thom w wrote:
I just said I wonder. I didn’t draw any conclusions. I didn’t try to blame every red hat wearer for their actions. That would be tempting but foolish and wrong. And I didn’t claim anything bad about you. I was a little suprised that you posted what you did. Pleasantly surprised. Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised. I’m sorry you thought I was being critical.
From CNN.....
CNN)A video that shows white high school students in Make America Great Again hats and shirts mocking a Native American elder shocked the country, leading to widespread denunciations of the teens' behavior.
It was a moment in a bigger story that is still unfolding.
A new video that surfaced Sunday shows what happened before and after the encounter Friday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
In the new video, another group taunts the students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky with disparaging and vulgar language. The group of black men, who identify as members of the Hebrew Israelites, also shout r****t slurs at participants of the Indigenous Peoples Rally and other passersby.
The new video adds context to an encounter viewed by many as the latest sign of bigotry infecting the country. Screenshots of a smirking teen staring down Omaha tribe elder Nathan Phillips spread through the internet, sparking widespread outrage.
But a teen who says he was involved in the encounter said the students' actions have been wrongly interpreted as r****t. In a statement, Nick Sandmann said the students decided to raise their voices to drown out the Hebrew Israelites' inflammatory comments -- not to intimidate or mock Phillips. Phillips has said the teen blocked his escape.
But neither Sandmann's statement or the video will be the last word on the controversy. Here's what the video shows:
The Hebrew Israelites begin by disparaging the students
The new video was shot by a member of the adult group.
The men identify as members of the Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some b***k A******ns are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe.
A man in a long black coat does most of the talking and shouting, occasionally banging a walking stick on the concrete for emphasis. Another man dressed in black holds a poster with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel in one column and another described as the corresponding "s***e names" of different racial identities.
Another man with an Afro and a Star of David necklace h*****g around his neck occasionally recites scripture while the person filming occasionally adds his own commentary.
The video opens with a tense encounter involving the men and a woman who challenges their beliefs and calls for peace.
"Peace to what land?" one of the men responds. "How you gonna have peace to this land ... when you got this madman in the White House?"
The camera pans past the group, catching the first glimpse of the teenagers, at least one wearing a red Make America Great Again hat.
"Then you got those pompous bastards over there wearing Make America Great Again hats," one voice says. "Why you not angry at them?"