-
Posts
8,782 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
43
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Store
Articles
Events
Everything posted by Muda69
-
http://reason.com/blog/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-nathan-phillips-video#comment Again, all the evidence suggests that Phillips got it backward. He also claimed that he heard chants of "build the wall." While I cannot rule out the possibility that some of the kids indeed chanted this—those who were wearing MAGA hats are presumably Trump supporters—I did not hear a single utterance of the phrase in the nearly two hours of video footage I watched. Admittedly, the kids do a lot of chanting and it's not always possible to tell what they are saying. Their stated explanation is that they engaged in a series of school sports chants: That's what one student told a local news reporter. His account largely tracks with the video. "We are an all-male school that loves to get hyped up," said this student. "And as we have done for years prior, we decided to do some cheers to pass time. In the midst of our cheers, we were approached by a group of adults led by Nathan Phillips, with Phillips beating his drum. They forced their way to the center of our group. We initially thought this was a cultural display since he was beating along to our cheers and so we clapped to the beat." According to this student, the smiling student was grinning because he was enjoying the music, but eventually became confused, along with everyone else. (Indeed, multiple people can be heard to shout, "what is going on?") It would be impossible to definitively state that none of the young men did anything wrong, offensive, or problematic, at some point, and maybe the smiling student was attempting to intimidate Phillips. But there's shockingly little evidence of wrongdoing, unless donning a Trump hat and standing in a group of other people doing the same is now an act of harassment or violence. Phillips' account, meanwhile, is at best flawed, and arguably deliberately misleading. Unless other information emerges, the school's best move would be to have a conversation with the boys about the incident, perhaps discuss some strategies for remaining on perfect behavior at highly charged political rallies—where everybody is recording everything on a cell phone—and let that be the end of it. The boys are undoubtedly owed an apology from the numerous people who joined this social media pile-on. This is shaping up to be one of the biggest major media misfires in quite some time. Updated at 8:30 p.m.: Nick Sandmann, the Covington student in the middle of the controversy, has released a statement. Here it is in full: A sad incident, for all involved. But I contend if would have never made the MSM had the MAGA hats not been worn.
-
http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/25776964/insurance-market-football-evaporating-causing-major-threat-nfl-pop-warner-colleges-espn Dire times. Maybe the risk, and the cost, for youth tackle football is too great.
- 1 reply
-
- 1
-
The Lessons of the Government Shutdown
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
Happy to oblige. Watching Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Trump play petty political games is lot like watching these cats: -
Beto’s Constitutional Folly
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
https://www.heritage.org/american-founders/report/how-understand-slavery-and-the-american-founding -
Beto’s Constitutional Folly
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
So again, please tell us why you choose to be an American citizen if you despise it's founding so much? -
Beto’s Constitutional Folly
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
So is that your supposedly college-educated opinion of the founding fathers and framers of the U.S. Constitution? That they were just a bunch of slave owners and therefore their words and thoughts shouldn't be trusted for anything? Tell us again why you choose to be an American citizen? -
The Lessons of the Government Shutdown
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
The Shutdown’s Real Lesson: Government Has Taken Hostage Too Much of the Economy: https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/shutdowns-real-lesson-government-has-taken-hostage-too-much-economy Agreed. -
Gillette Tells Men They're Repulsive Creeps. Now Give Them Your Money, You Piece of Garbage: https://pjmedia.com/trending/gillette-tells-men-theyre-repulsive-creeps-now-give-them-your-money-you-piece-of-garbage/?fbclid=IwAR3vVS_AByKCM0AmOsjgan6mrc-GuaYQX_nRgkncEQyqYHUB1DkwSFyC1Cs This is long overdue. #TimesUp, penis-havers! Here's Gillette's first salvo in their war on men. WARNING: Contains depictions of male behavior. See? See what you've done, you repulsive creeps? And don't you think you could use a shave? If that didn't fill you with regret and self-loathing at being a man, then you weren't one to begin with. Masculinity is more toxic than the plastic in Gillette's inexpensive disposable razors. I didn't even realize how rotten and depraved I was until I saw this ad, and now I want to run out and buy as many Gillette products as I can carry. Gillette has learned that in [current year], it's not enough for a company to make a product that people want. It's not enough to make them feel inadequate about themselves, and then sell them the supposed cure for that inadequacy. Consumers, men in particular, must be made to feel worthless. They have to be reminded that their needs and desires are wrong under any circumstances, that their instincts are loathsome, that their very existence is a malignancy, and that they're responsible for all the world's ills whether they want to admit it or not. Now give them your money, you piece of garbage. If past corporate scolding campaigns are any indication, Gillette will see some pushback from customers who don't know what's good for them. When Starbucks introduced their #RaceTogether campaign back in 2015, they were roundly excoriated by racists everywhere. And guess what? Racism continues to this day. Are you going to allow the same thing to happen with sexism, or are you going to go out and buy a Mach3? I'm proud to be ashamed of being a man, and I applaud Gillette for refusing to let me get away with it. The best a man can get is the bottom of the barrel. I'm going to stop shaving in protest. Who's with me?
-
The Lessons of the Government Shutdown
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
As an advocate for smaller government one can only hope.................... -
Other Sports Without a Home Here
Muda69 replied to Basementbias's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
Go for it. There is a reason this is called the Out Of Bounds Forum. -
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/betos-constitutional-folly/ Here! Here! The answers are in the Constitution, our Congress is just too cowardly to accept and take back it's responsibilities.
-
The Lessons of the Government Shutdown
Muda69 replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
I would guess that those 800,00 employees aren't creating invoices to private companies for materials ranging from toilet paper to .50 caliber ammunition. Unfortunately many private companies biggest customer is the US federal government. -
Huntington North's new coach
Muda69 replied to GoodKn19ht's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Yeah, they have been pretty close for decades. Even when Maconaquah's overall enrollment plunged due to the closing of Grissom AFB, Peru seemed to slowly bleed students as well. Of course what matters is the the Braves have all the quality students. :) -
Huntington North's new coach
Muda69 replied to GoodKn19ht's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
He was 3-5 against in county rival Maconaquah, which is a good thing. :)