I heard the discussion on Democracy Now, too. I really hate cowards.
Those boys send a warning of what America may look like in 50 years.
When we are faced with the annihilation of the human species, how can
we be led into turning on one another?
Carl Jarvis
On 1/22/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The American Indian man who did the drumming and singing was interviewed on
Democracy Now this morning. He was attempting to promote peace and harmony
by intervening between the boys and the group whom he identified as Black
Israelites. He was attempting to prevent unnecessary physical injury to
either group, a commendable act in my opinion. The boys from the Kentucky
Catholic School were wearing, "Make America Great" hats, and they were in
Washington to march in a demonstration opposing women's right to medical
care and control of their own bodies. A potential new crop of Judge
Cavenaughs.
I am becoming very impatient with news media personalities and others who
present what's happening in our country as if it were a matter of equally
valid points of view and who believe that compromise will solve our
problems.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Hatred, intimidation and make America white
again
Now that the hour plus long video has surfaced of a group of Catholic School
students engaging in multiple confrontations in our nations capital the
picture is clearer and worse than ever. There was a group of black Hebrews
loudly protesting the president's policies, namely the wall. The group of
teens and their chaperones, wearing MAGA hats loudly counter protested with
build the wall and go back to Africa chants. At this point the confrontation
was mostly peaceful with the teens staying about 15 feet away from their
intended targets. At that point 3 native Americans started playing their
drums and chanting. This is where things took a turn for the ugly. The teens
surrounded them and started to close in their circle around them, blocking
their exit or retreat. Taking it a step further one of the teens, in a
threatening move, took off his shirt and got directly within inches of the
native Americans who were powerless to retreat. While the apologists will be
quick to point out that no assault occurred, lets look at another crime that
doesn't get as much air time. It is called menacing. Yes, in many locales
that is a felony. It is to act in a manner which would make the victim
believe they are in jeopardy of injury or death. Evidentially those lads
were willfully ignorant of the legal consequences of their actions. If a
group of black, Hispanic, or Muslum males surrounded a member of the
privileged class or a police officer in the manner these lads did they would
have been shot. Let's look at another example that occurred on this list.
There was a theory set forth by some here who believe their status as
members of the privileged class allows them to forego tipping a wait staff.
Those folks are willfully ignorant of something known as "theft of service",
which is a very real crime in many places. What these two aforementioned
examples teach us is that when you are a member of the privileged class you
can be as willfully ignorant of the law as you choose to be; because in the
end the laws don't apply to you. So like it or not, those fine lads from
their wealthy, plaid tie, blue blazer, embroidered breast pocket private
school have become the face of the new privileged class and an icon of
everything that is wrong with the ever-increasing socio-economic divide.
Frank