Ghost of a Rider
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I didn't say no one chanted "build that wall", I said someone started the untrue rumor that the kids were saying it.
I notice you depend a lot on this term "someone". That could be anybody anywhere saying anything.
I don't "depend" on it, someone did start the rumor. I just don't know who, hence the pronoun "someone". And they weren't "saying anything" they were saying the kids said "build that wall".
It's a known fact that people were saying this when the story came out. Phillips himself is probably the "someone" who started the rumor because he specifically said in interviews that he heard them saying this.
Most of the articles simply quote Phillips as saying he heard them say "Build that wall" but I found at least one article that didn't bother to quote Phillips. They came right out and asserted that the kids were saying this:
The Stupidity of Evil: Teens Shouting ‘Build that Wall’ at Native American Vet
I've no doubt there are others.
Doesn't matter anyway, it's irrelevant.
Irrelevant to what? Given that the rumor was untrue and that people believed it anyway and used that as another reason to condemn these kids, I would say that it is most definitely relevant.
I don't see how it's relevant. Whether this or that party mentioned a wall or not has no bearing on the BHI trolling, on the Covington's reaction displays, on the Indian drumming or on the Smirk. None of it changes if this or that entity says anything about a wall.
If the accusation of their saying "build that wall" is irrelevant then so is his smiling.
The people criticizing these kids formed their opinions based on what they heard, saw or were told. They formed their opinions based on the MAGA hats, Sandmann smiling and on the belief that the kids said "Build that wall". The entire controversy is centered around these three things so yes, it definitely has bearing on the issue as a whole.
If we're going to expand the topic to what anybody in the world thinks and their various impressions, we'll be all over the proverbial map, like anything else. The topic of this thread was a defamation suit against certain media companies for ----- whatever it is they're alleged to have printed or broadcast, of which no one seems to have any evidence. Far as I know nobody is claiming to have been defamed for shouting "build that wall". Lots of people have embarrassed themselves that way but that isn't 'defamation'.
I understand the thread topic is the lawsuit but my first post in this thread was in response to something Penelope said that was not about the lawsuit. She said that Sandmann was being irresponsible and that he instigated the incident. I questioned her as to how he was irresponsible and how he instigated but she never answered.
My first post to you was in response to your comments to the effect that the Covington kids moved towards the BHIs and implied from the video you posted that Sandmann approached Phillips. This, also, was not about the lawsuit.
As for the lawsuit, I don't really care one way or the other. I don't think they'll win the case anyway. Do I think they are justified in their anger towards the MSM? Absolutely. But I don't think the suit will come to much.