WEBVTT - Oprah is Trending. The Comments are Awful.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, there are folks. It's July thirtieth, and people are

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<v Speaker 1>pissed at Oprah Winfrey for something she and police say

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't do. With that, welcome to this episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Amy and TJ. I threw police in there. I should

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<v Speaker 1>make sure I make clear she's not being accused of crime.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no crime, but maybe a crime against humanity.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, this has gotten out of control. Robes and some

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<v Speaker 1>people listening to us might be already aware. But before

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<v Speaker 1>we even tell you what they're what they're accusing her

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<v Speaker 1>of doing, can you give an example of the kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of things being said right now about Oprah Winfrey.

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<v Speaker 2>Oprah is a greedy and heartless human. Oprah is this

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<v Speaker 2>is terrible. I don't even want to say this. Oprah

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<v Speaker 2>the fat Satan is bitch.

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<v Speaker 3>It's funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to say fat, but I felt worse

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<v Speaker 2>about saying bitch.

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<v Speaker 3>But how about this.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't think for one second that Oprah is a good human.

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<v Speaker 2>Oprah Winfrey is a vile, disgusting excuse of a human being.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Lord, have mercy. What did Oprah do? I actually

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<v Speaker 1>saw a lot of the comments before I had a

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<v Speaker 1>good understanding of what the story was, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>was blown away to understand what was happening.

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<v Speaker 3>Oprah was the trending topic? Correct? Was it just her name?

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<v Speaker 3>Oprah was trending?

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<v Speaker 2>That was it? And so that's, you know, curious, what

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<v Speaker 2>could Oprah have done? What could people be saying about Oprah?

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<v Speaker 2>And to think that it's all connected to the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>one of yes, the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in the

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<v Speaker 2>history of planet Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>That is such a good way to put it. An

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<v Speaker 1>earthquake off the coast of Russia got us to everybody

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<v Speaker 1>hating known Oprah today.

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<v Speaker 3>How is that actually possible?

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<v Speaker 1>Will you please connected?

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<v Speaker 3>That's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So she is being accused of keeping a road, a

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<v Speaker 2>private road that she owned. She has thousands of acres

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<v Speaker 2>in Maui. She is being accused of keeping her private

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<v Speaker 2>road closed and it is a access point to get

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<v Speaker 2>folks who might need to evacuate from coastal areas to

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<v Speaker 2>higher ground. And so somehow someway someone said that Oprah

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<v Speaker 2>shut down her road and wasn't letting people get on

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<v Speaker 2>it to get quickly to higher ground.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course folks were trying to get to higher ground.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a big story overnight, big earthquake off the

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<v Speaker 1>coast of Russia, triggers tsunami alerts from Japan to the

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<v Speaker 1>west coast of the US and of course in Hawaii,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes, they had traffic out there, folks were all

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<v Speaker 1>the long lines of video we saw, but they were

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<v Speaker 1>trying to get to higher ground. Thankfully, there were no

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<v Speaker 1>waves of consequence, as they put it, but still waves

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<v Speaker 1>from that earthquake, and that tsunami did show up.

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<v Speaker 3>I believe one of the largest recorded.

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<v Speaker 2>They actually called them a tsunami wave because they were

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<v Speaker 2>wavescreen by a tsunami from an earthquake. I think we're

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<v Speaker 2>six feet tall. A lot of them are four.

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<v Speaker 3>And a half feet.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have a gauge of how significant that is.

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<v Speaker 2>But there was no damage and there were no injuries.

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<v Speaker 2>But obviously people remember, yes, the disaster in Puquet in Thailand,

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<v Speaker 2>where no one knew what was happening, and all of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden an earthquake triggers as tsunami and the devastation

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<v Speaker 2>we all know was just horrific and beyond imagination. So

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<v Speaker 2>you have to say that could happen. We don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what is going to happen. It's impossible to predict exactly

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<v Speaker 2>how big tsunami waves are going to be so yes,

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<v Speaker 2>people were panicked and scrambling, scrambling and trying to get

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<v Speaker 2>out as quickly as possible to get away from the coast.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the backdrop of the story. This was a

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<v Speaker 1>legit emergency. So in the midst of this emergency in Maui,

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<v Speaker 1>you can get away from the coastal area. It would

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<v Speaker 1>take you longer to go one route, or you could

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<v Speaker 1>cut through, essentially, and that cut through is a private

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<v Speaker 1>road that is on private property owned by me. It's

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<v Speaker 1>Oprah Winfrey. So somehow, some way robes it got going

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<v Speaker 1>on social media. I think there was a video out

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<v Speaker 1>there that seemed like the gate was closed and then

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<v Speaker 1>it was opened, and it was closed again, and some

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<v Speaker 1>were let through and some weren't, and then others just

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<v Speaker 1>showed video of the of it being closed, closed gate

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<v Speaker 1>and cars being around, and it took off on social media,

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<v Speaker 1>and so many folks came after her with stuff that

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like it was built up for years. They've been

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<v Speaker 1>waiting to say.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, it really is remarkable that it feels like

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<v Speaker 2>so many people don't wait for clarification, they don't seek

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<v Speaker 2>another source, They don't wait to hear if maybe they

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<v Speaker 2>have the full story or don't have the full story.

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<v Speaker 2>As soon as they hear something that could possibly say

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<v Speaker 2>something negative about someone, people pounce. And they don't just

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<v Speaker 2>pounce and say how could you?

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<v Speaker 3>How dare you? They pounce with evil rhetoric.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it really is disgusting and dispa and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>someone of Oprah's stature is used to this, but I

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<v Speaker 2>still think it stings. I mean, I can only speak

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<v Speaker 2>from personal experience. No matter how many times people can

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<v Speaker 2>say the same thing over and over again in different,

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<v Speaker 2>mean horrible ways, especially when they're saying it with misinformation,

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<v Speaker 2>and you and I both know what that feels like.

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<v Speaker 2>It hurts and it affects people. And I mean, she

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<v Speaker 2>may be able to laugh us off, but it's so

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<v Speaker 2>unfair and unwarranted because the real story is very different

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<v Speaker 2>than this rumor that took off like wildfire on the internet.

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<v Speaker 1>It took off, and I'm still seeing her name and

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<v Speaker 1>still reading posts that are still they're still current, they're

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<v Speaker 1>still popping up. People are still spreading this thing about her,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just horrific.

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<v Speaker 2>It's as if they want to believe that she closed

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<v Speaker 2>the road. It's like they want to have an enemy.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to band together and feel like they belong

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<v Speaker 2>as a part of this collective that is going up

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<v Speaker 2>and fighting for the little guy.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you've got.

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<v Speaker 2>Someone who's rich and someone who's powerful, or someone maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you just don't like for whatever reason, it's as if

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<v Speaker 2>they don't deserve to be treated like human beings, or

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<v Speaker 2>at least deserve enough of a pause where you say, wait,

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<v Speaker 2>let me see what the real story is before I

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<v Speaker 2>decide to lend my voice and put something out there

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<v Speaker 2>in the world that's filled with hate.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this isn't in defensible prah Winfrey. They have statements

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<v Speaker 1>that defend her. This is, I guess, just in defense

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<v Speaker 1>of I guess taking a beat in defense of I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>why can we not? Is this people though robes projecting

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<v Speaker 1>because of something else. Yes, the rich or a target,

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<v Speaker 1>the famous or a target, and the super rich certainly

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<v Speaker 1>have been a target here lately. But is this Does

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<v Speaker 1>this really have nothing to do with a road? Does

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<v Speaker 1>this really just we got now found an easy target.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and for people who already didn't like her, perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>because for politics she endorsed Kamala Harris, so you can

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<v Speaker 2>get into the politics of things seriously. So it does

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<v Speaker 2>seem like that could be part of it as well.

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<v Speaker 2>When you have someone whose ideology is different than yours,

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<v Speaker 2>when you think they might have slipped up or done

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<v Speaker 2>something wrong, you can't wait. You can't wait to point

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<v Speaker 2>the finger at them and say, see look what they did.

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<v Speaker 3>They're actually horrible.

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<v Speaker 1>That's on me. That didn't even politics didn't cross my

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<v Speaker 1>mind and all this. But that was an easy, easy

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<v Speaker 1>target here. So again not in defense of Oprah Winfrey.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't have to because the Maui Police defended Oprah Winfrey.

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<v Speaker 1>Maui Police, yes, put out a statement and they said

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<v Speaker 1>very early on Oprah's road is open to get to

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<v Speaker 1>upcountry is how they put it.

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<v Speaker 2>And from what I understand, they put out that alert

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<v Speaker 2>when the tsunami warning came in immediately, almost like they said, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>there is a tsunami warning. This is around eleven pm

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<v Speaker 2>last night, correct, So this was hours ago. This was

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<v Speaker 2>ages ago in terms of communication. And yet still despite

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<v Speaker 2>that official statement from the Maui Police that Oprah's Road

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<v Speaker 2>is open to get to upcountry, hours later, because the

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<v Speaker 2>gates were closing and opening, people jumped to the conclusion

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<v Speaker 2>that Oprah had closed her road and nobody could get out,

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<v Speaker 2>and she was going to let people potentially be swallowed

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<v Speaker 2>up by a tsunami wave rather than let people down

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<v Speaker 2>her road.

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<v Speaker 1>And you just mentioned another I think another video that

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<v Speaker 1>got around was I guess when the gate actually closed.

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<v Speaker 1>It looked like literally they were shutting people out in

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<v Speaker 1>real time, and somebody got video of it. But they

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<v Speaker 1>came out and they explained later it was the police

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<v Speaker 1>who were letting only a certain through and get through

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<v Speaker 1>the property at a time. So the police were the

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<v Speaker 1>ones opening and closing the gate to the road.

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<v Speaker 2>They had a very strict amount of cars, just traffic control,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know people in these moments, and I can

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<v Speaker 2>only imagine when you think you are fleeing a giant

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<v Speaker 2>title wave, you want to get out as quickly as possible.

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<v Speaker 2>So to keep order, police set a limit of fifty

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<v Speaker 2>cars at a time, so fifty cars would go through,

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<v Speaker 2>they would shut the gate, let them get through, and

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<v Speaker 2>then reopen the gate. But just by a video, people

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<v Speaker 2>jumped to the conclusion or chose to believe something and

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<v Speaker 2>then went with it and ran with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Chose to it didn't take long to figure out.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, even if you want to believe that

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<v Speaker 1>she kept it closed, even if you went and read

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<v Speaker 1>and saw that, Okay, the police are saying something else.

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<v Speaker 1>But I choose to believe otherwise you would still temper

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<v Speaker 1>your statements a little bit because you knew there was

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<v Speaker 1>other information out there. Some folks are just what Oprah

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<v Speaker 1>didn't open her road and these people are fleeing for

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<v Speaker 1>their lives. Let me jump on here and say something,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>But they're not just saying something. They're saying cruel, vile,

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<v Speaker 2>horrific things. And I think, what's scary to me? Look,

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<v Speaker 2>we are.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to say that.

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<v Speaker 2>These past two weeks have been any more significant than

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<v Speaker 2>any other, but there have been just these horrific shootings

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<v Speaker 2>that have gone on here in midtown Manhattan. We had

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<v Speaker 2>it in Reno. It's just folks who are so angry

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<v Speaker 2>taking out their rage on innocent folks. And I just,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you want to think that these are outliers,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're few and far between, and they're singular, and

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<v Speaker 2>there are people who have mental health issues. But when

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<v Speaker 2>you start to read some of these comments, the anger,

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<v Speaker 2>the vitriol is so intense. It actually is frightening to

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<v Speaker 2>me that there's that much anger in so many people

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<v Speaker 2>that they would choose to send out that much hate

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<v Speaker 2>about a story that probably doesn't affect them in any way.

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<v Speaker 2>They probably are thousands of miles away from Hawaii and

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<v Speaker 2>they don't know or care to know the whole story.

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<v Speaker 2>They prefer to jump to conclusions and just say horrible things.

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<v Speaker 2>That's scary to me that there are that many people

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<v Speaker 2>out there like that.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you say scary things, folks, we shared a

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<v Speaker 1>little off the top, but you won't believe the things

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<v Speaker 1>that people are saying. All right, folks, we continue now

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<v Speaker 1>with this story that's kind of run amook, would you say, robes.

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<v Speaker 1>People are attacking and viciously attacking Oprah Winpley online because

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<v Speaker 1>a rumor got around that she wouldn't open her private

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<v Speaker 1>road to people trying to reach higher ground in Hawaii

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<v Speaker 1>during this tsunami warnings. And it has just gone all

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<v Speaker 1>kinds of sideways to the point that Oprah and a

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<v Speaker 1>spokesperson did officially put out a statement.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and that statement read, as soon as we heard

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<v Speaker 2>the tsunami warnings, we contacted local law enforcement and FEMA

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<v Speaker 2>to ensure the road was opened. Any reports otherwise are false.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're just going to say she's there lying. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that what we're doing? Because okay, why we're just going

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<v Speaker 1>to say, We're never going to take anybody at their word. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>everybody online that's spitting this bitrial at Oprah. Is that

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<v Speaker 1>a good enough answer to make you stop?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if that's not good enough, what about the police

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<v Speaker 2>statement that verifies and acknowledges that they absolutely opened Oprah's road.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, their statement specifically says this, local law enforcement

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<v Speaker 2>are currently on site helping residents through fifty cars at

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<v Speaker 2>a time to ensure everyone's safe road, meaning Oprah's road

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<v Speaker 2>will remain open as long as necessary. How are those

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<v Speaker 2>two statements not enough to stop people from saying and

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<v Speaker 2>writing and putting out in the world what they have

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<v Speaker 2>and you in real time and this is now, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we're about twelve hours since Oprah opened her road and

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<v Speaker 2>said she was going to open a road and police

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<v Speaker 2>said the road was open, and in real time, people

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<v Speaker 2>are still saying horrific things about Oprah to the point

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<v Speaker 2>where she is like trending worldwide.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still in the past few seconds. These things are

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<v Speaker 1>still coming in and folks are still saying the same thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the client that Roe isn't it And it's

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing as if you haven't had time to

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<v Speaker 1>just google anything. They're choosing to not believe. So where

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<v Speaker 1>are we in the society if the police tell you

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<v Speaker 1>and she has come out herself and told you what happened,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're still just saying, nope, you close the road.

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<v Speaker 1>Now people are starting to say, I'm noticing also robes well,

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<v Speaker 1>she was pressured to open it later. It's the saying

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<v Speaker 1>it's open now, but you know that thing I said

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<v Speaker 1>about earlier. She only opened it after we pushed her

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<v Speaker 1>and she got backlash. Is now the new theme? What

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<v Speaker 1>do you believe? Who do you believe? It's not politics

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, I mean, do we really think she's evil?

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<v Speaker 2>There is a massive distrust for anyone who has money.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a massive distrust for anyone in the police force,

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<v Speaker 2>or perhaps even in the government. I think there are

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<v Speaker 2>so many people who just don't believe people who live

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<v Speaker 2>or are existing in certain circles.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fair, But when do we ever give anybody the

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<v Speaker 1>benefit of the doubt, When do we ever consider the

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<v Speaker 1>person across the table from you, across the street from you,

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<v Speaker 1>the next city from you, across the tracks from you.

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<v Speaker 1>When do you ever consider that person a decent person?

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<v Speaker 1>If we can't just start with that baseline, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to give you the benefit of the doubt that you're

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<v Speaker 1>decent despite what you look like, who you voted for,

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<v Speaker 1>what uniform you wear. Let me start there. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>starting there anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm already going to dislike you, distrust you because of

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<v Speaker 1>where you're from and what you're wearing and how much

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<v Speaker 1>money you make. Where do we start with just decent?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what are we supposed to.

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<v Speaker 2>We assume the worst. I think that is where we

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<v Speaker 2>are in society. We assume the worst, and you have

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<v Speaker 2>to prove to me that you're not an asshole. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's where we start now, and I think that

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<v Speaker 2>is where we are as a country. And certainly this

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<v Speaker 2>story is a massive highlighter of that very problem. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just a sad commentary on where we are as

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<v Speaker 2>a society and a community.

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<v Speaker 1>I loathe her. Someone wrote we should truly eat the rich.

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<v Speaker 1>Another wrote, Oprah is a selfish and evil woman. Open

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<v Speaker 1>the road, bitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Seems like the only thing the tsunami has destroyed is

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<v Speaker 2>the last of Oprah's reputation. Woof, in a crisis, blocking

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<v Speaker 2>an escape route is inhumane? Humanitarian? Nah, just another greedy

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<v Speaker 2>landlord with a TV smile. And then how about this one?

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<v Speaker 2>Oprah is a miserable human being. You look up elitist

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<v Speaker 2>and there is a picture of Oprah there. She would

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<v Speaker 2>not open her private road to help people to higher

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<v Speaker 2>ground with the tsunami coming.

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<v Speaker 3>Only after she was pressured by police did she do so.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I will let the little people through while sitting

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<v Speaker 2>on her throne eating fried chicken. So a little racist

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<v Speaker 2>element to what to add to the spice of all

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<v Speaker 2>the hate.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, And I guess we're supposed to say, you have

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<v Speaker 1>to can't be these folks aren't representative of This is

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<v Speaker 1>just a small extreme outlier who would go on and

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<v Speaker 1>say these types of things. Maybe I just this was one.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually I feel a little down about it. When

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<v Speaker 1>I first I said, come, let's hop on and explain

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on. I thought this would be more upbeaten fun,

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<v Speaker 1>but I found myself being a little more down and

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<v Speaker 1>actually turned off and depressed and discoursed.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you actually said, wow, this is trending, this

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<v Speaker 2>is a crazy story. We should talk about it, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we can, you know, have some fun with

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<v Speaker 2>and then you're like, no, this isn't fun, this isn't funny.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a sad commentary about our society. And we

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<v Speaker 2>have pleaded, pleaded, pleaded, And I know everyone who's listening

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<v Speaker 2>here gets it, but just for one second, I know

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<v Speaker 2>it feels probably impossible to turn the table to Can

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<v Speaker 2>you imagine? Can you imagine when someone is spreading a

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<v Speaker 2>complete lie about you, a complete misrepresented non fact about you,

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<v Speaker 2>and then that lie and that misrepresentation balloons to the

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<v Speaker 2>point where you have thousands of people just saying the

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<v Speaker 2>most horrible things you can ever imagine someone saying about you,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's now for everyone to read and for everyone's entertainment,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a trending topic and everyone's eating popcorn, enjoying the show.

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<v Speaker 2>People say things like here for the comments, ha ha ha.

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<v Speaker 2>Those comments have an impact, they do, but what they

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<v Speaker 2>say about the person who wrote them is so much

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<v Speaker 2>more than the person they're saying it about. And I

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<v Speaker 2>just want everyone to think about that when you write

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<v Speaker 2>something you're saying so much more about who you are

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<v Speaker 2>versus who you're saying something about so.

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<v Speaker 1>And if anything, ever, mind you hear folks, don't believe

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<v Speaker 1>everything you read, and even if you do read it

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<v Speaker 1>and do believe it, it's okay to quickly verify it

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<v Speaker 1>before you hop on and jump on board a bandwagon

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<v Speaker 1>like this. Don't know Oprah at all at all. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't have to be a fan of hers. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>have to like anything she's done on TV, never bought

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<v Speaker 1>a single product, you can hate the way she dresses,

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<v Speaker 1>all kinds of things, but whatever does it still have

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<v Speaker 1>to get to this level?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is no, and maybe we can do better, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, folks, Well man dah, I'm sorry, all right, right right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>well you know how about this, Yes, we know no

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<v Speaker 1>one who's listening to this podcast right now was a

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<v Speaker 1>part of any of this, And so we all can

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<v Speaker 1>just not that we need to learn this lesson, but

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<v Speaker 1>just to take it in and recognize how we can

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<v Speaker 1>choose to be kind and if.

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<v Speaker 2>We have nothing nice to say, we can say nothing

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<v Speaker 2>at all. And that's perhaps just a win for this Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>So we want to thank you all for listening to

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<v Speaker 2>us do our little rant, but we do hope you're

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<v Speaker 2>having a wonderful day to day.

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<v Speaker 3>I may Bee robot alongside TJ Holmes.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening, everybody,