Discussion: Omaha Elder Says He Forgives Covington Students, Calls Sandmann Interview 'Coached'

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He’s right. It was coached and insincere. And the lesson the kid will have gotten out of it is, never take responsibility yourself, just get a good lawyer.

Sad.

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Verily, you are a better person than I.

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Somehow, I could perhaps take Sandmann’s version as being somewhat remotely plausible, if he weren’t wearing the fucking MAGAt hat.

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The difference between an adult and a pissant.

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Exactly. Wearing that hat in public is a deliberate act of provocation. And it’s a statement of their (shitty) values.

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Don’t forget why the kids were there to begin with. Travelled all the way from Kentucky to protest against women’s body autonomy.

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I blame the school officials; they were not supervising these children.

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and, on a school-sponsored trip, would normally violate dress codes (which are usually fairly strict in religious schools)

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As a product of a “co-Ed” Catholic HS, I am astounded/appalled that an all-boys Catholic school was sent to protest against that autonomy.

Does anyone know with which teaching order Covington is associated, or are they purely diosescan?

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Absolutely no one was harmed in the making of this national “tragedy.” Can we get on with life already?

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This kids parent’s could have taught him to take responsibility for his inappropriate behavior, asked him to sincerely apologize to all concerned, and he would have been forgiven by everyone. And this would have been a hard lesson to learn, but one that would have made him a better person.

Or they could use their wealth to hire an expensive PR firm that could coach him through his answers, so he could learn that it’s okay to act like a jerk because there’s no problem money can’t solve. His parents committed parental malpractice and I blame them more than this kid.

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A “heathen” …acting Christlike…toward unapologetic Catholics
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If your plan is to “stay motionless”, the essential requirement is that you stop moving.

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The kid’s parents hired the public relations company. Clearly they are part of the problem and not part of the solution. Parental malpractice is the least of that kid’s problems.

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Yeah really, just a teenage boy being a dick. Plenty more where he came from and all over. Call him out for it, let him deny it. Hope one day he outgrows it and tries to be better. Next.

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Forgiveness seems appropriate if difficult (but Bog it would have been good to see that smirk wiped off that punks face): The school, the chaperones, the parents, and the diocese all bear far more responsibility than the students; for permitting such a ‘field trip’ in the first place – what was this, culture warrior 101? – and for allowing the kids to not only misbehave but be thrust forward as shock troops.

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The Catholic Church, to its eternal shame, has monetized the pro-life movement. They are responsible for this irresponsible field trip.

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Absolutely. Parental malpractice is, sadly, all too common among the folks who think that money is the solution to everything.

Kid is the loser in this, no matter how you cut it.

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There’s blame enough for both his parents and for him. They didn’t teach him. He’s a junior, I believe. 17 and should be building his own worldview and his own morality. Both parties are deficient.

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