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Rural_Progressive

(1,105 posts)
1. Unfortunately the heading on this post
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:25 PM
Jan 2019

has nothing to do with the content of the video. Nick Sandmann says nothing on the video whatsoever.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
9. I attempted to go to the schools web site and it seems to be taken down.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:02 PM
Jan 2019

I did see that the student population is 95% white with less than 1% Black. Other minorities only have one or two kids represented in the school. I was interested in how much they charge for tuition. I noticed the Catholic diocese that another Catholic school is in banned ed a gay student from delivering the graduating speech at his school. His father rented a bullhorn and he read his speech on the school grounds.

redstatebluegirl

(12,264 posts)
2. I read somewhere today that the Diocese hired a PR firm to try and repair the issue.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:54 PM
Jan 2019

Sounds about right, that is what the Church did to make the stench of child abuse not as strong. I left the Church years ago, don't trust it or it's leaders one bit.

brush

(53,475 posts)
6. He can deny and spin all he wants, he's still wearing that hat.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:28 PM
Jan 2019

It's like a klansman in a hood saying I'm not racist.

rainin

(3,010 posts)
7. They know that when they are wearing that hat they are being aggressive.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 02:44 PM
Jan 2019

They know what that hat means. It signals to everyone that a terrorist is in the room. It is the white hood of our day. This kid knows it and just doesn't like the heat he brought on himself. He thought he was just grandstanding for his friends. He didn't expect so many to see his actions. Well, we saw it and his belief in white supremacy and entitlement is clear.

The Animator

(1,138 posts)
10. You wanna know what would have unequivocally diffused the situation?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 03:10 PM
Jan 2019

Take your hat off your head, at least for a moment, hold it over your heart and sit. your. ass. down...

Sit in front of that and watch him drum. If you recognized that he was trying to calm things down, you could have given everyone in your group the a cue to follow your example. It would have turned an opposing mob into a respectful audience... It would have gone a long way toward improving the optics of your group, instead of making it easier to confirm what we already suspected about you. That you were all just little boys who wanted to puff up and prove how tough you are...

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
12. Still Exercising their Rights under the document of Discovery,,,?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 04:40 PM
Jan 2019

All the Blame lies at the feet of my Native American Ancestors, they should have killed all European explorers and settlers when their feet first touched our soil!

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