Sup! You beautiful bastards.
hope you're having a fantastic Monday
February 19th, 2018. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco show and let's just jump into it!
And the first thing I wanna talk about today, one of the more requested stories of the day.
Let's talk about this situation around LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Laura Ingraham.
On February 15th LeBron James, Kevin Durant do an interview.
It was a segment for a show called "Uninterrupted".
it talked about things like President Trump
the country, other social issues.
and in that video interview, we see this:
The number one job in America
the point of person, is someone who doesn't understand the people.
and really don't give a fuck about the people
when we talkin' about leadership and what's goin' on in our country
it's all about leadership
and I learned that playing basketball, you know? I learned a lot of life skills from playing basketball
you need that power of people, you need to, you know, encourage people, and that's what
builds a great team and I feel like our team as a, as a country, is not ran by a great coach
it's not even a surprise when he says somethin'
it's not even surprise, it's like laughable, it's like-
it's laughable
and it's scary
and in response to that, later that night, Fox news host Laura Ingraham criticized the players
saying LeBron's comments were barely intelligible, they were ungrammatical, adding
here's this barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical, take on president Trump
in a new ESPN podcast
I'm numb to this commentary, like
must they run their mouths like that?
unfortunately, a lot of kids and some adults take this ignorant comments seriously
look, there might be a cautionary lesson
in LeBron for kids
this is what happens when you attempt to leave high school a year early to join the NBA
and it's always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid $100 million a year
to bounce a ball
oh and LeBron and Kevin, you're great players, but no one voted for you
millions elected Trump to be their coach
so keep the political commentary to yourself, or as someone once said
shut up and dribble
and following this we saw a lot of big reactions online
some saying, yeah, Laura's right, stick to basketball
don't talk about politics
others saying no, these guys are just embracing their freedom of speech
they're giving their opinion on something
some going as far to say Ingraham's comments were racist
we then saw Ingraham respond to those allegations of racism
and ultimately her defense is I've told people to shut up and blank for years
saying
following this we saw LeBron responding over the weekend
we will definitely not, uh, shut up and dribble
I would definitely not do that, I mean too much to the youth, I mean too much to the, to the- to so many kids
that feel like they don't have a, um, they don't have a way out
and they need someone to help lead them out of the situation they're in
also, I wish she would've did a little bit more fact checking because I actually did
finish high school and didn't leave early
I graduated high school
the best thing she did is gonna help me, is create more awareness
and I get, I get to sit up here and talk about social injustice, equality, and why a woman on
a certain network decided to tell me to shut up and, and dribble
and as far as my personal response to this
uh, uh, I, I'm not even gonna touch the, you know, the intention, was it racism, blah, blah, blah part
but I do think Laura Ingraham's point is ridiculous as well as- considering that she is on Fox news
and the guests they bring on Fox news, it's very hypocritical
I'll hit specifics on that point in a second
1: I think it's ridiculous to disqualify someone's opinion on something because of their job
or the amount of money they make
before Donald Trump was president, he said he had billions, we know that he had at least hundreds of millions of dollars
yes he was a businessman, but he was also a reality TV star
just because he wasn't elected at that time
doesn't mean that Donald Trump's opinions and reactions on things should've been disqualified
using your same argument, we could also say why should we care what Laura says
she wasn't elected
as far as the hypocritical point, I'll just piggy-back on what Chris Long pointed out
Chris Long of course Eagles defensive end, two time Super Bowl champion
you've also probably seen him pop up in the news this year because he donated his entire salary this year
to charity
he made a very long Twitter collage of all the times Fox news brought on celebrities to hear their opinion
Jon Voight
Kid Rock
Chuck Norris
Clint Eastwood
and if you wanna take the time, the list goes on and on
so why do their opinions seemingly matter, but when LeBron and Kevin talk
no, you can play basketball
so for Laura to have that opinion, I just feel like it's ridiculous
but that said, of course I wanna pass the question off to you
what are your thoughts on this?
then let's talk about Black Panther for two reasons
one, it is just killin' it at the box office right now
it's estimated that it's going to make $201 million in North America over the weekend
and internationally it's expected to make $387 million more
ratings wise it's got 97% on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 77%
and I will say, I personally loved the movie, uh, it's a gorgeous looking movie, they, they somehow
make me care about almost all the characters, even secondary characters
and Michael B Jordan is a fantastic villain with a fantastic back story
for me personally when it comes to these kind of movies, how good the movie is often depends on
the bad guy
like some comic book movies can power through not having a really good bad guy
like Guardians of the Galaxy, I feel like it's had a bad guy problem
but you just watch the first movie, it's just so fun, like the, the main five are so great
and with Black Panther, Michael B Jordan just kills it at being Kill Monger
that said, I can understand people's criticisms about certain things
like the green screen
some, some pacing issues depending on your personal preference
predictability, but then you could argue it's about the ride
so there's that side of it, but then there was also the fake news side of it
over the last few days, some social media users have claimed that they were attacked while going to screenings
of Black Panther
and these people claim the attacks were racially motivated
most of the photos include photos of people bruised, bloody, after these alleged beatings
we'll take a look at some of the tweets
for example
and there are more and more posts
but you get the example
that said, if you, if you are familiar with the Rob Porter story that we talked about
uh, you know that was Rob Porter's wife in one of those pictures
or if you're a fan of Supernatural, you know that this is Jenson Akles
and some of the other photos included real photos from other assaults
this particular one happened in Sweeden about a month ago
and Twitter's tried to stop the spread of all these false reports
they've suspended some of the accounts
but if you go online right now, there's still people spreading this fake news
and while this is disgusting to me because people are spreading fake news to further the racial divides
in this country
it's also extremely disrespectful and disgusting because they're using real victims
people's horrible moments being exploited to push a racist agenda
and that's the end of this story, I just wanted to make people aware
of this fake news
and if you're aunts and uncles are sharing this because they didn't look into it
and it just kind of furthers what they think about the world
hit em with that truth
they'll reject it, but still you'll know you're in the right
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and the first bit of awesome is just a recommendation
in the past I've recommended movies like Train to Busan, I've recommended series like 11 22 63
uh, Handmaid's Tale
uh, Future Man
but something I haven't done in a very long time is to recommend a video game
and that is finally coming to an end
if you're looking for a fun, enjoyable game that makes you feel like you earned your wins
and also if you wanna go that far, has an extremely high skill level
I cannot recommend the game Celeste enough
you can play it on Steam, the Nintendo Switch, the PS4, theXBox1
it also has a fantastic soundtrack, one that I love so much, I actually listen to that while I research stories
and of course, are there better games in the world?
yes, but this is one of the last ones that just kind of fell in front of me
and I just wanted to share it
then we had other awesome including the director of Black Panther, Brian Coogler
kind of just walking us through a fight scene
more Slo Mo Guys awesome
we had Life Noggin asking which animal is the smartest
and if you wanna see the full versions of everything I just shared, the secret link of the day
anything at all, links as always are in the description down below
and then let's talk about the fall out from the Parkland Florida school shooting
this mass shooting of course involving a former student bringing an AR-15 to the school
killing 17, injuring many others
and many people were looking for who to blame other than just the shooter
of course there's a conversation to be had around gun laws, specifically what you can have
background checks, things like that
right, people asking questions like why is it that in Florida you have to be 21 years old
you have to go through a 3 day background check to get a hand gun
but if you opt instead to buy an AR-15, seemingly a much more deadly weapon
you only have to be 18 years old and you just go in, if you, if you pass a quickie background check
you're gonna be out in minutes
but at the same time, you had people placing blame elsewhere
you had Florida Republican Congressman Brian Mast blaming who he called the biggest pusher of violence
what do we do with the biggest pusher of violence, the biggest pusher of violence is hands down
Hollywood movies, hands down the video game market
when you look at Call of Duty, when you look at movies like John Wick
the societal impacts of people being desensitized to killing in ways that are different than
how somebody that was on the battlefield was desensitized is troubling
also it's important to note, Brian Mast is not alone
we had Matt Bevin, he's a Republican Governor from Kentucky, he's endorsed by the NRA
and he said this
and then you look at the culture of death that is being celebrated
there are video games that yes are listed for mature audiences, but kids play them and everybody knows it
and there's nothing to prevent the child from playing them
it celebrates the slaughtering of peop- there are games that literally replicate
and give people the ability to score points for doing the very same things that these students are doing
inside of schools
where you get extra points for finishing someone off
who's lying there begging for their life
these are quote unquote video games and they're forced down our throats under the guise of protected speech
it's garbage
it's the same as pornography
we also had people like CNN political commentator hitting some of these same notes
but then also blaming rap music
we have a culture thing here that we're not discussing, I mean when I, when I grew up, it was
Andy Griffith, you never had school shootings, and we still had prayer in school
and we drove to school with guns in the, in the car
I say we, I would see students that did that
today we are at a different time when the me- not the media but movie industry, the rap industry
radio in general talks about these things that
are common now and we have almost desensitized them
and it's incredibly annoying to me that I have to say the same thing that I have to say every time some politician
decides to blame movies and video games and rap music
every time after a tragedy like this
the research doesn't back that up
like with any topic, if you search long enough, you can find a site or some research that says what you think
right, there are studies on both sides that say, you know, video games do cause people to be violent
no they don't
but if you look at a lot of the newer research, those using better methods, you find that there, there's very minimal
if any connection whatsoever to violent video games and violence in real life
it also seemingly doesn't answer the question why these other countries that have violent video games
and, and rap music and violent movies
why they don't have simliar issues
and pretty much anyone that has ever played a game where you kill someone
will tell you it did not make them go 'yeah, I'll do this in real life now'
right?
and to like a lesser degree, when I played Pokemon, it didn't make me go
you know, it'd be great to just make animals fight each other for my entertainment
and to me it's just a ridiculous argument, I get why people believe it
be- especially if they haven't played games, because it offers a simple solution
an explination
but just, no
what these people are saying is backed by their feelings and their beliefs
but not by facts
and it's really disgusting to me that these three would run what I would just see as a distraction campaign
we have a real problem in this country and we need to have a conversation to come up with solutions
and on the note of finding solutions, we of course have to ask the question of where do we get the solutions
we can look to the White House, but the situation seems iffy at best
we have seen the president talk about this being a mental health problem
we've seen him praise local law enforcement
we also saw him tweet over the weekend
and this is connected to a story I want to talk about much more later this week
and that is the indictment of 13 Russians, 3 Russian nationals
Trump's response to the 37 page indictment was 'hey this proves there was no collusion,we're vindicated'
this because the indictment read
but also on that note, you had people noting that this is not the end of Muller's investigation
and this indictment seems to be just one facet of the Russian situation
this being the specific situation of organized Russians trying to cause chaos online using social media
but like I said, I wanna do a deeper dive on that later this week
and I just wanted to give you some background context for that tweet
and with that background understood, it appears the president is saying becuse the FBI
was focused on Russia, that is why procedure wasn't followed when the FBI was warned
about the shooter in this incident in January
so we had that version of the president on Twitter over the weekend, and then this morning
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said this
so that does seem like a positive, pro gun, anti gun people I talked to, most are still onboard
with better background checks
that said, when you glance at the main version of this bill that people talk about, there doesn't seem to be anything
in this bill that would've stopped this Parkland Florida shooting
and for some background, this was called the Fix the NICS Act, it was later merged
with the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017
it actually passed the House last year
it's currently in the Senate
it's also supported by the NRA
and reportedly
this including convicted criminals, people who were dishonorably discharged
and understandably the bill was built this way because it came after Southerland Springs
that you might remember is the Texas shooting that resulted in 26 people being killed
here's the thing, this actually wouldn't've stopped the Parkland shooter
he did pass an NICS background check
he wasn't a convicted criminal
he wasn't dishonorably discharged
and as far as who's speaking out the most and the loudest about what to do next, it's actually the
survivors of the school shooting
on Saturday we saw students from Marjory Stowman Douglass High School holding a rally
they gathered together to protest current gun laws, speak out in the wake of last week's shooting
the 5 that you have likely seen at this point
you have David Hogg, Alex Winn, Cameron Kasky, Jaclyn Corin, and Emma Gonzalez
and Emma Gonzlez has become one of the main faces of this movement thanks to a speech
that she gave over the weekend that has just blown up
where she took aim at politicians and then specifically Trump
if the president wants to come up to me
and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy
and how it should never have happened
and maintain telling us how nothing is going to be done about it
I'm gonna happily ask him how much money he received from the National Riffle Association
(cheering)
it doesn't matter because I already know
$30 million dollars
politicians who sit in their guilded house and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling
us nothing could've ever been done to prevent this
we call BS
(cheering)
we say that- they say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence
we call BS
they say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun
we call BS
they say guns are just tools like knives and are as dangerous as cars
we call BS
no
they say that no laws could've been able to prevent the hundreds of senseless tragedies that have occured
we call BS
that us kids don't know what we're talking about, that we're too young to understand
how the government works
we call BS
if you agree, register to vote, contact your local congress people
give them a piece of your mind
(cheering)
the students have also announced a march on Washington that will call for stricter gun laws
they're calling it the March for Our Lives
it is set for March 24th
the march's mission statement reading
separate from this, we've also seen students planning walk outs
the first of these is planned for March 14th, exactly one month after last week's shooting
the walk out will reportedly happen at 10 am, last 17 minutes, one minute per person who was killed
there's also a second walk out that's planned for April 20th
I, I've seen people criticizing it saying oh kids, 420
no, that's not what it's about
April 20th is actually the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting
the walk out there is also scheduled for 10 am but it's scheduled to last the rest of the day
this morning we also saw a protest take place
17 teenagers from a group called Teens for Gun Reform laid down on the ground outside the White House
there they stayed motionless for 3 minutes to symbolize how long they say it took the shooter to purchase the AR-15
that he used to kill the students and teachers last week
and ultimately that is where we are right now
and it's going to be very interesting to see how this situation evolves
and I mean that in two respects
one: will anything actually happen with laws around guns
and two: this is an election year
and understandably this is going to be a key campaign issue
so will that mean that something actually does change so that people can say 'hey, look, we, we were a part of progress'
or will it incentivize those on the right to maybe not budge because they're worried about re-election
ultimately they're all running in different places, you have different situations
but it will be very interesting to see
that said, of course, this is the Philip DeFranco Show, I'd love to know your thoughts on this last story, the first one
anything inbetween
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