NAZIS: Permits be damned

In regard to the events in Charlottesville this last Saturday, someone is going to try to point out that the white nationalist demonstrators had permits and the counter-demonstration were by default in the wrong because they did not have permits. I would like to preemptively address this view.

When Nazis, literally Nazis, are demonstrating on American soil, a permit is never required to confront them. All that is required is a working knowledge of the history of the past century, a voice, and the courage to use both. To stand by silently is to desecrate the memory of our grandparents who fought to rid the world of Nazis in World War II.

A permit is never required to confront and fight evil.

BOB FULLICK

Coeur d’Alene