Opinions Please.

[-Talbot-]

No news thread for nearly 24 hours so....


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/20/outcry-after-kentucky-students-in-maga-hats-mock-native-american-veteran

[Togo]

I found this statement from a "student" from Covington School …….he was there. By the way the rally was a pro life rally....ie anti abortionists.

//I am a student at Covington Catholic and was present at the occurrence. Here is what truly happened …
In the midst of our cheers, we were approached by a group of adults led by Nathan Phillips, with Phillips beating his drum. They forced their way into the center of our group. We initially thought this was a cultural display since he was beating along to our cheers and so we clapped to the beat. … However, after multiple minutes of Mr. Phililps beating his drum directly in the face of my friend (mere centimeters from his nose), we became confused and started wondering what was happening. It was not until later that we discovered they would incriminate us as a publicity stunt. … To reiterate, we did not partake in any physical or verbal abuse … After that initial occurrence, we were then verbally assaulted by four or five African-American men who called us “faggots” and berated one of our African-American students for being friends with us. The truth needs to come out. I pray that you read this …//

[youngmafbog]

Oh dear, looks like the left have fallen for the propognda.

I thought it didnt seem right.

So the Native American walked up to them and it was the black kids yelling abuse and the 'n' word.

And that is why I dont like trial by media.

[Togo]

The full story is here...… CNN fake news set up then.
""On Saturday, cartoonist and political commentator Scott Adams said that the students had behaved like “assholes.”
On Sunday, he apologized for that remark and called the entire story “fake news,” saying that CNN and other news sources had inverted the perpetrator and the victim. He added that the full video suggested that the students had acted with composure under the circumstances, and had objected to a gay slur being used by one of their opponents.""

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/20/critics-covington-maga-critics-push-back-against-portrayal-of-catholic-high-school-as-racist-to-native-american/

[Mamyalynne]

Thank you for that video Talbot, despite the language - the broader view from different angles makes it all the clearer now.

[youngmafbog]

"The smug look on that lad's face - verging on baby KKK"

"Ignorant biggots!"

Anything to add now the truth is out?

[Togo]

There is no "News" in the truth, and no "Truth" in the news.

[-Talbot-]

youngmafbog
Oh dear, looks like the left have fallen for the propognda.


They didn't 'fall for it' they were driving it and still are. Once the truth is out why can't people hold their hands up and admit they were wrong.

The old man is still being promoted as a hero...he's not, he is a liar that is helping ruin some kids lives.

[youngmafbog]

Typical left though Talbot.

We see it over and over again, especially from the MSM.

[Ken4155]

Watching the smug expression on that lad's face, i couldn't help thinking just how brittle his jaw looks!

[Mamyalynne]

Sad thing is Ken , following this someone may well test out your theory or worse.

[Canary42]

/// Typical left though ///

Really. The Right never lie ?

ABdPJ's been sacked for it twice, and caught doing again since as MP. I would hardly call him Left.

[naomi24]

Canary, who is ABdPJ?

[-Talbot-]

Got anything to say on the actual crux of the thread, Canary?

[-Talbot-]

jim360
Who knows, but is it really so hard to believe that we are still plagued occasionally by young ignorant racists from time to time?


The video isn't plagued with 'young ignorant racists' it is plagued with

Native American racists
&
Black racists

[-Talbot-]

I meant to add...

old* native racists
old* black racists

[hereIam]

'No news thread for nearly 24 hrs.' It's not the same (for me) without aog.

[Jackdaw33]

@Togo 13.25.

A well-known saying from the USSR when there were only 2 national newspapers: Pravda (Truth) and Izvestia (News).

[andy-hughes]

The problem with any news item that has the word 'viral' attached to it, means that it is already carrying the burden of the outrage of millions who do little other than tell millions more how outraged they are.

It's a simple facet of human nature - if you are offended by something, you feel better if you can tell other people, the amount you feel better is often directly proportional to how worked up you can get, and how many people you can tell. I'm sure someone could construct a graph to illustrate my point, I can't be bothered to be honest.

Maybe because I buck the trend?

You will never ever see me on here chanting about death being too good for them / bring back the rope / I'd pull the lever, and similarly colourful, and ultimately empty posturing, because it provides me not one ounce of balm for my outrages, so I simply don't do it.

But there are millions, probablyly tens of millions who do, and that is why we get this sort of thing as 'news'.

I'm just interested at the planet-sized irony of the descendants of immigrant invaders talking to the descendent of the indigenous population about building a wall to keep him and people like him out of the country he was born in.

President Trump will be so proud.

[-Talbot-]

Have you actually bothered to read or watch anything on this thread, andy hughes?

Or did you just go straight into 'I'm andy hughes and here's my rant' mode?

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - Do you really need to ask?