The moment we saw the story about Covington Catholic Hich School after we were done being furious about the Left’s gross attempt to smear and destroy these kids we started counting down until a feminist tried to make the entire thing about sexism.
Particularly about WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE.
We even thought they might go so far as to bring Brett Kavanaugh into the mix …
And we were RIGHT.
*pats self on back*
Look at this nonsense from Anne Helen Petersen:
One theme of the conversations over the past 24 hours = how deeply familiar this look is. It's the look of white patriarchy, of course, but that familiarity — that banality — is part of what prompts the visceral reaction. This isn't spectacular. It's life in America. pic.twitter.com/TmziDwAjYA
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
Oh FFS.
I will never know what it's like to be around that face and its power as a Native person. But I know how many times I've seen that face in the classroom.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
Huh?
There was always one of them in every class. The guy who whispered to his friends when I lectured. The guy who snickered when his classmates answered questions. The guy who tried to turn serious class discussions into jokes.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
You know that face you make when the person behind you on the train is having a very loud argument with someone on their cellphone and you wish they’d just shut up and drink their coffee? Just made that face.
Of course, that guy was also the guy with the gumption to ask for extensions. To miss class and email asking "what'd I miss?" To plagiarize. To get a C and come to office hours and try to flirt his way to a better grade. The gall of his mediocrity never ceased to surprise me.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
We’re starting to think this thread is more about her issues than the guy she’s complaining about in class but we digress.
I encountered this guy at big state schools and small elite private colleges. His accent and major might change but the fundamentals of his identity did not: he was white, he was male, and — at least as far as he performed it — he was straight
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
The monster.
This kid and his behavior is a symptom of something much larger. I don't think focuses on him, specifically, does much — and also leads to the current narrative of his victimhood.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
HIS victimhood?!?!
O.
M.
G.
Natives who were there and Natives who have made addressing that systemic equality their live's work want to decenter these kids and talk about how indicative this interaction is of power relations that are centuries old and so often ignored or made invisible
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
Ok, we’re back to the Native American systemic equality thing now …
For those convinced this kid did nothing wrong, here's a long and thorough breakdown, with extensive video, of what happened in the lead-up to the confrontation: https://t.co/OQowE3QIly
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
Thanks for reminding us once again the kids were actually the victims here, Anne.
I love when the comments on a thread about systems of oppression reproduce those same systems of oppression! It's so convenient, thank you trolls
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
Yes, only trolls would call bs on her thread.
*eye roll*
I have watched all of the videos. You can understand that the situation was more complex than the first video and still recognize why the sight of that face caused a visceral reaction in so many.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
Huh?
No.
And I don't think that being white or a man means you behave in a certain way. But it does allow you to behave in a certain way, if you chose, generally without consequences. In public, in the classroom, throughout your life. That's privilege.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
STAHHHHHHP IT. These people have learned NOTHING.
Which isn’t all that surprising but still.
The derogatory comments, slurs, insults hurled at those kids by the other protesters? Also not okay. I have high hopes we can hold two thoughts in our head at one time.
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 21, 2019
One whole tweet acknowledging the kids were attacked after she spends a whole thread trashing kids like them.
Typical.
That's nice. You look like a Helen.
Helen, let me tell you why you suck at your job… https://t.co/q3vKI5XUGn
— Ord lang syne (@OrdyPackard) January 21, 2019
Gold star for the ‘Tommy Boy’ reference.
Both males which were falsely accused of things they did not do, but liberals still try and make it seem like they are guilty, simply because they are white,male and Americans.
— chickenfingers (@sanfilti) January 21, 2019
It’s all the Left have these days.
So are white men no longer allowed to smile? What are the rules for the far left?
— OK (@thematthew26) January 21, 2019
As long as you’re not straight, white, or Christian you can totally smile as a man but then again you shouldn’t assume gender so … crap, now we’ve confused ourselves.
Terrible tweet. Shameful.
— Cameron Bolender (@cambolender) January 21, 2019
Huzzah! Right?
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