Fake News: An Age 14 Boy Who Did Nothing but Smile is Vilified by the Media

[Fenster]

All blown out of proportion but the innocent polite young christian boys narrative looks a little warped to me (ignoring the anti-abortion protest they claimed to be doing). It is, after all, an old pensioner just singing a song trying to promote peace, i'm sure he felt more intimidated by dozens of teenagers jumping around him drowning him out than they did.

He was the one who marched up to them, so he was hardly intimidated.

The point is Miles, if people are complaining about bias media at least get the story/facts right instead of peddling your own fake bias where the teenagers are portrayed as angels and the old man a hostile, professional victim bullshitter.

Just look at the links provided in this thread, the old man is accused of saying things the Black Hebrew Israelites said. The people rubbishing the old man are just as pathetic as the ones calling for a smiling teenager to have his face punched in. That's all.

And I felt nervy for the old man seeing dozens and dozens of bods jumping around him regardless of whether or not he chose to step there, as I would anyone in a situation where they're greatly outnumbered.

[Gandalf]

I did not say he was saying those things. I said he was the one who marched up to the kids whilst banging a drum. He didn't look very nervy and in fact was rather ballsy. Do you disagree with that? It is very simple.

I have seen the full video myself too. Anybody with ears and eyes can see and hear. It's a lot of hullabaloo over very little. Especially when it comes to the grinning kid who handled himself well and now finds himself condemned by social and national media.

[ryanman]

All blown out of proportion but the innocent polite young christian boys narrative looks a little warped to me (ignoring the anti-abortion protest they claimed to be doing). It is, after all, an old pensioner just singing a song trying to promote peace, i'm sure he felt more intimidated by dozens of teenagers jumping around him drowning him out than they did.

He was the one who marched up to them, so he was hardly intimidated.

The point is Miles, if people are complaining about bias media at least get the story/facts right instead of peddling your own fake bias where the teenagers are portrayed as angels and the old man a hostile, professional victim bullshitter.

Just look at the links provided in this thread, the old man is accused of saying things the Black Hebrew Israelites said. The people rubbishing the old man are just as pathetic as the ones calling for a smiling teenager to have his face punched in. That's all.

And I felt nervy for the old man seeing dozens and dozens of bods jumping around him regardless of whether or not he chose to step there, as I would anyone in a situation where they're greatly outnumbered.

Agree with all that Fenster, apart from the 'outnumbered' bit as that implies some hostility. Might be wrong but it seemed to me that the students (mistakenly) thought it was a positive interaction with the old man.
Why anyone would now have a go at the man though baffles me. He was trying to do a good thing even if he misjudged what was occuring.

[Gandalf]

I think he needs to work on the drumming. He is no Keith Moon.

[X]

The internet has brought out the very worst in human behaviour generally. Look at the social media and news reaction to this so called 'story' ......

A bunch of people, who are nothing to do with me, arguing over subjects that aren't dear to me ..... small snippets are posted and people construct an entire story around them completely according to their existing viewpoint.

Then a whole bunch of people go online, post aggressive gibberish and ill informed half truths, telling everybody else what to think. Eventually it descends - inevitably - into rape and death threats and shrieks of outrage. Some people build it into an elaborate analogy of 'the world today', some just like to get offended and everyone is just as intolerant as each other

You could write the same précis about most of these types of story every day