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2 things should be self-evident. 1. Kids in MAGA hats doing tomahawk chops at a Native American and chanting “Build that wall!” are acting racist NO MATTER what happened before or after 2. Joking that one of them has a “punchable face” is not a call for violence or child abuse.https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/1087838604062117888 …
If you want to see a call to violence take a look at the emails being sent to me and my wife by Alt Right trolls for whom these kids are heroes. How sad that otherwise reasonable people on the left and right are being fooled into accepting this narrative.
THEY NEVER CHANTED "BUILD THE WALL!" If I'm wrong please post video of them chanting that.
That’s correct. It was the black Hebrew activists that were chanting build the wall
That’s what I heard, too. The Black Israelites also called Phillips a “5 dollar Indian”. There was a lot of vile stuff being said, and I didn’t hear it from the Covington boys. One would think a boy standing silently and slightly bewildered would be the least of Reza’s concern.
It’s only a concern when someone pays to set up an altercation and it doesn’t go as planned. It’s Kavanaugh all over again.
"Kaya Taitano, who shot the viral video, said the teens were chanting "Build the wall" and "Trump 2020." Those chants were not audible in videos reviewed by CNN." https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/21/us/maga-hat-teens-native-american-second-video/index.html … Keep trying to push the narrative, Reza.
Sorry, "build the wall" and "Trump 2020" are thoroughly acceptable political speech. I don't at all agree with them, but if such language justifies violence, then "Bernie 2020" and "Tax the Rich" must be calls to arms as well. Talk about slippery slopes.
Actually it is a call to violence. Saying someone has a punchable face implys that it would be satisfying to punch them. Honestly, if you said that to my kid anywhere near me you'd never walk again.
He's also lying about the wall chant. What a piece of shit.
It's the worst liberal spin I've ever seen. In the end everything stayed peaceful. A little hootin and hollering, a little verbal jousting, I wish more American protests were like that. At Berkley they flipped/burned cars and smashed windows all because Milo wanted to speak.
I have Native American blood and I have not heard any audible chant of build that wall or tomahawk chop. I did see MAGA hats. They said they shouted down the bigots. Even CNN article said none of the videos they had an audible of build that wall.
I think it all depends how someone wants to see things, what they "refer" to tomahawk chop appears to me as what someone would do during a smudging ceremony, I didn't hear build that wall either.
Or an Atlanta Braves game...
It's clear BHI was attempting to provoke a response from the boys. You can bet if the boys had said anything derogatory or the least bit racists the BHI would have had a very vocal response. There was no such response in 1h 49m video. Multiple videos corraborate the boys position
Well thank you for addressing the issue, though I can't say I think much of your response. I believe you've cobbled together a narrative that misrepresents the truth of the situation. And though what you said is not criminal, it was calculated and deliberate.
No, it is a felony. He could be charged under multiple statutes.
Not ONE bit of evidence in any of the videos the kids were chanting “Build that Wall”.
Even If the Kids chanted "build the wall", don't they have that freedom?
Yes. And why would it offend a Native American who is already inside?
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