When you look at the full video, it was the Native American who was confrontational.
Absolutely false.
This was a group of students who were using their free time to protest the reproductive rights of others, and in the midst of doing this did incredibly racist stuff to a Native American protester who was merely trying to keep balance of peace in these stressful engagements.
All in a situation where they greatly outnumbered these people in the first place, and all of them wearing MAGA hats.
Basically your post is either extremely dishonest or ignorant about the actual facts. Not only does all available video evidence most definitely not exonerate the group, it puts them squarely right where people initially pegged them, and on top of all that no point is the Native American being the confrontational one.
Because you disagree with what they were protesting, they had no right to be there?
I never said they didn't have the right. Where did I say that? But allow me to help clarify whatever misconceptions you have about what I plainly stated in very few words: It's at best a fundamentally baseless position that has extremely negative consequences for society. At worst its downright an act of evil because you believe you should control other people based on faulty religious grounds.
They were using their free time to support this position. Not really a good look for them.
So I am absolutely correct in totality with my assessment of the situation. And if you think otherwise, allow me to make the claim that you need to evaluate some critical aspects of your perspective on this. If all you can say about what's being said is that it's a disagreement, then you're better of not saying anything at all. It makes you look better.
I noticed you couldn't or simply decided to not address the factual negations to your assumptions. Might want to work on that.
Getting in someone's face is an escalation of physical aggression beyond merely saying something.
Don't be stupid.
This will be my last interaction with you because you can't discuss ideas without hostility. Try discussing things like an adult.
[them protesting abortion is] at worst a downright act of evil
You have no tolerance of opposing opinion yet claim to be the one with critical perspective. You've just proved my point: People wanted to believe that the Covington kids were aggressive and evil and so jumped to that conclusion without seeing the totality of what actually happened.
Getting in someone's face is an escalation of physical aggression
It's literally not. That's not what "physical" means. It's... provoking. The guy with the drum was... I dunno, he was an asshole.
It's certainly possible that he knew the kids were loose cannons and was hoping that by "getting in someone's face" he could get one of them to throw a punch on camera. Could be. I mean, the guy clearly had an agenda, and it probably doesn't align with your politics. But that's still not "aggression" by any reasonable definition. Stop being a snowflake.
I noticed you still could not address the negations to your original claims, and instead decided to call other people childish because you did not like the critique being levied at you. Definitely the sign of a mature adult.
You have no tolerance of opposing opinion
If all you can say about what's being discussed is that it's a simple difference of opinion, you are far better off just not saying anything at all. You are effectively trying to debase constructive conversation and turn it into a meta argument, because you can't actually make a real one.
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Absolutely false.
This was a group of students who were using their free time to protest the reproductive rights of others, and in the midst of doing this did incredibly racist stuff to a Native American protester who was merely trying to keep balance of peace in these stressful engagements.
There is direct video evidence of students
* Shouting "go back to Africa"
* Doing the tomahawk chop
* Harassing other (even white) groups of women (https://twitter.com/roflinds/status/1087486166939680768)
All in a situation where they greatly outnumbered these people in the first place, and all of them wearing MAGA hats.
Basically your post is either extremely dishonest or ignorant about the actual facts. Not only does all available video evidence most definitely not exonerate the group, it puts them squarely right where people initially pegged them, and on top of all that no point is the Native American being the confrontational one.
He walked up to them. They did not walk up to him. Therefore he was being the aggressive one, end of story.
Because you disagree with what they were protesting, they had no right to be there? Absolutely wrong.
That's not aggression. Don't be stupid.
I never said they didn't have the right. Where did I say that? But allow me to help clarify whatever misconceptions you have about what I plainly stated in very few words: It's at best a fundamentally baseless position that has extremely negative consequences for society. At worst its downright an act of evil because you believe you should control other people based on faulty religious grounds.
They were using their free time to support this position. Not really a good look for them.
So I am absolutely correct in totality with my assessment of the situation. And if you think otherwise, allow me to make the claim that you need to evaluate some critical aspects of your perspective on this. If all you can say about what's being said is that it's a disagreement, then you're better of not saying anything at all. It makes you look better.
I noticed you couldn't or simply decided to not address the factual negations to your assumptions. Might want to work on that.
Getting in someone's face is an escalation of physical aggression beyond merely saying something.
This will be my last interaction with you because you can't discuss ideas without hostility. Try discussing things like an adult.
You have no tolerance of opposing opinion yet claim to be the one with critical perspective. You've just proved my point: People wanted to believe that the Covington kids were aggressive and evil and so jumped to that conclusion without seeing the totality of what actually happened.
It's literally not. That's not what "physical" means. It's... provoking. The guy with the drum was... I dunno, he was an asshole.
It's certainly possible that he knew the kids were loose cannons and was hoping that by "getting in someone's face" he could get one of them to throw a punch on camera. Could be. I mean, the guy clearly had an agenda, and it probably doesn't align with your politics. But that's still not "aggression" by any reasonable definition. Stop being a snowflake.
I noticed you still could not address the negations to your original claims, and instead decided to call other people childish because you did not like the critique being levied at you. Definitely the sign of a mature adult.
If all you can say about what's being discussed is that it's a simple difference of opinion, you are far better off just not saying anything at all. You are effectively trying to debase constructive conversation and turn it into a meta argument, because you can't actually make a real one.