Were there 'good people' at the rally? It's hard to find, but my understanding is that not everyone who went was a Nazi or White Supremacist.
I'm sorry, but the rally was well publicized as a right wing "unite the right" white spremacist thing. And even if someone did show up at the rally expecting it to be about free speech, the minute they started chanting racist slogans and waving the swastika around was the minute they should have left (i.e. right away).
I did catch an interview with one guy who went who said he was kind of disgusted with these people, but was in favor of free speech for everyone, and was really concerned about southern heritage.
Then this guy is an idiot. Probably a racist who is trying to justify his racist activities. "Oh no, I'm not a racist. I just think the statues are pretty. And ignore this nazi flag I'm carrying. And this white hood and robe I'm wearing? I'm going to a costume party after."
First of all, this has nothing to do with "free speech". Free speech is something between the government and the individual. It has nothing to do between individuals. It is not an issue of free speech if you should say something I don't like and I decide to challenge you.
Secondly, as I have stated before, if he were
really concerned about southern heritage, he'd become more knowledgable and realize that those statues are not 'historic' in any way, and were really put up to white-wash southern racism while at the same time giving the finger to black people.
What is Trump being so continuously denounced for? For saying there were some bad people on the other side? But there were. This is self-evident. A savvy media guy would know not to bring that up, but Trump isn't savvy about anything except higher end New York real estate.
I cannot speak to every person, but I suspect the vast majority of the anti-racist crowd was peaceful, with the rather decent message "racism is wrong". On the other hand
every one of the people on the nazi/KKK/racist side was a a douche bag. Every single one of them. And they all had the same repugnant message "Racism is good".
Trying to complain about "bad guys on both sides" is like Charles Manson claiming everyone is bad because hey they may have got a parking ticket! Sometimes the scale of douchebaggery is so great on one side compared to another that even mentioning problems on the other side is a sign of moral failure.