Comments on: Nathan Phillips, character assassin: what even his critics seem to be ignoring about him

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:54:02 +0000

I wonder just how many technically savvy people or outfits, expert in agitprop–individuals, free lancers, organization, or government/military operated–there are–out in the shadows–who are using their Internet savvy and propaganda skills to manipulate the public–what they know or don’t, what they “think” they know, their ideas, to gin up outrage and action–via social media and things like this Covington video?

After all, the Internet is the greatest fertile field for propaganda there has ever been.

By: Nathan Phillips – what an awful lot of people are ignoring | Something should go here, maybe later.

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:07:35 +0000

[…] People are ignoring just how much of a liar Nathan Phillips is. I was going to do a post on his changing story, but this’ll do for now. […]

By: FOAF

FOAF — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:27:36 +0000

Myiq2xu: “I seem to be the only person who thinks it was no coincidence that Phillips and his posse, as well as the Black Israelites, were both present that day. I suspect they were acting in concert to stage an incident and the Covington kids were their chosen patsies.”

I have been starting to wonder about that myself. I realized that the original deceptive video got out awfully fast and found this from an earlier Neo post:

“Just to give you the timeline, the incident with the Covington boys happened on Friday [Jan. 18], the video went viral some time Saturday [Jan 19}…”

So what was the trail of posession of the video, who edited it, etc? Yes something is very fishy here.

By: Julie near Chicago

Julie near Chicago — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:41:28 +0000

Kate, you mention the article at The Federalist about Phillips’s “charity.” My machine doesn’t respond to your link, but I imagine you mean this one by Margot Cleveland, dated 1/28:

“Government Records Say Nathan Phillips’ Nonprofit Is ‘Not In Good Standing,’ But He’s Still Taking Donations”

https://thefederalist.com/2019/01/28/government-records-say-nathan-phillips-nonprofit-not-good-standing-hes-still-taking-donations/

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:33:00 +0000

Mike K on January 27, 2019 at 7:49 pm at 7:49 pm said:
But tenured professors aren’t exactly oppressed, powerless people. Yet in aggregate they rolled right over for the left and it is an absolute disgrace as Paglia said.

I think we will see the death of the residential model university. And not that far in the future. The Humanities are already dying.

This is not new, but IO have read that 3500 departments have closed.
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They can join the laid-off journalists and learn to code.
Or not.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/320026/

Telling a recently unemployed DNC-MSM operative with a byline “learn to code” runs the risk of a Twitter suspension.

Warning: the link at Insty goes to Twitchy.

PowerLine has a story also, and the commenters are, shall we say, less than optimistic about the ability of journalists to master coding, which requires that one be able to distinguish true from false.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/01/learn-to-code.php

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 05:25:00 +0000

Kai Akker on January 28, 2019 at 12:39 pm at 12:39 pm said:
a great parody Gillette ad [8:54 pm]

It’s going to be years before Gillette gets past this screwup. –MikeK

Yes (and thank God for that). That video is funny! Gotta stay a great country when someone can produce that in his basement and everyone can easily watch it.
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At least until the Democrats win a few more elections….or Google et al. quit pretending to be even-handed and non-partisan.

By: Myiq2xu

Myiq2xu — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:47:42 +0000

I seem to be the only person who thinks it was no coincidence that Phillips and his posse, as well as the Black Israelites, were both present that day. I suspect they were acting in concert to stage an incident and the Covington kids were their chosen patsies.

By: huxley

huxley — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:17:29 +0000

“Why does leftward movement seem to be the default in our politics?”

Free stuff. People like free stuff. The argument against it is complicated, involves postponed pleasure and just understanding the argument requires use of brain cells. Difficult.

FOAF: That’s where I think leftward drift is like entropy in physics.

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:38:00 +0000

Loved the parody too.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:35:14 +0000

I suppose many of you have already seen this report at The Federalist about the many questions surrounding Elder Phillips' charity organization, which is "not in good standing."