Covington Catholic high School throws the MAGA kids under the bus

madasheck · January 22, 2019, 1:57am

If you ever attended a private Catholic prep school (as I did for almost three years), you’d know that it is very much a tight-knit society. That high tuition has a lot to do with it. No mom or dad paying that much money is going to be happy if their son gets kicked out for doing something as stupid (and with national publicity) as these kids did. And I don’t care what winger TV/radio/social media says. The guy (btw a veteran) who had that MAGA brat in his face is all the story anyone needs to hear. Wondering who wrote that crap up for that brat anyway.

madasheck · January 22, 2019, 1:59am

They have evidence from the footage of the kids.

Bodecea · January 22, 2019, 2:01am

Plenty in my life…the “get in your face with a smirk and not let you pass while buddies laugh” is an old, old trick.

Bodecea · January 22, 2019, 2:02am

“acting like perfect gentlemen”…your attempt at gas lighting has jumped the shark.

Blippie · January 22, 2019, 2:33am

Smug little punk deserves a whipping

Bodecea · January 22, 2019, 2:33am

No…just make sure they are known…colleges and places of employment should know what they are getting.

Blippie · January 22, 2019, 2:47am

White Castle is gonna fire him. Even worse for playing the victim and just not accepting responsibility and apologizing. What the hell do they teach those kids?

PAmoderate37 · January 22, 2019, 3:14am

Well that’s stupid. That’s like saying a kid deserves to get beat up because he didn’t give the cop enough respect. Goes both ways.

reflechissez · January 22, 2019, 3:15am

That makes no sense.

PAmoderate37 · January 22, 2019, 3:22am

He is saying the kid deserves to get beat up for having a smug look on his face. Some people justify police brutality by saying the person being arrested deserved it because they were disrespectful to the cop. The people claiming this kid deserves to be beat up for having a smug look would be the first people to want the cop to be arrested.

For the record, no one deserves to be beat up for not being respectful enough to a cop, but neither does this kid deserve to be beat up.

DougBH · January 22, 2019, 3:38am

Nemesis:

altair1013:

Janet_Miller:

What?

Not a Catholic, but the last person here who cares if someone else wants to practice the oldest Christian faith.

Those in charge of the school condemned the behaviors of the students.

The problem is…?

The problem is that the kids were just standing there smiling when they were approached by the drum beater. That seems like a hell of a thing to punish someone for.

Oh please, sure they were just stood around smiling and keeping to themselves. You obviously have forgotten what you/me and all teenage boys are like when they get together in a group.

However, with that said death threats or threats of violence against these teenagers is completely unacceptable. But I dont consider someone commenting that a kid with a smug grin on his face looks punchable is a threat to the kid.

I fully accept that there is more to the story than what was first reported but isnt that the way of any news story. If the media waited for all the facts then they wold not report on any incident.

I can concede that the teenagers are not the racist rabid mob that they were first portrayed but will those who are supporting them concede that they are not as innocent as you want them to be?

There is obviously fault on both sides but for me the larger concern is the lack of adult supervision. When I was at school we had the same teachers who took us on school trips and they ruled with a rod of iron because they knew to do otherwise would result in us getting completely out of control and into trouble.

I still find it laughable that we are expected to believe that the smirking kid (I cant remember his name) was just trying to get to the Lincoln memorial to say some prayers.

I pretty much agree, except the part where saying someones face is punchable is not an implied threat.

If those kids had been yelling obscenities like the Isrealites, they would deserve the treatment that the media was initially giving them. If they had gone after the “eleder” and surrounded him, they would have deserved some of the treatment they got. As it was, their sin was not being able to handle verbal assaults in a properly humble way.
That grin was the offense involved. But it was not the offense of seeking people out with racist motives. It was the sin of not knowing how to handle racist attacks.

reflechissez · January 22, 2019, 3:38am

Did he say the crowd should have beat him up?

PAmoderate37 · January 22, 2019, 3:41am

He said the kid deserved a whipping.

mollyBrown · January 22, 2019, 3:42am

Those sweet, sweet alterboys respecting the opposite sex.
https://mobile.twitter.com/roflinds/status/1087486166939680768

Nemesis · January 22, 2019, 3:50am

DougBH:

Nemesis:

altair1013:

Janet_Miller:

What?

Not a Catholic, but the last person here who cares if someone else wants to practice the oldest Christian faith.

Those in charge of the school condemned the behaviors of the students.

The problem is…?

The problem is that the kids were just standing there smiling when they were approached by the drum beater. That seems like a hell of a thing to punish someone for.

Oh please, sure they were just stood around smiling and keeping to themselves. You obviously have forgotten what you/me and all teenage boys are like when they get together in a group.

However, with that said death threats or threats of violence against these teenagers is completely unacceptable. But I dont consider someone commenting that a kid with a smug grin on his face looks punchable is a threat to the kid.

I fully accept that there is more to the story than what was first reported but isnt that the way of any news story. If the media waited for all the facts then they wold not report on any incident.

I can concede that the teenagers are not the racist rabid mob that they were first portrayed but will those who are supporting them concede that they are not as innocent as you want them to be?

There is obviously fault on both sides but for me the larger concern is the lack of adult supervision. When I was at school we had the same teachers who took us on school trips and they ruled with a rod of iron because they knew to do otherwise would result in us getting completely out of control and into trouble.

I still find it laughable that we are expected to believe that the smirking kid (I cant remember his name) was just trying to get to the Lincoln memorial to say some prayers.

I pretty much agree, except the part where saying someones face is punchable is not an implied threat.

If those kids had been yelling obscenities like the Isrealites, they would deserve the treatment that the media was initially giving them. If they had gone after the “eleder” and surrounded him, they would have deserved some of the treatment they got. As it was, their sin was not being able to handle verbal assaults in a properly humble way.
That grin was the offense involved. But it was not the offense of seeking people out with racist motives. It was the sin of not knowing how to handle racist attacks.

If the quote was “I am going to punch him in the face to wipe that smug grin off his face” you would have a point but we can agree to disagree on this one point.

Its nice to be in general agreement for once.

Nemesis · January 22, 2019, 3:53am

Just one last point, this whole idea of school kids wearing political gear is weird. Back home in England you are not going to see teenagers on a school trip wearing Brexit hats. They are more interested in trying to get served in a pub or losing their virginity.

reflechissez · January 22, 2019, 3:55am

They seem like such nice boys.

zonulet · January 22, 2019, 4:19am

The video is short because she intentionally failed to show what the girls said to the group of teen boys. The people promoting this hysteria are deliberate, making them quite dangerous. Their ‘better than you’ attitude is so easy to understand. When you check out the people this girl follows, her agenda is clear. Political tribalism. A younger Christine Blasey Ford.

reflechissez · January 22, 2019, 4:22am

Where’s the longer video?

Blippie · January 22, 2019, 5:09am

A little discipline goes a long way. A whipping I meant woodshed and pick your switch. Not Roots or Django