Michael wrote:A day or two later, Sandmann said he respects Phillips and would like to speak to him. Compare that to what Phillips said in the few interviews he gave, and then observe whose statements were amplified by the press and to what end. We can't move away. We have to stay and figure it out.
Yeah, that old guy was really a piece of work.
He studies an an Indian martial art that enables him to take on multiple attackers. They're lucky he didn't go on the warpath. What did he think he was doing.
Yeah, those 20 boys were innocent of committing the facecrime of looking like racist thugs. That's a good thing, though ... not being racist doesn't deserve congratulations or a pat on the back.
Anyway, since none of them were doing anything wrong, I've always wondered what they were doing right. Yeah, he was standing there, but why? Was it to show that he wouldn't be intimidated by the Indian man --while his boys were looking on. Well, okay, but ... it wasn't exactly heroic. Then again, I'm kinda old-fashioned, so I'd even respected the elderly when I could easily defy them. But, luckily, Sandmann and his crew showed restraint. But, you know, if he had helped the old gent then, that whole picture would have been read differently. Imagine the caption, "White Catholic Trump supporters join Native American."
Afa "we have to figure it out," if you mean figure out why people who saw those images thought what they did, that's not hard at all. It had a bit to do with the Trumpwear, but even more to do with the fact that they were White kids confronting a single/lone/elderly Brown man. It does look more like a lynch mob than an Indian attack. The crowd reaction was the fear that the worst expectations about Trump youth were confirmed. Sorry.
If it's about figuring out how not to profile people from their dress or political affiliation, cool. Stereotypes and stereotyping are not good. It's so very unfair.
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