Murphy's Seventh Law:
Left to themselves,
things tend to go from bad to worse.
The Covington Catholic High March for Life Kerfuffle
Notice to readers: this video, referenced in a recent Reason piece, is available at the time of the post. I have no control over someone withdrawing a video at a future time. Some background: Twitter seemed to erupt over the image of a smirking Covington Catholic High student confronting an elder Native American, Nathan Phillips. I myself published some disapproving tweets based on the limited clip I saw, profusely republished on Twitter. (To be fair, I did a YouTube search on Covington Catholic, but came up with unrelated general school clips.) This clip is almost unwatchable. It starts with a black fringe group, sometimes characterized as a hate group, Black Hebrew Israelites, heckling a Native American group (Nathan's) over the impotence of their gods against the European invaders. Nathan would later tell the progressive media than he heard ugly threats from the Covington Catholic High group against BHI, along with Trumpkin shouts of "Build the wall", seemingly plausible because a number of students are wearing MAGA hats. The Reason writer disputes almost all of Nathan's account, noting that footage shows that Phillips approaches the student, not vice-versa, that Convington marchers ignored the black counter-protesters, and in fact BHI was hurling racist words like "cracker" (and an objectionable term used to describe gays) at the students and singling out a black high school student for provocative, divisive taunting.I didn't want to spend an hour-plus watching a video of another religious extremist group like the Westboro Baptists. Yes, in America, we must tolerate all sorts of ideological nonsense in the name of liberty. Would my own Tweet responses have been different on fuller context? Yes. I do think the teen who confronted Phillips could have handled the confrontation more respectfully, but I think Phillips' own judgment should be called into question.
Of Course, the Dems Are Being Hypocritical on Immigration--But So Are Republicans
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The last time I checked Statists were responsible for wars and genocides. We libertarians find killing our customers counterproductive.
Well, context is everything. The clips of the Covington Catholic High confronting a Native American group led by Nathan Phillips are misleading. In fact, Phillips intervened, misreading the situation. https://t.co/hSLxPbru1G— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 20, 2019
Well, I decided to check on Trump's job approvals after his "genius" decision to pick a fight over "wall funding" to justify a partial government shutdown Gallup has him down to 37%, the lowest since February.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 20, 2019
Just a reminder that the utilization of public benefits by immigrants is proportionately less than comparably low-income citizens. Cato points out methodology issues with (anti-immigrant) CIS studies. https://t.co/irf0Q72h1z— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 20, 2019
I had a pseudo-Christian troll call me a "Pharisee", a sophistic, judgmental religious hypocrite among Christ's enemies. The retard confuses loving the sinner with loving the sin. Christ was a very strict moralist; He forgives sinners, not the sins.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 20, 2019
I ;think maybe today the rest of America will figure out that bigger government is the problem, not the solution. #FirstThoughtsWhenIWakeUp— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 20, 2019
You remember that state of economic illiteracy, Oregon, where citizens freaked out over customers able to pump their own gas in some places. Oregon may be the first state to implement counter-productive rent control. https://t.co/2qeaxxlhPT— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
Donald Trump has given his Presidency an A+. Not so fast, Bozo; I'm the professor and I haven't released my final grades. You started unnecessary trade wars, you didn't do a goddamn thing about unfunded liabilities or a $22T debt, and the Art of the Deal President can't negotiate— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
George Will has written the most spot-on op-ed I've ever read of the Buffoon-in-Chief. https://t.co/852NH1AZqQ— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
Well, granted, wearing a MAGA hat is not a sign of higher intelligence. It's almost as retarded as progressives wearing Che Guevara gear. There's idiocy on both sides of the ideological divide. MAGA— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
I'm hoping that Pope Francis publishes an encyclical declaring Trumpism to be a heresy. Catholic— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
I'm sure not a few fellow libertarians dislike my critique of the Civil War. It seems Cato Institute comes out every 6 weeks attacking critics as alleged apologists for the Confederacy. I keep pointing out abolitionist Lysander Spooner was a Civil War critic.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
To be honest, I would like to slap the taste of the mouth of that smirking MAGA student confronting Nathan Phillips. Full respect for Phillips handling indignities with grace. "Native Americans"— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
It doesn't take much to trigger anti-Catholic bigotry, which has been persistent throughout American history— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
Catholicism has taught us to be respectful to all of God's children, including non-Catholics. Not all Catholics practice the Church's positions.
"Covington Catholic"
I had a pro-abort female "scientist" troll upset at my politically incorrect pro-life views. I think progressive retards try to hype their "scientist credentials" as if thrusting a cross at a vampire. No, using science as a whore to promote govt hubris doesn't make you "smart".— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
I'm sure that Trumpkins and other xenophobes shed no tears for unauthorized foreign visitors whose attempts to work around unreasonable immigration restrictions results in their own deaths. Exercising one's natural right to migrate should not be a death sentence.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
I'm calling out the judicial whore U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernardo P. Velasco for his attempts to rationalize the criminalization of humanitarian assistance for migrants who might otherwise perish on federal land. https://t.co/ivjrD5xu4r— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 19, 2019
It is nauseating to hear the pro-aborts attempt to argue that pro-lifers are hypocritical by not supporting Statist policies. Government is one of the leading causes of death. I have more faith in the market than political whores. #MarchForLife— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 18, 2019
There is no greater testament to one's moral judgment than to speak on the behalf of vulnerable preborn children. I trust no one, especially politicians, who enable and exploit the greatest evil of our times, abortion #MarchForLife— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 18, 2019
