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My take on how and why the media repainted the MAGA boys as innocent victims. Many thanks to @rebeccanagle for sharing her insights with me for this piece. truthout.org/articles/the-m…
"On Saturday, elder Nathan Phillips had utility to those who wanted to use him as a cudgel to attack Trump ... To them, it was a moment — a moment when they could take our pain and beat an enemy over the head with it." truthout.org/articles/the-m…
"In the American imagination, the dough-cheeked Covington boys are not the face of malice, even as they wear symbols of hate as headgear and march for forced birth and the theft of bodily autonomy." truthout.org/articles/the-m…
"One can only hope that our society will bear witness to itself and confront the fact that the decent are ground under while their tormentors are made pure." truthout.org/articles/the-m…
