WEBVTT - Who Is Your Neighbor

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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, peeps, and welcome to OKP Daily with Meet

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<v Speaker 1>your Girl, Danielle Moody, recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>Over the last several years, we have witnessed a disturbing trend.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm sure in your mind you're saying which one, Danielle,

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<v Speaker 1>because there have been so many. But the trend that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about is one that Jammel Bowie recently wrote

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<v Speaker 1>about in an opinion piece for The New York Times

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<v Speaker 1>entitled the Republican embrace of vigilanteism is no accident. In

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<v Speaker 1>his piece, Jammel Bowe goes on to air out several

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<v Speaker 1>high profile incidents that we have learned about since twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>when there were mass protests because of the killing of

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<v Speaker 1>George Floyd in broad daylight on video as Derek Chauvin

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<v Speaker 1>placed in ne on his neck and the other three

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<v Speaker 1>officers held him down until he took his last breath,

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<v Speaker 1>screaming for his mother. We all remember this because it

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<v Speaker 1>was probably one of the most depraved acts that we

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<v Speaker 1>collectively witnessed at the same time, in the same place,

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<v Speaker 1>because the majority of the world was on lockdown at

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<v Speaker 1>that time, and our attention was focused on our screens. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>following that inhumane, depraved act by Derek Chauvin, there have

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<v Speaker 1>been several incidents, some in twenty twenty and some more recently,

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<v Speaker 1>of acts of vigilanteism, oftentimes at the hands of white men,

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<v Speaker 1>white cis heteroman against those that they believe to be

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<v Speaker 1>less than to be undeserving of life. And you think

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<v Speaker 1>to yourself, how did we get to this place where

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<v Speaker 1>political violence, politically charge violence has become more and more

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<v Speaker 1>commonplace in this failing, backsliding democracy. Well, it began with

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<v Speaker 1>language that the far right in mainstream media, namely Fox

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<v Speaker 1>and Newsmax and others. Fox is considered mainstream, even though

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<v Speaker 1>Newsmax and Oaan are considered more far right. When they

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<v Speaker 1>started referring to their political opposition not as their quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote friends from across the aisle, but instead they started

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<v Speaker 1>to refer to those people as the enemy. You can

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<v Speaker 1>go back to Sarah Palin, right back to those days

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<v Speaker 1>where Sarah Palin had placed her political foes on her

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<v Speaker 1>website in crosshairs. Crosshairs of what one can only assume

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<v Speaker 1>would be an AR fifteen or some type of sniper

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<v Speaker 1>weapon that uses a scope. After the shooting I believe

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<v Speaker 1>of a Congresswoman Gabby Giffords in Arizona. She took that down.

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<v Speaker 1>But folks, the reality is is that the right has

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<v Speaker 1>consistently used the language steeped in and around war when

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<v Speaker 1>it comes to their political opponents. They have become, under

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump, the enemy of the state. They have been

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<v Speaker 1>called thugs and terrorists, all types of names, including most

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<v Speaker 1>recently groomers and pediphile, robbing people with progressive values, democrats,

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<v Speaker 1>and those that believe in equity and justice of their

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<v Speaker 1>humanity so that acts of violence and depravity against them

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<v Speaker 1>seem justified. Let me say that again, the right has

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<v Speaker 1>been using war like language to rob Democrats, progressives, liberals,

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<v Speaker 1>people who have a different ideological theory of change than

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<v Speaker 1>they do, and are using this language to rob these people.

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<v Speaker 1>Myself included you, included of our humanity as a way

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<v Speaker 1>to justify violence and depraved acts against us. This is

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<v Speaker 1>common in warfare right because it makes peaceeople easier to kill,

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<v Speaker 1>easier to harm. If I don't think about you as

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<v Speaker 1>having a family that loves you, or having parents, or

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<v Speaker 1>having children, or colleagues or friends, if I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>about you in the way that I think about myself

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<v Speaker 1>and I put distance between my humanity and yours. Then

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<v Speaker 1>I create the conditions where if I harm you, it's

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<v Speaker 1>justified and it doesn't really matter because you're not a

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<v Speaker 1>human being. You're this thing, this idea, this enemy that

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<v Speaker 1>I need to put down, and I am justified in

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<v Speaker 1>doing so. And we have watched this political rhetoric that

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<v Speaker 1>has been used by Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Green, Matt Gates,

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<v Speaker 1>Paul Goser, Lauren bow Robert, a whole host of active

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<v Speaker 1>members of Congress in the House and in the Senate,

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<v Speaker 1>in the Republican Party that have called for violent acts

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<v Speaker 1>against their colleagues. I want folks to understand that this

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<v Speaker 1>is not normal, and it has been couched as being

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<v Speaker 1>just par for the political course these days, right because

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump upended all of our political norms, including civility,

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<v Speaker 1>so much so that Paul Goser, right, shared a clip

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<v Speaker 1>an anime clip back in twenty twenty one. He's a

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<v Speaker 1>Republican from Aera Zona in an anime video killing a

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<v Speaker 1>giant monster with the face of Representative Alexandrio Cassio Cortez.

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<v Speaker 1>So many people back in twenty twenty one, reacted to

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<v Speaker 1>this ninety two second video as saying it was despicable,

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<v Speaker 1>it was disgusting, it was violent, It should be condemned.

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<v Speaker 1>And ghosts are and his team and the Republicans told everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>we made an anime video. Everyone needs to relax. The

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<v Speaker 1>left doesn't get meme culture. They have no joy. They

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<v Speaker 1>are not the future. It's a cartoon. This is what

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<v Speaker 1>was responded to the outrage by a spokesman for Ghoser's

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<v Speaker 1>campaign an office. You create a video that depicts the

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<v Speaker 1>murder of your colleague and everyone is supposed to laugh

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<v Speaker 1>that off. What planet are you living on? But we

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<v Speaker 1>can look at how Republicans have been treating real acts

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<v Speaker 1>of vigilanteism over the last few years, and it isn't

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<v Speaker 1>just a video that everyone should shrug off. It isn't

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<v Speaker 1>just a meme. It's Kyle Rittenhouse in twenty twenty in Kenosha, Wisconsin,

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<v Speaker 1>where he decided to drive across state lines, leave his

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<v Speaker 1>home at seventeen years old, and go and kill two

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<v Speaker 1>protesters and injure a third case. It was looked upon

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<v Speaker 1>as what self defense. A seventeen year old white boy

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<v Speaker 1>was seen walking down the street armed with an ar fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>walking past police officers who handed him fucking water and

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<v Speaker 1>asked him if he was okay, because he went to

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<v Speaker 1>go live out Paul Goser's real life fantasy and take

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<v Speaker 1>the lives of people who had the right by our

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<v Speaker 1>fucking constitution to assemble and protest their government, their law enforcement,

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<v Speaker 1>the killing of unarmed black people, and the neglect that

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<v Speaker 1>our law enforcement agencies and our government agencies had that

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<v Speaker 1>stopping this. What did the far right do with Kyle Rittenhouse, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they turned him into a hero. He was hailed everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>And I will tell you this is what Jamel Bowie

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<v Speaker 1>writes in his piece about Writtenhouse Quote. It's been nearly

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<v Speaker 1>three years since the riots and subsequent shooting and Kenosha, Wisconsin,

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<v Speaker 1>where a gunman, Kyle Rittenhouse, a seventeen year old from

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<v Speaker 1>nearby Anatok, Illinois, killed two protesters in what a court

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<v Speaker 1>eventually determined with self defense. Among the most troubling aspects

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<v Speaker 1>of the shooting was the almost jubilant reaction of conservative

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<v Speaker 1>media to the news that someone had taken the law

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<v Speaker 1>into his own hands and meted out lethal force. Tucker

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<v Speaker 1>Carlson praised written House as someone who decided to quote

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<v Speaker 1>maintain order when no one else would and call sir,

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<v Speaker 1>said she wanted Rittenhouse quote as my president, Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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<v Speaker 1>Then a candidate called him end quote innocent child, and

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<v Speaker 1>Representative Thomas Macy of Conduck, Kentucky praised Rittenhouse for his

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<v Speaker 1>incredible restraint. Incredible restraint. You left your home state, you

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<v Speaker 1>armed yourself with a weapon of war to cross state

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<v Speaker 1>lines to kill two people, and a member of Congress says,

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<v Speaker 1>what incredible restraint? Oh and four bit Kyle Rittenhouse became

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<v Speaker 1>a celebrity of sorts right, getting a plumb speaking engagement

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<v Speaker 1>with the RNC s being seen at sea pack because

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<v Speaker 1>that's what the right does with murderers. They turned them

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<v Speaker 1>into heroes. Then there was the case of Mark and

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<v Speaker 1>Patricia McCluskey. You may remember them. They brandish weapons on

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<v Speaker 1>their front lawn as again peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters

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<v Speaker 1>were marching in their neighborhood on the way to the

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<v Speaker 1>governor's mansion. Mark McCluskey would end up running for office

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<v Speaker 1>and the two of them would get again plumb speaking

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<v Speaker 1>spots at the RNC in twenty twenty. This brings me

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<v Speaker 1>to Daniel Penny, the twenty four year old assailant thug

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<v Speaker 1>who was bothered by the presence of a black, unhousedman

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<v Speaker 1>who was also twenty four years old named Jordan Neely,

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<v Speaker 1>who he decided to choke to death for fifteen minutes

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<v Speaker 1>while two other men on the train held him down.

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<v Speaker 1>It took over a week of protests by New Yorkers

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<v Speaker 1>shutting down the subway system, calling on the mayor and

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<v Speaker 1>the governor who issued statements that were so thoughtless that

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<v Speaker 1>lacked empathy. Instead of pointing to the fact that we

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<v Speaker 1>don't believe in vigilante is here in New York City,

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<v Speaker 1>they turned Jordan Nearly into the problem. Talked about mental

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<v Speaker 1>illness and the unhoused. Yeah, those are issues that we

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<v Speaker 1>should discuss. But being unhoused or mentally ill does not

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<v Speaker 1>make you worthless, does not make you unworthy of life.

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't take some people acting out on the train,

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, asking for a little kindness, for some change,

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<v Speaker 1>for a little bit of food, if that's too much

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<v Speaker 1>of a nuisance for you, get the fuck out of

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<v Speaker 1>any urban center. Jordan Nearly wasn't posing a threat. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get on the train wielding a weapon, talking about

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<v Speaker 1>taking anybody out. He was asking for food. He was mad,

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<v Speaker 1>angry at the fact that he's asked for help and

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<v Speaker 1>he's received none. You don't like that. You get off

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<v Speaker 1>that car and you move to another one. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>take it upon yourself to take somebody's life. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>what Daniel Penny did, and without the collective outrage that

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<v Speaker 1>would finally get a statement from the White House, this

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<v Speaker 1>man turned himself in because you know, on that day

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<v Speaker 1>that he killed a man on the subway, he was

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<v Speaker 1>just allowed to go to the fuck home. Because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what white murderers get to do. Would somebody go home,

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<v Speaker 1>make a sandwich, watch a show, strangle somebody to death,

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<v Speaker 1>kneel on somebody, encircle them with your cars because they're

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<v Speaker 1>dragging down the street. You get to kill them and

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<v Speaker 1>then go about your day. He's now being charged with manslaughter,

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<v Speaker 1>and you would think, right, you would think that we

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<v Speaker 1>would then allow the law, the justice system to run

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<v Speaker 1>its course. But no, no, no, no, not on the

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<v Speaker 1>far right or just the right as I call it,

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<v Speaker 1>because since since spokes since he has been charged with manslaughter,

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<v Speaker 1>far right politicians like Ron DeSantis have come out applauding

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Penny, as Jamel Bowie writes, valorizing him in the

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<v Speaker 1>same way the valorized writtenhouse. He had Marjorie Taylor Green say,

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<v Speaker 1>quote the marine who stepped in to protect others as

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<v Speaker 1>a hero. Fox News Greg Guttfeld said that the decision

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<v Speaker 1>to charge Penny was pro criminal and anti hero. What

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<v Speaker 1>made Jordan Neely a criminal being unhoused and asking for food?

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<v Speaker 1>But since then, folks, an online fundraiser, has raised more

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<v Speaker 1>than two million dollars for his legal defense. Ron DeSantis

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<v Speaker 1>has said, quote, we must defeat the sorrow's funded das,

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<v Speaker 1>stop the left's pro criminal agenda, and take back the

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<v Speaker 1>streets for law abiding citizens. We stand with the good

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<v Speaker 1>samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let's show this marine in America's

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<v Speaker 1>God is back. So he's now Ron DeSantis ron death

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<v Speaker 1>to democracy. DeSantis is now stumping for a murderer. So

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<v Speaker 1>when I say to folks that the Republican Party is

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<v Speaker 1>not a party, when I say that it is a

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<v Speaker 1>death cult, when I say that it is a white

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<v Speaker 1>supremacist institution holding up white Christo fascist values, this is

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<v Speaker 1>what the fuck I am talking about. This, This is

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<v Speaker 1>who the right wants. White sis hetero men to be

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<v Speaker 1>walking around on streets with the ability to shoot, choke,

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<v Speaker 1>snuff out any black or brown person, any queer person,

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<v Speaker 1>and do so in the name of patriotism, and say

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<v Speaker 1>that they are protecting the community. We're the ones that

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<v Speaker 1>need protecting from them, because funny enough, we're not the

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<v Speaker 1>ones that are creating violence. Yet we're called thugs because

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<v Speaker 1>they think that there is more of a threat in

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<v Speaker 1>the justins in Tennessee using a bullhorn to begging for

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<v Speaker 1>their colleagues to take action so that we don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to bury more children from school shootings. They referred to

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<v Speaker 1>that as an insurrection. But the actual fucking twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one insurrection that was a tourist group that just got

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<v Speaker 1>lost in the capitol. Are you fucking crazy? And the

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<v Speaker 1>answer is yes, yes they are. Texas Governor Gregory Abbott,

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<v Speaker 1>at the behest of the now fired Tuckocarlson, swore on

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter that he would pardon another Daniel. Daniel Perry, a

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<v Speaker 1>thirty five year old Army sergeant who, according to Jamel

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<v Speaker 1>Bowie's Peace, was convicted of murder in the shooting of

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<v Speaker 1>Garrett Foster twenty eight at a Black Lives matter protests

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<v Speaker 1>in July of twenty twenty. Listen to what Perry did.

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<v Speaker 1>He'd been driving through downtown Austin when he encountered a

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<v Speaker 1>group of demonstrators in the street. Foster, who was in

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<v Speaker 1>legal possession of a semi automatic rifle, was in the group.

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<v Speaker 1>When the demonstrators approached Perry's vehicle, he opened fire, killing Foster.

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<v Speaker 1>Perry claimed self defense, telling police that Foster pointed his

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<v Speaker 1>rifle at him, but prosecutors said that Perry could have

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<v Speaker 1>driven away from the situation, and witnesses testified that Foster

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<v Speaker 1>never raised his rifle at Perry. I want you to

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<v Speaker 1>get a better picture of who Gregory Abbott wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>pardon wants to pardon in unsealed court records that show

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<v Speaker 1>Perry's extreme anger and fantasies of violence towards protesters. This

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<v Speaker 1>is a quote from Perry. I might have to kill

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<v Speaker 1>a few people on my way to work they are

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<v Speaker 1>rioting outside my apartment complex. Might go to Dallas to

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<v Speaker 1>shoot looters. None of this, however, mattered, much like none

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<v Speaker 1>of Donald Trump's transgressions, sexual abuse, defamation, lies, tax evasion, fraud,

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<v Speaker 1>inciting an insurrection, stealing documents, None of that shit matters either,

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<v Speaker 1>because what they want. What Jamel Bowie says is that

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<v Speaker 1>there is an insatiable bloodlust that is growing inside of

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican Party, this desire to beat, to harm, to kill,

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<v Speaker 1>and then to celebrate the ones that live out the

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<v Speaker 1>fantasies that the Paul Gosers of the world have. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a really terrifying place that we are in. What

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<v Speaker 1>is killing me, two folks is that ron DeSantis and

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<v Speaker 1>others have referred to Daniel Penny, who has now received

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five years in prison for the killing of Foster

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<v Speaker 1>in Texas. Rondescantis called him a good Samaritan. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is what Jamel Bowie reminds us. A good samaritan is

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be. In his piece, the Republican embrace of

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<v Speaker 1>vigilanteism is no accident, he writes this. In American English,

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<v Speaker 1>the term good samaritan has come to mean any person

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<v Speaker 1>who helps someone else in distress, but the actual parable

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<v Speaker 1>of the good samaritan is a little more complicated. In

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<v Speaker 1>the story, a traveler is assaulted by thieves who rob

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<v Speaker 1>beat him and leave him for dead. Three people pass him.

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<v Speaker 1>The first, a priest, ignores him, the second, a levite,

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<v Speaker 1>also ignores him, but the third a Samaritan, binds his

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<v Speaker 1>wounds and helps him recover, asking for nothing in return.

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<v Speaker 1>This parable, he writes, found in the Gospel of Luke,

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<v Speaker 1>begins with a question who is my neighbor? Jesus answers

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<v Speaker 1>with the story and asks which these three do you

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<v Speaker 1>think was a neighbor to the man who fell into

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<v Speaker 1>the hands of robbers, to which the questioner says, the

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<v Speaker 1>one who showed him mercy, giving full meaning to the story.

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<v Speaker 1>Jamel Bowie writes, do we think a modern day good

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<v Speaker 1>Samaritan would use lethal force or act as a vigilante

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<v Speaker 1>in defense of order? Probably not, But the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>he would, and that this is what it means to

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<v Speaker 1>act either ethically or responsibly, is evidence enough of a

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<v Speaker 1>sickness that festers into many American hearts. 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. Power,

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<v Speaker 1>Get woke and stay woke as fop