#ooc

but, like, snow is exhausting.

Yup!

Snow blower still takes effort, but it helps.

yeah

I am totally beat after shovelling

I had hot chocolate!!!

Mmmmmmmmmmm!

And my brother-in-law is a tool.

He’s the one saying that the thing about the MAGA teens is “fake news” on my FB.

He is a tool

I did some fast forwarding, but I did indeed watch the "gotcha" video

the black israelite group was indeed being dickish

they were telling the native americans that they lost their land because they didn't have jesus

and they were flinging all kinds of racial insults at the Covington kids

but rather than LEAVE, Covington group decided to escalate

Elder came over to try and defuse, because, fuck, that's what peace-minded responsible damn adults do

Good grief.

In response, of course, MAGA kids mobbed the natives - and again, chaperones did jack shit.

"But they didn't DO anything, they just stood there - and that dirty injun DRUMMED in MY CHILD'S precious face!"

I hear his mom’s an attorney. So of course she can’t hold him accountable.

"Waved a Dangerous STICK, INCHES from My Pwecious Dweebum's white face!"

No wonder he's a smug piece of shit

Yup.

Okay...grading. I’ll check in again in a bit.

ok

From what I understand, the Covington kids were told to wait at the Lincoln Memorial for pick up. If that's the case they may have felt like they didn't have a choice but to stand wwhere they were. Doesn't mean some of the kids weren't dickish morons themselves but others might be totally innocent.

Story still unfolding in weird ways.

I do think the Chaperones failed hard on this one.

evil paws site

They damn well chose to do the chanting and mobbing.

Yeah, but the drummer said that some of the kids weren't mocking but getting into it? He thought he was a positive effect. Which he might have been. He went between the groups to redirect . Interesting guy actually.

Well, he was doing a medicine chant

But my impression from the video is the bulk of the yelling was mocking

"ha ha, funny chanting! Let us do it badly and loudly to mock!"

Oh I would not put money against it. teenagers are not know for emotional intelligence.

especially ones encouraged to be pricks

I think if the school wanted to get something productive out of this, they'd invite the Native American Vet to give a speech at the school. If it helped set even one or two kids on a better path, worth it.

I get it, but it also seems... like.. an unfair burden on the person they mobbed?

See, that's the thing, it seems Mr. Phillips (I believe that's the Vet's name) entered into the crowd rather than get mobbed? Again, he was trying to desculate or at least distract the two groups already there that were getting tense?

Not saying the kids weren't dicks, but I'm not sure 'mobbed' is the right word?

They were a mob before he entered, amped up by the first group

Fair point. But if they were ordered by the adults to wait there at the LM with zero supervision, then we're back to 'worse chaperones evah' territory

Teenagers are stupid, and punk-ass bitches

but yes, fucking chaperones

I mean... there is also the whole "let's go march to protest women's reproductive rights!" with the extra cherry of being anti-birth control...

Oh , what a brew for trouble.

yeah

Honestly, the Black Israelites or whatever their group is the one that raised my brow. I am not screaming 'fake news' but the MSM did indeed not mention them much. Which is rushed journalism and feeds and fuels the 'fake news' crowd playing into their hands.