The issue with the Covington Boys isn't going away. The initial video was damning. Then came the broader issue of the role of the Black Hebrew Israelites. That clearly showed that the boys were emotionally escalated when Nathan Phillips interceded between the two groups. It didn't exonerate them, but it was important context. Nevertheless, RW media turned the boys into martyrs on the altar of "intolerant PC culture."
More videos have surfaced. They are bad. Really bad.
The BHI stuff does not exonerate them. It contextualizes it somewhat. But in the end, what you saw on the video is what happened. They aren't victims of anything but the just consequences of their own actions.
Everyone will see this through their own political lens. If you think racism and sexism are bad, then it will be impossible for you to see this as anything but a video recording of the incubator of racism and sexism. If you think racism and sexism aren't that big a deal, then this isn't a big deal.
And once you realize that, it's tough to accept that we live in a world that can ever agree on anything.
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