Forum Index
»
Political Discussion
Haha, no. Don't be a chump. No way is the kid silently praying there. |
And that’s how God tells us to pray. To not make a show of it. Not to beat out own drum. |
|
I don’t buy his BS explanation that he was trying to diffuse a situation and saying a silent prayer. I think those teenagers are being assholes and extremely disrespectful. But as I’ve been watching more and more videos I reluctantly admit to myself that elder Nathan was not entirely innocent here. He approached the crowd and literally was a centimeter or two away from this kids face while beating the drum. If someone were to do that to me they would be on the receiving end of a whole lot more than just a smirk. I also don’t think that beating a drum in his face was a great idea and certainly wasn’t diffusing anything.
However the larger story and overall mocking that I feel was coming from those boys still disturbs me greatly. I think other kids behaved worse than this kid and it’s not that I wish they are identified but I think the focus should be greater and all of those boys need to take a hard look at them selves and hopefully it’s not too late for them to change their hearts. |
I’m the descendant of Irish Catholic immigrants who were discriminated against. They settled in the Boston area and I grew up surrounded by the descendants of Irish Catholic immigrants. Your post shows a lack of knowledge about how many Irish Catholic immigrants made their way up by gaining a foothold in occupatiins and then using bigotry, discrimination, and racism to deny jobs to black people and Chinese immigrants. Their solution to deal with discrimination against themselves by discriminating against others. While some of the best people I’ve known in my life were Irish immigrants and the descendants if those immigrants, some of the worst racist and bigotted people I have ever encountered were the descendants of Irish immigrants to the US. I have Irish American cops in my family. They speak plainly when they think they are in “safe” company. Some of them are good cops and some of them are hateful. Finally, I am not condoning what the Black Israelites were saying, but before you get all high and mighty about how your grandfather was so much better know your history. Your grandfather doesn’t need to have a chip because Irish Americans were eventually able to pass as white and assimilate. (I say that deliberately because at one point they were viewed as a different race by the English). Now they don’t face much if any discrimination so why would you have a chip on your shoulder? Native Americans are still discriminated against and the vast majority of Americans do not know the true history of what our hovernment has done to them in the past and how things still are. Same with black people. The vast majority of white Americans do not know the history of slavery in America, the rise of Jim Crow, how the US government instituted discriminatory housing policies post WW II to maintain segregation that benefitted white people (even though white people were not asking them to do so). Take some time to question the history you have been taught. Ask yourself whose voice are you hearing. Whose voice or story are you not hearing? Maybe go study Irish history and the famine and the callous, inhumane way the English treated the Irish. The English exported crops while the Irish were starving to death. Study your own family’s history better and maybe you can gain some perspective and empathy. |
This is a pretty ironic statement coming from someone who is so adamant about her pro-choice views. I hope you are not telling YOUR children that having an abortion isn't a sin. Because that would be pushing your beliefs on others. |
Catholic here. I realized that the Catholic Church’s position on abortion wasn’t really about a sacred belief in the sanctity of life when they systematically failed to care for children across the world who were being sexually and physically abused throughout the world by priests and nuns. If you are really prolife you act to protect the born and living, not just the unborn. When it is clear to me that the church chose power over protecting vulnerable children, you’ll have to excuse me if my stomach churns at their using children for political purposes at “prolife” marches. |
|
Don't forget the Irish Mafia.
My family ran numbers and made moonshine. |
Bullshit. The boy (and several others) was plainly mocking and ridiculing the native american man. This is a fact. In the unlikely event that the boy applies to college, I predict only Liberty University will accept him. |
|
The Native American protestors had drums and were accompanied by at least one person with a camera.
And that's all she wrote folks. Professional activists. |
infowars is alive and kicking
|
The boys are (wait for it) boys. Teenagers. The ADULTS were the Black men and the N.A. men and they deliberately provoked the teens, probably because of the hats. There's no other way to see it - the adults should have acted like adults. They, however, are liberal activists which explains the lack of good judgement. |
Why film it? |
It doesn’t matter what I teach my children in my home or what you teach your kids in your home. I don’t bus my kids around the country and promise them extra-credit at school if they make a political statement trying to take away the rights of others. Your beliefs are fine in your home. Once you start pushing them into mine it’s politics. You’re exploiting your kids for politics. And, for the record, I do go to great efforts to present facts to my kids and let them form their own opinions. I’m sure I am a strong influence on their opinions but I try to have them decide for themselves. |
|
You guys already hate each other for good and sufficient reasons. Even if you were to discover The Real Truth about this situation, is that going to move the needle on your opinion about anything? Change your life in any substantial way?
Or is this just a particularly unsatisfying form of masturbation? |
|
The full video needs to be started at 50 min in, not 112. These kids were obnoxious and apparently have the worse chaperones on the planet. WTH. They should not have been allowed to get in to a big conflict with the black hebrew israelites to begin with. You can clearly see the drummer coming in to calm everything down, and he does calm it all. Then the kids swarm him.
The school is lucky they didn't end up with worse news coverage. Holy bad judgement, batman. https://youtu.be/UQyBHTTqb38 This school is stupid to send moronic chaperones with a bunch of kids who have bad judgement anyway. |