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Title: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on January 20, 2019, 03:16:58 PM
Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to be banned
By clementine613 - 3:24 PM

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211700428

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Anyone catch what clementine613 posted before it went down the rabbit hole?

Some of the DUpipo get the whole "free exercise" thingy, but a disturbing number don't:

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beachbum bob (9,157 posts)

17. just ban their graduates from going to any US College/University that takes taxpayer's funds

that would put an end to most of them
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ausonius on January 20, 2019, 03:42:35 PM
Apparently things are not quite what they seem:

https://twitter.com/matthewschmitz/status/1086994001801158656 (https://twitter.com/matthewschmitz/status/1086994001801158656)

https://twitter.com/AClementsWKRC/status/1086822521012473858 (https://twitter.com/AClementsWKRC/status/1086822521012473858)
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: jukin on January 20, 2019, 03:59:32 PM
I am losing my sense of humor over the fake media.  Might be time to doxx them or more.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: ADsOutburst on January 20, 2019, 04:11:52 PM
I am losing my sense of humor over the fake media.  Might be time to doxx them or more.
Unfortunately, in spite of their track record, they remain effective at what they do. Even Scott Adams and, it appears, some people at conservativepoliticalforum.com bought into the media narrative of what happened, before the students side of the story came out.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on January 20, 2019, 06:42:27 PM
So, I tried the "trick" of Googling the DU title along with "Democratic Underground" and checking for what Google has cached, but the post must've been removed too long ago. All I found of the original post was this from the results list:

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They produce nothing but racism, sexism and homophobia. These kids would all be much better served in a public school where they will learn ...

 :thatsright: Must be interesting for those Catholic schools, teaching racism to, for example, Hispanics and Vietnamese students! :thatsright:  :hammer: DU-Moron! How blitheringly ignorant does one need to be not to know that there are lots and lots of Hispanic and Vietnamese in the US Catholic Church?! :hammer: And I'm sure it would not be hard to find black Catholic school students. :hammer:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: ADsOutburst on January 20, 2019, 08:22:38 PM
So, I tried the "trick" of Googling the DU title along with "Democratic Underground" and checking for what Google has cached, but the post must've been removed too long ago. All I found of the original post was this from the results list:

 :thatsright: Must be interesting for those Catholic schools, teaching racism to, for example, Hispanics and Vietnamese students! :thatsright:  :hammer: DU-Moron! How blitheringly ignorant does one need to be not to know that there are lots and lots of Hispanic and Vietnamese in the US Catholic Church?! :hammer: And I'm sure it would not be hard to find black Catholic school students. :hammer:
The poster you quoted apparently isn't aware that the catholic students were confronted by a known hate group. That hate group said, among other things, that the bible condemns homosexuals ( to which a catholic student replied "They're still humans").

It's the typical MO of the left; confront and provoke opposition, and then complain when their target reacts (or in this case, doesn't really react at all).
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on January 20, 2019, 10:59:30 PM
I went to hs just down the road from cov cath. It's an all boys school. The girls are across the road at Notre dame. They were known as the fags in the valley and the girls were the whores on the hill. I never had a problem with any of the guys over there. This is a whole lot of nothing, hate that it hits this close to home
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on January 21, 2019, 10:23:02 AM
The poster you quoted apparently isn't aware that the catholic students were confronted by a known hate group. That hate group said, among other things, that the bible condemns homosexuals ( to which a catholic student replied "They're still humans").

It's the typical MO of the left; confront and provoke opposition, and then complain when their target reacts (or in this case, doesn't really react at all).

At the time I posted that I wasn't very aware of the full context, either. But the narrative didn't ring true, and I knew the narrative was being questioned as not giving full context. But not knowing more I just called out the stupidity that was in clementine613's now "removed" post.

I also could have pointed out that Progressives' bigoted attempt to shut down Catholic (and other) parochial schools got squashed by the USSC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_v._Society_of_Sisters) nearly 95 years ago. I don't know if Miss Nancy is sufficiently insanely stupid as to try to pass a law outlawing parochial schools. I doubt it would pass the House, let alone get past the Senate, President Trump, and the USSC (Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Roberts all attended Catholic schools, :-) ).
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: FlaGator on January 21, 2019, 12:54:33 PM
I believe the FBI should investigate this (since it spans jurisdictions) and prosecute all the liberals and conservatives that had anything to do with this. That includes all the journalists who didn't vet the story before running with it. Seems like National Review had some hand in this so take them down with the libs.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on January 21, 2019, 01:36:52 PM
I believe the FBI should investigate this (since it spans jurisdictions) and prosecute all the liberals and conservatives that had anything to do with this. That includes all the journalists who didn't vet the story before running with it. Seems like National Review had some hand in this so take them down with the libs.

Unless some media outlet directly and specifically urged violence against the students, families and the school, where's the crime? The MSM F'ed up, badly, but that is not a crime.

As to National Review, I did not see what they published, but have seen that something referenced in multiple contexts. Here's what NR has about it, my emphasis:

The Lincoln Memorial Hoax (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-lincoln-memorial-hoax/)
By RICH LOWRY, National Review Editor
January 20, 2019 4:57 PM
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Last night, I tweeted that the Catholic high school that apologized over the conduct of its kids at the Lincoln Memorial did the appropriate thing. Then someone shared with me a snippet from a different angle/time that showed the Indian elder/activist approaching the kid in a MAGA hat who looked initially like he was menacing him. I noted that ambiguity in another tweet and said it was still wrong for the other kids to mock the elder’s chant. Now, even more extensive video shows that the elder approached the entire group of kids in the first place and suggests — together with a statement by one of the students — that the kids jumping around and chanting may not necessarily have been mean-spirited. All this took place in the context of a long, poisonous tirade directed at the the students by a group of black nationalists. Anyway, if not a hoax, this at the very least was not what it initially seemed. I deleted my original tweet and we also took down a strongly worded post by my colleague Nick Frankovich that relied on the incomplete video. It’s another reminder — even for an old hand like me — that it’s best not to make snap judgments and to wait for all sides of a controversy to have a chance to be heard.

Note the time stamp, because even that mea goofa blogpost reflects what was known and what was uncertain at the time it was published.

Here is the article about the incident I found on the NR site Main Page, similar time stamp:

Nathan Phillips Lied. The Media Bought It. (https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/nathan-phillips-lied-the-media-bought-it/)
By KYLE SMITH
January 20, 2019 5:14 PM
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If you’re in a public place and someone starts heckling you, are you entitled to heckle back? How about if someone does something much worse than heckling you in a public place? What if that person in fact takes a drum up to you and starts banging it in your face? Are you entitled to heckle back? How about smirking? Are you allowed to smirk?

I think you are, even if you’re wearing a MAGA hat. Even if you’re an entitled brat. Even if you’re an entitled Catholic brat.

We’ll stipulate that the Catholic boys from a high school in Kentucky were a little obnoxious when an indigenous man named Nathan Phillips banged a drum at them in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday. But Phillips was being a lot more obnoxious. To put it another way, if you were minding your own business in a public place and someone came right up to you and put a drum up to your face and made a huge racket inches from your nose, would you be happy about it?

The kids from Covington Catholic High School in Covington, Ky., were ambassadors for causes much bigger than themselves: Catholicism and the right to life. As such, they should have comported themselves better than to jeer and do a tomahawk chop in front of Phillips. Ideally, the kids would have ignored him and walked away. ...

Phillips, on the other hand, is an adult, and he repeatedly lied about what happened to the Washington Post, which was utterly taken in by him and reported everything he said uncritically.
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Friday he waded into a group of Covington students, evidently hoping to troll a response out of them suitable for a viral video. According to the Washington Post, Phillips, 64, said that he felt threatened by the teens and that they swarmed around him as he and other activists were wrapping up the march and preparing to leave. This is a lie. They didn’t swarm around him. He strolled right into the middle of their group:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on January 21, 2019, 02:32:58 PM
Elspeth at CU has posted a lot about this over there, in addition to the things posted here.  Worth a read.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 21, 2019, 02:47:21 PM
Elspeth at CU has posted a lot about this over there, in addition to the things posted here.  Worth a read.

Here is the link.
http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/showthread.php?94843-The-Truth-about-the-Lincoln-Memorial-Incident-(Catholic-School-Boys-Doxed-yesterday)

I saw the video in question and body language of the teenager clearly showed there was more to it.

Kentucky student seen in viral confrontation with Native American speaks out
https://www.foxnews.com/us/kentucky-student-seen-in-viral-confrontation-with-native-american-speaks-out

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The Kentucky high school student seen in a viral video standing-face-to-face with a Native American protester at a Washington rally spoke out for the first time Sunday evening, claiming in a statement that he and his classmates were taunted by a group of African-American protesters and saying that he and his family had received death threats.

Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School, said he was "mortified that so many people have come to believe something that did not happen -- that students from my school were chanting or acting in a racist fashion toward African Americans or Native Americans. I did not do that, do not have hateful feelings in my heart and did not witness any of my classmates doing that."

The students initially were accused of mocking a Native American participant in the Indigenous Peoples March, which coincided with the March for Life. A snippet of video from the apparent confrontation quickly gained traction on social media, with many condemning the students -- some of whom were wearing "Make America Great Again" apparel -- and some calling for them to be identified and harassed. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and the high school issued a joint statement apologizing to the activist, identified as Nathan Phillips Saturday.

Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: GOP Congress on January 21, 2019, 08:00:17 PM
In the future, if you come to a juicy DU post that you have a good idea is NOT going to last, do the following:

1. Open up new tab or, better yet, new browser window.
2. In new browser window, navigate to https://archive.org/web/
3. On the right side of the webpage, look for "Save Page Now" with a box that looks like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/mepBMOR.jpg)

4. Copy url from the DU post.
5. Past url into the text box and click "SAVE PAGE" button.
6. You may have to wait a few seconds, sometimes even a minute or two, but once it's done, the page is forever archived. Make sure you copy the archive link and keep it handy in case MIRT takes down the live shot.

That's it!
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Muddling 2 on January 21, 2019, 08:14:50 PM
It's amazing, that after the full truth has come out, that the DUmp is doubling and tripling down on the lie.

Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 21, 2019, 08:21:25 PM
In the future, if you come to a juicy DU post that you have a good idea is NOT going to last, do the following:

1. Open up new tab or, better yet, new browser window.
2. In new browser window, navigate to https://archive.org/web/
3. On the right side of the webpage, look for "Save Page Now" with a box that looks like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/mepBMOR.jpg)

4. Copy url from the DU post.
5. Past url into the text box and click "SAVE PAGE" button.
6. You may have to wait a few seconds, sometimes even a minute or two, but once it's done, the page is forever archived. Make sure you copy the archive link and keep it handy in case MIRT takes down the live shot.

That's it!

It is good for Tweets and other postings.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 21, 2019, 08:26:34 PM
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CJ Pearson

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We’re getting new submissions every 30 seconds. Every member of the media who defamed, slandered, and doxxed the #CovingtonBoys on Twitter will be served.

Each and every tweet will be archived and turned over to the students’ legal counsel.
0:01
2:33 PM - 20 Jan 2019

https://twitter.com/thecjpearson/status/1087115979807748096

I see Kathy Griffin listed.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on January 21, 2019, 08:32:01 PM
https://twitter.com/thecjpearson/status/1087115979807748096

I see Kathy Griffin listed.
Ben Shapiro?!
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 21, 2019, 10:13:06 PM
Ben Shapiro?!

Likely a troll added him like they did with President Donald Trump.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 21, 2019, 10:34:21 PM
Lawyer for Covington Catholic HS Families Threatens Lawsuits Against Media Unless They Retract False Stories
https://pjmedia.com/trending/lawyer-for-covington-catholic-hs-families-threatens-lawsuits-against-media-unless-they-retract-false-stories/

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Thanks to the sloppy, one-sided reporting of the malicious, agenda-driven media, a group of Catholic high school teenagers and their families have become the subjects of threats and harassment from a hateful online outrage mob. Their only sins? Being white, Catholic, and supporters of the president.

The full story has emerged in the wake of the fake news blitzkrieg over the weekend, and the media outlets that spread defamatory smears against the kids are now being warned to correct and retract their stories or face a lawsuit. Contrary to the media's malicious narrative, the kids were not racist rednecks mobbing a Native American elder with hateful slurs. It was quite the opposite.

Los Angeles-based trial lawyer Robert Barnes offered to represent the Covington families for free should they decide to sue the New York Times.

Let's start with Kathy Griffin.

There is #VerifiedBullies.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 21, 2019, 11:33:31 PM
Another idiot.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxcdlHVXgAA5Hdo.jpg:large)

She puts her Twitter account to private.  :mental:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: ADsOutburst on January 22, 2019, 10:32:01 AM
It's seemingly impossible to keep track of all the falsehoods being told about the incident:

Covington students attacked a group of black men.
Students confronted Nathan Phillips (it was he who approached them).
Student deliberately obstructed Phillips from leaving.
Students chanted "build the wall" and "MAGA" at Phillips.
Out of context, altered photo of students in 'blackface' at football game.

Not to mention the lack of coverage of the people provoking the Covington students. Now I'm hearing there's a video of kids sitting on a bench chanting "build the wall", but it's a different incident, and it's not clear that it involved the same kids.

The people trying to raise outrage over this incident are telling lies to cover up lies to cover up lies.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Old n Grumpy on January 22, 2019, 11:05:50 AM
I have seen all the stories condemning those kids, but can't seem to find a story condemning the racist ass holes who were taunting them. :thatsright:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 22, 2019, 05:23:29 PM
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Nate Igor Smith

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Replying to @thecjpearson
This is literally bullying. It’s targeted harassment designed to scare and intimidate people.

12:57 PM - 21 Jan 2019
https://twitter.com/drivenbyboredom/status/1087454208016687104

Proof? :sosad:

Another sick freak calling for a school shooting.  :bird:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxdqshtWoAEBg1F.jpg)
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ausonius on January 22, 2019, 05:44:57 PM
I have seen all the stories condemning those kids, but can't seem to find a story condemning the racist ass holes who were taunting them. :thatsright:

Welcome to 21st Century Leftist Paradise Amarxica!

Apparently the The Sandmann Family has been found by at least one law firm willing to sue CNN, CBS, ABC, etc.

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    Barnes told PJ Media that he was working with the families to sue the media outlets that defamed them.

    He said that "anyone who doesn't correct and retract" their false smears would be subject to a lawsuit and that updated stories merely indicating "a more complex picture has emerged" would not necessarily be enough.

    When asked if such stories would count as a retraction, he replied that it "depends." -PJ Media





See:

 https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-22/covington-maga-kids-lawyer-high-school-closes-after-death-threats (https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-22/covington-maga-kids-lawyer-high-school-closes-after-death-threats)

Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 22, 2019, 07:46:39 PM
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linds
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The Covington Catholic boys harrassed my friends and I before the incident with Nathan Phillips even happened. I'm tired of reading things saying they were provoked by anyone else other than their own egos and ignorance
https://twitter.com/roflinds/status/1087486166939680768

There is a short 8 second video.

The person in question has posted racist Tweets.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 22, 2019, 09:53:30 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxkRGJhWkAU8fb5.jpg)

Twitter, nuff said. Leftist cesspool of stupidity and hypocrisy.  :bird:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Movie buff- The Sequel on January 23, 2019, 02:53:42 AM
"They produce nothing but racism, sexism and homophobia. These kids would all be much better served in a public school where they will learn ..."
Where they will learn how to put condoms on cucumbers, that they're all evil racist monsters for being white, where to find all the local crack dealers, and how to interact with members of different gangs to lessen the risk of getting their throats slit.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on January 23, 2019, 07:02:26 AM
"They produce nothing but racism, sexism and homophobia. These kids would all be much better served in a public school where they will learn ..."
Where they will learn how to put condoms on cucumbers, that they're all evil racist monsters for being white, where to find all the local crack dealers, and how to interact with members of different gangs to lessen the risk of getting their throats slit.
Cov cath and Notre dame plant hundreds of little white crosses on the hill beside the road in a show against abortion every year. Curious how many leftists stroke out driving by the display? Wont see something like that at a public school
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on January 23, 2019, 08:33:49 AM
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Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to be banned
By clementine613

Except madrasas, of course, 'cuz that's like diverse and wonderful...

 ::)
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 23, 2019, 07:37:20 PM
Reports of Suspicious Package at Diocese of Covington – Diocese Employees Scramble – Bomb Squad on Scene *UPDATED*
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/breaking-suspicious-package-found-at-diocese-of-covington-diocese-employees-scramble-to-leave/

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Thanks to the liars in the media, the Diocese of Covington, Covington High School, the students and their families — and even the lawyer representing them are all under threat.

Happy now, media?

Kenton County dispatch confirms first responders are being sent to the Diocese of Covington for reports of a suspicious package, reported Dan Griffin of WLWT on Wednesday afternoon.

Now, a suspicious package has been found at the Diocese of Covington. The left is behind it.

#48HoursTilJustice
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 23, 2019, 10:10:24 PM
Covington row: Lawmakers want details from Twitter on account that promoted viral video, report says
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/covington-row-lawmakers-want-details-from-twitter-on-account-that-promoted-viral-video-report

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Lawmakers have reportedly asked Twitter for details of the shadowy account that circulated a controversial video of students from Covington Catholic High School and their encounter with a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial.

The House Intelligence Committee and Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, have asked Twitter for information on the mysterious account, according to the HuffPost.

Now Congress is getting involved.

Its gets more interesting.
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The video that sparked social media outrage initially surfaced on Instagram, according to a CNN Business report, although @2020fight’s description of the video was widely circulated on Twitter and in the broader media. The clip was reportedly captioned: “This MAGA loser gleefully bothering a Native American protester at the Indigenous Peoples March.”

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The @2020fight account reportedly used a photo of Nah Cardoso, a Brazilian social media star. However, a source with knowledge of the situation told Fox News there is evidence that the account originated in the U.S.

A legal adviser to Cardoso told CNN that Cardoso had not authorized any other account to user her image or content.

CNN reports that the @2020fight account was set up in December 2016 and listed a description of “Teacher and advocate” in its Twitter bio. The account was purportedly originated in California.

I suspect it is a leftist in California.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on January 24, 2019, 08:53:16 AM
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Lawmakers have reportedly asked Twitter for details of the shadowy account that circulated a controversial video of students from Covington Catholic High School and their encounter with a Native American activist near the Lincoln Memorial.

The House Intelligence Committee and Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, have asked Twitter for information on the mysterious account, according to the HuffPost.

From what I've read elsewhere, that Twitter account was set up in December, 2016, and spewed a steady stream of Hate-Trump. It's a demonstration of how real Twitter's supposed effort to clean out fake accounts was. More info in this article:

CNN's 'Information Warfare Expert' Duped by Twitter Bot Pushing Dubious MAGA Hat Teen Vid (https://pjmedia.com/trending/cnns-information-warfare-expert-got-duped-by-twitter-bot-pushing-dubious-covington-video/)

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CNN reports that Twitter account @2020fight, one of the primary outlets pushing the dubiously edited video of the encounter between the Covington Catholic High School students and Native American activist Nathan Phillips this past weekend, has been shut down for being a suspected bot account.

The account, which opened in December 2016, posted virulently anti-Trump and pro-Obama content. CNN reported that Twitter is unsure of where the account user is located. The Covington video that the account shared received more than 2.5 million views before the account was closed. The video has been widely criticized for presenting a deceptively decontextualized depiction of the incident.

Bizarrely, to provide commentary on the role of bot accounts in shaping trending topics, CNN chose to cite highly controversial, self-styled "information warfare expert" Molly McKew. Yet McKew herself had tweeted out the bot account's video with her own highly inflammatory commentary.

In other words, she fell for information warfare while claiming to be an expert in the topic.

The humor in CNN's "information warfare expert" being pwned by a fake Twitter account is considerable, but if one reads a little farther in the article, her background will have one wondering whether she was pwned by the fake Twitter account or by a hubris-driven assumption that no one else will realize the account was fake.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 24, 2019, 11:18:01 PM
Prosecutor: Hundreds of threats made against Covington Catholic after DC march firestorm
https://www.wlwt.com/article/prosecutor-hundreds-of-threats-made-against-covington-catholic-after-dc-march-firestorm/26014571

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PARK HILLS, Ky. — As classes resumed Wednesday at Covington Catholic High School for the first time since a nationwide firestorm of controversy erupted, the investigation into alleged death threats against students and the school started in earnest.

Detectives from Erlanger began the work of securing subpoenas and warrants for online records Wednesday afternoon.

They started by pulling some of the many alleged threats from the internet.

The prosecutor is really adament about prosecuting people who have made death threats against Covington Catholic High School and students of the school.

We can start with Jack Morrissey and Kathy Griffin.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 25, 2019, 06:42:22 PM
Douglas County teacher apologizes for misidentifying student in viral Lincoln Memorial incident
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/lifestyle/education/douglas-county-teacher-apologizes-for-misidentifying-student-in-viral-lincoln-memorial-confrontation

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DENVER – A Mountain Ridge Middle School teacher is apologizing to the parent of a student she said was training to be part of the “Hitler Youth,” after a viral video initially appeared to show a high school student from Kentucky in a confrontation with a Native American activist at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. last weekend.

Michelle Grissom, who was placed on administrative leave, sent a letter Friday afternoon in which she apologized for tweets posted on January 20 wrongly identifying the student in that video as someone else.

A middle school teacger, Michelle Grissom was involved. She should never be teaching period. She is a bully.

Her Twitter account is gone.
https://twitter.com/MsGrissom

By the way there is something called screen capture.

(https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/1209-p.m..png)
Wrong Person!  :bird:

(https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/Food-posion.jpg)
That is a threat!  :bird:

(https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/STFU.jpg)
 :mental:

Oh and by the way, expect being served.

Is Michelle Grissom a known DUmmy?
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on January 26, 2019, 07:35:18 AM
Douglas County teacher apologizes for misidentifying student in viral Lincoln Memorial incident
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/lifestyle/education/douglas-county-teacher-apologizes-for-misidentifying-student-in-viral-lincoln-memorial-confrontation

A middle school teacger, Michelle Grissom was involved. She should never be teaching period. She is a bully.

Her Twitter account is gone.
https://twitter.com/MsGrissom

By the way there is something called screen capture.

(https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/1209-p.m..png)
Wrong Person!  :bird:

(https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/Food-posion.jpg)
That is a threat!  :bird:

(https://pagetwo.completecolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/STFU.jpg)
 :mental:

Oh and by the way, expect being served.

Is Michelle Grissom a known DUmmy?
She is a SOCIAL STUDIES teacher!!!! I wonder if she has any idea what the 1st Amendment means, and how she teaches it!!! She is CLEARLY unqualified to teach anyone anything, but especially anything having to do with how our government is supposed to work.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: J P Sousa on January 26, 2019, 09:19:04 AM
So, I tried the "trick" of Googling the DU title along with "Democratic Underground" and checking for what Google has cached, but the post must've been removed too long ago. All I found of the original post was this from the results list:

 :thatsright: Must be interesting for those Catholic schools, teaching racism to, for example, Hispanics and Vietnamese students! :thatsright:  :hammer: DU-Moron! How blitheringly ignorant does one need to be not to know that there are lots and lots of Hispanic and Vietnamese in the US Catholic Church?! :hammer: And I'm sure it would not be hard to find black Catholic school students. :hammer:

Funny you should mention that. In Philadelphia there are so many black kids in Catholic schools quite a few who are not even Catholic because of the bad situation in Public schools.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 26, 2019, 10:23:51 AM
She is a SOCIAL STUDIES teacher!!!! I wonder if she has any idea what the 1st Amendment means, and how she teaches it!!! She is CLEARLY unqualified to teach anyone anything, but especially anything having to do with how our government is supposed to work.

She is very hateful.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dxy4F4tUcAAAJcY.jpg:large)

She deserves a huge F-! She should never teach. Case closed!
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 26, 2019, 01:09:20 PM
Quote
Robert Barnes
‏@Barnes_Law
Follow Follow @Barnes_Law
More Robert Barnes Retweeted Kathy Griffin
Let me know where to serve the lawsuit, @kathygriffin
#48HoursAreUp

https://twitter.com/Barnes_Law/status/1089206779903275008

Kathy Griffin is getting served.  :lmao: :rotf: :yahoo:

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Robert Barnes
‏@Barnes_Law
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More Robert Barnes Retweeted Matthew Dowd
I will be in Austin next week, Matt. Can I serve you then? #48HoursAreUp

Matthew Dowd is getting served.  :lmao: :rotf: :yahoo:

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Robert Barnes
‏@Barnes_Law
 3h3 hours ago
More Robert Barnes Retweeted Maggie Haberman
Where do I serve the lawsuit, @maggieNYT?

https://twitter.com/Barnes_Law/status/1089199099465748485

Maggie Haberman is getting served.  :lmao: :rotf: :yahoo:

Hopefully Jack Morrissey, Michael "DJ Home Shoes" Buchanan, Bill Maher, Wheeler Walker Jr, Michael Rapaport, Jim Carrey, Alyssa Milano, Ilhan Omar, and Kirsten Powers are next.  :yahoo:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on January 26, 2019, 01:48:02 PM
I think the Congresstwit Incest Barbie should be at the top of the list.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 26, 2019, 03:07:31 PM
Here is a sicko, Anna Merlan.  :bird:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxrxJHfX4AA0vYS.jpg:large)

Talk about evil!

The vile Tweet is deleted, but archived.
https://archive.fo/ftIgA

Here is another one at an attempt of doxxing.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxqB_7lUUAAOb01.jpg:large)

https://twitter.com/annamerlan

She needs to be thrown in prison along side with Kathy Griffin, Jack Morrissey, Reza Aslan, Michael "DJ Home Shoes" Buchanan, Michelle Grissom, and Wheeler Walker Jr.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 26, 2019, 04:41:14 PM
Dr. Dawn Finley, Ph.D is Re-Tweeted a vile Tweet calling for Covington Boys to be burned.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx3hsX0UcAEe3yi.jpg:large)

And her Twitter account is gone.
https://twitter.com/dk_finley

The vile Tweet is from Doug Robertson, who is also a teacher.
https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher

It is still up and the Tweet is still there.
https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher/status/1086815613849239552

They need to be fired and never teach again!  :bird:

They are in the same class as Kathy Griffin, Jack Morrissey, Reza Aslan, Michael "DJ Home Shoes" Buchanan, Michelle Grissom, and Wheeler Walker Jr.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 26, 2019, 07:37:42 PM
SNL writer, Sarah Beattie vile Tweet. Just like Katie Rich.  :mental:

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxruUXXWwAEYhcy.jpg:large)

https://twitter.com/nachosarah

She is inciting violence. It has been deleted, but there is a screen capture. Too late!

I expect you will be served alongside with Kathy Griffin and Jack Morrissey.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: YupItsMe on January 27, 2019, 11:24:02 AM
So, I tried the "trick" of Googling the DU title along with "Democratic Underground" and checking for what Google has cached, but the post must've been removed too long ago. All I found of the original post was this from the results list:

 :thatsright: Must be interesting for those Catholic schools, teaching racism to, for example, Hispanics and Vietnamese students! :thatsright:  :hammer: DU-Moron! How blitheringly ignorant does one need to be not to know that there are lots and lots of Hispanic and Vietnamese in the US Catholic Church?! :hammer: And I'm sure it would not be hard to find black Catholic school students. :hammer:

 My three kids went to a Catholic elementary school through 8th grade.  Although I'm an evangelical not a Catholic, my wife and I still chose it as a much better education for the kids. 12 -14 miles away from our town is a pretty well known university.  Of course they have a pretty diverse staff.  At least three of the professors were Muslim, but chose to drive their kids to the Catholic school instead.  What's that say about our public schools?
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 28, 2019, 10:05:42 PM
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James Martin, SJ

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Catholic school students at the #MarchforLife attempt to shame and disrespect a man at the #IndigenousPeoplesMarch. These actions are not Catholic, not Christian and not acceptable. Would that these students fully understood the dignity of all human life--including this man's. https://twitter.com/lulu_says2/status/1086552871674368001 …

James Martin, SJ added,
This Tweet is unavailable.
11:10 AM - 19 Jan 2019

https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/1086702336934846464

A rush to judgement coming from a Catholic priest.  :mental:

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James Martin, SJ

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Dear friends: I regret wading into the #Covingtoncontroversy this weekend. For it seems that we may never know what was going on inside the hearts of the students. So I would like to apologize to them for my judgment of them.  1/

10:43 AM - 21 Jan 2019

https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/1087420533786980354

Too late!

Time for excommunication.  :yahoo:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on January 29, 2019, 08:14:18 AM
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James Martin, SJ

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@JamesMartinSJ
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Dear friends: I regret wading into the #Covingtoncontroversy this weekend. For it seems that we may never know what was going on inside the hearts of the students. So I would like to apologize to them for my judgment of them.  1/

10:43 AM - 21 Jan 2019

Let me rewrite this to something more true:

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I wrongly accused the Covington students of racism. And Nick Sandmann explained what he was thinking. I was wrong in my accusations and betrayed those students' trust and respect for Catholic church leadership.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 29, 2019, 07:24:13 PM
Lawyer Names Those to Be Sued for Comments About Covington Students
https://www.theepochtimes.com/lawyer-names-those-to-be-sued-for-comments-about-covington-students_2782415.html

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Lawyer Robert Barnes named several celebrities and media personalities he intends to sue for libel against some students of the Covington Catholic High School, whom he represents.

In a Jan. 26 Fox News interview, Barnes specifically mentioned Reza Aslan, Iranian-American writer and commentator; Matthew Dowd, ABC News political analyst and former chief strategist for the George W. Bush campaign; actor Michael Rapaport; and The New York Daily News.

The trial lawyer took up the students’ case after media and social media whipped up a storm maligning the Kentucky students over their encounter with several Native American activists following the Jan. 18 March for Life in Washington.

It is all fun and games until you get served with lawsuits.

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Not only have the students been the targets of violent threats, but Barnes himself has received threatening messages, including a bomb threat he referred to the FBI and other law enforcement.

Even Robert Barnes has been targeted by the kooky leftists.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 29, 2019, 07:36:08 PM
Dr. Dawn Finley, Ph.D is Re-Tweeted a vile Tweet calling for Covington Boys to be burned.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx3hsX0UcAEe3yi.jpg:large)

And her Twitter account is gone.
https://twitter.com/dk_finley

The vile Tweet is from Doug Robertson, who is also a teacher.
https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher

Doug Robertson deleted his vile Tweets.


It is still up and the Tweet is still there.
https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher/status/1086815613849239552

They need to be fired and never teach again!  :bird:

They are in the same class as Kathy Griffin, Jack Morrissey, Reza Aslan, Michael "DJ Home Shoes" Buchanan, Michelle Grissom, and Wheeler Walker Jr.


Doug Robertson deleted his Tweets.
https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher/status/1086815613849239552

Oh, one problem, there is something called screen capture and Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190126224239/https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher/status/1086815613849239552

It is never deleted.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 29, 2019, 07:42:54 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxiNXgzWwAAgzLU.jpg:large)

It has been deleted, but there is screen capture.

https://twitter.com/trolinthebull/status/1087774770123497472

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Stormy Daniels

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Replying to @trolinthebull
Thanks! Xoxoxo

10:34 AM - 22 Jan 2019

It is all fun and games.

Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on January 29, 2019, 08:04:49 PM
As I said in the Shoutbox, her Pole-ish is slipping away from her. And she is among the least qualified in America to discern what is vile,
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 30, 2019, 07:05:17 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyJeswXWoAEL6ER.jpg)

https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/1088143361779920897

You said you were off Twitter.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyJetAgX0AA9rsQ.jpg)

Yet, you are still on.  :mental:

I expect she will be sued.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 30, 2019, 07:23:51 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyK2x27U8AEgyIh.jpg:large)

https://twitter.com/CMarPA

The Tweet is deleted, but a screen capture is out there. You can delete, but you can't scrub it. Oops!

#verifiedbullies is not bullying.  :mental:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 30, 2019, 07:36:58 PM
Michael "DJ House Shoes" Buchanan's is Tweeting again with a clean Tweet.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyD8-muUwAAUqTt.jpg)

https://twitter.com/HouseShoes/status/1090149484254785538

What's the matter? Can't take dissenting opinion? Got butthurt!

You can delete, but screen capture lasts forever.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dxplm8IWsAwYOsr.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 30, 2019, 10:32:22 PM
In the future, if you come to a juicy DU post that you have a good idea is NOT going to last, do the following:

1. Open up new tab or, better yet, new browser window.
2. In new browser window, navigate to https://archive.org/web/
3. On the right side of the webpage, look for "Save Page Now" with a box that looks like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/mepBMOR.jpg)

4. Copy url from the DU post.
5. Past url into the text box and click "SAVE PAGE" button.
6. You may have to wait a few seconds, sometimes even a minute or two, but once it's done, the page is forever archived. Make sure you copy the archive link and keep it handy in case MIRT takes down the live shot.

That's it!

There is also Archive.Today.
http://archive.fo
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 31, 2019, 10:32:28 PM
Nick Sandmann’s Legal Team Gives Update in Pursuit of Fake Accusations by Media
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nick-sandmanns-legal-team-gives-update-in-pursuit-of-fake-accusations-by-media_2786230.html

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The legal team representing Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, who was confronted by a Native American activist in Washington in mid-January, said they made an important move on Jan. 30.

Todd McMurtry, an attorney who is helping represent Sandmann, said that he had a productive day with Lin Wood and Taylor Wilson, who are also part of the team.

“We sent out our first round of document preservation letters to a number of national media outlets. We have put them on notice!” McMurty said via Twitter.

The media and left are the bullies and mobs.
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“A mob comprised of activists, church and school officials, members of the mainstream print and broadcast media, and individuals on social media, including elected public officials and celebrities, rushed to condemn and vilify this young man by burying him in an avalanche of false accusations, false portrayals, and cyberbullying that have threatened his reputation and his physical safety,” they added.

Covington Students’ Lawyer Receives Bomb Threat
https://www.theepochtimes.com/covington-students-lawyer-gets-bomb-threat_2778095.html

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Robert Barnes, the lawyer for the Covington Catholic High School students who were the focus of a recent slew of false reporting, received a bomb threat after he warned media and celebrities that they may be the targets of a libel suit if they didn’t retract or correct false statements about the students within 48 hours.

The threat was sent via email through the contact form on the website of Barnes’ law firm on the morning of Jan. 23.

“I’m coming to bomb your office. Get ready. 48 hours. Be ready,” the message read.

Even with the longer and more videos, the left has doubled down. The left is really off kilter and violent prone.  :mental:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 02, 2019, 11:43:36 AM
Sandmann lawyer: Letters sent to New York Times, Today Show, 50 others may precede suits
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/02/01/sandmanns-lawyer-media-they-know-they-crossed-line/2745272002/

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The lawyers representing Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann and his family said Friday they have sent letters to media outlets, individual journalists, celebrities and Catholic organizations as the first step in possible libel and defamation lawsuits.

The list includes 50-plus names of organizations or individuals: from presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren to actress Alyssa Milano; individual journalists including Maggie Haberman, Ana Cabrera and David Brooks; national media outlets like the The New York Times, CNN, GQ and TMZ; and the dioceses of Covington and Lexington as well as the archdioceses of Louisville and Baltimore.

It is now up to at least 50.

Here is the list so far.
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McMurtry said the following organizations and people are those who can expect to receive the letters, which were all sent by the close of business on Friday.

The Washington Post
The New York Times
Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN)
The Guardian
National Public Radio
TMZ
Atlantic Media Inc.
Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
Diocese of Covington
Diocese of Lexington
Archdiocese of Louisville
Diocese of Baltimore
Ana Cabrera
Sara Sidner
Erin Burnett
S.E. Cupp
Elliot C. McLaughlin
Amanda Watts
Emanuella Grinberg
Michelle Boorstein
Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Antonio Olivo
Joe Heim
Michael E. Miller
Eli Rosenberg
Isaac Stanley-Becker
Kristine Phillips
Sarah Mervosh
Emily S. Rueb
Maggie Haberman
David Brooks
Shannon Doyne
Kurt Eichenwald
Andrea Mitchell
Savannah Guthrie
Joy Reid
Chuck Todd
Noah Berlatsky
Elisha Fieldstadt
Eun Kyung Kim
HBO
Bill Maher
Warner Media
Conde Nast
GQ
Heavy.com
The Hill
The Atlantic
Bustle.com
Ilhan Omar
Elizabeth Warren
Kathy Griffin
Alyssa Milano
Jim Carrey

New York Times, Jim Carrey, Alyssa Milano, Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, Ilhan Omar, Michael Rapaport, SE Cupp, and Reza Aslan are among them.

I expect more to come. I would not be surprised to see DU on the list.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 02, 2019, 11:49:43 AM
Doug Robertson deleted his Tweets.
https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher/status/1086815613849239552

Oh, one problem, there is something called screen capture and Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190126224239/https://twitter.com/TheWeirdTeacher/status/1086815613849239552

It is never deleted.

Vianney teacher resigns over socially-charged retweet about students involved in Native American protest video
https://www.kmov.com/news/vianney-teacher-resigns-over-socially-charged-retweet-about-students-involved/article_09d44ca6-2673-11e9-9409-ef6f23dae146.html

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- The controversy over a viral interaction between a Native American and a Kentucky high school student in Washington led to a controversy at a St. Louis-area high school.

A teacher at St. John Vianney High School has resigned because of a tweet harshly criticizing the boys in the video, who had come from a pro-life march and were accused of harassing and mocking participants of the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington D.C. in January.

Dawn Finley taught English at Vianney for nearly six years but stepped down from her job after she retweeted someone else's politically-charged thoughts about the happenings at the march.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

She has a history of re-tweeting vile stuff.

(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51150439_384077675658856_5097461547047845888_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=f027683949cb6485270ee301b065692e&oe=5D01148D)

(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51286666_384077635658860_6528450633240936448_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=4288843e6122622808f1a8266aa0ad75&oe=5CF0BC59)

(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51129472_384077628992194_8019087245988331520_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=1496d05184a9e24d2cb4d7b3240b6618&oe=5CE97738)

There is also screen captures for that as well.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 02, 2019, 11:56:17 AM
That school's students will be the smarter for having her not poisoning them with crap and wasting class time with her poison.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on February 02, 2019, 02:04:36 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384)
They need to hand deliver those subpoenas to all the news outlets and make a montage of it to enter sandman
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 04, 2019, 08:01:38 PM
DougCo parents to protest teacher's tweet calling Covington Catholic High student 'Hitler Youth'
https://gazette.com/blogs/dougco-parents-to-protest-teacher-s-tweet-calling-covington-catholic/article_76f98a32-28c9-11e9-b320-53c0ded8d291.html

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To the north of Colorado Springs, Douglas County School District parents and other community members plan to protest Tuesday over what they consider unfair practices.

The group will demonstrate from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in front of the administration building, 620 Wilcox St,.in Castle Rock, against “teacher bullying” and the school board not allowing them to speak publicly at the January board meeting.

Brad Wann, a parent and one of the organizers of the demonstration, is one of five people who wanted to address the board last month about what they say is a concerning development in their district.

What Michelle Grissom did was bullying and harassment on a person who was not even in Washington, DC when that incident happened. She needs to be fired.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 05, 2019, 08:37:51 AM
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A teacher at Mountain Ridge Middle School in Highlands Ranch, Michelle Grissom, publicly tweeted that a Covington Catholic High School student at a rally in Washington, D.C. was a member of the “Hitler Youth.”

She was referring to a January incident in Washington, D.C. involving students from the school and a Native American activist.

Grissom, also a district union leader, attempted to instigate an online mob against the teen, Wann said. She also misidentified the student she was talking about, citing the name of another person.

”The Twitter comments made by Ms. Grissom were inflammatory, aggressive and grossly inaccurate,” Wann said. “She was basically doxing the student, posting where they lived, trying to get a mob to go after this child, when the father pointed out that his son wasn’t even there.”

Grissom should be training to run the French fry machine at BK[/i] (M would be too good for her!). She cannot be trusted around students! But because she's a union thug she might get transferred, at most.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 05, 2019, 11:16:05 PM
DougCo superintendent recommends dismissing teacher following ‘Hitler Youth’ comments
https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/dougco-superintendent-recommends-dismissing-teacher-following-hitler-youth-comments/73-9f9427ae-06c0-44bc-b180-5c795cc232a4

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — The superintendent of the Douglas County School District has made a recommendation to the school board to fire a teacher who is accused of derogatory comments directed toward a Covington Catholic school student following an incident in Washington, D.C. last month. 

Mountain Ridge Middle School teacher Michelle Grissom was placed on paid leave following online comments where she called a Covington Catholic school student “Hitler Youth.”

Hope Michelle Grissom gets sued along with Kathy Griffin and Bill Maher. She should be in prison.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 06, 2019, 08:08:40 AM
DougCo superintendent recommends dismissing teacher following ‘Hitler Youth’ comments
https://www.9news.com/article/news/education/dougco-superintendent-recommends-dismissing-teacher-following-hitler-youth-comments/73-9f9427ae-06c0-44bc-b180-5c795cc232a4
...

I'll believe it when I see a sob-story about her life on unemployment.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 07, 2019, 11:17:36 PM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyJeswXWoAEL6ER.jpg)

https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/1088143361779920897

You said you were off Twitter.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyJetAgX0AA9rsQ.jpg)

Yet, you are still on.  :mental:

I expect she will be sued.

Kirsten Powers said she would leave Twitter for good. Yet she returned.  :mental:

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Kirsten Powers

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Coming up I’ll be on @AC360 with @CharlesMBlow discussing Virginia news, which keeps getting worse

5:17 PM - 6 Feb 2019

https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/1093317698757439489

I expect a lawsuit against her.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 08, 2019, 10:59:33 PM
Nick Sandmann Lawyer: Those Who Attacked Covington Student ‘Need to Be Punished’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nick-sandmann-lawyer-those-who-attacked-covington-student-need-to-be-punished_2794493.html

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An attorney for Nick Sandmann, the Covington Catholic High School student who was vilified after a confrontation with Native American activist Nathan Phillips, said that those who allegedly defamed his client “need to be punished and they need to pay a high price for what they did.”

Todd McMurty, the co-counsel for Sandmann, told Fox News on Feb. 7 that legal action was being considered against dozens of celebrities, media, and other groups on accusations of libel and defamation.

“We are identifying people that may be libel. And then we’re sending out what you call document preservation letters,” McMurty said on the “Todd Starnes Show.” “These letters are designed to put people on notice. … So we sent those to about 52 organizations that include celebrities, national media sources, Catholic diocese that were involved in this. So all those people have received notices.”

52 people have been targeted ranging from Michael Rapaport, Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher, and Alyssa Milano.

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McMurty said on the Todd Starnes Show that the legal team had stepped up preparations of the suit, which could target hundreds of individuals and entities.

“We will continue to expand that list of 52 and I suspect when it’s all over the list is going to be in the hundreds as we identify other people who have defamed, slandered and libeled Nick both in the press, live programs, and writing,” McMurty added. “We do intend to pursue as many of these people as we possibly can.”

More are going to get sued. Perhaps Kirsten Powers, Jack Morrissey, Michelle Grissom, and Sarah Beattie are next.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 08, 2019, 11:01:18 PM
Threats Against Covington Students Possibly Felonious, Prosecutor Says
https://www.theepochtimes.com/threats-against-covington-students-possibly-felonious-prosecutor-says_2790230.html

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People who threatened violence against the students of Covington Catholic High School may face up to five years in prison thanks to a Kentucky law that elevates threats against schools and students to felonies.

Commonly, violent threats are treated as misdemeanors in the state (pdf), where the private religious school is based.

But Kentucky law (pdf) has a special category of “terroristic threatening in the second degree” that pertains to threats of acts “likely to result in death or serious physical injury to any student group, teacher, volunteer worker, or employee of a public or private … school.”

They should be charged. I wonder why there are no federal charges being made as some of the threats are from outside of Kentucky.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 09, 2019, 07:26:41 AM
Is the KY law against threatening students and teachers a response, perchance, to nutjobs who did school shootings?
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 13, 2019, 11:31:42 PM
Investigators say Catholic school boys did not start confrontation in D.C.
https://www.wjbf.com/news/investigators-say-catholic-school-boys-did-not-start-confrontation-in-dc/1780295624

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Covington, KY (AP) - COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Investigators hired by a Kentucky diocese have found that Catholic school boys didn’t instigate a confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial that went viral on social media.

Covington Bishop Roger Foys initially condemned the students’ behavior after a video showed a teenage boy face-to-face with a Native American man. Days later, Foys apologized for “making a statement prematurely.”

Case closed. The Covington Boys have been cleared. They did nothing wrong. They should never have been subject to a viral video.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on February 14, 2019, 06:04:59 AM
Investigators say Catholic school boys did not start confrontation in D.C.
https://www.wjbf.com/news/investigators-say-catholic-school-boys-did-not-start-confrontation-in-dc/1780295624

Case closed. The Covington Boys have been cleared. They did nothing wrong. They should never have been subject to a viral video.
I wonder if that means the death threats from DUpipo will stop.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 14, 2019, 08:06:11 AM
I wonder if that means the death threats from DUpipo will stop.

 :rotf: An increase would be more likely. Plus urging people to write colleges asking the colleges to refuse admission to Covington High grads. :rotf:

Any thread on DU about this report will probably exceed EPA standards for howling and dripping hatred.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 14, 2019, 10:59:09 AM
Here's the actual Covington Report (https://www.covdio.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CCHFinalInvestigativeReport.pdf).
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 14, 2019, 08:06:40 PM
I wonder if that means the death threats from DUpipo will stop.

They are doubling down on more death threats. They realized some are under investigation and some are getting sued.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 19, 2019, 06:25:54 PM
Covington teen Nick Sandmann sues The Washington Post for $250M
https://nypost.com/2019/02/19/covington-teen-nick-sandmann-sues-the-washington-post-for-250m/

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Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post on Tuesday, accusing the newspaper of targeting him in “a modern-day form of McCarthyism.”

Attorneys for 16-year-old Sandmann — who was filmed in a viral confrontation with a Native American man in Washington, DC — claim the newspaper led a “mob of bullies which attacked, vilified & threatened” an innocent minor.

“Washington Post recklessly ignored basic journalist standards because it was eager to advance its biased agenda against @realDonaldTrump by impugning individuals perceived to be his supporters,” attorney Lin Wood said in a statement.

Good. And Nathan Phillips is getting sued.

Covington Catholic Teen's Lawyers Intend to Sue Native American Activist Nathan Phillips
https://pjmedia.com/trending/covington-catholic-teens-lawyers-intend-to-sue-native-american-activist-nathan-phillips/

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Lawyers for Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann intend to sue the Native American activist who got the ball rolling on the agenda-driven smear campaign against their client and the rest of the Covington boys.

L. Lin Wood, an Atlanta-based attorney who specializes in aggressive defamation suits against the media, told LifeSiteNews on Friday that Nathan Phillips’ “lies and false accusations” against Sandmann and the other Covington students are “well documented” and he will be sued. He confirmed to PJ Media on Twitter Wednesday that he intends to sue Phillips.

Wood explained in a tweet last week that a sworn deposition from Phillips would "prove invaluable in obtaining justice" for his client.

List of who are getting sued.
The Washington Post
The New York Times
Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN)
The Guardian
National Public Radio
TMZ
Atlantic Media Inc.
Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.
Diocese of Covington
Diocese of Lexington
Archdiocese of Louisville
Diocese of Baltimore
Ana Cabrera
Sara Sidner
Erin Burnett
S.E. Cupp
Elliot C. McLaughlin
Amanda Watts
Emanuella Grinberg
Michelle Boorstein
Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Antonio Olivo
Joe Heim
Michael E. Miller
Eli Rosenberg
Isaac Stanley-Becker
Kristine Phillips
Sarah Mervosh
Emily S. Rueb
Maggie Haberman
David Brooks
Shannon Doyne
Kurt Eichenwald
Andrea Mitchell
Savannah Guthrie
Joy Reid
Chuck Todd
Noah Berlatsky
Elisha Fieldstadt
Eun Kyung Kim
HBO
Bill Maher
Warner Media
Conde Nast
GQ
Heavy.com
The Hill
The Atlantic
Bustle.com
Ilhan Omar
Elizabeth Warren
Kathy Griffin
Alyssa Milano
Jim Carrey

I expect to see Kirsten Powers, Jack Morrissey, Dawn Finley, Michael "DJ House Shoes" Buchanan, Michelle Grissom, and Sarah Beattie sued as well. Perhaps DU?
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on February 19, 2019, 08:12:06 PM
. Perhaps DU?
(https://giphy.com/gifs/sourcefed-obamacare-survives-1ktwfTjwaQzde)
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 20, 2019, 07:56:34 AM
... Perhaps DU?

 :rotf: Too irrelevant to national discussion. :rotf:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: jukin on February 20, 2019, 09:52:13 AM
1. My schadenboner over suing Bozo's Blog for $250M, has a 5 second radio delay.

2. I never thought I'd agree with Oswald but I too only want Big Chief Four Tooths to be the only one remembered over this vile smear.

3. Michelle Grissom needs to learn to code.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on February 20, 2019, 10:15:07 AM
I want the people Ptarmy listed and the manglers at the listed orgs to be reduced to learning how to filter french-fry oil for a living.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 23, 2019, 01:01:16 PM
Kirsten Powers's so-called apology. More like whining.
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/1097550883443875841

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1) I have spent the last few weeks in a mostly Twitter free zone to spend time reflecting on what role I may have played in what indisputably has become a dangerously toxic culture.  I am not proud of what I have found.

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You said you were leaving Twitter for good. Why are you still there? Why the rush of judgement?

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every side of an issue and also speak up when I see a wrong.  But in
doing that I am too often judgmental and condemning--both on and off social media--in a way that is
contrary to my belief system and my faith.

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3) I want to stand on the side of justice and equality but also of grace and I have failed to do that. Part of grace is recognizing my own fallibilities and imperfect judgment and reminding myself that there but for the grace of God go I.

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WRONG! Try again! You created more injustices!  :bs:

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4)  Yes, this applies in the Covington case. This will please nobody because I still believe the teenagers were disrespectful, but my tweets were lacking in grace. As a Catholic I felt duty bound to speak up and hold them accountable, but that really isn't my job.

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Time for excommunication.

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5) I also don't believe these teenagers should be tarnished forever for what amounts to one really bad day. I know that black teenage boys don't get this benefit of the doubt or grace, but I want more black teenage boys to get this benefit, not fewer white teenage boys.

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And yet you did. :bs: Quit contradicting yourself!

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6) It should be said I have been an equal opportunity scold, and liberals have been on the receiving end of my judgement and I regret that as well. I am rethinking my view on Al Franken, for example, after hearing from many friends on the issue of the rush to judgement.

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7) I often am too rigid in trying to be pure in my principles and don't leave enough room for this mess of life.  So I'm writing this as an apology to both left and right and making a pledge to do better.

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TOO late! Not even an apology! Quit playing victim. :bird:

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8)  I also hope to be part of a conversation -- if we ever have it as a country -- about the path to redemption for people who have stumbled and even failed spectacularly.  This is where I plan to put my focus and not on rendering judgements about other people's behavior. THE END

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And you did! You contradicted yourself WAY TOO many times! I expect a lawsuit coming. :bird:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 28, 2019, 05:48:31 PM
Kentucky Prosecutor Close to Filing Charges against Leftists who Threatened Covington Kids
https://pjmedia.com/trending/kentucky-prosecutor-close-to-filing-charges-against-leftists-who-threatened-covington-kids/

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Kenton County prosecutor Rob Sanders says his office is close to filing charges against the people who made terroristic threats against Covington Catholic High School students after an incident with protesters in Washington, D.C., last month.

Sanders told WLWT5 Tuesday that the first of these cases could come before a grand jury in the next two to three weeks.

The students were falsely accused of mocking Native American activist Nathan Phillips outside the Lincoln Memorial after the March for Life on January 18, spurring a frenzy that resulted in threats coming from across the country. Tens of thousands of hateful e-mails, calls, and Facebook and Twitter messages forced the school to cancel classes and activities for a couple of days the following week. Incredibly, the family of Nicholas Sandmann, the student at the center of the viral video, was forced to briefly go into hiding.

Kathy Griffin? Jack Morrissey? Michael Rapaport? Michelle Grissom? Sarah Beattie? Michael "DJ House Shoes" Buchanan? James Morrison?
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on March 09, 2019, 09:36:14 PM
CNN to be sued for more than $250M over 'vicious' and 'direct attacks' on Covington High student: lawyer
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cnn-to-be-sued-for-more-than-250m-over-vicious-and-direct-attacks-on-covington-high-student-lawyer

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CNN is likely to be hit with a massive lawsuit worth more than $250 million over alleged “vicious” and “direct attacks” on Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann, his lawyer has told Fox News.

Lawyer L. Lin Wood discussed his decision to sue CNN for its reporting and coverage of his client during an interview that will air on Fox News Channel’s “Life, Liberty & Levin” on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET.

“CNN was probably more vicious in its direct attacks on Nicholas than The Washington Post. And CNN goes into millions of individuals' homes,” Wood told Fox News host and best-selling author Mark Levin.

First WaPo, now CNN. NYTimes? The Guardian?

Ilhan Omar, Jim Carrey, Kathy Griffin, S.E. Cupp, Reza Aslan, Bill Maher, Nathan Phillips, and Kirsten Powers take note.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on March 10, 2019, 07:10:24 AM
Maybe they couldn't find process servers in the countries where Kathy the Griffin was slamming the President of the U and the US people.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on March 10, 2019, 09:11:52 AM
CNN to be sued for more than $250M over 'vicious' and 'direct attacks' on Covington High student: lawyer
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cnn-to-be-sued-for-more-than-250m-over-vicious-and-direct-attacks-on-covington-high-student-lawyer

First WaPo, now CNN. NYTimes? The Guardian?

Ilhan Omar, Jim Carrey, Kathy Griffin, S.E. Cupp, Reza Aslan, Bill Maher, Nathan Phillips, and Kirsten Powers take note.

Heard that Mark Levin is having the lawyer on his Fox News show tonight at 9 CT/10 ET.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: jukin on March 10, 2019, 11:25:26 AM
$250 million here, $250 million there, pretty soon you are talking some real money.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on March 12, 2019, 06:14:09 PM
Sandmann, family sue CNN for $275M in Covington Catholic controversy
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sandmann-family-sue-cnn-for-275m-in-covington-catholic-controversy

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A lawsuit worth $275 million was filed against CNN on Tuesday over the network's alleged "vicious" attack against Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann.

The lawsuit, which was filed just after 3 p.m. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, claims that CNN has "elevated false, heinous accusations of racist conduct" against Sandmann and failed to adhere to "well-established journalistic standards and ethics."

Update. CNN is getting sued for $275 million, not $250 million.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on March 17, 2019, 09:03:00 PM
Verified Bullies
https://www.verifiedbullies.com
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on March 21, 2019, 07:14:45 PM
Sandmann, family sue CNN for $275M in Covington Catholic controversy
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sandmann-family-sue-cnn-for-275m-in-covington-catholic-controversy

Update. CNN is getting sued for $275 million, not $250 million.

CNN served with Sandmann lawsuit
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/us/cnn-sandmann-lawsuit/index.html

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(CNN)Kentucky high school student Nick Sandmann has sued CNN for its reporting on a viral video controversy in January. The lawsuit, seeking damages of $275 million, follows Sandmann's multi-million dollar lawsuit earlier this month against the Washington Post.

Sandmann, a student at Covington Catholic High School, was videotaped on the National Mall in Washington D.C., on January 18 after he and other students participated in the annual March for Life rally. In a video that went viral, Sandmann was seen wearing a red Make American Great Again hat standing in front of Omaha tribe elder Nathan Phillips. Phillips, who was beating a drum and chanting, had participated at the Indigenous Peoples March the same day. Additional video that surfaced in the following days provided more context for the encounter.

CNN reporting about getting sued by Nick Sandmann. Not too long. Surprised they came forward about it.

I see no word from Kathy Griffin, Jim Carrey, Kirsten Powers, Jack Morrissey, Michelle Grissom, Michael Rapaport, Reza Aslan, or Bill Maher yet.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on May 01, 2019, 11:35:47 PM
Covington Catholic High Student Nick Sandmann Sues NBC for $275 Million
https://www.theepochtimes.com/covington-catholic-high-student-nick-sandmann-sues-nbc-for-275-million_2902999.html

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Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann is filing a defamation lawsuit NBCUniversal for $275 million, one of his lawyers, Todd V. McMurty, announced on May 1.

“The facts of the suit show the anti-Trump narrative NBC pushed so hard,” McMurty wrote in a Twitter post.

WaPo $250 million
CNN $275 million
NBC $275 million

Total is $800 million.

I expect HBO, The Guardian, AP, The Hill, etc are next in line. How about Kathy Griffin, Jim Carrey, Bill Maher, Ilhan Omar, Michael Rapaport, Reza Aslan, Elizabeth Warren, and Alyssa Milano?

Let's not forget Kirsten Powers, Jack Morrissey, and Michelle Grissom.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Texacon on May 02, 2019, 07:39:35 AM
I would imagine these will all be settled quietly with non-disclosure of settlement attached.  Personally I would like to see it all disclosed to put others on notice of what it could cost them.

KC
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: YupItsMe on May 02, 2019, 05:51:48 PM
Kirsten Powers's so-called apology. More like whining.
https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/1097550883443875841
You said you were leaving Twitter for good. Why are you still there? Why the rush of judgement?
Well, you did not!  :bs:
WRONG! Try again! You created more injustices!  :bs:
Time for excommunication.
And yet you did. :bs: Quit contradicting yourself!
 :mental: :mental: :mental: :mental: :mental:
TOO late! Not even an apology! Quit playing victim. :bird:
And you did! You contradicted yourself WAY TOO many times! I expect a lawsuit coming. :bird:


Kirsten Powers made some mistakes, but let's not be too harsh on her.  I am volunteering to spank her for her bad judgement.

Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on May 03, 2019, 10:39:15 AM





#metoo
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Adam Wood on May 12, 2019, 01:30:42 PM
I would imagine these will all be settled quietly with non-disclosure of settlement attached.  Personally I would like to see it all disclosed to put others on notice of what it could cost them.

KC
I suspect that you're right, but if it were me on the other side of the table the conversation would go something like this:


CNN: We want to settle this quickly and quietly.  We'll offer one million dollars.

Me, via lawyer: That's $274M too little.  You have to actually hurt for what you have done with malicious intent, which we can very easily prove to any jury out there.

CNN: OK, five million, with a non-disclosure agreement.

Me: Tell you what: I'll make it $250K to cover legal fees, but with the specific stipulation that you have to spend one week starting every news and opinion program with a two-minute disclaimer that CNN has been found to have specifically lied, with willful and malicious intent, solely because they are a hopelessly biased and hate-filled organization, but they hope that they can manage to not be such hate-filled pusbags in the future.  Then show a picture of a banana.  Note that this means that everyone from Anderson Cooper to that idiot dingleberry Don Lemon have to start every single show this way for seven straight days.

CNN: No way! We're never going to admit our bias to our audience.

Me: See you in court.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 16, 2019, 10:37:23 AM
Court date set in Nick Sandmann's defamation case against Washington Post
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/06/07/oral-arguments-set-washington-post-v-nick-sandmann-case/1370101001/

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Oral arguments concerning The Washington Post's motion to dismiss Nick Sandmann's defamation lawsuit will take place July 1, a federal judge ordered Thursday.

The Post is contesting a $250 million lawsuit, filed in response to the newspaper's reporting of a January encounter on the National Mall between Covington Catholic students and Native Americans, on several grounds.

Sandmann's legal team claims dozens of statements published by The Post are defamatory, while the newspaper's attorneys wrote in a brief filed Tuesday that each of the statements doesn't qualify as defamation because it isn't about Sandmann, it isn't defamatory, it's a statement of opinion or it is substantially true.

The WaPo is motioning to dismiss the lawsuit.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on June 16, 2019, 12:08:31 PM
Court date set in Nick Sandmann's defamation case against Washington Post
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/06/07/oral-arguments-set-washington-post-v-nick-sandmann-case/1370101001/

The WaPo is motioning to dismiss the lawsuit.

Predictably.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: jukin on June 16, 2019, 01:21:16 PM
Court date set in Nick Sandmann's defamation case against Washington Post
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/06/07/oral-arguments-set-washington-post-v-nick-sandmann-case/1370101001/

The WaPo is motioning to dismiss the lawsuit.

WAPO losses the dismissal. Then the First Amendment howling will start in earnest.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 29, 2019, 09:44:32 PM
Teacher Who Tweeted About Covington Student Leaves District With Payout, Vacation
https://freebeacon.com/culture/teacher-who-tweeted-about-covington-student-leaves-district-with-payout-vacation/

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Michelle Grissom, a Colorado teacher who called a Covington Catholic student a member of the "Hitler Youth," has left the school district with a payout and paid vacation.

Grissom came to an agreement with Douglas County School District last week in which she will receive $25,000 in addition to the 14 weeks of paid time off that she already received, according to KUSA television.

Earlier this year, Grissom stepped into controversy with her comments on social media about the Covington Catholic students. The students came under fire after a video of their tense encounter with a Native American man went viral. When the video began to go viral, Grissom wrongly identified a student at Covington Catholic as being the instigator. She proceeded to put his name online and called him "Hitler Youth." The student named by Grissom was at a basketball game in Kentucky when he was accused, his family said.

Michelle Grissom should be rotting in prison along side with Kathy Griffin, Michael "DJ House Shoes" Buchanan, Sarah Beattie, and Jim Carrey.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on June 30, 2019, 06:34:27 AM
Teacher Who Tweeted About Covington Student Leaves District With Payout, Vacation
https://freebeacon.com/culture/teacher-who-tweeted-about-covington-student-leaves-district-with-payout-vacation/

Michelle Grissom should be rotting in prison along side with Kathy Griffin, Michael "DJ House Shoes" Buchanan, Sarah Beattie, and Jim Carrey.
With a payout. Figures. She should have been fired on the spot.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on June 30, 2019, 07:06:01 AM
With a payout. Figures. She should have been fired on the spot.
Golden parachutes aren't just for fortune 500 companies
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on June 30, 2019, 10:02:52 AM
With a payout. Figures. She should have been fired on the spot.

I agree. What she did is wrong. What she did is bullying someone who was not even there.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on July 26, 2019, 06:42:02 PM
Judge Dismisses Nick Sandman’s Lawsuit Against The Washington Post
https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-dismisses-nick-sandmans-lawsuit-against-the-washington-post_3018735.html

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A federal judge in Kentucky dismissed a lawsuit against The Washington Post brought by Nick Sandmann, one of the students of Covington Catholic High School who were in January confronted by a Native American activist, prompting a whirlwind of media coverage, much of which, Sandmann alleged, was defamatory.

On Feb. 19, Sandmann’s lawyers, Lin Wood and Todd McMurtry, filed a lawsuit against The Post claiming $250 million in damages. Several other lawsuits, including against CNN and NBC, followed.

Yet District Judge William Bertelsman of the eastern district of Kentucky tossed the first suit on July 26, saying The Post’s coverage of the incident didn’t use language derogatory enough, the alleged defamatory statements weren’t “objectively provable facts,” and many of them didn’t target Sandmann specifically.

Judge William Bertelsman is a President Jimmy Carter appointee.

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Bertelsman, an appointee of President Jimmy Carter, ruled that several of The Post’s articles weren’t “actionable” because they didn’t name Sandmann, instead referring to the group of students as a whole. What the judge seemed to overlook was that a video was circulated with the articles which showed Sandmann face-to-face with Phillips, making apparent an association with Phillips’ comments that he “felt threatened” and that “that guy in the hat … blocked my way.”
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on July 26, 2019, 07:21:22 PM
Judge Dismisses Nick Sandman’s Lawsuit Against The Washington Post
https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-dismisses-nick-sandmans-lawsuit-against-the-washington-post_3018735.html

Judge William Bertelsman is a President Jimmy Carter appointee.
Big disappointment. Wonder what this means for the rest of the lawsuits.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on July 26, 2019, 08:37:12 PM
Big disappointment. Wonder what this means for the rest of the lawsuits.

The alert I saw said this didn't affect the other cases. We'll see.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SVPete on July 27, 2019, 08:56:47 AM
DU-folk are :hi5: ing, but the judge's "reasoning" is very narrow and seems pretty tenuous. The lawsuit could be reinstated (and hopefully assigned to a different judge). Because his ruling cited specifics that may be peculiar to the WashPost where other "news" outlets and celebri-holes wrote/spoke differently, it may not affect other cases (though those other cases, where they cited the WashPost, could rebound into the WashPost case in appeal).
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on August 03, 2019, 11:40:42 AM
EXCLUSIVE: 8 Covington Catholic Teens Sue ‘Most Egregious High-Profile Individuals’ for Defamation
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/exclusive-8-covington-catholic-teens-sue-most-egregious-high-profile-individuals-for-defamation/

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Lawyers for eight Covington Catholic students (John Does 1-8) filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday in Kentucky’s Kenton County Circuit Court against 12 individuals — lawmakers, journalists/media figures and social media personalities included.

Attorneys Robert Barnes (disclosure: Barnes has written columns for Law&Crime) and Kevin Murphy began the suit by going back to January 18, 2019, when, they say, “A field trip to our nation’s capital for a group of minors from Covington, Kentucky turned into a social media nightmare that changed their futures forever.”

This was when MAGA hat wearing high school students (Nick Sandmann, in particular) came face to face with a 65-year-old Native American man identified as Nathan Phillips. The lawsuit said that the defendants jumped to conclusions, painting the plaintiffs as racists, lying about an event they didn’t witness firsthand, and libeling the minors. (Note that these minors are bringing this lawsuit through their parents.)

Who is being sued by them.
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The defendants have been named as follows (Law&Crime is not including a copy of the lawsuit here so as not publicize their addresses): 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico), CNN’s Ana Navarro, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times, comedian Kathy Griffin, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Reza Aslan (formerly of CNN), Kentucky entrepreneur Adam Edelen, Princeton University History Professor Kevin M. Kruse, activist and journalist Shaun King, Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery and Rewire.News editor-in-chief Jodi Jacobson.

Elizabeth Warren is running for President and that could be dashed. Kathy Griffin is also being sued. Hope they all lose big.

I have not heard of any charges being filed against people who made death threats.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on October 28, 2019, 07:38:11 PM
Judge reopens Covington Catholic teen's $250 million lawsuit against Washington Post
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/28/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-student-washingto/

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A federal judge in Kentucky has reopened the $250 million defamation case filed by a Covington Catholic student against the Washington Post after dismissing it in July, allowing the lawsuit to proceed but narrowing its focus.

U.S. District Court Judge William Bertelsman agreed to permit discovery on three of 33 allegedly libelous statements in the Post’s coverage of the Jan. 18 incident pertaining to teenager Nicholas Sandmann. The Post has insisted that its reporting was fair and accurate.

All three flagged statements from the newspaper’s coverage refer to Omaha Nation elder Nathan Phillips being blocked or impeded by Nicholas, a student at Covington Catholic High School, during their viral encounter at the Lincoln Memorial stairs.

Good.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on October 29, 2019, 05:31:17 AM
Judge reopens Covington Catholic teen's $250 million lawsuit against Washington Post
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/28/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-student-washingto/

Good.
I was so glad to see this last night.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: J P Sousa on October 29, 2019, 04:57:15 PM
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The Post has insisted that its reporting was fair and accurate.
Said Joseph Goebbels.

 :thatsright:   :censored:   :doh:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 22, 2019, 06:36:14 PM
'Huge Win!' Judge Allows Sandmann's Suit To Proceed Against NBC
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2019/11/22/huge-win-judge-allows-sandmanns-suit-proceed-against-nbc

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It’s been nearly a year since the media targeted and smeared a group of teenage boys from a Catholic high school for daring to don “MAGA” hats while a Native American activist beat a drum in one student's face and other angry radical protesters screamed at them. Nick Sandmann, the teen at the center of that media-driven controversy, rightfully hired a legal team and has taken the media to task over the past year for portraying him and his peers as racist aggressors in that encounter. Thursday, Nick Sandmann’s attorney revealed an encouraging development in their case against NBC News.

According to The Washington Times, Kentucky Federal Judge William O. Bertelsman, is allowing Sandmann’s team to proceed in the discovery phase, of obtaining evidence from the network for their case against NBC:

“William O. Bertelsman dismissed parts of the lawsuit while allowing discovery on allegations that the network’s coverage defamed the teen by reporting that he ‘blocked’ Native American elder Nathan Phillips in a Jan. 18 encounter at the Lincoln Memorial.”

Good. WaPo and NBC are being sued, along with Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher, and Jim Carrey.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: ADsOutburst on November 22, 2019, 06:40:39 PM
The Washington Post is liquid shit printed on toilet paper. Anytime a conservative says something, the Post qualifies by saying that person had no evidence (even if they do have evidence), yet the Post had no reservations printing a completely fact-free summary of Gordon Sondland's testimony and how it supposedly vindicated the dems.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on November 23, 2019, 06:28:27 AM
Yay!
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 07, 2020, 06:33:29 PM
CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann
https://www.fox19.com/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-nick-sandmann/

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COVINGTON, Ky. (FOX19) - CNN agreed Tuesday to settle a lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann.

The amount of the settlement was not made public during a hearing at the federal courthouse in Covington, Kentucky.

Sandmann’s lawsuit sought $800 million from CNN, the Washington Post and NBC Universal.

The amount is not disclosed. WaPo and NBC have not settled.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 07, 2020, 06:38:01 PM
After Suing CNN, Sandmann’s Legal Team Now Targeting Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, HBO, NBC and AP
https://starpolitical.com/sandmanns-legal-team-now-targeting-bill-maher-kathy-griffin-hbo-nbc-and-ap/

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Nick Sandmann’s high profile legal team announced Tuesday night they are planning to file a suit every few weeks or month and have at least 10 major targets.

According to Axios, CNN became the second news outlet sued by Nicholas Sandmann’s representatives over their coverage of his January encounter with a Native American elder in Washington, D.C. and the Covington Catholic student’s lawyer told Fox News’ “The Story with Martha MacCallum” Tuesday night they plan to file more lawsuits.

“We plan to file a suit every few weeks or month,”  McMurthy told MacCallum Tuesday night. “At least 10 top targets in the media and individuals … Certainly we’re looking very closely at NBC, we’re looking very closely at AP, we’re looking very closely at HBO for the conduct of Bill Maher, and we’re looking at some of the people like Kathy Griffin who sent out these horrible tweets that are called doxing.”

That includes Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher, and Jim Carrey. There are many more likely.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Old n Grumpy on January 08, 2020, 06:23:20 AM
I hope they sue them all and make them bleed $$$$ :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on January 08, 2020, 09:43:46 AM
I hope that the amount will be in the millions, and will become public. Probably not likely that we will ever know, of course.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: landofconfusion80 on January 08, 2020, 10:47:34 AM
I hope that the amount will be in the millions, and will become public. Probably not likely that we will ever know, of course.
If I were sandman, I'd prefer not to have it disclosed either. The guy is pretty much set for life and money has a way of disappearing when made public. The fact that these news outlets are paying out a significant sum of money is justice enough, the numbers dont matter
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on January 12, 2020, 09:41:34 PM
I hope that the amount will be in the millions, and will become public. Probably not likely that we will ever know, of course.

Report: Kathy Griffin and Ana Navarro Named in Next Round of Nick Sandmann Lawsuits
https://www.waynedupree.com/kathy-griffin-ana-navarro-nick-sandmann/

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Remember the sweet Covington Catholic boy Nick Sandmann?

He was the cute kid in a MAGA hat who the media and Democrats dragged through the mud for no reason – his only crime was that he was a Trump supporter.

Well, after his young life was nearly ruined by these vultures, little Nick got himself a good lawyer and fought back and he’s been suing everyone and their brother ever since.

As a matter of fact, just a few days ago we found out that CNN settled their lawsuit with Sandmann for a “reported” $25 million dollars.

Looks like it is $25 million, but unconfirmed.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on January 13, 2020, 07:44:47 AM
Report: Kathy Griffin and Ana Navarro Named in Next Round of Nick Sandmann Lawsuits
https://www.waynedupree.com/kathy-griffin-ana-navarro-nick-sandmann/

Looks like it is $25 million, but unconfirmed.
Oh, I hope, IhopeIhopeIhope!!!
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: franksolich on January 19, 2020, 11:19:38 PM
January 20--same day as the 2nd amendment rallies in Virginia--the first anniversary of this.

https://youtu.be/lSkpPaiUF8s
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on January 20, 2020, 04:41:41 AM
January 20--same day as the 2nd amendment rallies in Virginia--the first anniversary of this.

https://youtu.be/lSkpPaiUF8s

And MLK Day.

'Tis a sign.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on January 20, 2020, 10:06:07 AM
January 20--same day as the 2nd amendment rallies in Virginia--the first anniversary of this.

https://youtu.be/lSkpPaiUF8s
Also, three years ago today, President Trump was sworn into office for his first term.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on April 18, 2020, 09:40:40 PM
'Covington kid' Nick Sandmann says he's lived under 'constant threat' for over a year
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nick-sandmann-covington-lincoln-memorial-media

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Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann said that he has lived under a "constant" and "terrible" threat -- ever since his image was splashed across television screens and posted on websites and social media platforms worldwide.

In exclusive new interviews with veteran journalist and Fox Nation host Lara Logan, Sandmann opened up about the ongoing fallout from an incident on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2019. The nationally publicized incident has become a case study in journalistic malpractice, critics say.

Nick Sandmann states he is stilling being harassed. He sued CNN and they settled out of court.

More proof that leftists are bullies.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on April 18, 2020, 09:58:16 PM
Kathy Griffin Beats Lawsuit Over Attempted Doxing of Teenagers
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/kathy-griffin-beats-lawsuit-attempted-doxing-teenagers-1289717

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Once upon a time before social distancing became a thing, the nation was momentarily obsessed by a group of high school students coming face-to-face with Native American activists at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. In particular, the image of one student in a "Make America Great Again" hat looking at Native American elder Nathan Phillips sent social media into a tizzy. The Jan. 18, 2019, "incident" triggered discussions of incivility, of rushing to judgments and finally of repercussions. The legacy of that day continues. On Thursday, comedian Kathy Griffin slipped one of the many lawsuits that followed for her minor role on Twitter, where she demanded names and shame upon the Covington High School students.

U.S. District Court Judge William Bertelsman holds that Griffin's attempted doxing doesn't constitute acts committed in Kentucky and thus she's not subject to the jurisdiction of this federal court. In dismissing the suit, the judge adds that allowing Griffin to be sued in Kentucky for her postings "would also violate basic fairness or due process."

Hope it is appealed.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Mary Ann on April 19, 2020, 07:15:30 AM
Kathy Griffin Beats Lawsuit Over Attempted Doxing of Teenagers
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/kathy-griffin-beats-lawsuit-attempted-doxing-teenagers-1289717

Hope it is appealed.
Actually BEING Kathy Griffin is probably punishment enough.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on April 19, 2020, 11:24:51 AM
Actually BEING Kathy Griffin is probably punishment enough.

Speaking of Kathy Griffin.

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Kathy Griffin
@kathygriffin
This tells you everything you need to know about
@TulsiGabbard

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DwrnyIcUwAEEOej?format=jpg&name=small)

https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1083933519368384517

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Kathy Griffin
@kathygriffin
A) I am currently a defendant in three high-profile civil cases all directly tied (in my opinion) to Trumps, the Oval, and possibly AG Barr. I have never been a defendant before. I’m extremely invested in this topic. All 3 suits are available as part of the public record...

https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1220184549751062529

She really hates Tulsi Gabbard.

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Kathy Griffin
@kathygriffin
You think this is bullying??? Hahahahahaha. I speak from experience you can’t imagine, you ****ing *****. Wake up. We are all on this planet together.
@ChelseaClinton
 does not deserve your misdirected anger.

https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/1107004388080418816

She is taking the victim mentality to a whole new level.
Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on February 26, 2021, 06:20:14 PM
‘Rush to Judgment’ Shames Media, Twitter … and Us
https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/rush-to-judgment-review/

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The opening seconds of “Rush to Judgment” might trigger segments of the viewing audience.

It’s images of red hats, MAGA hats to be specific, tumbling off the assembly line.

Need some Chamomile tea, perhaps? That’s part of the message behind a film capturing one of the worst media meltdowns of the modern era.

Nick Sandmann is a victim of cancel culture.

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Nick Sandmann is the reluctant star of “Rush to Judgment,” a soft-spoken teen recalling how the Jan. 19, 2019 confrontation changed his life forever. At first, both social media and journalists tag-teamed against him and his friends. Collectively, they sparked a feeding frenzy against minors that should never have happened, even if they were guilty of the thought crimes in play.

And they weren’t, for the record.

Bill Maher called Sandmann, “a little prick” from his HBO perch. Far-left comic Kathy Griffin weaponized her massive social media flock against Sandmann and his peers.

“Name these kids. I want NAMES. Shame them. If you think these f***ers wouldn’t dox you in a heartbeat, think again.” She later survived a lawsuit over her verbal attacks.

It’s easy to forget these high schoolers weren’t grown men but teens trapped in the media’s rage against all things Trump. Their crimes? Wearing MAGA hats and appearing at a March for Life event. That, and being utterly flummoxed by Nathan Phillips and black Hebrew Israelites shouting the nastiest things possible at them, sealed their fate.

CNN contributor Reza Aslan famously dubbed Sandmann’s visage “punchable.” That was one of the kinder attacks against the boys and their families. Death threats flooded in from all directions. Commentators on the Left and the Right savaged the lads.

Bill Maher and Kathy Griffin are vile.

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Shouldn’t adults be the ones protecting teens, not siccing mobs on them?

We also meet a black Covington Catholic student who got verbally insulted by the Israelites during the confrontation. The ensuing backlash soured him on the school, convincing him to leave after one tumultuous year,

He was 14 at the time of the confrontation.

The film makes copious use of social media influencers, appropriately enough, to shape the evolving story. We also hear from sober journalists who remind us how their peers broke every rule, written and unwritten, to trash the teens.

“I had known that the news media was biased and there was Fake News. Until I lived the Fake News, I didn’t believe it could be as vicious and vile as it was,” one Covington Catholic parent says.


Title: Re: Covington Catholic - the prime example of why private religious schools need to
Post by: Ptarmigan on December 17, 2021, 06:30:02 PM
Nicholas Sandmann reaches settlement with NBC in Covington Catholic High School controversy
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nicholas-sandmann-nbc-settlement-covington-kid

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Nicholas Sandmann settled Friday with NBC-Universal, he said.

The media had lambasted the Covington Catholic High School student from Kentucky, now 19, over a confrontation at the 2019 March for Life in Washington, D.C.

"At this time I would like to release that NBC and I have reached a settlement," wrote Sandmann on Twitter, adding that the terms were confidential.

Following the 2019 incident in Washington, D.C., many media outlets and Democratic politicians criticized Sandmann for a confrontation with a Native American elder at the Lincoln Memorial following the march.

Sandmann was recorded on video wearing one of former President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign hats while smiling at the activist, Nathan Phillips, as Phillips beat a ceremonial drum and chanted at him in close proximity.

NBC has to now pay up to Nick Sandmann.