Charlie Moses

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

Yesterday, Greg Bovino accused me of lying for posting a video showing Border Patrol agents clashing with U.S. citizens outside a Minneapolis high school.

And while I wasn’t lying, after reading Greg’s statement, reviewing the footage again, and comparing it with the school’s own account, I realized I owe everyone a correction, plus some much-needed context.

I originally said “Border Patrol agents were filmed assaulting U.S. citizens outside a Minneapolis high school.”

After considering Greg’s statement, I’d like to clarify…

“Border Patrol agents were filmed assaulting SCHOOL OFFICIALS on the property of a Minneapolis high school.”

Greg was quick to point out that agents apprehended their suspect NEAR a school…

Which is helpful, actually. Because that means they were never originally on school property.

Therefore, after the apprehension, agents didn’t leave the area. Instead, they continued to surround the school, and THEN entered the nearby high school’s property, during the school’s dismissal.

This aligns perfectly with the school’s statement:

“Armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday.”

School officials then attempted to get the agents to leave so students could exit safely.

According to one school official:

“The guy, I’m telling him like, ‘Please step off the school grounds,’ and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him… and he knocked me down.”

With all that new context, the video becomes extremely clear.

• The men speaking to the agents are school officials asking Border Patrol to leave school grounds.
• An agent shoves one staff member in the chest.
• He pushes the agent’s hand away.
• The agent runs at him and assaults him again.
• The agent continues to escalate the situation, shoving ANOTHER staff member beside him.
• Staff members attempt to de-escalate.
• Another agent charges in, grabs the original staff member, and throws him to the ground.
• More agents rush in. Chaos follows.

Greg then claims, “We saw no students.”

Which is… a fascinating assertion, considering this happened on school property during DISMISSAL, the video clearly shows students and staff watching, and then running away coughing after pepper spray was deployed by one of his agents, while a staff member yells for students to get back so they don’t get hurt.

It’s also an interesting claim because Greg, himself, is clearly visible in the video, in direct line of sight of the students and staff, as he is talking to a school official.

So, it turns out that Greg Bovino was the one lying, once again.

And if sharing the actions of Border Patrol agents is what Greg calls “villainizing” them, then the solution is simple… stop committing violence.

Correction issued.

[Charlie Moses @EnergyMoses]

@mdcbowen @Ike_Saul I think you've missed the main point. It was inevitable. Not a fluke.

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@teachrobotslove @justalexoki I like you both so I'm glad the gang is back together.

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@teachrobotslove Because plastic bags are the platonic ideal dopp kits.

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@mholt6 Monkeytype has been carrying this standard for a long time.

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@katrosenfield I think they know what the word means and believe you do too.
I'm pretty sure they mean that the way that you are talking about it is purposely vague. If you had made a more concrete statement, you would have both made a stronger argument and avoided the meme.

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Every moral take is just a expression of values in the same way that every mathematical result is just a restatement of the axioms.

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@theNOBSdentist Don't kink shame.

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@veritasquaestor @Noahpinion Wouldn't that be a good thing? Sometimes it's useful to refer to some particular part of a thing, and if there were already two words for the general thing the coopting one for something more specific makes sense.

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@Noahpinion That's not what it means. A TV isn't a social construct. It's a machine that has a screen that shows videos. We all agree what a TV is but that doesn't make it a social construct.

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@dissproportion There's a hierarchy of delivery starting with big electric delivery vans and going all the way down to a child on a donkey.

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@cd4losangeles What percentage of renters will this apply to?

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@SnazzyLabs I'm not sure you've thought as long and hard about this as they have. Perhaps asking why would be more fruitful?

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@dillonliam Doomed.

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@teachrobotslove It doesn't scorch the earth so it sucks is such a weird take. I get it, but it says more about the observer than the thing being observed.

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@Schwatim @mstrofbass @besttrousers You are literally making the argument for CPI as it's currently calculated.

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@Cornell He would be so disappointed.

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@seanfrank House buyers are limited by monthly payment. 40 year mortgage won't change that. The price will go up enough to keep the payment the same. The only way to affect prices is supply and demand.

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@HannahDCox Just want to let you know how much I appreciate you consistently having well reasoned takes. Your presence in my feed is lovely.

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@ZacksJerryRig @itskyleconner @grok Please don't do this. You can't fight what's happening right now by basically lying about the facts. Begging you to keep your integrity, Zack.