When and how did it become acceptable to make a false accusation that someone is racist?
For adherents of religions that revere the Ten Commandments, with their injunction not to bear false witness against one's neighbor, such accusations are divinely prohibited. For those who find moral instruction elsewhere, the problems with such false accusations are readily accessible to reason. False accusations of racism erode respect for truth and for the gravity of the charge. They risk boomeranging. They injure innocent people and make it harder to fight genuine racists like the ones in Charlottesville.
Liberals have an obligation to condemn Antifa and other "hard-left radicals" using violence to push their agenda, Alan Dershowitz said.
Dershowitz, appearing with Brian Kilmeade on Fox and Friends on Tuesday morning, admonished fellow liberals not to coddle left-wingers who attack monuments to Confederates and other historical figures of the country.
