WEBVTT - Not Justifying the Unjustifiable

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to look app Daily with

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

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<v Speaker 2>Happy New Year to all of you.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope that you were able to get some much

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<v Speaker 1>needed rest, restoration, relaxation, joy over the holiday break. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope that you were able to take a break over

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday as I am so grateful that I was

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<v Speaker 1>able to do so. And I hope that you enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>the shows that we had pre recorded and left for you.

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<v Speaker 1>That I am happy to be back, well, let me

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, I'm happy to be back in conversation with

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<v Speaker 1>you all. I'm not happy to be back in the

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<v Speaker 1>news cycle. Let me start off by just sharing some

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<v Speaker 1>personal news which has really colored my perspective as of late.

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<v Speaker 1>A really good friend of mine, a very dear friend

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<v Speaker 1>who if you have been listening to my show throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the years, Rissy kat Iabo Okaday, passed away from cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>And she was young and an amazing and beautiful friend

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<v Speaker 1>that I was very fortunate to have in my life

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<v Speaker 1>for over a decade and I am still very much

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<v Speaker 1>reeling from the grief of that loss. Why do I

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<v Speaker 1>bring that up for all of you, because what I

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<v Speaker 1>have experienced personally and what we are seeing just on

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<v Speaker 1>such a hat eclysmic stage, is that life is really

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<v Speaker 1>fucking fleeting, right, whether it is lost through disease, through accident,

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<v Speaker 1>through war, We're not promised time. And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>what reorients us during death, whether it is individual or

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<v Speaker 1>in mass like we are experiencing in Gaza, is a

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<v Speaker 1>sense of real instability, real shake up, but also like

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<v Speaker 1>a reorienting around what is exactly what exactly is important? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>And what I can tell you all is that I

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<v Speaker 1>am in a place of struggle, and I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>very honest about that. I am in a place of

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<v Speaker 1>struggle in terms of reconciling the absolute fucking bullshit that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm seeing with you know, Republicans, let me impeach this

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<v Speaker 1>person and force this person to resign. And you know

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<v Speaker 1>how very wealthy white conservatives are so fucking aggrieved that

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<v Speaker 1>they can't have open conversation or people of color in

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<v Speaker 1>any positions of power. So they will force them out right.

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<v Speaker 1>They will do away with diversity, equity and inclusion. They

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<v Speaker 1>will come out as the Lulaman founder did and say,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we don't want certain people in our stores,

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<v Speaker 1>and just this depravity, right, this fucking greed, this gross

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<v Speaker 1>sense of entitlement, and the purposeful miseducation under education of people,

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<v Speaker 1>and the celebration of ignorance, of violence and of lives.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I lost my friend who spent her life

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<v Speaker 1>in so many different facets as an African American studies professor,

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<v Speaker 1>as an English professor, as a cultural architect, managing many

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<v Speaker 1>different artists and DJs and just musicians and brilliant Black

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<v Speaker 1>creatives that she was, and just putting out beauty and

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<v Speaker 1>creating community, right, particularly for black people, because we know

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<v Speaker 1>that anytime that Black people have found themselves throughout history

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<v Speaker 1>trying to create community, advocate, build, you know, white supremacy

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<v Speaker 1>destroys it.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And so when I'm looking at these people now who

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<v Speaker 1>find themselves in a space of being so fucking aggrieved,

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<v Speaker 1>why because you didn't build the skills necessary in order

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<v Speaker 1>to compete, and everyone else who didn't have a clear

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<v Speaker 1>pathway have more skills than you do, that you look

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<v Speaker 1>for any little bit of flaw, as they did with

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<v Speaker 1>Claudine Gay, to say, oh, well, there's plagiarism in a

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<v Speaker 1>fucking thesis that wasn't like a bound book to go

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<v Speaker 1>out for publishing. So we're fucking serious here. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>every time that people from marginalized communities learn the game,

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<v Speaker 1>win at the game, they fucking changed the rules. And

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<v Speaker 1>what I have found is that I'm just exhausted, right

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<v Speaker 1>Like I'm exhausted by it all. I'm just emotionally spent,

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<v Speaker 1>right like I am tired of trying to find ways

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<v Speaker 1>to wake up people's consciousness, to wake people up to

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<v Speaker 1>their power, right to want to find ways in your

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<v Speaker 1>lives to resist against oppressive forces. I'm tired, right And

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<v Speaker 1>when I look around and I see that my friend

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<v Speaker 1>is now gone at the age of fifty one, I

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<v Speaker 1>think to myself, how do I want to spend my

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<v Speaker 1>time and my days. It's sure as fuck is not

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<v Speaker 1>banging my head against the wall, stuck inside of a

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<v Speaker 1>system that I've entered into twenty some odd years ago

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<v Speaker 1>because I wanted to be a change maker, because I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to help government, this antiquated system of government that

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<v Speaker 1>was never built for people like me, like many of

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<v Speaker 1>you listening. I wanted to help expand opportunities, expand the table,

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<v Speaker 1>create room in this multiracial democracy, and I got to

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<v Speaker 1>tell you that, you know, I was naive because I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that everything was just about moving forward, that we

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<v Speaker 1>would never in a million years find ourselves just hanging

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<v Speaker 1>on for dear life.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Come back and in one no cycle shooting, high school shooting,

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<v Speaker 1>Supreme Court allowing for there to be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most egregious abortion band laws to take effect, disallowing right

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<v Speaker 1>for doctors to perform abortions in the case of an emergency.

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<v Speaker 1>This was never about life because you're willing to kill

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<v Speaker 1>women because the Republican Party only sees people with uteruses

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<v Speaker 1>as fucking incubators right for their future maca supremacy clan.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what they give a fuck about. They don't care

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<v Speaker 1>about women. They don't even care about their own white women. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what I tell white women all the time

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<v Speaker 1>who are linked up with their white conservative husbands and

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriends and fathers, right, is what the fuck up? Your

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<v Speaker 1>proximity to their perceived power is not going to save you.

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<v Speaker 1>As a matter of fact, they are put you on

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<v Speaker 1>the butcher block. They're having you weight out in parking lots.

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<v Speaker 1>They see you as nothing more right than being an

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<v Speaker 1>incubator for their MAGA movement because you see it when white, straight,

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<v Speaker 1>cisc Christian fascist men here that demographics are shifting, what

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<v Speaker 1>comes up for them is that we need.

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<v Speaker 2>To have more of us. How do you have more

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<v Speaker 2>of us?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, especially when you have created an economic climate that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't actually you know, worried people wanting to have more kids,

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<v Speaker 1>or people being able to afford houses or do any

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<v Speaker 1>of these types of things. And why is that. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not because of Joe Biden's policies. It's because of the

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<v Speaker 1>ways that Republicans, particularly the last president, provided more tax

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<v Speaker 1>cuts to the fucking wealthy so that they can hoard

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<v Speaker 1>power and wealth at the top. So, when you've created

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<v Speaker 1>the economic conditions for a scarcity mindset, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>think that what people, women in particular, are gonna just

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<v Speaker 1>have a bunch of babies. No, you have to find

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<v Speaker 1>a way to force them to do so. So you

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<v Speaker 1>overturn Roe v.

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<v Speaker 2>Wade.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been about doing a killing two birds with

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<v Speaker 1>one stone. Right, you can criminalize abortion and put a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of black and brown women away. The wealthy white

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<v Speaker 1>ones for the time being will be able to fly

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<v Speaker 1>to New York or to other abortions sanctuary places until right,

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<v Speaker 1>the Republicans take control of the executive branch in this

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<v Speaker 1>next election and win back the White House and the

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<v Speaker 1>House and the Senate, and then there will be no

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<v Speaker 1>safe space for women or people with uteruses in this country.

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<v Speaker 1>But on one hand, they get to criminalize black and

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<v Speaker 1>brown women and throw them in jail, which they just

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<v Speaker 1>did in Ohio, right, and then on the other hand

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<v Speaker 1>they get to kill a bunch of women and then

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<v Speaker 1>the other ones they force into motherhood. Folks, when you

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<v Speaker 1>look at everything as I have to on a daily basis,

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<v Speaker 1>I got to tell you, I'm like, fuck it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it isn't about taking a vacation to be honest, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because there is no amount of vacation that is going

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<v Speaker 1>to provide me with the energy and the clarity that

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<v Speaker 1>is necessary to move forward over the next ten months. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>we are in a bad place and I can't lie

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<v Speaker 1>to you and say like, oh, things will get better.

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<v Speaker 2>All you have to do is vote. Yeah, voting is important.

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<v Speaker 1>But also I understand that there are people that don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to vote for Joe Biden. Why because he's aiding

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<v Speaker 1>in a bedding Right, the murder, the mass murder of

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<v Speaker 1>tens of thousands of people in Gaza, tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of Palestinians. How do you justify that? How do you

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<v Speaker 1>come out and say that you're fighting for American democracy

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<v Speaker 1>while you are funding murder? I don't fucking know, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>the mental gymnastics that I am being forced to do

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<v Speaker 1>on a regular basis, I can't justify this shit. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's not what I'm going to do. Right, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to justify what I know in my heart and

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<v Speaker 1>all of you that listen to me know is absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>and fundamentally wrong. The only thing that I can say

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<v Speaker 1>in this moment in time is that as bad as

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<v Speaker 1>things are, I want you to understand that they can

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<v Speaker 1>always get fucking worse. Right, we're looking at the overturning

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<v Speaker 1>not only of affirmative action check Roe v. Wade, Check right?

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<v Speaker 1>What about Brown versus the Board of Education? Because they

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<v Speaker 1>completely want to defund education anyway. So what will be

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<v Speaker 1>left behind will be the wealthy whites that can afford

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<v Speaker 1>to put their kids in private school and get private tutors,

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<v Speaker 1>so you don't have to worry about their education. You

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<v Speaker 1>just have to worry about the ninety percent that they

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<v Speaker 1>want to force. Right, into an economic cast system that

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<v Speaker 1>they'll never be able to move out of because education

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<v Speaker 1>has always been the way that people do that. So

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<v Speaker 1>if we go a head, right and we say that, well,

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<v Speaker 1>Brown versus the Board of Education was really going against parents' rights,

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<v Speaker 1>you think that this sixty three court isn't going to

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<v Speaker 1>overturn it.

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<v Speaker 2>Think about consumer.

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<v Speaker 1>Protection laws that have happened, right, you think that they

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<v Speaker 1>won't overturn those? What about Obamacare? What about the ability

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<v Speaker 1>folks to absolutely and totally decide not to hire people

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't like them, because you don't like the

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<v Speaker 1>way they look, because you're uncomfortable. Right, again, these are

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<v Speaker 1>all things that prior to a number of court cases

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<v Speaker 1>over the last sixty years, have fundamentally changed our society

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<v Speaker 1>and created more access and more opportunity to black people,

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<v Speaker 1>to people of color, to women, to queer people, right

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<v Speaker 1>to people of different religious affiliations. We're looking at sixty

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<v Speaker 1>years right where rapid progress took place, and in oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, in eight they have rolled back a

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<v Speaker 1>number of them that will completely and totally change the

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<v Speaker 1>direction of this country. So I can't tell you, folks

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<v Speaker 1>that Biden is your guy or to be enthusiastic and

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<v Speaker 1>jump up and down. What I can say is that

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<v Speaker 1>as bad as things are, they can absolutely get worse,

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<v Speaker 1>with absolutely no hope whatsoever of being able to turn

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<v Speaker 1>it around. Not in your lifetime and not in your

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<v Speaker 1>child's lifetime. That's what I can say. And for those

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<v Speaker 1>people that will tell me to stop fearmongering, and why

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<v Speaker 1>don't I go do this? And why do I go

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<v Speaker 1>do that? Go with God. I don't give a fuck.

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<v Speaker 1>If your mind is already made up, I'm not trying

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<v Speaker 1>to convince you. But if you, like me, are lacking

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<v Speaker 1>the energy and the enthusiasm it takes right now to

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<v Speaker 1>want to fight for this country that you are seeing

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<v Speaker 1>go down the tubes, just know you are not alone.

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<v Speaker 1>I came back from break. I turned on the news

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<v Speaker 1>for thirty minutes on my first day back, and I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to throw my remote control through the fucking screen.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to pack my bags, circle a fucking country

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<v Speaker 1>on the globe and pack and get the fuck out

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<v Speaker 1>of here, because what's in front of us honestly seems insurmountable.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna bullshit you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not I'm not gonna tell you it's gonna be easy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna tell you that everything is gonna be okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to tell you that Donald Trump is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be convicted before any of this happens, because

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<v Speaker 1>I don't believe any of that to be true. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that if, by the grace of fucking God and

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<v Speaker 1>the universe, Biden is able to squeak out a fucking win,

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<v Speaker 1>that will absolutely be adjudicated a thousand fucking times, because

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<v Speaker 1>the only election that those motherfuckers will believe in is

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<v Speaker 1>the one that Donald Trump wins. That if, by the

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<v Speaker 1>grace of fucking God, we are able to hold on

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<v Speaker 1>to democracy, then we can talk about what is next.

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<v Speaker 1>But also know that by the time that we get

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<v Speaker 1>to November, there may be a million fucking people in

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<v Speaker 1>Gaza that are dead. I don't know what to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what to say about that. It makes

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<v Speaker 1>me sick to my fucking stomach.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I am struggling as a human being to rationalize any

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<v Speaker 1>of the fucking madness that is going on, any of it.

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<v Speaker 1>All I keep telling myself is that Donald Trump becomes president,

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<v Speaker 1>I am gone off the air because I am not

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<v Speaker 1>going to continue. I will tell you this right now,

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<v Speaker 1>right like, because I've been wondering, I've been wanting to

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<v Speaker 1>ask myself this question. I've been reflecting, I've been journaling,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been meditating and praying. I will do whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>takes to get myself and my family out of this country.

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<v Speaker 1>This country will not be safe, and nor is any

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<v Speaker 1>worse safe. Right people say safety is an illusion, blah

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<v Speaker 1>blahlah blah, But I can tell you that the illusion

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<v Speaker 1>has worked for many of us for quite some time.

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<v Speaker 1>Why because we're still here. Do I know that every

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<v Speaker 1>time that there is a hashtag a person that has

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<v Speaker 1>turned into a hashtag because they had a phone that

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<v Speaker 1>the cop thought was a gun, or they were eleven

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<v Speaker 1>in playing but the cop thought there were twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>and killed them, or you know any of those things.

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<v Speaker 1>Do I know how fucking dangerous this country is for

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<v Speaker 1>black people, for queer people, for anybody that is not white,

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<v Speaker 1>siss straight and Christian fascists? Yes, I do absolutely fucking

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<v Speaker 1>know that, and I also know that it will get

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and fifty thousand times worse. And I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be willing to stay here on the front lines.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I am not. So we have ten months.

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<v Speaker 1>We have ten months to decide if twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be our last selection.

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<v Speaker 2>You have ten months to decide.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have kids, if you have grandkids, if you

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<v Speaker 1>have you know, cousins, nieces, nephews, right, if you're voting

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<v Speaker 1>for their future, right, their possibility, or you're voting against it,

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<v Speaker 1>or not voting at all, or voting third party, which

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<v Speaker 1>might as well be voting against it. I am not

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<v Speaker 1>telling you to vote for Joe Biden. I'm telling you

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<v Speaker 1>to vote for your safety, for yourself, right.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. That's it. So you know, it is.

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<v Speaker 1>Day ten of this new year, and I will tell

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<v Speaker 1>you that I'm absolutely grateful for you all that continue

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<v Speaker 1>to rock with me, you know, shout out to my

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<v Speaker 1>patrons that continue to support me. What I will say

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<v Speaker 1>as a way to put out more joy into the

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<v Speaker 1>world is that I am reworking the tears at Patreon

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<v Speaker 1>to offer you more ways to build community with me

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<v Speaker 1>and with each other. So that information will be coming

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<v Speaker 1>out in the next couple of weeks. I'm also working

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<v Speaker 1>on merchandise. I know it's a long time overdue. T shirts, toats,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, all of that type of stuff. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>know what you guys would like to see. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>on Patreon and watching this video, let me know in

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<v Speaker 1>the comment section. Otherwise, hit me up on threads on Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>But that will be coming out because folks, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>community matters, taking care of each other matters, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just don't want to be the consistent bearer of bad news.

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<v Speaker 1>I also want to offer you food for thought. I

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<v Speaker 1>also want to offer you moments of joy and reflection.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to just be the rage machine. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not good for me and it's not good for you.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know we will get through these months together,

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<v Speaker 1>and it will not be easy, right, and so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to find ways to also make it joyful. I

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<v Speaker 1>am also finishing a book proposal this month, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>God willing, this time next year, you will be cracking

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<v Speaker 1>open a book with my name on it. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>excited about that. Hold fast to your joy, create moments

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<v Speaker 1>of ease, love each other right because the time that

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<v Speaker 1>you have very short, very very short. That is it

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<v Speaker 1>for me today, dear friends, on woke a f as

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

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<v Speaker 2>Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck.