Maga Hats, Chaperones, and Catholic Boys, a Priest opinion.

[Bob Blaylock]

I am perfectly happy to discriminate against the people who support the worst disaster ever to occupy the Presidency of the United States.

Obama has been out of office for almost three years now. Get over it.

 

[Vandalshandle]

I am perfectly happy to discriminate against the people who support the worst disaster ever to occupy the Presidency of the United States.

Obama has been out of office for almost three years now. Get over it.

How can I? Every time anyone posts another Trump disaster, you guys reply with, "But, Obama...……...".

 

[Bob Blaylock]

It seems that the crazy left thinks the 1st Amendment of free speech only pertains to nut cases who burn the Flag and torch cars on republican inauguration day.

It's not even all that unusual to comer across LIbErals who will claim that assaulting innocent people and destroying other people's property is a legitimate exercise of one's First Amendment rights, but wearing a hat which expresses an opinion with which approximately half the population agree is not.

Modern LIbEralism truly is a mental disease.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

I have not purchased an American made car in 20 years., because they are junk.

And I'm sure you're very proud

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

What seems clear to me is that rather than stand their adolescent ground in a confrontational and seemingly mocking way, the boys should have simply turned away. In fact, in his exclusive interview with NBC's Savannah Guthrie, Nick Sandmann, the student who went face-to-face with Nathan Phillips said as much: "In hindsight I wish we could've walked away and avoided the whole thing." I couldn't agree more. If they felt confronted, he and his classmates should have paid heed to the Christian dictum of "turn the other cheek" rather than to thrust both cheeks into the face of an elder about whom they knew nothing. Boys are seen laughing at and mocking their elder. It is wrong, plain and simple.

Secondly, where were the chaperones during this encounter? The situation had obviously escalated after the racial and homophobic jeers of the religious group known as the Black Hebrew Israelites. Immediately, adults should have stepped in to defuse the situation. They should have moved the boys away and surrounded them until their bus arrived. That is what chaperones do for young people not yet mature enough to make wise and prudent choices. Instead, these boys were left to fend for themselves and as a result acted in unwise and disrespectful ways.

Lastly, I don't think the boys should have been permitted to wear MAGA hats to the March for Life event they attended. The "Make America Great Again" slogan has become political code for an agenda that is often in opposition with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.

The boys attended the march representing a Catholic boys' school. Any hat donned should have had the school name or a logo identifying them as participants in the March for Life event -- not a hat with a logo that may suggest stances not in accord with the mission statement of their school.

The Catholic Church's pro-life teaching encompasses a panoply of issues such as: abortion, immigration, capital punishment, the environment and climate change, sex trafficking, and the inequitable distribution of the world's resources. Some claim the "MAGA philosophy" is not in accord with church teaching on many of these issues. Teachers and chaperones from the Catholic school should have discouraged students from, however unwittingly, promoting a questionable partisan political agenda.



The hate mail and threats I have received since my tweet and my on-air appearances about this issue on CNN and HLN have astounded me. Supposed Christians have said the most vile and uncharitable things imaginable. It is further indication of the vast political, racial and religious divides that still exist in our country.

MAGA hats don't belong on a Catholic school trip (Opinion) - CNN


I can't agree more with the Catholic Priest, but then I'm an older generation Catholic, but never have I seen such disrespect. They new young generation of Catholics are becoming like Evangelicals and fox news Catholics. (my opinion- not the Fathers)
Father Edward Beck (@FrEdwardBeck) | Twitter

So you expect the ones who where doing nothing but standing there to walk away ?

 

[Vandalshandle]

I have not purchased an American made car in 20 years., because they are junk.

And I'm sure you're very proud

Now that you mention it, I am very proud that I am not buying General Motors junk just because they have an American flag over the dealership. My last car from America was a 2000 Cadillac Eldorado with a North Star engine. When it brought it in to the dealership at 36,000 miles, and complained that I was using a quart of oil per tank of gas, they showed me in the car's handbook that this was normal for this model. Fuck that, pal.

 

[Frankeneinstein]

Now that you mention it, I am very proud that I am not buying General Motors junk just because they have an American flag over the dealership. My last car from America was a 2000 Cadillac Eldorado with a North Star engine. When it brought it in to the dealership at 36,000 miles, and complained that I was using a quart of oil per tank of gas, they showed me in the car's handbook that this was normal for this model. Fuck that, pal.

Well sure, if you pay good money for a product there is no reason you should be forced to read something as well