WEBVTT - The Silent Pandemic 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:14.480 Good morning, peeps, and welcome to Ook f Daily with 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:19.040 me your girl Danielle Moody recording from the Home Bunker. Folks, 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:24.200 Happy fucking Friday, but more importantly, happy fucking Pride. I 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:27.960 have so many feelings as we begin this Pride month, 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:31.520 and yesterday I talked a bit about it on the show, 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.600 and for this fucking Friday, I'm saying fuck it to 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.880 the entire state of fucking Florida and Ron de Santis. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:42.880 It is really challenging right now, and I want folks 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:48.400 to like, really understand how and challenging isn't even the 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:58.360 right word. It is so dehumanizing, so cruel, so hateful. 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:03.840 So discuss what is happening in the state of Florida 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.760 at the hands of Rond de Santis, who is doing 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.760 his best to try and show what an alpha dog 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:15.360 he is by attacking the most vulnerable community among us. 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:21.840 Within the LGBTQ community, which I am a proud member of, 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.760 have been out for a very, very long time. But 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:31.120 your status of being out or in is not about 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:37.240 anything other than safety, right. I have fortunately been able 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:43.520 to live and existence in environments and communities and family 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:49.320 that have been supportive and loving I have never had 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.840 any adverse treatment for being queer that I know of, 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.720 and that is so not the case for a majority 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:04.720 of people. My experience is not the majority of LGBTQ 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.880 people's experience, and it's certainly not the majority of trans 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:13.359 people's experience, particularly black trans people and trans people of color. 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:16.800 And when I think about the attacks, when I think 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:21.440 about how hard it is just in general right to 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:25.600 come out, to live your truth, to live inside of 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:31.320 your body, right, And all you're asking for, all you're 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:34.560 asking for is dignity, right, All you're asking for is 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.760 to be treated with dignity and respect. Like, and I 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:40.600 continue to ask, like, why is that so fucking hard? 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.040 And the thing that I want from reporters? Right? But 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.760 of course Ronda Santis is too much of chicken shit 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.320 to actually take any questions from reporters, right. He only 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.960 he only creates a comfortable environment for himself where he 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:58.120 surrounds himself with people that are just yes, men and 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:01.440 women and who not in small and he can't take 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:06.320 any any adverse comments or treatment. Like right now, that 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:10.080 motherfucker finds himself on a tour de fource, apparently in 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.960 New Hampshire and NBC News has reported that guess who's 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.280 not taking any questions from reporters, just going up and 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.200 shaking the hands of people who already like him and 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:24.440 are excited to see him, but won't take questions from reporters. Right. 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.280 And the funny thing is is that Ron DeSantis has 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.880 been able to govern inside of this hateful bubble that 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.960 he has created in Florida, but he has no idea 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.800 about how the rest of the country actually feels about 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:42.160 what is happening in Florida, those that aren't part of 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:48.000 the LGBTQ community, those that aren't black, or Jewish or Asian. Right, 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:54.600 And you know, when I see the fact that he 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:59.480 is making all of these cruel, vicious, hateful policies and 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:03.200 just passing them one right after the other, even if 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.400 reporters aren't able to ask him the direct question, they 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:10.240 should be writing about it. What is the trans community 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:15.320 ever done except ask for dignity and respect? Why are 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.640 you so afraid of people who don't want to exist 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:23.760 inside of this false, fictional binary that was created only 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:29.640 to really ultimately control women and give men sis men 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.839 the ability to continually dominate. That's all this is about. 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:39.400 It's about power. And so what does the trans community 0:04:39.600 --> 0:04:46.599 offer and represent. It is bodily autonomy, right, That's what 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.600 it is. And you can already see with the Republican 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.960 policies to roll back abortion in this country that they 0:04:55.080 --> 0:05:02.279 want total and absolute control over womb, right over people. 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.000 It isn't about the fucking kids. They could give a 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.240 fuck about kids, because if they actually, if the Republican 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.360 Party actually cared about kids, then maybe they would care 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.400 about ar fifteens that turn their bodies into Swiss cheese. 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:19.440 Maybe they would care about those parents that have to 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:23.919 go and identify their children after mass shootings with dental 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:30.360 records because their bodies are unrecognizable. If they cared, then 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:34.240 maybe they would care about the growing mental health crisis 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:38.039 that young people are in in this country, the silent 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:44.160 pandemic that we're actually not talking about, because they're being 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:47.279 faced with a world and an environment that is unsafe 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:51.080 for them. The other day, I mentioned this on the show, 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.560 and I'll just bring it back up again. I had 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:57.919 the wonderful honor of being inducted into my high school's 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:02.359 Hall of Honors, where they celebrate and provide awards to 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:07.160 those who have reached you know, exceptional heights in their career, 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:11.799 and I was super honored. But one of the real 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.279 honors was being able to be in a gymnasium filled 0:06:15.360 --> 0:06:19.040 with nine through twelfth graders. Right when was the last 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:22.719 time I was around Generation Z and Generation Alpha in 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:28.000 a way that I'm just like in conversation, And I 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.960 was talking to these young people right about, you know, 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:36.200 what are their fears? What are their interests? And I 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.479 got to tell you that my sister had joined me 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:44.280 at the at the gymnasium at the you know, the 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:50.120 like the mini assembly that was held. And these kids 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.840 are like, we're fourteen, fifteen years old, sixteen years old, 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:58.479 and they're talking about fear of fresh water running out. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:03.320 They're talking about fear of not being able to support 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:07.719 themselves or their families, like real economic anxiety, not that 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:13.240 couched in racism. They're talking about climate change, they're talking 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:18.120 about gun violence, right wanting to be successful but not 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:24.080 really understanding what that success looks like. I asked what 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.200 path these young people wanted to take, you know, were 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:31.440 they interested in going to college show me your hands, 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.880 you know, or were they interested in a vocation? And 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:38.960 I'll tell you that, you know, damn near thirty close 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.440 to thirty over twenty five years ago, when I was 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.559 in high school, if somebody had asked, if an adult 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.200 had asked how many of you were going to college 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:51.840 right or interested in going to college, every single hand 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:56.360 would have gone up. Not even half of the hands 0:07:56.400 --> 0:08:00.680 went up. And when I asked, you know, just interested judging, 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:06.640 but like why, they're like, why the debt? You know, 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.640 when we could get out and start making money now, 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.520 because it was like this real attachment to wanting to 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.920 make money and needing to make money. Why Because they're 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:22.760 listening to how their families are struggling right now, how 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:27.160 expensive everything has become. And so when I'm in this 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:34.079 room filled with these kids, I'm thinking myself, Wow, older 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:41.000 generations have really fucking failed. It's like absolutely spectacularly failed. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:47.440 When fifteen year olds today are going to be so 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:51.840 much worse off than fifteen year olds of ten and 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:59.880 twenty years ago. So for the first time, right, younger 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:05.160 generations are worse off than the generations that preceded them. 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:11.800 They're in more debt, they're going to experience write all 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:17.480 of the repercussions of climate denial, They're going to experience 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:26.720 the economic severe economic disparities right on top of you know, 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.760 are crumbling democracy and the fact that there are people 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.680 that are running for the presidency right now and the 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:36.800 Republican Party that want to take away their right to 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:40.160 vote until they're twenty five years old because they don't 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.880 want to have to answer to this younger generation that 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:48.080 is so much more equipped and educated and technologically advanced 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:53.319 than any other generation that preceded them. And So when 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:57.160 I think about why Ron DeSantis is making the kind 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.200 of attacks that he is against trans youth and the 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:06.520 LGBTQ community, why because they we represent free thinking and 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.840 Generation Z and Generation Alpha don't really give a fuck 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:15.320 right about people's sexual orientation or gender identity. More of 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:21.080 them identify with they then pronouns than any other generation. 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:25.400 And that scares the hell out of Republicans. And so 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:30.280 what do right, what do they do? They turn their 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:36.760 fear into hateful policy to try and silence a generation 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:43.199 of people that has critical thought right, that has questions 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.920 about why we have all just been going along for 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:52.160 the get along when it comes to capitalism, Why we've 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:54.240 all been going along for the get along when it 0:10:54.280 --> 0:11:02.120 comes to patriarchy and misogyny, Why you go into different 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:05.000 stores and there aren't just clothes, but they are clothes 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.800 that are specific genders. And if you move outside of that, 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.760 then there are headlines and conversations and bands and this, 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:18.560 that and the other thing. This younger generation Gen Z, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:22.880 they and Gen Alpha they are probably the most queer. 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:28.239 And I don't mean queer necessarily in their sexual orientation 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:32.440 or identity. I mean queer in terms of queering the norm, 0:11:33.200 --> 0:11:39.800 moving and thinking outside of the box. Right, not proceeding 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:47.040 in this linear way of being and not right, not 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:54.400 connecting with bullshit hierarchy just for the sake of hierarchy. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.599 You know. There are so many memes and I have 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:01.160 posted them, and some of them are really and TikTok 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:08.839 videos about the real difference in ideological makeup of the generations. Right, 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.480 if you go on TikTok and you look at like, 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:15.800 you know, the boomers versus you know, Gen X versus 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:19.240 millennials versus Gen Z and so on and so forth, 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:23.959 and how older people really view Gen Z is like, oh, 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:26.000 they don't want to work, right, And I've said it. 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.280 I've said it too. Oh they don't want to work. No, no, no, 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.520 they don't want to work, Like we did like we 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:36.560 do right. They want their work to be of purpose. 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:41.840 They don't want to just succumb and fall in line 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.800 to hierarchical thinking just for the sake of somebody said 0:12:46.840 --> 0:12:50.360 because I told you so. They're the ones that are 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:53.640 going to continually ask why why are we doing things 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:58.120 this way? Why is this functioning like this, and then 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:01.800 decide whether or not they actually want to take part 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.560 or just op the fuck out. You See, when I 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.040 was entering into the workforce, as I'm sure many of 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.400 you were, it was, you know, you kiss the ring, 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.600 You keep your head down, you keep quiet, you soak 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.199 up as much information as you can. If your bosses 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:19.840 are abusive, you just deal with it, because that's part 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.600 of what it means to quote unquote grow up. If 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:28.320 you get screamed at, if you get demeaned, right like, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.960 that's all just par for the course. Except these younger 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.280 generations are now growing up in a way where we 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:42.120 have created laws and policies around mistreatment right where we 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:48.320 have openly discussed and you have entire departments in companies 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:53.880 and organizations that are created about having inclusivity and diversity. 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.280 And that is what the rond Descantis is of the 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:00.520 world fucking hate because they want the ability to demean, 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:07.520 to discriminate, to create fearful environments, to push people back 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:11.719 into the closets, to make people fearful to speak up 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:16.400 and exist. So he's going to defund leftist ideology. Oh, 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.880 you mean progress. And the question that I want reporters 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.280 to ask is, so, what is it about progress that 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:27.360 you hate? Right? What is it about people all being 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:32.000 able to have a voice, whether it is in their 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.280 company or their organization or in government. Why is that 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:41.280 such a problem If each generation's job is about perfecting 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.720 this union, why are you trying to roll back the clock. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:50.359 Why at a time when we need to be ensuring 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.600 that young people who do decide to go into higher 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:59.200 education are globally competitive. Why are you changing curriculum and 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:03.480 only qu focusing on the quote unquote basics. The basics 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:07.520 aren't going to get them into the middle class, let 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:11.600 alone anything above that. So is your goal to create 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:19.560 just and solidify an indentured class, right? Like, these are 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:24.080 the real questions, because you see, we get very distracted 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:29.360 with the hate, right, We get very distracted with the 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.480 banning of drag shows and the banning of trans youth 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.040 from participating in sports, right, and all of these things, 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:40.720 but we're not getting to the they're there, and that 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:47.240 they're there is about control, because so long as you 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:53.160 can create an environment of fear and hopelessness and despair, 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:59.080 those people are easier to control. Because you see what's 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:03.040 happening in Florida is that those that can actually afford 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:09.040 right to pick up their entire lives are leaving the state. Right. 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.840 Those that are left behind are going to be the 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:19.680 ones that are the most endangered. What kind of education 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.600 are they going to receive? And this is why I 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:27.760 appreciate and I have lifted this up Gavin Newsom, the 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:31.560 governor of California, and what he is pushing back against 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:36.640 with the textbooks, the textbook publishing companies that are folding 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:42.040 to Ron de Santis and to Greg Abbott and changing curriculum. Well, 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:46.360 guess what, there isn't a plethora of fucking textbook publishers 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:50.440 in the country. So if Florida decides that, oh, we're 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.280 not going to talk about slavery, we're not going to 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:56.400 talk about the suffragist movement, we're not going to talk 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.680 about unions, and we're going to take all of that 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.720 out of the history books. Well, that isn't just about 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.680 the lack of education that is going to be happening 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:09.720 in Florida because those books are sent all around the country. 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.080 And what Gavin Newsom is saying, and frankly, what the 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.720 fuck Kathy Hopel should be saying in New York the 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:19.879 governors of the two most populous states, is like, yeah, no, 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:30.000 we're not doing that. So when I think about this 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:38.959 Pride Month, when I think about what a difficult situation, 0:17:39.119 --> 0:17:42.399 what a dangerous situation. So many queer people are in 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:46.480 around this country. And look, you know, folks, I know 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.240 that it's very easy for those of us who live 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:53.600 currently in safe zones to say, well, people should just move. 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.600 How would you feel having to pick up your entire 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:04.360 life and just move and start over again when generations 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.800 of your family have lived in one state in area 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:12.240 where that's where your family is, that's where you went 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:16.320 to school, that's where you've laid down roots, and now 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:19.720 you're just going to uproot yourself and go and start 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:23.480 over again. And look, we've seen this happen in this 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:29.600 country with the great migration over the course of a 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:34.359 decade plus, with black people fleeing Black Americans fleeing the 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:38.120 South and spreading out into the North and Midwest where 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:42.119 there was just a little less racism. You know, maybe 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:45.840 they wouldn't have a burning cross on their lawn, maybe 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:50.600 they wouldn't have to be fearful of being lynched each 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:56.800 and every day that they left their homes. We saw 0:18:56.840 --> 0:19:02.720 it with the Holocaust and people fleeing, spreading out all 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:06.720 over Europe and coming to the United States. So there 0:19:06.720 --> 0:19:11.760 have absolutely been so many situations where you're talking about 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:19.320 Syrian refugees, Ukrainian refugees, right. There have always been times 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:23.320 in political climates and moments that have forced people from 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:26.520 their homes. To think about the fact that that is 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:30.040 happening inside of the United States, with people needing to 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:34.000 flee Florida. I want us to wrap our minds around 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:43.920 that reality because that is where we are. So this Friday, 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:49.640 I say fuck it to all of the inhumane, horrendous, 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:56.360 cruel policies that are becoming law all over this country. 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:00.760 And the fact is that we cannot wait until we 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:04.640 are the ones that are affected before we actually do 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:08.360 something about it, because there are young people that are 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.040 depending on us, frankly, because they don't have the right 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:14.000 to vote yet, and yet the decisions that are being 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:18.479 made right now are going to affect their futures. So 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.480 the question is what are we all going to do 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:29.680 about that? That is it for me today, dear friends, 0:20:29.800 --> 0:20:33.480 on wokef and as always, on this fucket Friday. 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