Originally posted by Robtard
Why I believe this is all about a quick attempt at a cash grab hoping the large media corporations throw some change their way to just make it go away while agreeing to a nondisclosure.Will be interesting if they don't settle and fight back and it gets thrown out or he loses, then this young man not only made his name stick even more, but he got nothing ($$$) out of it.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and the March for Life are defending him to protect their reputations. And conservative groups are exploiting him to advance their interests. But no one is looking out for what is best for him—a minor, with his entire life ahead of him. They do not care if this one mistake defines him for the rest of his life, if they can use this to advance their goals.
A good public relations firm, that has the best interest of its client at heart, and not advancing a conservative or religious agenda, would tell him that this situation needs a hero, and it needs to be him. They would frame this situation as a group of young men, excited to be on a class trip, and energized from participating in a political march, did not have adequate adult supervision, and were not the best representatives of their school, their faith, or their convictions that day.
He was not trying to be disrespectful, but in the chaos of the confrontation with the Black Hebrew Israelites, he did not know what was happening when the Indigenous Peoples March approached, and stood there with an inappropriate affect, because he was nervous. And that he already reached out privately to the Indigenous Peoples March, March for Life, and Covington Catholic High School to formally apologize.
He would walk away from this looking like the biggest person in the room, without acknowledging he did the wrong thing, only that he did not do the right thing. His public image would no longer be the smug face of entitlement and privilege that everyone wants to punch, and would be of a responsible young man, who is accountable for his behavior.
You do not change perceptions by telling people their perceptions are wrong, you do it by submitting an alternative for them to consider. Instead of telling people, "You're wrong, let me tell you what really happened," you say, "This is what I did that would lead you to think that."
If they really wanted to swing for the fences, they would work with the school to have all of the boys who attended the field trip do community service work to benefit Native American and Pro-Life causes for not being good representatives of their school to the respective marches.
Or you can double-down on the "it is not me, it is everyone else" line, drag this out in public even longer, and ensure that your name becomes forever associated with this incident and your defense of it. Your choice.