Comments on: The Covington incident: activism, and how to provoke and shape a story https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:32:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: MB https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420778 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 22:32:26 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420778 The mainstream media can never acknowledge the existence of left-wing provocateurs, in the sense of professional paid activists, some with drama training, who stage these stunts looking for fame and money.
They must always pretend that these are “just folks”, normal people doing normal stuff.
Yes, right-wing journalists also sometimes use dubious means to get their stories, but they never stage their own victimization. This is because being the biggest victim is only a badge of honor on the left.
Also, only the superior victimhood of left-wing victims can ever be acknowledged. Who would care if a right-winger were the victim of a smirking leftist’s stares? Whoever dared complain about it would be the butt of jokes for years. Micro-aggressions only go one way.
In any case, the existence of a category of left-wing provocateurs, the stagecraft that goes into these incidents, and the incentives for doing it can never be acknowledged by the mainstream press. The mere concept cannot even be allowed to exist.
Brings Upton Sinclair’s saying to mind.

]]> By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420754 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:31:17 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420754 We think that Nathan Phillips and his rag-tag team of activist Indians,

They are being paid. There is A law firm that ran the Standing Rock Dakota protests and is a conduit for Soros et all.

Some of the outfits funding this stuff.

]]> By: Mike K https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420751 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 20:27:58 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420751 There’s a companion tactic to this one, used in Seattle. Provocateur wades up to the mark, makes some loud ‘provocative’ remarks, and then suddenly drops to the ground as if he’d been struck – whereupon his allies begin screeching at the mark as a bully.*

That was done after a Trump rally. An elderly couple were walking along and a woman demonstrator with an oxygen tank on her back came up to them, grabbed the man’s should and fell down screaming that he had hit her and she was a cripple (or whatever the current PC terms ).

It turned out the man was blind and his wife was leading him through the crowd. He still had to appear in court, not the town where he lived. The oxygen tank was a prop.

]]> By: Luis https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420691 Sat, 26 Jan 2019 04:54:50 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420691 JMJ
The self-righteous Catholic authorities in Covington, the Catholic school administrators, the hypocrite priests and self-proclaimed experts related to the morality of standing your ground, of not letting a rag-tag, blustering, drum-banger intimidate you–those who immediately criticized the Nick Sandmann and his friends, where are they now? Where are they now that the stupidity of the Black Israelites in filming, for two hours, exactly how the Covington kids are not only innocent of their moral accusations, but actually very brave.
We love Nick Sandmann and his friends!
We think that Nathan Phillips and his rag-tag team of activist Indians, along with the Black Israelites, should let their shame overcome them and then wilt and blow away.

]]> By: Jamie https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420304 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:09:58 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420304 The irony will really be when Covington Catholic starts to sue media outlets for defamation because the media “reporting” has resulted in universities’ rejecting the applications of CC graduates, which in turn is affecting enrollment at CC…

I wonder if anyone in CC’s administration or on their board will experience even a momentary pricking of conscience over that.

]]> By: Mimi https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420261 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:52:48 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420261 Would have liked to see the countermeasures. Prof Jacobson did not list any, and didn’t see Neo list any either. The obvious conclusion is ‘film everything’, but I was looking forward to an actual ‘steps to take’ analysis, especially since the Prof set up his intro that way.

]]> By: vic buehler https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420229 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:33:45 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420229 msm, dems lie, decieve, and misinform; …The only reason it was disproved (for those with eyes to see and ears to hear) was that someone else was videotaping the whole thing, not just the part he “/Phillips/” wanted to air.

]]> By: Francesca https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420224 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:00:49 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420224 I just saw a shot of an interview with Nicholas Sandmann, the Kentucky student, which will air on NBC tomorrow. He is very young, much younger looking than when he had that hat on. Phillips should be ashamed of himself for advancing on a boy like this with the intent of humiliating him. It’s disgusting that he would choose to use a child this way.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6621279/Covington-Catholic-boy-center-Native-American-uproar-speaks-out.html …

The pic of the boy looks like he is scared, and the wretched interviewer was trying to get him to admit guilt in the incident. It was terrible. I am SO ANGRY about all this that if I were not an old lady, I would be tempted to punch her out. Of course, old ladies don’t do that sort of thing. More’s the pity.

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420215 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:33:43 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420215 Think about what this means about the totally debased character of the Left today.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6621279/Covington-Catholic-boy-center-Native-American-uproar-speaks-out.html

“Sandmann’s school in Park Hills, Kentucky, closed its doors on Tuesday amid safety fears, Covington Catholic High School principal Robert Rowe announced to parents on Monday night.

‘After meeting with local authorities, we have made the decision to cancel school and be closed on Tuesday January 22, in order to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff.

‘All activities on campus will be cancelled for the entire day and evening. Students, parents, faculty and staff are not to be on campus for any reason.

‘Please continue to keep the Covington Catholic Community in your prayers,’ the letter said.

The school deleted its website, its Facebook page and disconnected its phone number over the weekend. Fees there can run up to $9,000 a year. ”

(I’m not sure why the fees are placed in that paragraph, but that seems rather inexpensive for a private HS to me.)

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2019/01/22/the-covington-incident-activism-and-how-to-provoke-and-shape-a-story/#comment-2420214 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 04:27:32 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=84097#comment-2420214 AesopFan:

“Righteous” was sarcasm. Obviously not righteous. But it’s the way he’s been painted by the left, and it’s the way they would see him because of his minority status vs. the whiteness of the boys.

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