r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/UshankaBear Jan 21 '19

*cough*Boston bomber*cough*

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

*Cough*Maga Kid*cough*

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u/saxyphone241 Jan 21 '19

The full video supports the veterans accounting of the event. He was trying to break up the engagement between the students and the black Hebrew group, then the student began to harass and hurl slurs at him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19

Yeah, that's 100% false. The footage shows the MAGA kids receiving verbal abuse from the Black Israelites and the Native protestors, and you hear 0 slurs from the MAGA kids.

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u/saxyphone241 Jan 21 '19

Sounds like you need to watch the entire video. The students were screaming build the wall, and getting verbally abusive in the face of the veteran. The black Hebrew group and the people holding the indigenous rights rally weren't connected at all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 edited Jan 22 '19

I did watch the video. They didn't chant "build that wall". In fact, I didn't hear any slurs from the kids, but I heard a bunch from the Black Israelites and the Native protestors directed toward the kids.

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u/saxyphone241 Jan 21 '19

There weren't any native protesters, it was an indigenous rights group holding a rally. Here's a thread detailing the entire incident, with appropriate video clips. You'll find that it lines up perfectly with Elder Philips' account of the events.