MAGA teen bused in from a Catholic school harasses Indigenous People's marcher. Vile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This all started with a field trip to legislate grown women’s bodies.

+1

They were on a school trip to support denial of rights for women. It's not a big leap to think they'd harass a Native American elder.

Of course they got in his face. They want to get in every women’s uterus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The Catholic Church needs to rethink the idea of using teenagers to advance a political position.

In fact, they might rethink all of their political activism. Other churches should do the same. It's fine to have moral positions, but this kind of activism is not in the interest of the either the church or the government. Maybe they are starting to get it.

Area poster here. Yes, this is why I refuse to send my kid to Catholic HS, especially around here. They already had my grade schooler praying the rosary for life at school last week - totally not cool IMO since he is very young amnd rightfully has no opinions - informed or otherwise - on reproductive issues. Nor does the school teach a consistent life ethic curriculum. I have to do that at home and will be keeping my kid home from now on when they do these kind of politically minded stunts during school hours.

So you send your kid to Catholic school and are surprised the schools are pro life?

Of course not. I am not stupid, thank you very much. But I object to have 5yo pray the rosary over abortion. Teaching the theology does not equal political indoctrination of kids at this age. We deal with it at home, where it belongs.

Send your kid to public school then. No rosaries there. My children go to public school and I am suprised when non-religious cheapskates complain to me that the Catholic school they sent their kids to prays.

[Anonymous]

I think that if those kids were wearing "I'm with her" hats and in DC for the women's march, the media coverage would have been different or non-existent. I also think the rush to judgment, as evidenced by the early posters on this thread, is embarrassing. I just don't understand hating somebody because of they are a Trump supporter. I hate Trump, but not the people that voted for him.

[Anonymous]

I was thinking almost the same thing--
"As for the interaction with the Native American man, here’s some perspective. Imagine that this had been a group of black students wearing Black Lives Matter hats, and that they had stared down while appearing to partially surround an elderly white man. How would the narrative be different? How many would let the students off the hook or actually believe they were trying to “defuse the situation”? I know the answer, but feel free to try to lie."

But in my scenario, the Black Hebrews are replaced with Westboro Baptist wackos, the Native Americans are replaced with Jews, and the Covington kids are high school kids bused in to support a Black Lives Matter march wearing t-shirts emblazoned with "By Any Means Necessary!" The Jewish cantor intervenes in what looks like a scuffle that's about to occur between the Westboro people and the kids with a song of peace and healing, but encounters a black teen who won't step aside and who chooses to stare him down while his classmates laugh and mock the Jewish man "in the funny hat."

Mom of Black kid who stared down the Jewish cantor and her PR firm blame it on the Westboro Baptist people, and we'd all agree that the Black kid shouldn't be held responsible? I loathe the Westboro people and all the stand for, but I wouldn't pin the black kid's behavior on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Like it or not, Trump is the president of the country, and MAGA was his campaign slogan. If you think it's so incendiary, shut down the street vendors - many immigrants - who gladly sell this merchandise along with FBI t-shirts to tourists from all over the world.

The response of the Covington boys under the circumstances was restrained. I wish they'd rushed the Black Israelites and beat the shit out of them.

If the situation had been reversed, a small group of four or five Catholics hurling insults at a large group of teenagers bussed in for the Women's March, that IS probably what would have happened.

Hmm, what is "bias"?

White male Catholic kid, says nothing, does nothing, but smirks during a confrontation; and the blogosphere goes wild justifying hurting the kid for being nonviolent.

White male adult Berkley professor smashes somebody in the head with a bike lock during a confrontation; and the blogosphere goes wild justifying the adult hurting people they are bigoted against.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The Catholic Church needs to rethink the idea of using teenagers to advance a political position.

In fact, they might rethink all of their political activism. Other churches should do the same. It's fine to have moral positions, but this kind of activism is not in the interest of the either the church or the government. Maybe they are starting to get it.

Area poster here. Yes, this is why I refuse to send my kid to Catholic HS, especially around here. They already had my grade schooler praying the rosary for life at school last week - totally not cool IMO since he is very young amnd rightfully has no opinions - informed or otherwise - on reproductive issues. Nor does the school teach a consistent life ethic curriculum. I have to do that at home and will be keeping my kid home from now on when they do these kind of politically minded stunts during school hours.

So you send your kid to Catholic school and are surprised the schools are pro life?

Of course not. I am not stupid, thank you very much. But I object to have 5yo pray the rosary over abortion. Teaching the theology does not equal political indoctrination of kids at this age. We deal with it at home, where it belongs.

What's preached at school is practiced at home. If you send your child to a Catholic school, expect your child to be "groomed." It's not political indoctrination in their eyes; it's a belief that life begins in the womb.

That's what public schools are for - the masses.

-former Catholic with a Catholic school education - While I may not agree with the church, it's a person's right to pay for a Catholic education and it's a school's right to also preach and put into practice the doctrine.

[Anonymous]

The smirk settles it.

[Anonymous]

Mr. Phillips' story is inconsistent, at best. And, portions of it are flat out false.

This from the NYTimes:



This from the WaPo:



So, did he go to the group to pray or was he trying to get to the stairs?
If he tried to get around them, why did he ignore the huge expanse of empty stairs he could have used?
And, the last statement "Why should I go around him? I'm just thinking of 500 years of genocide in this country....." really indicates that perhaps he had a chip on his shoulder and was indeed looking for a confrontation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that if those kids were wearing "I'm with her" hats and in DC for the women's march, the media coverage would have been different or non-existent. I also think the rush to judgment, as evidenced by the early posters on this thread, is embarrassing. I just don't understand hating somebody because of they are a Trump supporter. I hate Trump, but not the people that voted for him.

Agreed. And the doxxing from the twitter-sphere is appalling. And apparently the wrong kid was initially targeted, and his family was sent death threats. How do people do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The Catholic Church needs to rethink the idea of using teenagers to advance a political position.

In fact, they might rethink all of their political activism. Other churches should do the same. It's fine to have moral positions, but this kind of activism is not in the interest of the either the church or the government. Maybe they are starting to get it.

Area poster here. Yes, this is why I refuse to send my kid to Catholic HS, especially around here. They already had my grade schooler praying the rosary for life at school last week - totally not cool IMO since he is very young amnd rightfully has no opinions - informed or otherwise - on reproductive issues. Nor does the school teach a consistent life ethic curriculum. I have to do that at home and will be keeping my kid home from now on when they do these kind of politically minded stunts during school hours.

So you send your kid to Catholic school and are surprised the schools are pro life?

Of course not. I am not stupid, thank you very much. But I object to have 5yo pray the rosary over abortion. Teaching the theology does not equal political indoctrination of kids at this age. We deal with it at home, where it belongs.

What's preached at school is practiced at home. If you send your child to a Catholic school, expect your child to be "groomed." It's not political indoctrination in their eyes; it's a belief that life begins in the womb.

That's what public schools are for - the masses.

-former Catholic with a Catholic school education - While I may not agree with the church, it's a person's right to pay for a Catholic education and it's a school's right to also preach and put into practice the doctrine.

So disgusting that a RELIGION is grooming and exploiting kids for political purposes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mr. Phillips' story is inconsistent, at best. And, portions of it are flat out false.

This from the NYTimes:



This from the WaPo:



So, did he go to the group to pray or was he trying to get to the stairs?
If he tried to get around them, why did he ignore the huge expanse of empty stairs he could have used?
And, the last statement "Why should I go around him? I'm just thinking of 500 years of genocide in this country....." really indicates that perhaps he had a chip on his shoulder and was indeed looking for a confrontation.

Phillips is a provoker disguised as a victim. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Longer versions of the video and a shiny PR letter paid for by mom and dad do not change the arrogant, entitled, menacing, mob behavior of those boys. And don’t get me started about what is wrong with a school bussing teenage boys to a rally committed to stripping constitutional rights from women.

Did you watch the video or read the statement? I suspect not. The reason that the boys were in DC is enough for you to judge their behavior. Wow.

[jsteele]

As a reminder, please do not use the names of the kids. Any posts using the teenagers names will be removed.

[Anonymous]

Footage of the Covington kids doing the tomahawk thing have been posted before, but people keep asserting that no such footage exists.

ONCE AGAIN, here is a video that shows it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=sIG5ZB0fw1k

At 00:25 and again at 00:32 you clearly see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Like it or not, Trump is the president of the country, and MAGA was his campaign slogan. If you think it's so incendiary, shut down the street vendors - many immigrants - who gladly sell this merchandise along with FBI t-shirts to tourists from all over the world.

The response of the Covington boys under the circumstances was restrained. I wish they'd rushed the Black Israelites and beat the shit out of them.

If the situation had been reversed, a small group of four or five Catholics hurling insults at a large group of teenagers bussed in for the Women's March, that IS probably what would have happened.

Hmm, what is "bias"?

White male Catholic kid, says nothing, does nothing, but smirks during a confrontation; and the blogosphere goes wild justifying hurting the kid for being nonviolent.

White male adult Berkley professor smashes somebody in the head with a bike lock during a confrontation; and the blogosphere goes wild justifying the adult hurting people they are bigoted against.

The teens at the Women’s March were there because they wanted to be there. Not because they were promised extra credit at school.

It’s disgusting that a RELIGION is exploiting kids like this to push some political position.