[Alf]

Biggest story of the week and not one thread about it. This forum goes to sh1t when I'm not here.

[Cherie]

A link would be good?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Cherie

A link would be good?

Exactly, not 1 posted all week, Arista is losing his touch if you ask me.

[user104658]

Yuck. I've just read up on it but I'm not getting my hands dirty by posting a link. Bunch of silly children being hailed as champions over a load of nonsense and now yet more mind-numbing Trump tweets about it. No thanks. It's hardly the biggest story of the week Alf, it's painful trash journalism at its worst.

Google this if you want folks but I all but guarantee it will ruin your day and lower your faith in western politics even further.

[Livia]

Those rich white boys were taunting a Native American. And their rich parents hired lawyers and publicists and media "experts"...

So the main focus of this story is twofold: 1) No one cares about Native Americans... what claim have they got on the USA anyway? and 2) So long as you've got enough money, we can spin your ridiculous racist, entitled, abhorrent self to look what passes for normal.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

Those rich white boys were taunting a Native American. And their rich parents hired lawyers and publicists and media "experts"...

So the main focus of this story is twofold: 1) No one cares about Native Americans... what claim have they got on the USA anyway? and 2) So long as you've got enough money, we can spin your ridiculous racist, entitled, abhorrent self to look what passes for normal.

And now there's Trump making out that these boys are actually the victims who have been misrepresented and bullied by the media, and talking about inviting them to the Whitehouse like national heroes.

I'm not even saying that they're "villains" but they're daft kids who were being immature and disrespectful... they should be being hauled in by their school and told that... told to apologize... and that should pretty much be the end of it.

It is indeed their parents and other high-profile adults who have decided to laud them as champions and created this circus.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

And now there's Trump making out that these boys are actually the victims who have been misrepresented and bullied by the media, and talking about inviting them to the Whitehouse like national heroes.

I'm not even saying that they're "villains" but they're daft kids who were being immature and disrespectful... they should be being hauled in by their school and told that... told to apologize... and that should pretty much be the end of it.

It is indeed their parents and other high-profile adults who have decided to laud them as champions and created this circus.

What is all this agreeing I'm doing with you today. Am I dying or something??

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

What is all this agreeing I'm doing with you today. Am I dying or something??

I personally blame Marsh.

[Niamh.]

I heard nothing about this story at all, was it really the biggest story of the week?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yuck. I've just read up on it but I'm not getting my hands dirty by posting a link. Bunch of silly children being hailed as champions over a load of nonsense and now yet more mind-numbing Trump tweets about it. No thanks. It's hardly the biggest story of the week Alf, it's painful trash journalism at its worst.

Google this if you want folks but I all but guarantee it will ruin your day and lower your faith in western politics even further.

How the hell did Trump make it into your first paragraph?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

And now there's Trump making out that these boys are actually the victims who have been misrepresented and bullied by the media, and talking about inviting them to the Whitehouse like national heroes.

I'm not even saying that they're "villains" but they're daft kids who were being immature and disrespectful... they should be being hauled in by their school and told that... told to apologize... and that should pretty much be the end of it.

It is indeed their parents and other high-profile adults who have decided to laud them as champions and created this circus.

4th word in this time.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I heard nothing about this story at all, was it really the biggest story of the week?

I think it's been big in the US (mainly because they're wearing Trump hats so of course Trump got involved!) but it's not exactly international news...

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

How the hell did Trump make it into your first paragraph?

Originally Posted by Alf

4th word in this time.

Trump is a major part of the story, as they're wearing MAGA hats and he's been tweeting about it constantly and is the reason it's gained mass media attention? If they weren't wearing MAGA hats the video wouldn't have gone viral in the first place. Have YOU been following the story, Alf? If you have how can you think it's not a Trump story?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I think it's been big in the US (mainly because they're wearing Trump hats so of course Trump got involved!) but it's not exactly international news...

You did them 2 on purpose didn't you?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I think it's been big in the US (mainly because they're wearing Trump hats so of course Trump got involved!) but it's not exactly international news...

Trump loves a good old racist

[Niamh.]

tbf when I googled the story Trump was mentioned in the first paragraph and MAGA the first line.........

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Trump is a major part of the story, as they're wearing MAGA hats and he's been tweeting about it constantly and is the reason it's gained mass media attention? If they weren't wearing MAGA hats the video wouldn't have gone viral in the first place. Have YOU been following the story, Alf? If you have how can you think it's not a Trump story?

He was actually very late to tweet about it (days) , infact people where asking why he hadn't tweeted and he hasn't tweeted more than once about it to my knowledge (I could be wrong on that)

[Crimson Dynamo]

Thank goodness Alf is on the ball this week, Iv been off looking after me old mum so missed this

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Thank goodness Alf is on the ball this week, Iv been off looking after me old mum so missed this

How is she?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I personally blame Marsh.

Well, Marshy is my go-to bloke for blame, so... we agree again!

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

tbf when I googled the story Trump was mentioned in the first paragraph and MAGA the first line.........

Of course, the mainstream media hate him, and they're the headlines you're gonna see. But the only link to Trump in this story is that he looks to be proved right when he says that the media is just fake news.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

He was actually very late to tweet about it (days) , infact people where asking why he hadn't tweeted and he hasn't tweeted more than once about it to my knowledge (I could be wrong on that)

This is the image / video thumbnail that has been representing this story since it went viral;



The fact that the kids are wearing MAGA hats is a major focus and the main reason that the video went viral at all. MAGA hats / the entire MAGA slogan and campaign are inextricably linked with Trump's presidency.

It's a Trump story, there's just no way around that.

[user104658]

I'm pretty sure the kid in the middle and his pal with the phone have escaped from a 1st division football crowd though

[Liam-]

The smug look on that kids face though, it’s like looking at a random Trump spawn ugh

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

This is the image / video thumbnail that has been representing this story since it went viral;



The fact that the kids are wearing MAGA hats is a major focus and the main reason that the video went viral at all. MAGA hats / the entire MAGA slogan and campaign are inextricably linked with Trump's presidency.

It's a Trump story, there's just no way around that.

mmm wearing the hats kind of represents, imo, the fact that kids think now it's ok to be a racist **** because the President says so. "Make America Great Again" seems to stand for get the dirty immigrants out............although he'd want to check his history with this one