# Covington Catholic High (in case it hasn't been mentioned already) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090 "2019-01-20T02:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/761 "2019-01-26T14:35:38Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > And you know that they were mocking him how? > They had just been chanting and bouncing up and down to drown out the racist tirades from the Black Israelites, in comes Phillips and his retinue drumming and chanting and you just KNOW that the reaction was not that they saw someone joining them in their chanting. [That’s how it looks to me based on the video](https://vimeo.com/312330750), Phillips comes in and some kids who had been breaking into chanting, clapping and bouncing whenever someone among them gave a cue, start chanting, clapping and bouncing to the beat of Phillips drum; for all they knew at that moment Phillps came to join them in drowning out the abuse from the BIs, specially in view that those same Native Americans had also been at the receiving end of the BIs slurs. > The dancing and shouting in rhythm with the drum seemed to die out pretty soon after Phillips companion, standing right by his shoulder, made clear what they were up to when [shouting at one of the kids “Go back to Europe”, and it was Sandmann that gestured to a fellow student to not get into an argument with that man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5hZqDCKko), while Phillips bangs a drum next to his face, yet he is the one made to look as if he was seeking confrontation. You ever come across a post that is so incredibly stupid that you can only shake your head and laugh? :shakes head and laughs: ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/762 "2019-01-26T17:35:05Z")
> [@Elmore](#): > > You posted a picture of your black self in the Living While Black thread, you stupid bastard. Dude, you’ve already been ethered. Sit down. ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/763 "2019-01-26T17:38:58Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > WHY the hell were those kids allowed to wear those hats in the first place? You’d think the school would’ve said, “we don’t want to wearing any political gear, you’re here to represent the school, blah blah blah”. I’m seriously wondering where the FUCK the adults were in all of this. THAT is what really upsets me. Why is nobody going after the chaperones? Who was in charge? I am shocked, but I must admit, on this specific point, I agree with our resident 9th grader. I see you’ve been putting effort into forming a thesis statement. Excellent job, Guinastasia! I am proud of you. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/764 "2019-01-26T17:45:15Z")
> [@Huey\_Freeman](#): > > I am shocked, but I must admit, on this specific point, I agree with our resident 9th grader. I see you’ve been putting effort into forming a thesis statement. Excellent job, Guinastasia! I am proud of you. 🆒 Yeah, and you still haven’t told us if you’ve stopped beating your wife yet. ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/765 "2019-01-26T17:48:36Z")
I cannot believe I am concurring with statements with SlackerInc and Guinastasia, today. > [@SlackerInc](#): > > How is that contradictory? Are you saying you can tell an African American’s hand from a South Asian’s hand? Exactly. Not every person who has dark skin is an African-American. It would be analogous to insisting that Tom Joyner or Sinbad are ethnically white because of their skin tone. As you correctly point out, many South Asian people have dark skin. As do people in Melanesia, Australia, New Guinea, and Latin America. People who assume otherwise have a white frame of reference that is implacable. The fact that you understand this point makes me think you’re not as dumb as I thought you were. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/766 "2019-01-26T17:51:00Z")
Oh, he still believes you to be genetically inferior. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/767 "2019-01-26T17:57:17Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > The House Intelligence Committee and Sen Warner (ranking D on the Senate Intelligence Committee) are both asking Twitter for information on the account posted the video clip to start the fracas. The account has since been deleted by Twitter. > > [Congress Now Wants Twitter to Explain How That Covington Teens Video Went Viral](https://gizmodo.com/congress-now-wants-twitter-to-explain-how-that-covingto-1831971692) > > We haven’t heard the last of this. This is a joke, right? That’s just what this controversy needs. A congressional investigation. Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/768 "2019-01-26T18:00:19Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > You ever come across a post that is so incredibly stupid that you can only shake your head and laugh? > > :shakes head and laughs: I just did. And you posted it. Keep up the good work. :laughing and shaking my head: ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/769 "2019-01-26T18:07:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Yeah, and you still haven’t told us if you’ve stopped beating your wife yet. Damn, girl. At least I have a wife. At least I have a significant other. You, on the other hand, will remain alone and, eventually, die alone. You see, girlfriend, I’m not doped up on antidepressants nor do I have I spent over 6,900 hours on a fucking message board engaging in depressive behavior masquerading as an online “hobby”. Tell me, Guinastasia. How long have you been on anti-depressants? Who exactly are you behind the drug? Do you even know who you are behind the mask of SSRIs? You don’t even know who you are. You’ll never find a man because you’re emotionally needy, socially awkward, and bereft of intelligence beyond 9th grade. Because I kind of respect you as the one the senior cult-members here, let me give you a pro-tip. If you want a man, get yourself off the antidepressants, and see a psychologist to overcome your issues. Antidepressants and relationships don’t mix. See[this](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25012424) and [this](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158381/). Good luck, because you’re going to need it your baggage. Your clock is running out. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/770 "2019-01-26T18:08:26Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > I just did. And you posted it. Keep up the good work. > > :laughing and shaking my head: This is what you consider witty? Doing exactly what I did? I guess I’ll add unoriginal to my doorhinge adjective list. Let’s see, unoriginal starts with u, so that would put it between … let’s see … tedious and vacuous. ---
**Author:** ![Huey\_Freeman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/huey_freeman/32/251_2.png) [@Huey\_Freeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huey_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/771 "2019-01-26T18:08:27Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Oh, he still believes you to be genetically inferior. This is true, but figured I’d throw our resident hooded Klansman a bone. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/772 "2019-01-26T18:28:04Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Oh whatever, keyboard warrior. > > Yeah, where you come from, the only way you’ll confront black men is if you’re carrying concealed firearms. In DC, where that’s illegal? White guys pick fights with…the 65 year old skinny Native American. We get it. Shut the fuck up already. Hahahaha. YOU don’t get it at all. Team Philips targeted a teenager for harassment, and intimidation. Team Philips didn’t want to climb to the top of the Lincoln Memorial steps. Team Philips wanted to bully a teenager who was standing on the steps, and force him to step away from Team Philips. Team Philips initiated the confrontation. Team Philips didn’t tell the teenager why they were there, or what they were doing. Team Philips invaded the teenagers personal space, while banging a drum within inches of the teenagers face, and shouting into the teenagers face. Only later did Team Philips claim that they were only trying to “diffuse” some situation. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/773 "2019-01-26T18:39:13Z")
> [@DinoR](#): > > The House Intelligence Committee and Sen Warner (ranking D on the Senate Intelligence Committee) are both asking Twitter for information on the account posted the video clip to start the fracas. The account has since been deleted by Twitter. > > [Congress Now Wants Twitter to Explain How That Covington Teens Video Went Viral](https://gizmodo.com/congress-now-wants-twitter-to-explain-how-that-covingto-1831971692) > > We haven’t heard the last of this. The link you posted doesn’t mention Guamanian Kaya Taitano, who posted the original video. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/774 "2019-01-26T18:52:19Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Real racists? Like a gaggle of white privileged teenagers openly mocking an indigenous person because he has the audacity to chant and play a hand drum? Audacity doesn’t quite cover what happened. Team Philips targeted a teenager for harassment, and intimidation. Team Philips later claimed that they were only trying to diffuse some situation. Racists began claiming that white teenagers shouldn’t be mocking an old man. It was the old man who initiated the harassment. Team Philips couldn’t be bothered to actually explain why they were there. Maybe bullying a teenager with loud chanting, and a drum, is supposed to be self-explanatory? Actually, it is. It’s a indication that drum banger is a bully. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/775 "2019-01-26T19:17:45Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > They did a great job of communicating their intentions. Before he got between the groups, the two groups were facing off with each other, and a fight was likely brewing in short order. > > Once he was involved, tensions between the groups had decreased, and violence was much less likely. > > If the teenager was being targeted, then stepping out of the way would have removed that target. > > From what I saw, Philips was traveling more or less in a straight line between the groups. It is hard to see exactly what the student did, but he definitely moved between the time he was last in frame to when he was encountered. He was blocking Philip’s path. (post shortened) Hahahahah. You’re a hoot. Team Philips definitely did NOT communicate their intentions. The only one claiming that some fight was likely brewing was Team Philips themselves, and they made that claim AFTER their failed attempt to bully the teenager. Since the teenager WAS the target of Team Philips, stepping aside would only result in moving, NOT removing, Team Philips target. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/776 "2019-01-26T19:22:47Z")
> [@Huey\_Freeman](#): > > Damn, girl. At least I have a wife. At least I have a significant other. You, on the other hand, will remain alone and, eventually, die alone. You see, girlfriend, I’m not doped up on antidepressants nor do I have I spent over 6,900 hours on a fucking message board engaging in depressive behavior masquerading as an online “hobby”. Tell me, Guinastasia. How long have you been on anti-depressants? Who exactly are you behind the drug? Do you even know who you are behind the mask of SSRIs? You don’t even know who you are. You’ll never find a man because you’re emotionally needy, socially awkward, and bereft of intelligence beyond 9th grade. Because I kind of respect you as the one the senior cult-members here, let me give you a pro-tip. If you want a man, get yourself off the antidepressants, and see a psychologist to overcome your issues. Antidepressants and relationships don’t mix. See[this](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25012424) and [this](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158381/). Good luck, because you’re going to need it your baggage. Your clock is running out. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Do you know how to actually argue your point? Or just use logical fallacies? Because you really suck at it [debating](http://www.fallacyfiles.org/loadques.html). ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/777 "2019-01-26T19:25:56Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Oh, he still believes you to be genetically inferior. False. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/778 "2019-01-26T20:15:47Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > This is what you consider witty? Doing exactly what I did? I guess I’ll add unoriginal to my doorhinge adjective list. Let’s see, unoriginal starts with u, so that would put it between … let’s see … tedious and vacuous. I consider it to be my expending the minimum amount of energy to dismiss your attempts to justify the racist attacks against the teenagers, their families, and their school. ---
**Author:** ![Elmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9a140/32.png) [@Elmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmore)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/779 "2019-01-26T21:00:07Z")
> [@Huey\_Freeman](#): > > Dude, you’ve already been ethered. Sit down. You think I’d ever stand up for the likes of you? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/780 "2019-01-26T21:00:34Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > False. Pretty sure **andros** meant you are “you” rather than “he”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090.md?page=40)