>>> HER AUDIENCE WAS OTHER
PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY
SHE DOES IN THERE MANY PEOPLE
WHO FEEL THAT WAY.
>> WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE
BITING THEIR TONGUE.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S.,
SOMEBODY IN POWER DIES.
A POWERFUL PERSON.
A POLITICIAN AND LEADER.
WE ARE TOLD NOW IS NOT THE TIME
TO SAY ANYTHING CRITICAL.
NO IS NOT THE TIME TO GO OFF ON THEIR RECORD AND I OFTEN
THEIR RECORD AND I OFTEN
WONDER, WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME.
IF A PERSON OF POWER DIES AND
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR
LEGACY, SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT
THE WHOLE LEGACY?
THE GOOD AND THE BAD?
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MONARCHY
AND THE EMPIRE, IF NOT NOW
AFTER THE DEATH OF THE LONGEST-
RUNNING BRITISH MONARCH, WHAT
IS A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT
THE LEGACY OF EMPIRE IN
COLONIALISM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY
CLEAR THAT CIVILITY AND
SENTIMENTALITY ARE OFTEN
MATCHED FOR CRUELTY.
SO THE DEMAND FOR CIVILITY IS
OFTEN A DEMAND TO MUTE
YOURSELF.
TO STAY QUIET IN THE FACE OF A
CONTRADICTION OF THE FOLKS
BEING CELEBRATED.
ELIJAH MOHAMMED LED NATION OF
ISLAM.
HE TOLD HIS MINISTERS NOT TO
SAY ONE WORD ABOUT JOHN F.
KENNEDY'S DEATH BECAUSE THE
COUNTRY REVERED THIS MAN.
AND MALCOLM SAID, MALCOLM X
SAID IN THE CONTEXT OF A
CONFERENCE SAID THIS IS A CASE
OF CHICKENS COMING HOME TO
ROOST.
IF ALL BROKE LOOSE.
SO HERE WE ARE AT THIS MOMENT,
THERE IS ALWAYS THIS KIND OF
THING WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE
RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR MIND AND
OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD SIMPLY SHUT
UP AND BE GRATEFUL.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THERE IS
ROOM FOR IN VESTING IN OUR
DELIBERATIONS AS SOME PEOPLE SAY
THEY DEMAND CIVILITY AND A
CERTAIN KIND OF DEFERENCE ON
THE PART OF OTHERS.
I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THIS UNDERCURRENT IN THE FREE
SPEECH DEBATE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE
WITH OUR DEMAND THAT THEY
ADDRESS THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR
CURRENT MOMENT AND BE HELD TO
ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE
POSITIONS THEY HOLD.
SO HERE, THIS TO BE WAS
MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE IN THE
FACE OF AN REFLECTION THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED AND THEY ARE
PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED AND THEY ARE
IN FACT THE SNOWFLAKES.
>> TALKING ABOUT THE MONARCHY
NOW THAT THE QUEEN HAS BEEN
LAID TO REST. PROPERLY BURIED.
PROPERLY BURIED.
THERE IS A MOURNING. .
>> I THINK THE CONVERSATION
WILL DEFINITELY GROW AND I
THINK THAT THE ROYAL FAMILY
WILL BE FORCED TO DEAL WITH IT.
MANY, YOU GREW UP IN THE UK.
BRITISH PEOPLE DO POLITENESS
WELL AND SOMETIMES
SENTIMENTALITY AND POLITENESS
CAN BE A VENEER OF CRUELTY.
BUT I THINK THAT THE QUEEN HAS
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EFFECT THAT
THE NEW KING JUST DOESN'T HAVE.
A NEW GENERATION.
NEW ERA AND IF BRITISH PEOPLE
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, AMERICANS
WILL TALK ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE
IN AFRICA WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
THESE CONVERSATIONS GAIN STEAM
AND I THINK IT BECOMES VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ERECT
EVERY RANDOM PROFESSOR I CAN'T
IMAGINE SUCH A THING HAPPENS IN
THE U.S. THERE PROBABLY
WOULD'VE BEEN MILLIONS OF
PROTESTERS THEY WOULD HAVE
ARRESTED.
>> I THINK THERE'S A WORD, THE
BARBRA STREISAND EFFECT.
YOU ARE DRAWING MORE ATTENTION
TO THE HASHTAG AND NOT LIKING
WHEN YOU DO THAT.
LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, EDDIE.
DOES IT FRUSTRATE YOU THE WAY
IT DRIVES ME UP THE WALL HOW SO
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE IN AMERICA
RIGHT NOW WHO CLAIM TO BE FREE
SPEECH WARRIORS, THEY DON'T
COME TO THE AID OF PALESTINIAN
OR BLACK ACTIVISTS WHEN THEY
ARE BEING SHUT DOWN?
WHEN THEY ARE BEING SILENCED.
THEY ARE HAVING THEIR TWEETS
REMOVED.
>> THE HYPOCRISY IS DEAFENING.
IT'S AN RAGING BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT, MEHDI?
AT THE HEART OF IT IS THAT THEY
ARE UNCOMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE
SPEAKING BACK.
THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE THAT WE
ARE DECLARING OUR OWN PRESENCE.
THERE WE ARE HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.