And, because of that, people like me (and other people who belong to this party) are included in the thought that we must think that hatred, too.

It's sad to realize that prejudice is still alive and well. In fact, it's more active now than it has been in a long time. Unfortunately, for some people, it took a dangerous and destructive for some people to recognize that.

What happened in Charlottesville is far from acceptable.

I am appalled at the actions being taken because of a difference of opinions. It is people like that who make me question the true sanity and reliability of our country.