they were peaceably assembling and doing their own high school chants when an old man chose to pound a drum and chant over them.
Go heckle a group of high schoolers anywhere in the country and you'll get heckled right back

a march for life where not one red hat respected life enough show compassion to an elderly man that simply wandered over

he's been in multiple music videos

Mr Phillips is well known at these types of things he often attends gatherings, and marches. He was there for the Dapl water protectors to provide his voice and support

recently was at the indigenous peoples day gathering in new york as well

an activist for indigenous people and a man of peace

with that being said I hope that people don't harass the kids especially that smug punk that will be in all of the videos and something positive can come out of this

like people that march for life start respecting it

why is a man of peace engaging in confrontation and provocation?

Telling me how big and scary he is. Tell me how much of a threat he was.

Tell me why not one of the red hats had the integrity and respect for life to shake his hand or clear a path for him

clear a path for him? He walked up to them and into their group and then stopped to confront them. He wasn't walking past them. Should they have gone elsewhere? And what will they do when he follows them?
He choose to confront the high schoolers. It was his conscious decision to engage in a provocative act and counter-protest their rally. His actions were unmistakable to those at the rally and they responded in kind.
Does putting on native garb and banging on a drum absolve one of the responsibility to be non-aggressive? Is peace sought through acts of conflict?

He's not some fragile noble savage tonto who took a hit from the peace pipe and was peacefully singing to his ancestors when a gang of colonizers descended on him, burnt his teepee and raped his women. He's a human being who is responsible for his own actions and their consequences, just like those kids. He sought out a confrontation and he found it. And it was a group of children he was provoking, and their only rude response was a shit eating grin and a few mocking phrases.

at least the President that these kids look up to has a good history of not mocking natives or escalating situations that need not to be escalated

so I'm sure he will put out a strong unifying message to his maga supporters

This post was edited by Beowulf on Jan 19 2019 04:09pm

Is this the only video? It's not entirely clear what is happening. It certainly could be evidence that the man was provoking them, but a 6 second video doesn't really tell us everything.