Lots of stories about the Covington schoolboys. Here's one good breakdown:
A few quick observations:
i) Minimally, whenever the liberal media does a sensational story on the Trump administration or hate crimes, &c., we should suspend judgment and wait for more information to come in. Actually, that's too generous. My standing presumption is that the liberal media is totally untrustworthy. Automatically discount what the liberal media says unless and until that receives confirmation.
Ironically, this story was right on the heels of the bogus Buzzfeed story about Trump suborning perjury.
ii) The kids were also denounced by Catholic spokesmen. For instance:
Catholic school students at the #MarchforLife attempt to shame and disrespect a man at the #IndigenousPeoplesMarch. These actions are not Catholic, not Christian and not acceptable. Would that these students fully understood the dignity of all human life--including this man's. https://t.co/bzqauPjPts— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) January 19, 2019
I'm so deeply appalled and disgusted by the racist, shameful, disrespectful behavior of the Catholic high school students wearing MAGA hats and harassing a Native American elder and Vietnam Vet. I'm so angry and yet not at all surprised at pervasive white supremacy exhibited 1/2— Daniel P. Horan, OFM (@DanHoranOFM) January 19, 2019
Just one of many reasons I find the so-called "march for life" often repulsive and futile: It's basically a gathering for many right-wing anti-abortion hardliners (not consistent ethic of life, i.e. true pro-lifers) and teens to get a free trip to goof off (at best) in DC. 2/2— Daniel P. Horan, OFM (@DanHoranOFM) January 19, 2019
iii) Some conservative pundits also joined the social media lynch mob:
Why would some conservatives suffer from the same hair-trigger reaction? I think the explanation is that some conservatives are too defensive about the pop cultural reputation of conservatives, and so they're just itching for a chance to redeem themselves in the eyes of the pop culture. But that's a fool's errand.
iv) This story parallels Rathergate, where it was the grassroots rather than "professional journalists" who debunked the false narrative.
Phillips was the aggressor in the situation. It’s a curious feature of our culture that people aggressively seek to be victimized, go out of their way in hopes of getting punched in the face, but here we are. People do that because they know the media hand out condemnation based on perceived ranking in the victim hierarchy. “Old Ypsilanti man” is near the top, while “privileged-looking young white male probable heterosexual in a MAGA cap” is the absolute bottom.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/nathan-phillips-lied-the-media-bought-it/
Yes, the whole thing was staged. Phillips is an actor and activist and his story doesn't match what actually happened
Deletehttps://www.dailywire.com/news/42416/heres-what-you-need-know-about-confrontation-emily-zanotti