>>from I read there was tension and comments through out the
>>day. I think he or one of the other natives in his group
>said
>>the kids would say shit like "indians where i live are all
>>drunks" and things like that when they walked by.
>:
>Ok, see that is very very believable and i wish we had that on
>video (i cant say its true outright, but id say its probable).
>It would make his approach to them make a lot more sense.

For sure. Same with the "build that wall" chant. I don't know if that happened or not. One one hand there's a lot of video being released for this so you would think it would pop up somewhere, on the other there's not much reason to believe given these kid's behavior (and hats) that it's such an absurd claim.


>THAT is SO absurd. I was also raised Catholic (not whatever
>vrand of Catholic these kids were raised on) and being
>Jesus-like would be more like backing away, stepping aside, or
>lowering yourself in deference and respect. And saying you
>wish his people weren't pillaged for this country. And being
>Jesus-like would also include not worshiping a nation-state,
>lol but thats a whole other level.

Yup. if that was his real goal, he would have sat down with the man or reacted in some type of humble fashion. Not stand in the mans face with a shit eating grin. it's ridiculous.


>One thing i will say is apparently there have been some celebs
>etc calling to have these kids doxed, and there have been some
>random kids getting doxed vis mistaken identity. Im not with
>any of that. Not helpful. We all need to do better...this
>society needs serious healing. It should start with rallying
>around people like Nathan Phillips, honoring him, and finding
>some feasible realistic path to reparations for slave
>descendants as well.
>
>That shit triggered everyone.

I'm of two minds on it. Part of me says I don't give a fuck what happens to these kids. Knocked out, expelled.. whatever. I think the people defending them are the same deplorable people who would never afford a minority kid anywhere near this kind benefit of the doubt. But I'm also always uncomfortable with mob mentality even if it's coming from a place I agree with.

I caught a really good documentary on Netflix last month called White Right, made by a muslim woman who spent months interviewing and spending time with white supremacists (she even marched with them in charlottesville while filming). She even managed to flip a couple of these people, and in other cases at least got them to question their views once they started seeing her as a person and not just a muslim. None of them had ever met a muslim before. She's not on some "we should hug a nazi" tip, but she didn't approach it as everyone was a lost cause. Her goal wasn't so much to get them to change their views as it was trying to understand what in their lives led them to this.

That said, most of these people were poor, and her least productive conversations were with Richard Spencer and his "type" which is more in line with who these kids are. Smug privileged prep school, etc... I think it's safe enough bet that not not every kid in that video is a lost cause. At the same time, i have more important things/people to care about.