Guest Post by Ann Coulter
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge William O. Bertelsman dismissed Nick Sandmann’s $250 million defamation suit against The Washington Post for its stories about a mythical racist hate-crime allegedly committed by Sandmann, a Catholic schoolboy, against fake war acter despise the press, and also the courts.
For three days running after the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., earlier this year, the Post published vicious hit pieces — six articles and three tweets, along with a deceptively edited 59-second video — portraying the teenaged boy as a Goebbels-level racist, who violently smirked at a hapless Indian.
Thus, according to the Post, while waiting with his classmates at the Lincoln Memorial for their bus to arrive, Sandmann:
— “accost(ed)” and “physically intimidated” Phillips;
— blocked Phillips, refusing to let him retreat;
— was part of a group chanting “build that wall,” “Trump2020,” and “go back to Africa” at Phillips and assorted other left-wing, America-hating activists;
— only relented in his taunting, “when Phillips and other activists walked away.”
This is “true” in the sense of being the exact opposite of the truth.
Switch the aggressor and the prey and you’ve got the picture — as proved by a one-hour, 46-minute video triumphantly posted on Facebook by the Black Hebrew Israelites the same day as the Post’s first article on the incident. (They were the ones screaming at the Covington boys, calling them “incest babies,” “dirty ass crackers,” and “future school shooters.” Sounds like a nice school trip.)
As the video makes clear, Sandmann was standing in the same place the whole time, minding his own business, when Phillips made a beeline to him, planted himself in front of the teenager and began banging his drum and singing loudly inches from Sandmann’s face.
At no point did Sandmann, or his friends, chant “build that wall,” “Trump2020,” or “go back to Africa” or anything of the kind.
They were doing school cheers.
Phillips’ harassment of the teenaged boy only ended when the school bus arrived to pick up the kids, and Sandmann boarded it — not when Phillips, in humility and grace, walked away, as the Post reported.
The video also shows that, as soon as Sandmann departed, Phillips turned and celebrated his subjugation of the teenager, as a fellow Indigenous Person shouted: “I got him, man, I got him! … We won, Grandpa, we f—— won, Grandpa!”
Last Friday, Judge Bertelsman threw out Sandmann’s lawsuit against the Post on the grounds that who walked up to whom, who intimidated whom, and who was banging drums in the other guy’s face is:
a) a matter of “opinion”;
b) “subjective”;
c) something the Post’s reporters were told by a guy (the Indian); and
d) not a specific reference to Sandmann — despite putting his photo all over their newspaper and Twitter feed. (Why, it could have been anyone in a MAGA hat with an Indian banging a drum in his face!)
Of course, without the Post’s “opinions,” “subjective” terms and unquestioning acceptance of what some guy told them, there would have been no story. BREAKING: A group of Covington Catholic kids stood in general vicinity of an Indian and showed no particular reaction.
The judge acts as if the Post was absolutely required to write the story, and reporters were within their rights to use their own impressions — even if they were wrong — with no obligation to check the facts, even to the point of turning an innocent teenager into a worldwide object of hate.
You probably want to know more about the judge, so here’s a report I’ve improvised:
Judge Bertelsman smirked [subjective term] as he and lawyers for the Post surrounded the Sandmann family [opinion] and taunted them [subjective term] for their Catholic faith [someone told me that]. (FN-1.)
A Carter appointee and avid collector of child pornography [subjective term], Judge Bertelsman is well-known as a white supremacist [opinion]. FN-2.
In previous rulings, Judge Bertelsman has endorsed snuff films [subjective term], trafficking in human body parts [someone told me that] (FN-3) and dumping industrial waste [subjective term] into pristine rivers and lakes. (FN-4.)
Bertelsman is a draft dodger [opinion] and has been accused of cheating [subjective term] on his bar exam. (FN-5.)
NOTE: The part of this column giving the judge’s biography was written in haste, so didn’t have time for fact checking. However, even assuming arguendo that the above statements were “about” Judge Bertelsman, I was careful to keep all assertions within legal realm of “opinion,” “subjectivity” and “things people told me.”
I did a great job. It’s legally unassailable.
FN-1: As Judge Bertelsman ruled, “surrounding” is a subjective term that can mean “walking away” or “standing still.”
FN-2: What? He liked “The Parent Trap” with Lindsay Lohan. You may not find that to be kiddie porn. I do. Therefore, I may characterize him as a devotee of child pornography.
FN-3 See supra, “The Parent Trap.”
FN-4: This is my opinion based on Judge Bertlesman’s siding with corporate giant The Washington Post crushing a lone individual, Nick Sandmann. In every other context, we’re supposed to take the individual’s side, even if it’s someone who took a space heater into the bathtub with him. Not anymore!
FN-5: Bertelsman actually served in Vietnam, but “serving” “in” “Vietnam” is subjective, and I choose to regard it as not going to Vietnam.
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Social norms, you know, like the truth and homogeny. Yeah, that’s the ticket. What are we calling it…National Cultural Christianity?
“A Goebbels level Racist”! First thing out of her brainwashed head. Why not a Wallace level Racist or just a racist?
flea,
she’s on your side–
Tampa.
Sorry red, I don’t drink anymore so she could never get pretty enough at closing time. Unless I was positive nobody would find out.
Still wouldn’t work. You would know it in your heart.
You can’t fool your own integrity.
Grog..
Yes, but as long as you didn’t see me with her I could tell myself she had a great personality.
i have pics–jeffery e.
Red.
On a more serious note. I was referring to the incredible brainwashing the MSM has done on America. For instance. The Gestapo Child Protection Service. Why always the reference to Nazis but never commies.
Fles,
Off topic, if you haven’t read this I got into it. Interesting Nam Vet.
Sorry ‘Flea’…I’m posting and edit is not showing up.
Mark..
Thanks buddy. BTW. Zero hedge just posted a thing on Mike Obama running for sure. Being drafted due to the bozos currently running.
Mark.
I’m going to save that for later. just read 3 pages and got hooked. He talks my language. Did you see the part about nobody knowing the questions? An old mentor used to say that. You’ve got all the answers but don’t know the questions.
i agree w/you –the press as a group sympathize & identify w/lefties so commies get treated w/kid gloves–
over on the cultural fascism thread one of the guys put up something about antifa going to texas so i googled it & one of the top links was to the adl —
i thought it was good that the adl was coming down on antifa so i clicked–hell,they condemned the far right & only partially condemned antifa while essentially making excuses 4 them–
Red.
Was just watching a video on bitchute about the FBI labeling conspiracy nuts as a threat but not even mentioning Antifa. This in spite of Trump calling the domestic terrorists. Texas is no where near as red as it was. Remember when obummer was told by a reporter that Texas wasn’t blue and he said “not yet”. I never doubted the meaning or the outcome.
I’m sure skinhead Bezos got a message to the Dishonarable William O. Bertelsman, before he began presiding over the case.
Not suggesting what was in the message, but it was probably a very thick envelope, or a promissory note to reciprocate in extremis, for a favorable ruling that would benefit the defendant(s).
If what horseface-II is reporting here is factual, then the robed one must be offering a clarification on what the meaning of “is” is, in explaining his ruling.
Appeal the decision to a higher court, Nick. You and your family were subject to death threats after this fiasco. Somebody go punch Kathy Griffin in that ugly face of hers, please.
another corrupt judge in an already corrupt system.
I was once in front of a judge, who actually followed the law, and I won my case,
he was replacing the original judge who was totally corrupt, not even a lawyer, and he had injured himself before my trial. If not for that stroke of fate, I would have been convicted,
found guilty, the crime: illegal leech field.
They even sent a sheriff out with a warrant to “inspect the leech field”
the horror, the horror, of small time hick living.
They hate me, they really hate me,
and they let me know.
local politics are not not sexy or attractive but that’s really where we should have our focus–
i just went on a local tv station’s website to check the weather & a story was featured about a county about 50 miles north of here where repeat code violators will be sent to jail 4 six months–
if a danger or nuisance isn’t being exported off the property,should govt have a right to do anything about it?
local govt probably affects our lives more then the federales,and local govt is where many of the psychopaths in washington get their start–
regarding your drain field,i know someone who almost went to jail because they put in a drainfield in an illegal manner–
She can come up with some good ones. Sometimes.
Sandmann and his lawyer(s) got GREEDY. $250 million??? Because bad shit was written about him??? Idiotic greedy money grab.
Tell you what …. if he would have won I WOULD SUE A BUNCH OF YOU FUCKERS right here on TBP. Like that cocksucker who keeps calling me Stuckfuk. And bb who keeps assuring me I’m gonna burn in hell. And GCP … just because. And so would Maggie. My God, the slander & libel that we’ve had to endure here is so painful! We wants our money!!
Right after this happened both Sean Hannity and Rush Limbo predicted this kid was gonna be VERY VERY RICH very very soon. I love it when those two bloviating fukwads are wrong.
if your real name was stucky i bet your buds would call you stuckfuk & you’d like it–
embrace it–
Nick, he has other lawsuits pending that have NOT been thrown out by the court.