# Has the media misrepresented the incident with the Covington Cathlic kids?

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**Created:** [January 22, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-media-misrepresented-the-incident-with-the-covington-cathlic-kids/828210 "2019-01-22T17:23:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-media-misrepresented-the-incident-with-the-covington-cathlic-kids/828210/58 "2019-01-22T20:39:03Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Has anyone on this board advocated murder or physical harm on behalf of those kids?

From the first few pages of [the other thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=869270):

> [@Covington Catholic High (in case it hasn't been mentioned already)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/4):
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> …God help the motherfucker who wears a MAGA hat in my face.
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> We don’t need to understand or communicate with these animals; we need to crush them.

> [@Covington Catholic High (in case it hasn't been mentioned already)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/36):
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> What we seem to have here is a school which actively breeds the worst of society. Can we nuke it from orbit?

> [@Covington Catholic High (in case it hasn't been mentioned already)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/38):
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> Those kids make some pretty convincing pro-abortion arguments.

Context for the following quote was that another poster advocated “elbowing” the teens, since groin or throat-punches are not subtle enough and may land you in jail:

> [@Covington Catholic High (in case it hasn't been mentioned already)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covington-catholic-high-in-case-it-hasnt-been-mentioned-already/828090/69):
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> Lets see, Amazon… Elbow pads, quite a selection, some affordable. Ah! Here we go, elbow pads, for ten dollars. That can be fitted with stainless steel spikes, set of four for five dollars!

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