- 'Sup you Beautiful Bastards?
Hope you havin' a fantastic Thursday.
Welcome back to The Philip DeFranco Show
and let's just jump into.
The first thing I want to talk about today,
one of the most requested stories of the day today is
a story around 26-year-old Chrissy Chambers.
Now you might know her as one half of the YouTube channel
BriaAndChrissy but this isn't really a YouTube story.
Back in 2013, when their channel was just beginning to grow
someone made Chrissy aware that there was a video of her
floating around online.
Someone was posting links to it on their channel,
posting it to fans, calling Chrissy a slut,
a bad role mode, a horrible person.
And so Chrissy does a Google search and eventually finds the
video that everyone was talking about.
It ends up being a sex tape of her and her ex-boyfriend.
But get this, Chrissy had no idea that
this video ever existed.
Saying not only did her boyfriend at the time not get
consent to film them having sex, she didn't consent to sex.
According to Chrissy after nine months of dating this guy,
she decides to end the relationship.
She says on their last day together
he suggests a night of drinking.
She ends up blacking out and
that was when the video was recorded.
Saying he was rough with her and she look unconscious.
Then a few months later,
Chrissy finds out that there are more videos.
Six videos in total get posted online between 2011 and 2012.
And this was years after her relationship had ended with him.
Apparently the ex had uploaded them to a porn site including
her full name and age while, of course,
not showing his own face.
And the videos eventually ended up around 35 different sites.
Chrissy decides to pursue charges but ends up having
trouble finding anyone that could help her with her case.
This because videos were shot in Georgia where revenge porn has
been criminalized since 2014 but the videos were actually
uploaded in the UK so they fell under British law.
Now in the UK, as of April 2015, it was a criminal offense to
post sexual images without consent.
But unfortunately that law did not apply in Chrissy's case
since the videos were uploaded before this was a law.
So there was essentially no way she should pursue criminal
charges but she realizes she can sue for civil damages.
With the situation as it was, it appeared that this was really
the only way should get some justice.
So in of March 2016 she sues her ex for breach of confidence,
misuse of private information and harassment.
And the huge news this week is that yesterday,
Wednesday, she made legal history in the UK by becoming
the first victim of revenge porn
to win civil damages in a public settlement.
Now thanks to the terms of the settlement
the man can not be named,
the amount of damages paid to Chambers
can not be disclosed.
But on that note, her lawyer said the sum is substantial.
Also as part of the settlement, the ex has agreed to destroy any
remaining images in his possession as well as hand over
the copyright of the uploaded film.
This meaning that Chrissy can now demand that sites hosting
the material delete it.
And speaking outside the courtroom,
Chrissy said this.
- To every victim of this horrific kind of attack,
I am here to say, you can fight back and you can win.
You will heal and move on,
and you will not have to take those steps alone.
For anyone who has been living
in fear of revenge porn being used against you,
there has never been a better time to come forward.
You can find support and you can achieve justice.
- And then, after making the statement,
she proposed to her girlfriend.
And ultimately, where I land on this is I find it incredibly
unfortunate that this guy is not going to have
to serve a day in jail.
I do truly hope that it is a substantial settlement so it
does hurt him in one way and
hopefully this does give Chrissy closure.
The reason for that as well the ex may delete the images and
he's handing over the copyright, that gonna be out there forever.
I mean she can have the website pull videos
but the internet is the internet.
Once it's there, it's there forever.
It's gonna be on hard drives, people are gonna Torrent it,
especially since this is gotten so much news coverage
there are gonna be people that are going out of
their way to be an asshole. But with all that said,
I do want to pass the question off to you;
What do you think that the
punishment should be for revenge porn?
Obviously, as we've seen in the story and outside of it,
a lot of countries are updating their laws for this problem.
What do you think we should be looking at here?
Then we got an update on
the hijab cutting hoax story out of Canada.
We talked about it earlier this week,
an 11-year-old girl came forward saying a man came up to her
twice with scissors cutting her hijab.
There was a press conference, became international news,
then it was found out to have just not happened.
Really no explanation other than it didn't happen,
case closed, let's move on.
But the update gives us some answers but not all answers.
The family of the 11-year-old girl released a statement
saying, "We are deeply sorry for the pain and anger that our
"family has caused in the past several days.
"When our young daughter told the school that she was attacked
"by a stranger, the school reacted with compassion and
"support as did the police.
"When we arrived at the school on Friday,
"we were informed what happened and assumed it to be true,
"just like everyone else.
"We only went public because we were horrified that there was
"such a perpetrator who may try to harm someone else."
Then they say deeply sorry, our apologies to every Canadian.
"We look forward to closing this difficult chapter and
"providing support to our children."
And so essentially all we really learned from this is the family
saying they didn't know the truth when this child was
speaking to the media. We still don't have the answers
of how to they find out the truth.
Did the police have to investigate?
Did the little girl just fess up?
Also, why did this kid lie?
Did they just want attention?
Was there someone but then they just exaggerated the story?
As far as people calling for there to be charges brought
against the family or the child, the police have said that
they're going to be no charges here.
And so there you have it.
Just a weird, vague ending that gives you no closure.
It's like one of those award-winning movies that it
just cuts to black and you go back,
"That's the end? What happened?
"What was the point of this 100 minute adventure?"
And then they say, "Well, the ending it's like it's supposed
"to make you think and whatever you think happens happens."
No, I didn't pay LA ticket prices to use my imagination.
Asterisk to this opinion,
the end of "Inception", still amazing.
Watch that movie in a theater,
one of the best crowd reactions ever.
From that I want to share some stuff I love today in
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And the first bit of awesome is
we got a brand new trailer for "Tomb Raider".
I think it's far better than the first one.
Obviously with any movies/gaming franchise you're always a little
worried about the movie. I mean looking at this movie,
I mean was already excited for Alecia Vikander.
Seeing Walton Goggins in it, yes. 100% yes.
He sells me on it.
Then we got really interesting video from Seeker about how
U.S. nuclear missiles are still controlled by floppy disks.
A thing that the newest generation just sees
as the save icon.
Then we got a trailer for "The Mechanism",
The Slo Mo Guys came out with a
how a TV works in slow motion video.
Then we had Nintendo seemingly making the most Nintendo move
they made in years by announcing the Nintendo Labo.
A build and play experience for the Nintendo Switch.
Make it a little piano, got a cute little Switch house,
fishing with this thing I will 100% never build properly.
You got this little thing.
Although, I will say this ridiculous backpack,
punching robot thing, whatever the hell that is,
I'm equal parts that is the stupidest damn thing
I've ever seen and also I want to put that on my back
and try it out right now.
And I feel like is the embodiment of a
very important business principle.
When everyone's going one way,
there is an opportunity over here.
Like all the other guys are going like 4K, VR.
And Nintendo's like,
"Here's some cardboard, make some shit."
"We got giant sandbox games where you can do anything."
"Do you like crafts?"
But the more that I look at it, the more I do get excited.
Especially because I have a small child that's almost four.
This is gonna blow his mind.
And if you want to see the full versions of everything
I just shared, the secret link of the day,
anything at all links is always on the description down below.
And then my, oh my, let's talk about Harley Barbara.
Harley is a student at the University of Alabama.
She is an Alpha Phi sorority sister.
And she recently came under fire on the internet because of a
video that she uploaded to Instagram.
And based off of the description I gave around Harley,
you can probably imagine where this is going to go.
- With the poor people going on, we don't waste water.
We don't waste water 'cause the people in Syria.
I love how I act like black people,
I love how I act like I love black people 'cause
I fucking hate niggers.
So, that's really interesting.
I fucking hate niggers but I just saved the fucking niggers
by shutting that water off.
So, jump on it, jump on this.
- Oh god. - Jump on this.
Nah, it's like I'm gonna probably jump on your man.
With my fucking--
- (laughs) That's so disappointing and disgusting
I almost feel like I should offer an apology.
I don't know her.
Just seeing the confidence behind that dumb bitch racism.
Now we've seen stories like this in the past.
Someone posts something like this,
they go, "I'm drunk, that's not me. I apologize."
Well Harley, after getting heat for her original video,
releases this response.
- Fucking sorority I've wanted to be an Alpha Phi since I was
fucking in high school and nobody fucking understands how
much I love Alpha Phi. - [Woman] Listen, listen.
- And now someone wants to say (mumbles)
'cause I said "nigger". You know what?
Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger.
I don't care if it's Martin Luther King Day.
Nigger, nigger, nigger.
I'm in the South now, bitch.
So everyone can fuck off.
I'm from New Jersey-- - [Woman] She is.
- so I can say nigger as much as I want.
Nigger, nigger, nigger.
And if anyone else wants to snake me on my fucking (mumbles)
for saying nigger, I'm gonna 'fer this.
I want you to buy my fucking fur vest. Fuck you.
Go to Neiman Marcus
and buy my fucking fur vest 'cause fuck you
if you fucking snake me to my fucking sorority that means
fucking everything to me.
Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.
- Alright. And the people that are offended
by this video are angry for two reasons.
One, the blatant, disgusting racism,
and/or two, that she didn't end that
Insta video with "Roll Tide."
I like that it appears that Harley thinks that she's the
victim here because someone told on her.
Now in response to this incident and the outrage around it,
the University of Alabama released a statement saying,
"These remarks are ignorant and disturbing and in no way reflect
"the values of the University of Alabama.
"This unfortunate behavior has been reported to the Office of
"Student Conduct as it does not align with community
"expectations of students at the Capstone."
Also Alpha Phi making a statement saying,
"Alpha Phi is a diverse, values-based organization and
"condemns the language and opinions in these videos.
"They are offensive and hateful to both our own members and to
"other members of the Greek and campus community.
"Ms. Barber is no longer a member of Alpha Phi."
Also the University of Alabama has said that she is no longer a
student at the school.
Harley Barbara has now also responded saying,
"I did something really, really bad.
"I don't know what to do and I feel horrible.
"I'm wrong and there's just no excuse for what I did."
And I don't even know what to say that's not just a really
obvious thing about this disgusting, hateful person.
I can appreciate someone owning that what they did was wrong
but it's after the fact.
It's after the repercussions, after your face has been
plastered everywhere being one of the most disgusting,
hateful people out there.
You want someone to learn and grow but you watch the video and
just the confidence in the racism.
Like anytime anyone hits you with that stupid statement of
like, "There's not really even racism in this country anymore,"
boom, show 'em this video.
Just on the top of the stack.
Bet Richard Spencer's watching this video going,
"That's a bit much."
And to end this, I just wanna say Harley,
try just not to be a shit person anymore.
Life has rightly smacked you in the face.
Hopefully, you can change and learn from it,
not because you don't want to be smacked in the face again but
because you realize why it smacked you
in the face in the first place.
And then let's talk about the craziness around DACA,
the proposed immigration bill and the potential government
shutdown in the United States.
This has been a very confusing and chaotic week.
So last Friday we covered that story where there were Senators
alleging that Donald Trump
called African nations "shithole countries."
"Get Haiti out of there," in relation to the deal.
Since then we've had Republicans say, "That's not what he said,"
or at the very least, "I don't remember hearing him say that."
But at this point, you have your opinion on it so let's talk
about what was actually happening.
At that meeting, you had the newest iteration
of the Gang of Six.
You had Senators Lindsey Graham, Dick Durbin,
Jeff Flake, Michael Bennett, Cory Gardner and Bob Menendez.
And during that meeting they proposed an immigration bill
that they thought met in the middle between what the
President said he wanted and what Democrats wanted.
Well first up, what does President Trump want
in his immigration bill?
Well in a meeting early last week,
Trump was fairly clear with his demands.
He wanted increased border security,
including his wall, removal of chain migration in the visa
lottery program in favor of merit-based,
and some form of protection for DACA recipients.
And so the Gang of Six approached Trump last Thursday
and this what they brought him:
$2.7 billion in funding for
border security improvement, eliminate the visa lottery
system, make DACA permanent (and give a pathway for citizenship)
and put a slight limit on chain migration.
The path to citizenship being a 10 year path.
While the diversity lottery was effectively ended,
some of the annual 50,000 spots would be used for people in the
country who have lost their TPS, temporary protected status,
which affects several groups that we've talked about in the
past two weeks, and some would
be used for low immigration countries.
The limit the chain migration is pretty minimal.
Those in DACA wouldn't be allowed to bring their parents.
That really only makes up for around 3% of chain migration.
Of that $2.7 billion in increased funding for the
border, $1.6 of that is to start on the physical wall,
really a fence but really we're just arguing semantics there and
what we've heard from General Kelly and Donald Trump.
And that number is only 10% of what Donald Trump wanted.
And in response to that, the President and many Republicans
were having none of that.
They didn't think it went far enough and over the weekend
the President, the White House and some Republicans just
declared the bill dead.
Now if you're wondering why because it appears that in the
Senate you have the numbers on your side,
if you get all the Democrats on board
which most likely you could.
In the Gang of Six, you have three Republicans,
you have the numbers but the Republicans have a much larger
majority in the House of Representatives and it looks
like the bill would die there.
Also, reportedly House Republicans
were never consulted on this bill.
And so throughout the week, Donald Trump has been having a
field day on Twitter about this.
I'll link to them all down below but let's hit the highlights.
He says, "The so-called bipartisan DACA deal
"was a big step backwards.
"Wall was not properly funded, Chain & Lottery were made worse.
"USA would be forced to take large numbers
"of people from high crime.
"Because of the Democrats not being interested in life and
"safety, DACA has now taken a big step backwards.
"The Dems will threaten shutdown but what they are
"really doing is shutting down our military
"at a time we need it most."
Then on Sunday he continued, "DACA is probably dead because
"the Democrats don't really want it.
"They just want to talk and take desperately needed
"money away from our military."
Then on Monday he tweets, "Statement by me last night in
"Florida: 'Honestly, I don't think the Democrats
"'want to make a deal.
"'They talk about DACA but they don't want to help.
"'We are ready, willing and able to make a deal,
"'but they don't want to.
"'They don't want security at the border,
"'they don't want to stop drugs, they want to take money away
"'from our military which we cannot do.'"
And then on Tuesday saying,
"We must have a great wall to help protect us."
Then saying, "The Democrats want to shut down the Government over
"amnesty for all and Border Security."
Then a report came out that General Kelly,
Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, on Wednesday when talking to
Democratic lawmakers said that,
"Mr. Trump had not been 'fully informed' when promising voters
"a wall along the Mexican border last year." Adding that he
persuaded the President it was not necessary.
Also expressing optimism that a bipartisan immigration deal
could eventually be reached.
Which seemingly then prompted the President to tweet today,
"The wall is the wall, it has never changed or evolved
"from the first day I conceived of it.
"Parts will be, of necessity, see through and it was never
"intended to be built in areas where there is a natural
"protection such as mountains,
"wasteland or tough rivers or waters.
"The wall will be paid for, directly or indirectly,
"or through longer term reimbursement," of by my friend,
Philip DeFranco, he says he's good for it,
"and/or by Mexico, which has a ridiculous $71 billion trade
"surplus in the United States.
"The $20 billion wall is 'peanuts' compared to what
"Mexico makes from the U.S. NAFTA is a bad joke.
"We need the wall for the safety and security of our country.
"If there is no wall, there is no deal."
And so there's some stuff to unpack there.
The first thing I want to hit on is when Trump's saying the
Democrats don't even wanna, the don't really want DACA.
They don't really want it.
That's not what appears is happening.
Let me try and put it in simpler terms.
There's a difference there.
It's like saying, the President of the United States doesn't
actually want a bipartisan deal.
He won't move on something, they won't move on something.
Based on your built in biases, you could argue it both ways.
Also on Donald Trump's note, "Government shutdown will be
"devastating to our military.
"Something the Dems care very little about."
It's true and not true based on your
understanding of that statement.
To quote Donald Trump from 2013,
"Here's the truth, the government doesn't shutdown...
"All essential services continue.
"Don't believe lies."
The miliary is considered an essential service and
doesn't just shut down.
Right, it's essential because it could result in fatalities or
impede national security.
Keep in mind that doesn't insulate every employee that's
affiliated with the military.
As one expert explained, "If you are a uniformed service member
"or civilian employee that's doing some of the morale and
"welfare activity, you're not showing up to work."
But how it could negatively affect our military is those
people would not be getting paychecks unless and it would
just require our Congress to not be a shit show over just like a
minute, then it would need to re-approve a bill they passed
back in 2013 which insures that members of the military still
get paychecks in the event of a shutdown.
And I just wanted to clarify this point for some people
because I've seen a lot of misinformation
on Twitter and Facebook.
And so coming out of that, the Democrats are trying to use the
federal funding bill as leverage.
Because, oh, by the way, if Congress can not pass a bill,
just a short term spending bill,
the government's about to shutdown.
Essentially we're looking at a situation where it looks like
Democrats are gonna say, "We're not gonna vote for this
"unless we can get something locked down for DACA,
"maybe disaster relief."
And so now we're just waiting and watching to see what happens
over the next two days.
And we might be looking at a government shutdown just like
we saw back in 2013.
And in addition to just shutting everything down,
most experts believe that it'll be devastating to our economy.
During the last time the government shut down,
it was back in 2013, it was 16 days,
according to an analysis from Standard & Poor that cost
the United States $24 billion.
And so with all of that happy story said,
it's a waiting game.
And personally what I'm interested in is seeing what the
response is from the public.
Who's happy their side's just sticking with what they want?
How many people are going to see the Democrats as obstructionists
and how many people are going to see them just as
standing by their beliefs?
And so while we wait and see what the general public thinks,
I pass the question off to you;
What is your take away from this?
Let me know what you think in those comments down below.
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