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Leftist Rage at David Brooks for Defending Covington Catholic Students
Newsbusters ^ | January 22, 2019 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 01/23/2019 5:24:23 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Did columnist David Brooks put his New York Times gig at risk on Monday? Most people at liberal mainstream media outlets that have reported on the incident in Washington D.C. on Friday involving the Covington Catholic high school students, after having been made aware of the longer video and more facts about what actually happened, seem to be using the weasel type of position of saying something along the lines of "perhaps the incident is not quite like what it initially seemed but..."

However, Brooks did not go that route. Instead he gave a full, flat out defense of those students as we shall see.

As could be expected the left went berserk over Brooks' column, "How We Destroy Lives Today," not only where the usual loons reign such as at the Democrat Underground but in the comments that accompany his column as well. Here are some of the observations of the incident by Brooks that caused the left to go just plain nuts: 

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angrydems; anticatholicbigotry; covington; covingtoncatholic; davidbrooks; liberalfascism; tds
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So far David Books had job security at the NYT by virtue of being a Never Trumper. However, his latest column might be a Bridge Too Far for Pooch Sulzberger.

I will probably covering Brooks' future job outlook at the Times' in my next Video DUmmie FUnnies edition as well as show even more DUmmie invective hurled his way.

1 posted on 01/23/2019 5:24:23 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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The gang attack mentality on this case is off the charts.


2 posted on 01/23/2019 5:26:36 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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The left cannot keep from hating white males with MAGA hats, especially when minorities are involved. Anything else would not be tolerant.


3 posted on 01/23/2019 5:31:40 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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I don’t believe that this Phillips guy IS an Indian. He looks African-American to me. We’ll see, of course.


4 posted on 01/23/2019 5:33:37 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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He could be a honorary Indian.


5 posted on 01/23/2019 5:39:37 AM PST by Leep (Leftist are neither liberal or democratic. Neither are they pro American.)
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To: PJ-Comix

In the old days our ancestors use to burn witches after false accusations...Today, with the help of a compliant media spreading false accusations, we smear kids.


6 posted on 01/23/2019 5:39:38 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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Doubt the Brooks column is sincere in any way. NYT badly needs to blunt the scythe of libel litigation, child abuse, and civil rights charges which threaten to put the Old Grey Lady in her well-earned grave as Hulk Hogan did to GAWKER.


7 posted on 01/23/2019 5:41:17 AM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody is coming to save the day)
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To: Leep

He Chief Stolen Valor who claims to be a Viet Nam vet.


8 posted on 01/23/2019 5:49:02 AM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: miss marmelstein

Don’t fall for the fake narrative if you are Indian then you’re a peace loving honest person as pure as the fresh driven snow. I can tell you straight up there are just as many bums and scammers in that group as you find in any other.


9 posted on 01/23/2019 5:49:23 AM PST by TianaHighrider
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To: miss marmelstein

Was finally brought out last night on Laura Ingraham’s show. She had someone from the Catholic Church, not a priest, I think, but someone, the “president” (?) of their association?

He points out that, this guy Phillips maintains, that he saw two groups that were hurling insults at each other, and he was caught in the middle and he chose to get into the middle to diffuse the anger.

Okay, fair enough, BUT the facts show that it was the Black Hebrews (are these guys really Jewish?), who were throwing the insults, not just insults, but they were trying to egg on the students, who were just standing there.

SO, WHY DIDN’T THE CHIEF DIFFUSE THE SITUATION BY TAKING HIS TOM TOM TO THE BLACK HEBREW SIDE, AND GET THEM TO QUIET DOWN THEIR ANGER AND RHETORIC? VERY STRANGE...


10 posted on 01/23/2019 5:50:54 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: PJ-Comix

If the leftists were to tell the truth, (which they are not usually able to do in any case), they would admit that once they saw the hat the kid was wearing, no other fact mattered. That is the state of the liberal mind today. A red hat triggers them to blind rage, and irrational thought.


11 posted on 01/23/2019 5:55:35 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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SO, WHY DIDN’T THE CHIEF DIFFUSE THE SITUATION BY TAKING HIS TOM TOM TO THE BLACK HEBREW SIDE, AND GET THEM TO QUIET DOWN THEIR ANGER AND RHETORIC? VERY STRANGE...

BECAUSE HE KNEW THEY WOULD PUNCH HIS LIGHTS OUT.

12 posted on 01/23/2019 5:58:14 AM PST by PJ-Comix (I am eating my way to weight loss. Pass the lox!)
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SO, WHY DIDN’T THE CHIEF DIFFUSE THE SITUATION BY TAKING HIS TOM TOM TO THE BLACK HEBREW SIDE, AND GET THEM TO QUIET DOWN THEIR ANGER AND RHETORIC? VERY STRANGE...

BECAUSE HE KNEW THEY WOULD PUNCH HIS LIGHTS OUT.

13 posted on 01/23/2019 5:58:15 AM PST by PJ-Comix (I am eating my way to weight loss. Pass the lox!)
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Well,we all know what they say about blind squirrels.


14 posted on 01/23/2019 5:58:28 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Mitt Romney: Bringing Massachusetts Values To The Great State Of Utah.)
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Easier to after the kids, standing there.


15 posted on 01/23/2019 6:00:27 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: miss marmelstein

Don’t you DARE defame a Tribal Elder Combat Veteran.

He was in the famous battle of Kenmore Fridge. He jumped on a can of Freon and saved the whole platoon.


16 posted on 01/23/2019 6:00:53 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

And there are apparently many questions about who - in Washington DC - gave them the MAGA hats. Seems the Catholic kids didn’t have any when they left the school.

My opinion? Agitators in DC were handing out MAGA red hats to CREATE the movie they needed. The movie staged scene they wanted.


17 posted on 01/23/2019 6:01:28 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
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With this single slander the Mainstream Media has done more damage and put more people in danger than ANYTHING Alex Jones has ever said or done.


18 posted on 01/23/2019 6:03:49 AM PST by The Toll
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To: miss marmelstein

He’s Indian, but I read that he was taken away from his mother at age 5 (probably neglect) and brought up by a white family until he joined the reserves. Someone here posted that he trained as a refrigerator mechanic and went AWOL and to the brig three times...no Vietnam!

I don’t know when he got into the professional Indian gig, but he seems to work for some “native American Youth” organization funded by the usual lefty foundations.


19 posted on 01/23/2019 6:04:50 AM PST by livius
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I saw what looked to be info on his parents....looked legit. Indian. I’m still waiting for more info on this slime....don’t care if he is Indian, but I do care about his history as a ‘Vet’ and ‘activist’....


20 posted on 01/23/2019 6:05:03 AM PST by Pigsley (Ca)
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