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    1. Michael Brendan Dougherty‏Verified account @michaelbd 23 Jan 2019

      What an odd criticism. Most DC residents aren't assembled together in groups of classmates when they encounter heckling.pic.twitter.com/VEYr2FT76g

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2019
      Replying to @michaelbd

      Thinking about this just as a parent, I would teach my kids that if they see obviously unhinged people yelling in a public place but not hurting anyone, the proper response is disengagement, not escalation.

      2 replies 2 retweets 61 likes
    3. Michael Brendan Dougherty‏Verified account @michaelbd 23 Jan 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Yelling racial and homophobic slurs is hurtful.

      3 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2019
      Replying to @michaelbd

      When someone yells something racist at me, I usually disengage. If it's a more threatening situation, you try and talk them out of it and/or call the cops.

      2 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
    5. Michael Brendan Dougherty‏Verified account @michaelbd 23 Jan 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      They're kids who aren't allowed to leave. They did a school cheer.

      4 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2019
      Replying to @michaelbd

      It's a big space and you can disengage without leaving (just turning your back) or ignoring. Escalation is the worst thing to do in a situation like that. It's forgivable because they're just kids but I would hope adults would draw this lesson for them.

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        2. Michael Stanford  🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🌻 🌻‏ @HalfAgain 23 Jan 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @michaelbd

          Their chaperones failed, badly.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 23 Jan 2019
          Replying to @HalfAgain @michaelbd

          Agree 100%.

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        2. Osita Nwanevu‏ @OsitaNwanevu 23 Jan 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @michaelbd

          Dunno, Jeet. Seems clear from the video they were held in place at the Lincoln Memorial - a famously small area with no space to move around - by a tractor beam cast by Black Israelites, leaving them with no choice but to jump around, laugh at, and stare down a Native American.

          3 replies 8 retweets 122 likes
        3. Michael Brendan Dougherty‏Verified account @michaelbd 23 Jan 2019
          Replying to @OsitaNwanevu @HeerJeet

          How many times on scchool trips did the students reschedule where and when the bus would pick them up?

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        1. Spotted Toad‏ @toad_spotted 23 Jan 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @michaelbd

          You are insane, and you are defending insanity.

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        1. InvidiousDistinction‏ @InvidiousDist 23 Jan 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @michaelbd

          Pointing out the kids foibles is classic "blame the victim" mentality. The kids don't have to prove they are "good" to avoid media shit storm and celebrity calls to punch them.

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