- 'Sup you beautiful bastards.
Hope you've had a fantastic Monday.
Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show.
And let's just jump into it.
And the first thing we're gonna talk about today
is this devastating, important,
and moving story out of Oregon.
This is a story that
originally happened back in May,
but surveillance footage from this incident
was released going into the weekend.
And so what we see in this footage
is the incident on May 17th at Park Rose High School.
And in it, we see Coach Keenan Lowe,
who just disarmed an 18 year old student,
moving away from that student,
and holding the shotgun out of his reach in the hallway.
Lowe appears to be talking to the student,
keeping him at a distance with one hand
until a nearby teacher grabs the gun from Lowe
and moves away with it.
Once the gun is out of the picture,
Lowe wraps his arms around the
student who begins to cry.
And at times it looks like the student
is trying to break free from this hug,
but we see Lowe continuing his hold
and the teen just gives in.
And obviously, you just look at this footage,
you understand that Coach Keenan Lowe,
a BAMF, a hero,
stopping what just would have been
a horrible tragedy,
which on that note,
the country district attorney's office there
said that the student had been suicidal for months
leading up to this incident,
and both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree
that the evidence suggested that this was not
a potential mass shooting case.
Instead, the student's attorney explained to the judge
that the teen planned to take his own life at the school
so that his mother wouldn't have to discover his body.
With authorities also saying that
the gun was loaded with one round,
which notably was marked with the words,
"The last red pill 5-17-19 just for me."
Also, according to reports another student
who noticed the teen's troubled state of mind
reported him to the administration
for suicidal statements.
And so, actually Lowe was on his way to bring the teenager
into the school's office when the incident happened.
The district attorney said that
the student was visibly upset as he headed for the classroom
where Lowe had just arrived.
The student then pulled out the firearm
from beneath his coat, prompting students and staff to flee.
And that point, the district attorney said
that he turned the gun on himself, he tried to fire,
but the weapon did not discharge,
and that's when Lowe took action.
- I saw the look in his face,
look in his eyes,
looked at the gun,
I realized it was a real gun
and then my instincts just took over.
You know, I lunged for the gun,
put two hands on the gun,
I felt compassion for him.
You know, and a lot of times,
especially when you're young,
you don't realize what
you're doing until it's over.
He broke down and I just wanted to let him know
that I was there for him.
I told him I was there to save him.
I was there for a reason,
and that this is a life worth living.
Now, as far as what happened to the student,
because like I said, you know, this happened back in May,
he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession
of a firearm in a public building and one count
of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in public
on October 10th.
And with that he was ordered to serve 36 months
of probation and, as part of a plea deal with prosecutors,
he will also receive mental health
and substance abuse treatment.
And for me personally, especially
as you get more and more detail in this story,
it's hard not to get emotional.
You know, we look at this situation,
and you have these two individuals
who reportedly never met each other before.
You have one person,
seemingly filled with all this pain,
not planning to see tomorrow,
and then just happenstance,
another individual that apparently was prepared
and willing to take in that pain.
Just reading part of the breakdown of this
on a Sports Illustrated,
they did a piece on Keenan Lowe.
They write, "Sitting there on the ground,
"the menace fading from his face,
"the teenager looked scared, confused, troubled.
"He kept repeating the same thing, that he didn't want
"to hurt anyone, that he only planned to shoot himself.
"Nobody cares about me! he screamed.
"Lowe looked into his eyes.
"I care about you," he said.
"You do?"
Lowe is saying that that broke his heart.
"I do, bro!" Lowe said.
"That's why I'm here.
"I got you, buddy."
And it really made wonder, how many
of those conversations, right,
I feel alone, no one cares.
I care.
How many of those happened too late or never at all.
Or maybe that's the kind of question that we need
to keep in our heads whenever we're given the opportunity
to just have an unprompted positive interaction
with another individual.
A way to take this sad and almost horribly tragic story
and turn it into a positive.
Unfortunately, I feel like that's a lot of what
we do on this show, trying to make lemonade.
But, yeah, a positive thought and, wow,
there's no way to transition to the next story.
Then, briefly, we had Miley Cyrus in the news today.
This because a number of people, it seems like
specifically in the LGBTQ community, are angry at her.
This because while she was on Instagram Live with
Cody Simpson, she said this.
- There are good men out there, guys, don't give up.
You don't have to be gay, there are good people
with dicks out there.
You just gotta find them.
You gotta find a dick that's not a dick,
you know what I mean?
- You don't have to be gay.
- I know, I always thought I had to be gay
'cause I just thought like, all guys we're evil,
but that's not true.
There are good people out there that
just happen to have dicks.
- (mumbles) - I've only ever met one,
but--
- Only ever met one?
- And he's on this live.
- And that last part is also why you had people saying,
"Oh cool, she's villainizing men."
But for the most part, a lot of the backlash
were people feeling like she was misrepresenting
and minimizing the gay experience.
With people like Rosie Percy tweeting, "Miley,
"this is so not it.
"Women don't "have to be gay" because
"they "can't find a good person with a dick.
"Don't use the queer community as stop-gap because
"you couldn't find a boyfriend.
"People aren't queer because they "gave up" on men.
"This is so insulting."
Right, and a big part of the backlash were people saying
that this just fuels the myth that being gay is a choice.
Though on the other side of this, you did have some
defending Miley Cyrus.
Pointing out that Miley Cyrus herself came out as
pansexual a few years ago, saying that
she's helped normalize.
People also pointing to Miley's non-profit that helps
homeless queer youth.
Some dismissing what she said as just kind of a dumb joke.
And, actually, just before finishing up today's show,
Miley Cyrus released a post saying,
"I was talking shit about sucky guys, but
"let me be clear, you don't choose your sexuality.
"You are born as you are."
And that's essentially the story.
And with this, of course, I'd love to know your thoughts.
Also, specifically, if you're a member of
the LGBTQ community and you feel comfortable sharing that.
I'd especially love to know your thoughts on this
since you're more heavily affected.
Right, because even if this is in passing,
it's now part of the public conversation on the topic.
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And the first bit of awesome is actually
Charlamagne tha God put out a really interesting
video with Gucci Mane.
It was really, really interesting.
Then we got the Silicon Valley season six trailer.
We got the brand new trailer for the
Vin Diesel movie Bloodshot.
The season three trailer of The Crown.
Then, if you liked last night's premiere of Watchmen,
you should definitely check out Watchmen in the weeks ahead.
We had Bon Appetite giving us every way to cook salmon.
Jablinski Games gave us Tenacious D versus Foo Fighters.
And if you want to see the full versions of
everything I just shared, the secret link of the day,
really anything at all, links, as always, are in the
description down below.
And then, let's talk about news that kind of combines
two of my favorite pastimes, calling out
Chinese authoritarian bullshit, and really finding
any excuse to put PewDiePie in the thumbnail.
And the reason these two things came together is
that over the weekend, PewDiePie announced:
- Well, boys, we did it.
I'm banned from China.
That's right. (laughs)
After I spoke about the Hong Kong protests
and showed their leader being mocked as looking like
Winnie the Pooh, I got banned from China.
- And as far as he's talking about, last week
he posted a meme review and in it, along with sharing
memes around protests, censorship, things like South Park
being banned, and, of course, Chinese President Xi,
just so grumpy when he has no honey, he also
criticized companies like Blizzard.
And along with all of this, Felix shared
an interesting tidbit on Twitter writing, "China
"took copyright of PewDiePie in 2017 without me
"being able to stop them anyway.
"Guess they can't sell anymore PewDiePie
"wedding dresses now."
And highlighting the goods allegedly involved, reading
clothing, gloves, wedding dresses, etc.
You know, following this, there's a massive reaction online.
A lot of people kind of celebrating it with
people saying things like, "It's an honor to be blocked
"by China. Congratulations bro, you made it!"
You also had people disliking that it happened to Felix
but also happy that, since it happened to the
largest YouTuber on the planet, that it raised
awareness to the situation.
I, personally, believe and agree with the mindset
behind both of those comments.
I feel like the Chinese government blocking or banning
or just trying to limit your reach in anyway
is a badge of honor.
You know, right, the Chinese governments acceptance
appears to come with more eyeballs, with more dollar signs,
but it appears to be an exchange for freedom of speech
for going along with something that's truly horrible.
But, yeah, let me know what you think on this one.
And then, let's talk about this just massive story
out of Chile.
And so, if you haven't seen, there've been just
these massive protests there that have been going on
in some form for about a week now.
The protest starting on Monday when hundreds of students
swarmed several subway stations in the capital Santiago
to hop turnstiles in protest of a transit fare hike.
And while the protests started over the fare hike,
which went into place on October 6th and followed
other hikes earlier this year, they quickly became
about broader economic issues in the country.
Because, while Chile has become one of the wealthiest
countries in South America, it has also become one
of the most unequal economically.
For poor and middle class families, the cost of living
has been rising while wages have remained the same.
You have protesters also blaming rising costs in part
on widespread privatization policies, healthcare, education,
and many utilities have seen rising costs.
Meanwhile, low wages have caused penchant payouts to
remain low because of poorer contributions.
High prices for gas and electricity have also caused
transportation costs to rise, which is massively
significant because one of the highest costs for
that demographic is transportation.
And, in fact, according to the New York Times,
for a person making an average monthly salary there,
about a fifth of that is spent on transportation costs.
Meanwhile, Chile's President Pinera has an estimated
net worth of 2.8 billion dollars according to Forbes.
And so, as Rodrigo Booth, a professor at the
University of Chile, described the current situation,
"This was an economic pressure cooker that's been
"building for decades, and it exploded.
"This had little to do with public transit.
"It became a situation about brutal inequality."
And calling these protests an explosion is really
not an exaggeration.
By Friday, the protests had escalated, with students
damaging turnstiles, smashing glass,
and vandalizing stations.
Videos also showing individuals throwing large objects
like sheet metal onto subway tracks, and it was
also reported that they set fires and barricades
at metro station entrances.
And so we saw subway services canceled entirely,
all across Santiago.
The protests began to shift to the streets with
demonstrators setting fires and looting stores.
You had riot police reportedly responding by using
tear gas and hitting protesters with batons while
armored military vehicles used water cannons
to push demonstrators back.
You had Pinera addressing the violence late on Saturday
by imposing a curfew and a state of emergency in Santigo,
placing the military in charge of security in the city,
which is just a massive deal because it also marks the first
time that this has been done for nearly 30 years,
since the end of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990.
Right, and during that nearly 17 year long regime,
the military patrolled the streets and committed
mass human rights abuses.
Arresting, kidnapping, torturing, and murdering dissidents
and others, many of whom were "disappeared"
by the government.
Right, and so Pinera's declaration prompted many to
draw comparisons to what the military did under Pinochet.
But, even with Pinera's announcement, the demonstrations
still continued on Saturday with protests spreading
to several other cities across the country.
And then what we see on Saturday night is Pinera
actually announces that he will suspend the fare increase
saying in a televised statement, "I have listened with
"humility and with great attention to the
"voice of my compatriots."
But, that ended up not doing anything to stop the
protesters who continued on Sunday.
And while some protests remained peaceful with demonstrators
banging on pots and pans and waving pictures of people
who'd been disappeared during the dictatorship,
you also had others engage in more violent tactics,
setting fires and looting stores, with the authorities
responding by firing tear gas, water cannons,
and rubber bullets at protestors.
Shops and offices were also forced to close and flights
were canceled or delayed at Santiago International Airport.
According to reports, as of Sunday night, 11 people had
been killed in the violence.
With the reports saying three were killed on Saturday
while eight people were killed in fires on Sunday.
Also many more civilians and police have been injured.
The government has said that 1500 people have been arrested,
which is significant because Pinera has said that
he will invoke the state security law to prosecute people
involved in the attacks on the subways.
And that law carries prison sentences of
three to five years.
Then on Sunday night, the state of emergency was extended
to five other cities and Pinera said he would extend
it to more on Monday.
Also, while speaking during a televised address, Pinera
said, "We are at war against a powerful enemy, who is
"willing to use violence without any limits."
And those words really angered many Chileans for two
reasons, first off, you've noticed a trend here, it echoes
a similar declaration made by Pinochet.
And secondly, you have people saying labeling protesters
as criminals shows that he doesn't actually care about
their concerns which go way beyond the fare hike.
But, ultimately, as of recording this video,
that is where we are.
You know, with Santiago still in a state of emergency,
a lot of the cities still remain shut down
with schools closed.
You know, reportedly today Chilean authorities
attempted to clear the wreckage and reopen
public transportation.
Meanwhile, you also have protesters calling for a general
strike to take place today.
It's going to be really interesting to see where this goes
because it's always hard to tell.
You see some sort of spark that starts a massive fire
and at times the government then addresses the thing
that sparked things, but then you have this fire
that's far greater than how it started.
We'll have to wait and see, and of course, I love
everyone's opinion on any of the topics we talk about,
but, especially today for those that are in the country,
around the country, have family there.
I mean, in part, I'm covering this story today because
a lot of you messaged me.
What're your thoughts about what's happening, what do
you think will happen, what do you think should happen.
I'd love to hear from you in those comments down below.
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