[IntelMiner]

There's an argument to be made that the "kid" in question did what he did completely knowingly. Nobody would knowingly wear a MAGA hat into a space like that unless they knew they wanted to cause trouble

[chrisco255]

Into the Lincoln Memorial? They have every right to protest in D.C. along with every other group that's ever done it for the past 200 years.

[sarcasmOrTears]

You should really check out what happened since you're clearly still on the false narrative.

[IntelMiner]

So saying the kid "knowingly wore a controversial hat" is a false narrative?

Was he forced to wear the hat to the event?

Was there someone behind him at gunpoint forcing him to wear the hat?

[cotelletta]

Strange times when the woke left is arguing that someone deserved it because of what they were wearing...

The Covington case was naked woke hysteria, there is no way around it. Particularly because even after the details came out, people were still doubling down and making excuses for everyone else there.

The hat is the official merch of your current sitting president. The way it's treated as an overt symbol of hate is insane, and only makes stunts like "it's ok to be white" all the more poignant. Clearly it's not ok in the eyes of some, and vice versa, having colored skin can excuse harassment and racism.

[pjc50]

> The hat is the official merch of your current sitting president. The way it's treated as an overt symbol of hate is insane

Why? Hatred (as in the speech the cameraman was filming) is the overt policy of the President.

The emperor isn't naked, he just has a really bad hat - but we have to point out what we see, no matter how many people are wanting to intimidate us into not seeing it.

[culot]

I've been unable to find a transcription of his speech. What hatred was he espousing?

[pjc50]

Indeed. They'd gone to protest outside an abortion clinic, ie harass vulnerable women. They weren't expecting the counterprotestors they got.

A good summary of this faux concern: https://www.salon.com/2019/01/22/defenders-of-the-maga-hat-y...

[chrisco255]

This article is complete partisan spin that spills a lot of ink mentioning completely orthogonal criticisms of people and events entirely unrelated to the event that occurred at The Lincoln Memorial...not an abortion clinic.

Here's the 1.5 hour recording of the event so you don't have to sit through some selectively edited hack job:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-pFMZaw5f0

[culot]

This is an accurate and concise summary of the incident:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSkpPaiUF8s

Basically: the kid was entirely blameless, preyed upon by a racist native activist specifically because he was wearing a MAGA hat.