Seriously???? You see the kid as a jackass because he is looking the man in the eye and smiling as the man approaches him and is chanting to his face? He needs to be called out and punished for smiling? Are you people out of your mind?
I watched the entire thing as well and that's exactly what I got out of it. I may be wrong, but something tells me that the young man staring down Mr. Phillips is a jackass IRL. He's got that I'm a jackass look about him.
As for YOUR source...Cowger...this is a 19 year old kid with a youtube site. You are going to accept THAT site as being more truthful than the Associated Press?
Did anyone watch the entire video (one and a half hours). I have no life, I did. There's a lot more to this than just the clip going around. That class and their chaperones were WAY out of their element. The things the Isrealites were yelling to them was really bad. The elder man and the other Natives were watching and entered the situation to try and diffuse it. So the kid decides to try and be a bad ass and stare him down while the others act like asses. Gotta love DC and the marches/protests.
Seriously???? You see the kid as a jackass because he is looking the man in the eye and smiling as the man approaches him and is chanting to his face? He needs to be called out and punished for smiling? Are you people out of your mind?
They should start with one of their own!Because in these people's "mind" you should be attacked and killed because they don't like your smile.
Yup I read that too, but he's obviously older and I wistfully hope that our younger generation will someday respect that.
I may be wrong, but something tells me that the young man staring down Mr. Phillips is a jackass IRL. He's got that I'm a jackass look about him.
The elder man and the other Natives were watching and entered the situation to try and diffuse it.
I don't like it that anyone is attacked and threatened on the internet, nor did I say that I liked it that this kid was attacked and threatened. And BTW it's happened to my son over similar issues. We've learned to ignore and walk away over the years.
Did he have the opportunity to turn and walk away?
Not really..and why in the heck would they "walk away"? They were where they had every right to be and were approached (from a distance but rapidly) by an indian-looking guy banging on a drum who proceeded to harass them. What reason would they have to "run away" at first? They had no idea that Phillips is a professional chit stirrer that jumped on an opportunity to create a scene. And then that other group jumped in and started harassing the kids too.
I'm sure those kids wish now that they'd had a crystal ball though..
I do see him as a human being. A smirking, show-off, impress your friends teenage type human being
Because turning and walking away would be a sign that the kids were not infected with 'toxic masculinity'.
Not really..and why in the heck would they "walk away"? They were where they had every right to be and were approached (from a distance but rapidly) by an indian-looking guy banging on a drum who proceeded to harass them. What reason would they have to "run away" at first? They had no idea that Phillips is a professional chit stirrer that jumped on an opportunity to create a scene. And then that other group jumped in and started harassing the kids too.
I'm sure those kids wish now that they'd had a crystal ball though..
Meanwhile...as the fake news continues to unravel...
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-school-protestors-apologies/?fbclid=IwAR23EMLWZdHT0EJkXduM0kWGp0q8Xsl1xvWSoPL2Y_6fyK1-jykHpSUrQiE
https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-nathan-phillips-video
Yes. UFB that people immediately consider him a bad person and assume he is guilty of something because they dont like his face. He wasn't speaking. He didnt raise his fist. He didn't spit or even stick his tongue out. He stood there smiling.This kid was literally just standing there smiling. Standing there smiling. And somehow strangers on the internet are interpreting that as evil, harassing, taunting, show off, smart ass, hateful, blah blah blah.
Standing there smiling.