AS WE REPORTED A FEW WEEKS AGO, FRANCE DECIDED TO UPHOLD ITS LAW
BANNING BURKINIS ON THE BEACH.
BURKINIS OUR SWIMWEAR FOR MUSLIM WOMEN WHO WANT TO REMAIN MODEST
WHEN THEY GO TO THE BEACH, AND APPARENTLY LAWMAKERS IN FRANCE
ARE NOT OKAY WITH IT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THESE
OUTFITS DO NOT REFLECT GOOD MORALS AND SECULARISM.
AS A RESULT, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE COPS ARE
GOING TO ENFORCE THIS.
ARE THEY LITERALLY GOING TO GO ON THE BEACH AND TELL WOMEN THAT
THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR BURKINIS OFF?
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PICTURES, YEAH, ARMS COPS ARE
GOING ONTO THE BEACH AND TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO UNDRESS.
GREAT, NOW WE HAVE MORE POLICE ACTIVITY AND NOT LESS.
THIS IS ABSURD.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY TOLD THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR SCARVES AND
BURKINIS OFF, THEY ARE ALSO TOLD THEY ARE GETTING A CITATION.
ONE PERSON SAID, "THE SADDEST THING WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE
SHOUTING GO HOME, SOME WERE APPLAUDING THE POLICE.
HER DAUGHTER WAS CRYING."
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A LIBERAL, CONSERVATIVE, WHAT
YOUR IDEOLOGICAL BACKGROUNDERS.
STOP TELLING WOMEN HOW THEY CAN AND CAN'T DRESS.
DON'T TELL THEM THEY NEED TO BE MORE SKIMPY ON THE BEACH,
DON'T TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO BE MORE MODEST ON THE BEACH.
STAY OUT OF OUR CLOSETS AND DON'T TELL US WHAT WE NEED
TO WEAR.
YEAH.
SO EVERYBODY HAS GOT A DIFFERENT OPINION, AND WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, WE DON'T LOVE THE BURQAS, THAT'S OUR
OPINION.
COMES FROM CULTURES, AND PEOPLE IN ALL CULTURES GET
BRAINWASHED ON DIFFERENT THINGS, AND SOME ARE POSITIVE AND
SOME ARE NEGATIVE.
I DON'T VIEW THE BURQA TO BE POSITIVE.
IF BURQAS ARE SO GREAT, WHY DON'T MEN WEAR IT?
THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY I THINK IT'S NOT A GREAT WAY
TO GO, TO SAY THE LEAST.
I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE WHO WHERE THE
DIFFERENT KINDS ñ THE HIJAB, BURQA.
IT'S MY OPINION, AND WE CAN DEBATE THAT, BUT MY OPINION
SHOULD NOT BE LAW.
DO I WISH THERE WERE NO BURQAS ON THE BEACHES OF FRANCE?
YES, I DO.
I WISH THAT, FOR MANY REASONS.
BUT WOULD I IMPOSE THAT ON OTHER PEOPLE?
YOU ARE TAKING THEIR FREEDOM AWAY.
I KNOW THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE BURQA IS THAT IT'S AGAINST
FREEDOM, BUT THAT'S YOUR ARGUMENT AGAINST IT AND
YOUR OPINION OF IT.
WHAT IT DOES ñ THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, IT
CREATES MORALITY POLICE.
WE DON'T LIKE THOSE FUNDAMENTALIST MUSLIM
COUNTRIES WITH THEIR MORALITY POLICE, THAT'S WHY WE INVENTED
OUR OWN AND WE WILL ENFORCE OUR SET OF MORALS UPON YOU PEOPLE.
NO, FREEDOM DOESN'T MEAN OUR MORALS WHEN, IT MEANS ñ
IT MEANS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY MORALS YOU WANT WITHIN THE
STRUCTURES OF THE LAW, AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HURT OTHER PEOPLE.
HUMANS ARE SHEEP AND SOMETIMES THEY LACK CRITICAL
THINKING, AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
YOU GUYS ARE PUNISHING THE WRONG PEOPLE.
I GET IT, YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT FUNDAMENTALISTS AND MUSLIM
TERRORISTS, I GET IT.
THOSE ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
BUT YOU DON'T THEN GO AND START ATTACKING WOMEN WHO ARE
PEACEFULLY LAYING ON THE BEACH, MINDING THEIR OWN BUSINESS,
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO PARANOID ABOUT MUSLIMS.
THAT IS AN INNOCENT PERSON JUST LYING ON THE BEACH, AGAIN,
MINDING HER OWN BUSINESS.
THE IDEA OF SOMEONE COMING TO ME AND TELLING ME, YOU ARE DRESSED
TOO MUCH, YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF, ENRAGES ME.
I GET THE SAME FEELING WHEN SOMEONE TELLS ME I'M JUST A
LITTLE BIT TOO SKIMPY AND I NEED TO COVER UP.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MIND YOUR OWN GOD DAMN BUSINESS.
THEY ARE IN FRANCE, SOME MIGHT ARGUE, THEY ARE PRESSURED
TO DRESS THAT WAY, THEREFORE STRESS THAT WAY.
IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT, THEN YOU PROVIDE EDUCATION
OPPORTUNITIES, YOU EMPOWER WOMEN, AND THEY CAN MAKE
THEIR OWN CHOICES.
THIS IS FRANCE, NOT SAUDI ARABIA WHERE THEY ARE LITERALLY FORCED
TO WEAR BURQAS OR BURKINIS.
IT'S SO STUPID AND REMINDS ME OF WHEN I WAS A KID AND I WOULD DO
SOMETHING FUCKED UP AND MY MOM WOULD BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT
I'M PUNISHING YOU AND YOUR BROTHER, BUT MY BROTHER
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
IT WAS INJUSTICE, AND IT WASN'T FAIR AND I HATE SEEING THIS.
THIS ALSO REMINDED ME OF ANA AND HER BROTHER.
COUPLE LAST THINGS HERE, NUMBER ONE, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO ENFORCE THE BURQA IN SAUDI ARABIA OR WHEREVER ELSE.
YOU ALWAYS LEAVE OUT THE FEET, AND THE FOOT FETISH GUYS OF
THE WORLD THANK YOU FOR THAT, SO I DON'T THINK YOU ARE A COP
IN YOUR MISSION EITHER.
POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO END TO THE ACCURACY OF
ANY DRESS CODE.
NOW, TO THE FRENCH, YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO MAKE WOMEN
STRIP?
THAT'S YOUR IDEA OF MORALITY?
THAT'S INSANE, AND HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY FOR THE
DAUGHTER WHO WAS CRYING THERE?
YOU ARE DOING THIS TO HER MOM, AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CHEER,
LIKE GO!
DOESN'T SOMEONE YOU WANT TO COME AND GO TO THE DAUGHTER, ARE
YOU OKAY HONEY?
COME ON, ISN'T ANYBODY THERE GOING TO BE DECENT?
I GUESS NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S LIKE, WEIRD TURNING POINT, NOT JUST IN OUR
COUNTRY, BUT IN THE WORLD, WHERE UGLINESS IS WINNING.
AND UGLINESS IS NOW EXCUSABLE, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, AND
IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.
AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THAT BEACH CHEERING ON AN
INNOCENT WOMAN GETTING HARASSED LIKE THAT, YOU ARE A BAD PERSON.
YOU'RE A GOOD PERSON, YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN FREEDOM, YOU ARE
NOT SOMEHOW MORE PATRIOTIC OR BETTER THAN THESE
INDIVIDUALS, YOU ARE A BAD PERSON.
THIS IS CRAZY, AND NO ONE, NO WOMAN IS GOING TO BE IN
FAVOR OF COPS COMING TO THEM WHILE THEY ARE ARMED AND
TELLING THEM WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT WEAR WHILE THEY ARE
LAYING PEACEFULLY ON THE BEACH.
AND THEN FINALLY, FOR YOU GUYS WHO BELIEVE IN ANTI-PROFILING ñ
YES, THAT'S A THING ñ NO PERSON HAS EVER DONE A TERRORIST ACT IN
A BURKINI.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO ANTI-PROFILE ANYONE AND SAY IT
IS NOT THE TERRORISTS, YOU WOULD SAY IF THE PERSON IN THE
BURKINI.
I'VE NEVER HEARD AL QAEDA OR ISIS GOING, WE'RE GOING TO DO A
SUICIDE BOMBING HERE, ANYONE WANT TO PUT ON A BURKINI?
NEVER HAPPENED, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE THE WRONG PEOPLE.