MAGA Hats And The Easily-Triggered Left

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i listened to the whole show!



how about that - "the indigenous people's march" was an anti-wall protest (among other things)

and phillips is a liar

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and as expected, he also lied about his military service:



"i'm what they call a recon ranger, that was my role"

lie

turns out he enlisted in the marine corps reserves 8/20/72, was trained as an basic electrician and worked as a refrigerator mechanic

in nebraska

never left the country

transferred to el toro california, went awol multiple times

discharged in 76 at the rank of Private

not PFC

Private

never went to vietnam

and not "honorably discharged"

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... Stanisheva (the director of a documentary about Phillips) goes on to say that “he was then a Marine in Vietnam — and right after that he became an alcoholic for 20 years.” Countless media outlets and reporters used this false claim about his service in an attempt to shame those who questioned his antics when he confronted the students in Washington, DC. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...saying-he-did/

this is why i'm reluctant to automatically confer respect on someone who claims to be a veteran, same as i'm not impressed that he claims to be a "native american elder" or "keeper of the pipe"

none of those necessarily mean a damn thing to me, especially when his actions of the day are disgraceful and he's caught telling multiple lies about the events


whaddya bet the rabid left totally ignores this?

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... Parents are now considering lawsuits and conservative lawyers have offered to take their cases pro bono. They have an especially strong case since the victims are minors and not public figures. The media’s behavior was outrageous and violated every profession standard, which could lead to huge verdicts. After enforcing standards for content against conservatives and then allowing terroristic threats from the leftists to go without consequence, Twitter could be especially vulnerable. It would be especially gratifying to see some of the unhinged “celebrities” lose their mansions and apply for food stamps.... https://www.americanthinker.com/arti...choolboys.html

[chrysostom]

this thread has been reported by town

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fake news

[Stripe]

this thread has been reported by town

[ebenz47037]

According to my local news, Covington Catholic opened up at 8 AM this morning. They sent out an e-mail to the parents, saying that if the parents don't feel safe sending their sons to school today any absences for that will be excused absences. Pretty nice of the school, in my opinion. A lot of the schools out here have been closed all week due to heavy snow and below zero temperatures.

[Crucifer]

Those "signs" the boys are making? You're kidding, right? Grade school kids make those "signs". They are not instigating anything...they are victory signs like school cheers. My goodness.

Being purposefully ignorant is not a good quality to have. Seems to me like you all just want to dance to your own narrative no matter what is presented to you.
I knew what it was from the start- too bad the Right has decided to passionately lie about the reality of it the same as the Left.

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Being purposefully ignorant is not a good quality to have. Seems to me like you all just want to dance to your own narrative no matter what is presented to you.
I knew what it was from the start- too bad the Right has decided to passionately lie about the reality of it the same as the Left.

you weren't kidding?

'cause it wsa a terrific piece of satire if you were

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a very interesting article (long) not so much about the ongoing controversy, but about the power of film/video, a recognition of the editing process in creating meaning and the danger of accepting that meaning as real:

Technology Stop Trusting Viral Videos A controversial video of Catholic students clashing with American Indians appeared to tell a simple truth. A second video called that story into question. But neither shows what truly happened. https://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...lained/580906/

i'll come back to this and post excerpts

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Today Show interview with Nick Sandmann:




Guthrie: "There's something aggressive about standing there"

oh, i wish this kid hadn't been so polite in his response

he does have a kind of "wait - what did you just say?" look on his face


what an absolutely idiotic thing to say



Sandmann "I want to thank him (Phillips) for his military service as well"

yes, that's the polite thing for a sixteen year old Catholic school boy to say about a man who has claimed to be a "recon ranger" and has allowed others, for years, to present him as having served in Vietnam

because sixteen year old Catholic school boys are taught to respect their elders, taught to assume that people are generally honorable and don't lie about themselves

would have been nice if Guthrie had mentioned that Phillips was a fraud, that his military service wasn't honorable and that he had lied about it himself and allowed others to lie about it for years

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(Phillips) was trained as an basic electrician and worked as a refrigerator mechanic

in nebraska

from the comment section over at townhall.com:

Frigidairborne

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Today is planning to interview Phillips tomorrow

i sure hope they don't lob softballs at him

will they bring up his service record?

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