Teen in confrontation with Native American elder says he was trying to defuse the situation
A crowd of teenagers surrounded a Native American elder and other activists and appeared to mock them after Friday’s Indigenous Peoples March at the Lincoln Memorial.Videos of the confrontation show a smiling young man in a red Make America Great Again hat standing directly in front of the man, who was playing a drum and chanting. Other kids could be seen laughing, jumping around and seemingly making fun of the chants.
Nathan Phillips, an elder with the Omaha tribe, said the confrontation felt like “hate unbridled.” In the moment, he said he was scared for his safety and the safety of those with him.
One lesson to be learned from this incident is to never, ever let your elders be put in a position where their mana, their dignity, their spiritual essence can be challenged or demeaned by ignorant and/or abusive people.
Always have your warriors travel with them to guard them from harm.
Hone Harawira is the leader of the MANA Movement
But Hone, how will those ‘warriors’ help when the elder has been found out telling lies that he served in a war (Vietnam) when he didn’t! How can you blame the white man or ‘oppression’ on damage to his mana then?
Only lie Nathan Phillips told was that he was a Recon Ranger. The rest was all made up by the media. Don Shipley ex SEAL was the guy that confirmed Phillips records. Here’s the proof>>>https://youtu.be/CIXIzvyAlLA
Now you prove your statements, righty.
Funny how you never provide evidence for your assertions Andrew. Why is that?
The vids been the subject of wide debate online, the unedited ver is quite different, unfortunately disrespect of elders has been used in another metoo moment, publicizing such behavior only leads to another woke trend, they dont get the Mana concept in the U.S. obviously
Homes right though. Should never allow your own to be put in a situation like that. Alone, in the media, no support. Tragic really.
How can they protect their dignity when they walk up to a group aiming to provoke a reaction?
yeah but, you’re so pussy you’re scared of blog comments. bunker wimp
Nigga. Keep writing. I refuse to confirm your negative.
He’s an old man FFS…not some mystical being.
Being brown doesn’t imbue you with certain powers once you reach old age.
And there I was thinking the lesson was to wait for the full unedited video.
This entire story is a complete setup and is all over social media as such
Anyone still pushing the original narrative is either completely unaware of this or completely dishonest
Now you know how we despair about climate change deniers like you, Andy…
You might be interested to know that the Covington school boys have a pro bono lawyer who is taking media like CNN to court over defamation
You guys can stick to your feelings, narratives and fake news but when the truth is so overwhelming you will be completely rinsed
I’m looking forward to it
Nice to see someone else paying attention Andy
Some of the posts on this blog remind me of Mark Twain when he said “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in 7 years”. That was me , still at 14 in Twain’s terms, driving my mother south from Whangarei. I picked up a hitchhiker, a Maori boy, who put me to shame. He was enthusiastiscally respectful of my mother, an old wise woman – which she was.
I am trying to say many Maori have a strong cultural regard for the elderly which we Pakeha could learn from.
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