The group that was preaching got into an argument with people from the Indigenous Peoples group. A Native American elder, Nathan Phillips, who is a Vietnam veteran started chanting with beating from a hand held drum that he carried. It was a healing prayer chant.
The students from the Kentucky all boys Catholic school inserted themselves in a horribly negative manner. See the video's in the links below. One young man featured standing in the personal space of Nathan Phillips was staring into his eyes with a sick grin. I would call his behavior aggressive. Mr. Phillips continued his healing prayer chant. He never lost his cool demeanor. The rest of the young men who came with him acted like a pack of street dogs. They surrounded the two. They started making fun of what Mr. Phillips was doing. They even started with President Trump's chant of build the wall. This could have escalated badly if the person assigned to escort the group had not led the young men away.
Why did this group not have adequate supervision? They were all young males feeling full of testosterone. This could have been a bad situation involving a lot of young people. They needed a responsible adult for every three people.
The young man featured was wearing a MAGA hat. This group was modeling President Trump's behavior and attitude on people of different backgrounds. What the these "entitled" youths forget is that we are all Americans and human beings. Their parents have wasted their money on their private schooling. The President forgets he is the role model for the United States. What he has been modeling since he became President is "crap".
By-the-way, the MAGA hats are a disgrace. They were made in Taiwan and bear a false statement. The President can't make America Great Again. It never left the state of being Great till he became President and started the insidious slow process of reducing this status.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/us/teens-mock-native-elder-trnd/index.html
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/students-in-maga-hats-mock-native-american-elder-in-video-kentucky-diocese-investigating
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-native-american-mocked-by-kentucky-high-school-students-in-dc-is-military-veteran-nathan-phillips
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/ct-kentucky-students-in-maga-hats-mock-native-american-20190119-story.html
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