Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
Looks like there is evidence of the racism that exists at the high school those kids were from. Just look at this picture someone found of them all flashing the white power hand sign
"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
"Nobody listens to Turtle."-Turtle
I agree with this. I think the bolded part is a little off the mark however. I'm not sure we've lost this, I think we just had a culture in which, generally, trust in the national media had been earned. Instead of the larger institutions holding strong and elevating the conversation, they are being pulled down to the level of the pundits. The population is just now waking up to this.
This Covington thing is disgusting. Any adults who have jumped in on the internet mob and attacked these kids should be ashamed. Good grief.
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
What's wonderful is taking a long break from social media period.
Some of the kids with their tomahawks chops etc, were disrespectful, but they were reacting not initiating, and they are not adults and the standard should not be the same. I don't think there is every justification for doxxing and harrassing people. We're devolving that way.
Can we move this conversation to the outrage thread?
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"Just watched the speech. He lit up both sides. I loved it." -Shaka
"I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
- Goatnapper'96
Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
Yeah that kid's still an asshole and made it a point to not move out of the way and smirk in that guy's face. If he was so peaceful and conflict-averse, he could have just gone and done something else. His little written explanation of his side of things makes it apparent what a shithead he is.
"I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"
Of course that's disingenuous. A well-crafted response by necessity, but let's not turn dumb all of a sudden: 'I was not intentionally making faces at the protestor?' He was mean mugging him Ice Man style for a sustained period. That wasn't a smile- what a dick. He wanted to 'diffuse the situation by remaining motionless?' - conveniently motionless right in the path of the native elder performing a blessing ritual. Awesome, dickhead.
"I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
Can you please point me at the evidence suggesting that this kid made it a point to not move out of the way? What I understand is the kids were standing together in a group, not in anyone's way to anywhere. They were just finishing up some sightseeing and were waiting for a bus. The native american walked purposefully into the middle of the group, singled out this young man, pressed his face up within inches, all while banging his drum.
Yet the kid is misbehaving for smirking? Given the abuse that had been hurled at them for a significant period of time, they remained remarkably civil.
Let the lawsuits begin!
I wonder how this guy will vote if it makes it to the supreme court?
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
I can't believe they are now questioning that my brother was a vietnam veteran!...
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...atus-question/Vietnam Veteran status of Native American at center of viral encounter in D.C. in question
Native American activist Nathan Phillips faces questions about reports that he’s a veteran of the Vietnam war.
According to multiple news accounts, the activist is 64 years old, which means he would have been 18 years old in 1973, the last year any U.S. combat units were stationed in Vietnam. Mr. Phillips also claims to be a Marine veteran, although the last Marine combat units left Vietnam in 1971.
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"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
"If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
"I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
"Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
I've got plenty to go 'round. Don't you worry.
You are right, though. Some kids being assholes in maga hats or whatever doesn't move the needle in the bigger picture where this administration goes on TV and lies to us in order to install its xenophobic, anti humanitarian policies. I have otherwise smart people whom I've known and respected for a long time now arguing with me that a wall is a good idea, despite what empirical evidence and common sense suggests.Why do I even try?
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"I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"