WEBVTT - Last Call For Democracy

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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<v Speaker 1>Meet your Girl Daniel Moody, recording from the Home Bunker.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been another really trying week in this country, around

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<v Speaker 1>the world, and on today's Woke Wednesday, much like last

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<v Speaker 1>week's Woke Wednesday, I want to talk a bit about

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<v Speaker 1>what I feel the purpose of Wokenesses, which is about

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<v Speaker 1>raising consciousness. It is about educating ourselves and the people

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<v Speaker 1>around us about systemic oppressions, about creating the level of

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<v Speaker 1>consciousness that it takes in order to imagine and create

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<v Speaker 1>new world outside of where we have been living and existing.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that where we are right now is in

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<v Speaker 1>an extraordinarily low vibrational place. What do I mean by that?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that when you look around, everything and everywhere

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<v Speaker 1>is just wrapped in hatred, in violence. We are watching

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<v Speaker 1>what is not normal, folks. And I've been thinking about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Netanyahu spoke this week, you know, hailing his massacre of

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of children and folks. Let me preface this by

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<v Speaker 1>saying again that I as I every time that I

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Israel and Palestine. I am not a foreign

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<v Speaker 1>affairs expert. I am not an expert on the Middle East.

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<v Speaker 1>I am not a historian. What I offer to you

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<v Speaker 1>is my own opinion based on my experience fighting for

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<v Speaker 1>justice and the liberation of all peoples. How do I

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<v Speaker 1>do that through my microphone? Through education? Right, I see

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<v Speaker 1>myself as a teacher, and I'm not going to get

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<v Speaker 1>into a back and forth about who is right or

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<v Speaker 1>who is wrong. Where I stand is on the side

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<v Speaker 1>of humanity, is on the side that tells us, with

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<v Speaker 1>all of the technological advances that we are making, that

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<v Speaker 1>war is our only answer. War killing of thousands of

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<v Speaker 1>people is how we think that we're going to advance

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<v Speaker 1>peace and democracy. That in all of the evolution that

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<v Speaker 1>we have done and have seen around the world, right,

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<v Speaker 1>that our war mongering minds are still in their rectilian state.

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<v Speaker 1>We have been brainwashed into believing that when aggression shows itself,

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<v Speaker 1>aggression can only be met with aggression. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've had people tweet at me and post at me,

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<v Speaker 1>and I will trust, trust and believe I've removed shit

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<v Speaker 1>with the quickness. I There is not a democracy on

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<v Speaker 1>my social media page. Let me put it that way, right,

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<v Speaker 1>you say some hot shit to me or to people

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<v Speaker 1>that are commenting, you will be blocked but the reality

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<v Speaker 1>is that people are saying, you know, well, you've told

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<v Speaker 1>America not to invade. You know, in World War Two,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know that it took six million people to

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<v Speaker 1>be dead, six million Jewish people right to be murdered,

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<v Speaker 1>for the United States to intervene, And that what we

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<v Speaker 1>are witnessing right now. Just mind you, just mind you. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>in World War Two, there was no social media, right,

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<v Speaker 1>you relied on photographers on the ground to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to then send those pictures back. We are watching war

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<v Speaker 1>and murder, right did deaths of children in real fucking time?

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<v Speaker 1>Bombs go off? We are seeing the videos instantly. That's

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<v Speaker 1>not normal. It is not normal for us to literally

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<v Speaker 1>be taking in the trauma and the devastation of war

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<v Speaker 1>in real time. And so do I believe that the

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<v Speaker 1>outrage that we are seeing people have around the world

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<v Speaker 1>is absolutely supported by what they are seeing with their

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<v Speaker 1>own eyes and the fact, frankly, that they are losing

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<v Speaker 1>what was already on shaky ground, which was the trust

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<v Speaker 1>of their elected leaders, whether they are their prime ministers

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<v Speaker 1>or their presidents. I watched a post go up. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember what side it was on because a friend

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<v Speaker 1>send it to me and it was like this reporting

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<v Speaker 1>that was not validated, right, that said that their shamas

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<v Speaker 1>had beheaded. You know, this woman, one of the concertgoers, right,

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't seen like verified anywhere, right, but it's flying around

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<v Speaker 1>social media. And I got to tell you that the

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<v Speaker 1>comments shocked me because the comments that people are just like,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't believe a fucking word that is being said here,

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<v Speaker 1>like this is all propaganda and it hasn't been verified anywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>So people are aware, right, We're all becoming really aware

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<v Speaker 1>that we're being played, right, that we are being played

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<v Speaker 1>and our sympathies are being played and manipulated. Because here's

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<v Speaker 1>where I stand. I don't care how a child prays.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care what they look like. I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>what their sexual orientation or their gender identity is. You

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<v Speaker 1>have the right to fucking exist by virtue of the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that you were born. You have the right to

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<v Speaker 1>exist free, free from violence, with self determination that should

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<v Speaker 1>not have caveats. And what I have witnessed from our

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<v Speaker 1>own government, who those hands are so fucking bloody right now,

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<v Speaker 1>is the justification of what many are saying are the

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<v Speaker 1>breaking of international law. Israel is using chemical weapons, Israel

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<v Speaker 1>is bombing densely populated areas. Israel had turned Gaza into

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<v Speaker 1>a prison open air where borders from c to the

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<v Speaker 1>other side to the other side are locked down. Those

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<v Speaker 1>people have nowhere to evacuate to. So when I heard

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary Blincoln talk about the fact, well, israel Is told

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<v Speaker 1>the folks in Gaza that they should evacuate, maybe maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you should offer up the true truth, which is that

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<v Speaker 1>there's nowhere to evacuate too, because guess what, the United

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<v Speaker 1>States hasn't called for open humanitarian corridors so that those

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<v Speaker 1>people can get the fuck out of harm's way. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what the United States hasn't done. So you're not telling

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. Net Nyahu said, get out of the north

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<v Speaker 1>and go south, and then you bomb the south. You

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<v Speaker 1>bomb the south, You tell the people to go back

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<v Speaker 1>to the north, they go back to the north. You

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<v Speaker 1>bomb the North. They are bombing refugee camps, they are

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<v Speaker 1>bombing residential areas. They have already been fifty nine United

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<v Speaker 1>Nations employees that have been killed by airstrikes, thousands, thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of children dead in three weeks. And I'm listening to

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<v Speaker 1>the President of the United States and the Secretary tell

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<v Speaker 1>me that that's okay, that that is just a byproduct

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<v Speaker 1>of what it takes for independence and people having their

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<v Speaker 1>own you're defending yourself against children, That's what you're defending

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<v Speaker 1>yourself against. That's what we should be giving fourteen billion

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<v Speaker 1>of our dollars towards. I continue to say, I continue

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<v Speaker 1>to say that what is happening right now is the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest erosion of faith and support in this current administration.

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<v Speaker 1>And they don't realize it. They do not realize that

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<v Speaker 1>young people Generation Z right, forty seven year old millennials right,

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<v Speaker 1>are not interested in having our money go to the

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<v Speaker 1>murder of children and call that self defense. That black

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<v Speaker 1>people and brown people in this country who know through

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<v Speaker 1>our genes over generations, the language the justification for our lynchings,

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<v Speaker 1>our murder, our rape, our incarceration is the same fucking

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<v Speaker 1>language that's being used. I saw an ABC News article

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<v Speaker 1>that I posted that said, Oh, there is looting that

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<v Speaker 1>is happening, looting when people have nothing, Are you fucking

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<v Speaker 1>kidding me? So they should want to leave money behind

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<v Speaker 1>as they run for their lives from a series of

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<v Speaker 1>bombs that are dropping. Are you fucking dumb? The same

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<v Speaker 1>language that they use during Katrina to say that, and

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<v Speaker 1>the same language that DeSantis used when the looting starts.

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<v Speaker 1>The shooting starts to justific justify murder of innocent people

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<v Speaker 1>that are trying to just get are bare fucking necessities met.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not stupid. And in fact, the world really is watching,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're watching protests, marches take place everywhere in this

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<v Speaker 1>country and in cities around the world. I'm watching people

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<v Speaker 1>get fired for saying that there should be a cease fire,

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<v Speaker 1>people get fired for saying that we must come up

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<v Speaker 1>with a better way. These smart, smart people that are

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<v Speaker 1>developing technological advancements and creating policy around it, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>think of anything better than bombing children, hospitals, refugee camps,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't get me started on the fucking part and

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<v Speaker 1>parcel of the hospital. And tell me, well, Daniella was that,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't give a fuck. I don't give a fuck

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<v Speaker 1>because the distraction is in the oh, well, we dropped

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<v Speaker 1>seven thousand bombs, but that one that wasn't us. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't care. What I care about is watching the erasure

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<v Speaker 1>of an entire people in real time. What I care

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<v Speaker 1>is that this week Secretary of State Anthony Blincoln sat

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<v Speaker 1>down before the Senate Appropriations Committee gave his testimony, was

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<v Speaker 1>interrupted multiple times by activists and protesters shout out to

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<v Speaker 1>them asking for another fourteen billion dollars of our money

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<v Speaker 1>to go to war with a people that have nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>literally nothing. I will tell you, folks that the reason

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<v Speaker 1>why I believe right now that the far right, this

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<v Speaker 1>anti Semitic group of people, you know Marjorie Taylor Green

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<v Speaker 1>with her Jewish space lasers, and the comments that have

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<v Speaker 1>been made and said that caught on tape right from

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<v Speaker 1>elected officials on the right, the reason why they are

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<v Speaker 1>so staunchly supporting Israel right now is because what is happening,

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<v Speaker 1>what they're giving a grain light to, is exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>the white evangelical quote unquote Christian nationalists would like to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to do in America. And that's what their

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<v Speaker 1>plans are. If they win in twenty twenty four, there

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<v Speaker 1>will be no constitution, there will be no freedom of speech,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be no freedom to assembly. There will be blacklists,

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<v Speaker 1>there will be open air prisons, there will be the

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<v Speaker 1>carting off and the imprisonment of anyone like myself who

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<v Speaker 1>speaks out. We will be labeled as enemies of the

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<v Speaker 1>state put away, locked away right for the quote unquote

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<v Speaker 1>safety of everyone else. Everything that has been happening in

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<v Speaker 1>Israel and Palestine over the last fifty plus years is

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<v Speaker 1>what America would have looked like had the Civil Rights

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<v Speaker 1>Act not disrupt the desire for white supremacy and the

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<v Speaker 1>criminalization of all black people. We had a Supreme Court, activists, fighters,

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<v Speaker 1>leaders that were assassin during that time period because they

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<v Speaker 1>wanted right to remain separate and unequal. They wanted a

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<v Speaker 1>multi track quote unquote democracy, democracy for white Americans, servitude

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<v Speaker 1>and oppression for Black Americans and everyone else. I saw

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<v Speaker 1>with my own eyes when I went to Israel in Palestine,

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, oh my god, they this is what

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<v Speaker 1>we exported. We exported hate, we exported segregation, we exported violence,

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<v Speaker 1>and they put their own little spin on it and

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<v Speaker 1>then created a narrative that a loud for it to persist,

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<v Speaker 1>this two tiered system and be hailed as a democracy

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<v Speaker 1>of the Middle East. How sway, how how did that work?

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<v Speaker 1>Democracies mean that everyone is free, not some people. I

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<v Speaker 1>where we are as a globe is terrifying. You are

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<v Speaker 1>watching the formation of new axes of evil, right You're

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<v Speaker 1>watching Russia make moves and Iran make moves, and China

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<v Speaker 1>make moves, because, let me tell you, the longer that

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<v Speaker 1>this parade of bomb happens in Israel and Palestine, you

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna watch Biden's numbers tank, you are gonna watch

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<v Speaker 1>growing outrage in this country, and there's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>no one that is going to carry the blame outside

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<v Speaker 1>of the Biden administration that is trying to get reelected

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<v Speaker 1>and in doing so, trying to cast the Trump administration

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<v Speaker 1>as anti democratic, which they are, as dangerous, which they are,

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<v Speaker 1>as white supremacists, which they are. But then if you're

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<v Speaker 1>offering up an alternative that doesn't recognize the humanity of

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<v Speaker 1>all people, what you are going to have is a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of folks be like so, I'm just not gonna vote,

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<v Speaker 1>which will open the door to the final, the final

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<v Speaker 1>call of fascism in America, where everything, every agency, every realm,

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<v Speaker 1>every system that has been able to hold on for

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<v Speaker 1>dear life these last eight years will give way, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we're fucked. Then we're fucked. I already believe that

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<v Speaker 1>there is no turning back to where we are right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I already have been sitting on my couch and thinking

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<v Speaker 1>to myself, I need to pack a go bag. Should

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<v Speaker 1>probably start like really preparing as much as one can prepare, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because what felt decades ago far away, whenever there would

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<v Speaker 1>be a conflict right that would arise oceans away, it

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<v Speaker 1>would feel like, oh it would Oh that's distant from us,

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<v Speaker 1>that would never happen here. I don't know about you,

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<v Speaker 1>but I no longer feel that way. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>about you, but I find myself saying it's only a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of time that either we're attacked from the outside

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<v Speaker 1>or from the inside, or both. And so again you

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<v Speaker 1>find yourself struggling, crying in despair. Know that you were

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<v Speaker 1>not alone. But as I continue to say that while

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<v Speaker 1>wokeness is indeed a choice, it is a choice to

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<v Speaker 1>live consciously, it is not a choice to live in misery,

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<v Speaker 1>and that you do no one any service right by

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<v Speaker 1>not having gratitude for even the illusion of safety that

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<v Speaker 1>we are living right now. And this is after another

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<v Speaker 1>mass shooting that killed over close to two dozen people,

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<v Speaker 1>But currently, right now in America, we're not packing up

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<v Speaker 1>and running for our lives and running to the nearest border.

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<v Speaker 1>So give gratitude for that when you go into the shower,

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<v Speaker 1>when you turn on the fresh water to wash dishes,

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<v Speaker 1>don't think about your tasks like, oh my god, I

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<v Speaker 1>have these things to do. Be grateful that you have

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<v Speaker 1>a home town to do those daily mundane tassin. Give

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<v Speaker 1>gratitude while you're washing the dishes. Maintain a beautiful and

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<v Speaker 1>meticulous house, because there are millions right now that are displaced,

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<v Speaker 1>that have nowhere to go, whether it was climate change

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<v Speaker 1>that ravaged, a fire that ravaged parts of Hawaii, literally

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<v Speaker 1>wiping people out, burning them alive, whether it's bombs that

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<v Speaker 1>are dropping that you can't avoid because again there is

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<v Speaker 1>no place to go. The opportunity to even sit here

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<v Speaker 1>and record right now in the safety of my home

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<v Speaker 1>is a privilege that I'm no longer taking for granted

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<v Speaker 1>because I don't know how much longer we all have.

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<v Speaker 1>And so the greatest way to fight despair and grief

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<v Speaker 1>is with gratitude, is with love, is with organizing, with

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<v Speaker 1>your group of friends, with your colleagues. What can we give,

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<v Speaker 1>where can we donate? How can we show up to

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<v Speaker 1>better what it is that we have and also help

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<v Speaker 1>those in need the most. That's what we're being called

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<v Speaker 1>upon to do. That's how you climb out of despair

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<v Speaker 1>and grief with actions of kindness, love, and gratitude. Empathy

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<v Speaker 1>is not sitting and watching body after body be carried

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<v Speaker 1>out from the rubble. It is being conscious and aware

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<v Speaker 1>that this is happening and it has to stop. But

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<v Speaker 1>sitting in it day in and day out is not

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<v Speaker 1>honoring those people. I'm not saying to look away all

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<v Speaker 1>the time, but I'm saying to look inside. To look

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<v Speaker 1>inside and figure out what you can do in this

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<v Speaker 1>corner of the world to make life better, safer, wholer

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<v Speaker 1>more connected. That is how we fight the darkness by

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<v Speaker 1>being and creating light. That is it for me today,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear friends on Woke af AS always power to the

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<v Speaker 1>people and to all all the people. Power. Get woke

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<v Speaker 1>and stay woke as fuck.