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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if that had been your teen-aged son encountering these grown ass men behaving badly? Would you have expected your son to handle the situation better than this kid did - so that anyone filming the encounter would have said his behavior was perfect? He's a kid. Do you think your same-age son would have handled this situation like a politically-minded adult? Of course not. The American Indian got in his face. Those of you calling this kid "entitled," a "jerk," a "bully" are really inappropriate.

I don't have a son so I don't have skin in this game aside from being a fair-minded mom, who sees that this kid was unfairly singled out, by getting placed in a charged political situation by a lot of politically motivated grown ass adults. That includes the media, who sought to destroy this kid. How would you feel if the media turned your child into a target for a moment's pleasure? You'd be outraged. But you are not outraged on this kid's behalf, are you, because it doesn't fit your political  agenda.

You really do want to turn American men into wimps, don't you? This kid acted the way a well mannered but red blooded kid would have reacted. He did nothing wrong. Get over yourselves.[/quote]

No one wants to go viral.  But when it happens, then you roll with it.  You don't sue everyone for millions of dollars.  That's poor parenting.[/quote]

You sue if you’ve been defamed, especially if the media outlet intentionally edited the clip to further its defamatory angle to boost clicks and drive revenue.[/quote]

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Yep.  No question the media was deliberately trying to sell a fictional narrative.  You bet I would have sued if that was my child and he had done nothing wrong.  [/quote]

Nothing wrong?  There's nothing wrong with going to some town far from your own home, then proceeding to make fun of and laugh at some stranger, followed up by going over to him with a whole gang of your friends, getting in his face, sneering at him and not letting him walk by?   What kind of manners are you people teaching your kids?[/quote]

In what universe did any of the above garbage happen?  The only person who approached anyone at all, was Nathan Phillips as he deliberately got right up in the face of Sandmann.  Phillips could have walked on by at any point, but chose not to.  That would have wasted a great photo op, you know.  [/quote]

Sandmann and his friends were blocking his path.  Sandmann even admitted it.[/quote]

Where - exactly - is a quote from Sandmann stating that he and his friends were blocking the path of Phillips?  Because here's what he actually said:

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYtBOAWXoAArlBX?format=png&name=small[/img][/quote]
You also forgot this part which was pretty much the clincher.
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYrmTvTUIAYJDEU?format=png&name=small[/img][/quote]

And yet, he never claims to have blocked Phillips path.  He simply said he could see how Phillips might perceive it that way, but in reality, Phillips had plenty of room to move around Sandmann.  He chose not to.  Gee, I wonder why.  [/quote]
SO… if he himself thinks Phillips might have perceived it that way, it’s easy to see how a member of the media might have perceived it that way, too, therefore, zero defamation. Thanks for playing.[/quote]

This really is the end of the matter.

If you act in a manner that paints you in a negative light, and YOU admit others may have thought that, there is zero defamation.

Enjoy your legal bills, kid (unless some rich MAGA bailed you out). [/quote]

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