watch whiteness work. https://t.co/wjcVGm4Akq— deray (@deray) January 21, 2019
(DeRay Mckesson is a Black Lives Matter activist — Wikipedia.)
ADDED: Another we're-not-sorry angle:
“Assertions to the contrary are simply false.”— John Aravosis 🇺🇸 (@aravosis) January 21, 2019
We’re to believe a 16-year-old wrote this statement. Huh. https://t.co/rKPw0C38VZ
I certainly hope the kid is not all alone. He should have adult counseling! I thought the statement sounded genuine — like a teenager telling a straight story — but I assumed that meant he had a good lawyer. And he should have a good lawyer.
AND: Here's a third approach to digging in:
Cannot be stared enough: Racist boys were there for a rally calling for pregnancy to be used as a weapon to subjugate women. They were wearing hats celebrating a man who bragged about assaulting women.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 21, 2019
Their claims not to be bigots are pre-emptively nonsense.