The Covington Uproar

What happened in Washington, DC., (home of the Redskins football team, but we don't talk about that), last Friday?

A group of black religious cult members, a group of mostly white teenagers, and a Native American group of demonstrators were all present on a piece of public land.

There were words exchanged, and also some non-verbal communication (or miscommunication) going on, and after a couple of hours, the groups dispersed peacefully, with no blows being exchanged, and no police involved.

This could have as easily been spun as an example of a peaceful, multi-cultural learning exchange, instead of the spin the boys in the Media Control Room actually gave it, an incipient race war.

The viral picture could have been captioned with this- "Teenager smiles as he hears Native American music for the first time", just as easily. Then everyone would be saying "Aaahh, how sweet", instead of "Lock those kids in their school and burn it to the ground".

It just goes to show how easily we are manipulated.


I refuse to participate.