and wise. like a living icon. you could imagine a single tear sliding down his cheek at the senselessness of it all. and on the other side t heedless youngs men from the south drunk on racism and white privilege. the irony was overwhelming. the indigenous man s land had been stolen by the ancestors of these boys and yet they dared to lecture him aboutda walls designed to keep people who looked very muchke like him outf what they are calling their country. it was infuriating to a lot of people. at the same time, was also strangely comforting to those who watched it from brooklyn and l.a. the people who run this country have long suspected that middle america is aon hive of nativist bigotry and now they had proof of that. a cause for a celebration of outrage because nothing quite as satisfying as having your own biases ngconfirmed. but did the video really describe what happened? that should have been thede first question that journalists asked. checking facts is what journalists are pai