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Fantastic Thursday welcome back to the Philip Defranco show and let's just jump into it and the first thing we have to talk about today
Is the crazy story around the now ousted Mayor of a small
Michigan town now former Mayor Elijah Daniel who before taking office tweeted "If Donald trump a reality star can be our president
There's no reason why I can't be a politician" made waves with a big controversial move. Yesterday, Daniel signs an official declaration
Banning heterosexuals from the town. The declaration:reading: "As of today
I am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical heterosexuals out of our town
We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our town the very heterosexual
Threats we are fighting against the straights coming into our town procreating having more straight children to take our rightfully gay jobs
We only want to admit those into our town who will support our town and love deeply our people apparently feel as if it would
Just be safer to Ban all
heterosexuality until we can assess the situation further and build a strategy to resolve our problem". Later noting in the
Declaration that if you are straight, and you live that you can pay an eighty four thousand dollar reproductive precautionary deposit
This would be returned after one year of heterosexual abstinence. Also noting with the town to be offering a heterosexual reparative therapy
Program now mandatory, but highly encouraged and soon after, in an unsurprising move, the Mayor was inpeached
I say
Unsurprisingly for two reasons one any politician throwing down stuff like this is insane
and should not be empowered and two this is what Elijah signed up for and actually mean literally like he actually signed up for and
Paid a hundred dollars to do this now keep in mind
There are people still outraged by this
But it was all a joke. There is a town in Michigan called hell where you can actually pay to be mayor of hell for a day then
From the photos we see this is exactly what Elijah did also if you go to the town's website which has around like
Seventy two people it seems like the town is essentially just a gimmick a tourist trap you've got the hellhole diner damnation university
Where you can get a degree you can even get married in house, you can be like we got married in hell
And then that never gets old at every party for the rest of your life you get the point
Still this story with Elijah Daniel made not only national
But international news Elijah by the way if you don't know at this point is a big youTuber all things jokes
But there's still so many people that were angry let's look at a few of the lies you're so pressing straight people is okay
But oppressing gay people isn't okay makes sense another writing
Yo of hell, Michigan banned the gays for a day all hell would break loose
So the straights are fair game has tagg double standards and here's what I'll say
I understand why people gonna say that this is a double standard that if you switch the situation people would be fury
I think it's important to have context in situational awareness
We live in a country where only recently we decided that same-sex
couples could legally get married you live in a world where there are certain countries where they will kill you if you are gay I've
Never heard of a country that jails you if you want to have sex with the opposite gender. It's a joke. It's a joke
That's supposed to be so ridiculous that it reflects in some way on the ridiculousness of a different situation right when the former gayer
Elijah Daniel tweets
I don't care if you're straight
Just don't want you doing it in front of my kids as a joke aimed at people who say the same thing about gay people
in Elijah's official declaration
Banning heterosexuals, it's a joke because it uses the same phrasing of trump with his Muslim
But not a muslim travel ban just jokes with no real-World impact
We've just got to stop being so uptight but of course is the Philip Defranco show it's not just the story
It's not just my opinion
I want you to chime in what are your thoughts here hilarious stupid or offensive?
And then let's talk about the controversy and outrage around Joel osteen Joel is a multi-millionaire
televangelist with a super church in Houston that can house around
16,000 people Houston of course was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey who is Massively?
flooded and there were tons of people displaced and so on august 27th osteen's church Lakewood church put out a Facebook post saying your
Houstonians Lakewood Church is inaccessible due to severe flooding we want to help make sure you are safe
Please see the list below for safe shelters around our city and please share this with those in need then providing a list of shelters
In the area for those who have been displaced then on the 28th a lakewood church does another Facebook post this time Joel and his?
wife Victoria Osteen
put out a link where people can donate money and I write our hearts are breaking as we see the images of the damage and
destruction in our city and the surrounding areas from Hurricane Harvey
We are praying for everyone's safety in Houston and Texas as a community we can help each other get through this storm adding
We are working diligently with the city of Houston to mobilize our many volunteers at shelters around the city then something interesting happens around
Osteen's church went there to see what the flooding look like and they found
No
Flooding keep in mind a good number of these are from before
Lakewood Church, wrote that second update charles climber posting this picture front of Joel Osteen's Huge Lakewood church in Houston there 11 a.m.
Closed due to quote flooding person who took it has to be anonymous and providing more
Close-up photos of what seems to be the zero flooding whatsoever where more people started going to the Lakewood church?
Taking photos taking video very quickly there was massive internet outrage because it looked like Joel osteen
And his church live and he's saying why are you saying your church was inaccessible due to flooding there is none
How dare you you run a place of worship that can house?
16,000 people when there are tens of thousands of displaced people, and you're lying to keep your doors closed
And it was reported that rather than respond to many of these people on Twitter Joel osteen, or whoever was running his account
We don't know they started blocking the people that were sending them critical
Responses also some like Lynn Gabriele kane tried to come to the defense of the church shooting out these images with the caption seriously quite
sickening when people spread negative news without knowing the situation
This is the situation of our church
But people are quick to point out that these photos seem to be from the parking garage and underground areas
So unless all these displaced people had cars that they needed to park which really wasn't the case for men that wasn't a valid defense
And the church responds to the backlash saying they're prepared to house people once other shelters hit
capacity so a lot of people said this is too little too late and then Joel osteen did a TV interview and in it he
seems to Dismiss what he is calling a false narrative that he closed his doors Osi tries to explain of why they were not a
Shelter sooner why did the church wait until yesterday to start taking in people?
Well our church our church doors have always been open in fact
We took people in right when the water started to recede right off the bat?
I'll say that's a pretty odd claim because there's actual video on the internet of
Someone going up to the church trying to open the door at his la place doesn't appear flooded, but I'll let Joel continue
Well, I wouldn't a house of worship open its doors immediately
Initially even perhaps before some of the other shelters, we're all about helping people
This is what the churches in our church is all about so I think it's I don't know if it's unfounded
But I think if people were here
They'd realize there were safety issues this building had flooded before and so we were just being precautious
But the main thing is the city didn't ask us to become a shelter then and so that note of the city didn't ask us
That rubbed a lot of people the wrong way we had stories that we talked about like yesterday where a business owner mattress mack
He opened up his store to people that were displaced
There also other places of faith in Houston that transform themselves into 24 hour relief centers so at least for Houston area mosques that did
So according to a writer from Mike calm and a swartz she tweeted
I spoke to the president of the islamic society of greater Houston yesterday they weren't asked to turn mosques into shelters
They just did it, but also in Joel's defense. It's kind of like what the bible says in Matthew
25:35 where I was hungry, and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink
I was a stranger
And you welcomed me dot dot dot
Obviously after you were asked to do so and not of your own free will
Hashtag dab on them haters Matthew out and if you're wondering, yes
That is 100% an accurate reading of the bible if you don't know that maybe read the Bible center, okay?
But back to the interview Joel says they also didn't have the manpower. It's easy to say wow there's that big building
They're not using it, but we don't have volunteers and we don't have staff that could get here
so
We're all about helping the city whenever we could if they would ask us to become a shelter early on we would have prepared for
It all and been ready to help, but hey thank God we can do it now and help the city
You know in this way on that note?
I would say that's pretty confusing that he's saying that because in the update post on their Facebook signed by Joel and Victoria Osteen
They write
We are working diligently with the city of Houston to mobilize our many
Volunteers at shelters around the city and there are also all those images from the 28 that appeared to show no flooding that would impede
People from arriving I'm not gonna go as far as others saying that Joel osteen is a wolf in sheep's clothing
But he's a predator that preys on people by using their faith against them just so he can make himself richer
Here's about money more than people and you can see that because he started raising funds on Their own
Website rather than publicly opening their doors to the displaced and needy but I will say it doesn't look great
For Joel and it does seem like from those interviews that it. They're really in damage control mode also
I want to know your opinion. Do you think that Osteen's and the wrong here?
They're just trying to make good know what you think but from that. I want to share some stuff
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Let's talk about this story that is blown up out of Georgia about this police officer caught on Dashcam reportedly saying quote
We only kill black people obviously that headline makes you go what what in the actual hell?
So let's look at Dashcam footage starts off with the officer telling a woman to call someone and tell them to not pick her up
Because she's being arrested and the car is being impounded. She seems incredibly nervous and then this back and Forth happens your phone
Yeah, we always go black people, right?
Now in response to all this Cobb County police Chief Mike register and his command staff looked at the footage and the officer involved was
Placed on administrative leave while they investigate chief registers saying no matter what the contact statements like these are
Unacceptable and are not indicative of the type of culture we are trying to facilitate here in the police department
also in response to the situation Abbott's attorney released a statement saying his comments must be observed in their totality to understand their
Context he was attempting to de-escalate the situation involving an uncooperative
Passenger in context his comments were clearly aimed at attempting to gain compliance by using the Passengers own
Statements and reasoning to avoid making an arrest in the context angle is something others hit on
Including the attorney for the driver who got the Dui attorney saying they were shocked by it and said I heard that and I cringe
I had to replay it
I thought there's no way but even the attorney here says they think that the police officer was being sarcastic
But adding that's still no excuse saying the reality is to us minorities
There is a real fear when you're pulled over you thought it was a joke, but it's not a joke to many people
This is where there's been a lot of debate because a lot of people are saying okay. Let's say
He said it as a joke let's say he was being sarcastic. That's still not appropriate. It's a few of the big comments
I've seen around this no one should play about using racism as a form of sarcasm
There's been people who have died because the cop in question was being racist the people who are defending him are amoral if you see
Nothing wrong with the fact that he said they only kill black people
joking or not that tells me a lot about you another writing the problem with this is that even though many people believe that he's
Being sarcastic. It's inappropriate as a professional
There's a fine line between being facetious and being insensitive one of the most liked comments of course all the white people are making excuses
for his ignorant and unprofessional
Comments such a shame his racist behind doesn't deserve a badge period But they're also those defending the officer one writing that was sarcasm
For everyone who says that's racist
Well, it's not it's literally what all the mainstream media says cops only killed black people not true another writing
I don't think the cop was doing anything wrong except maybe he shouldn't have said what he said, but I do get it
It's not fair the way the media is blowing things out of proportion to promote the false idea that Cops are trigger-happy
Racist who Target minority police brutality is a real issue, but it's not about color so with this story
I want to pass the question off to you part of my brain goes
This is beneath what a police officer should be the other part of me
Goes was he trying to de-escalate the situation about her what he considered rude Kela spheres
I've taken a piece of her narrative and going hey look in this ridiculous narrative this wouldn't even apply to you anyway about know your
Thoughts here. Do you think the cop isn't the wrong yes or no I also if you think yes?
What should the punishment be I'd love to know what you're thinking then in kind of interesting local news that I just wanted to share
Los Angeles has become the largest city nationwide to remove Columbus day as an official holiday and replace it with a city council vote of
14 to 1
Columbus day has officially been changed to indigenous people day now keep in mind La is not the first city to do this seattle
Phoenix Denver, Albuquerque, San Francisco portland many other places have adopted this in States, including, Alaska
South Dakota Vermont have enacted similar changes for those who don't know Christopher Columbus is an Italian Explorer who celebrated for discovering?
America, and he definitely didn't do anything else
But the fact is he celebrated for something he didn't do and he was also a murdering psychopath one. He never actually discovered America
He did get to what we would consider now Haiti Cuba and the Dominican republic also the places he discovered were already
Inhabited by a bunch of other people he then enslaved and murdered in crazy
numbers if I say this as an Italian
And I grew up proud that Christopher Columbus was Italian we helped make our mark on America
No, he is a he's a lying crazy monster today is a federal holiday
but let's stop celebrating such a horrible person and if anything the
Celebration of the False idol that is Christopher Columbus takes away from the real
Contributions of Italian immigrants people came here to actually build and create something not to murder and pillage and then let's talk about the Lord
Of the flies remake now to explain this story. I do have to say spoiler alert which some of you Gonna
Go wait, you're issuing a spoiler alert for a movie that came out in 1990 about a book that came out in 1954. Yes
people are stupid and love to complain to briefly sum up a story of lord of the flies a group of boys are on a
Plane that crash lands on an island they get their first leader of the group he tries to get the other boys perform important survival
Tasks like keeping a signal fire going alerting any passing ships and building shelters
but instead a lot of the boys like to play and hunt pigs and eventually the leader of the group is challenged and it just
spirals from there and then well
I don't actually want to ruin the book for those who haven't read it or the movie for those who haven't watched I recommend it
It's pretty good
well Here's the thing in this remake they want to change it from a group of boys to a group of girls Scott McGehee and David
Segal are signed on to write and direct the movie when asked about the movie segal said we want to do a very faithful
But contemporized adaptation of the book but our idea was to do with all girls rather than boys
It is a timeless story that is especially relevant today with the interpersonal
Conflicts and bullying and the idea of children forming a society and replicating the behavior they saw in Grown-Ups before they were maroon
McGehee added that they were taking the opportunity to tell it in a way that has been told before with girls rather than boys which
Shifts things in a way that might help people see the story anew now to no one's surprise
There were many people outraged by this
But to the surprise of some people expressing their displeasure in this move come in all colors of the rainbow we had
anti-feminists and feminists alike saying this is stupid one of the reasons for that is william golding the author of the original book said he
Specifically did it with boys reb and girls for a reason he explained if you as it were scaled down human being scaled down
society if you land with a group of little boys
They are more like a scaled-down version a society event a group of little girls would be this has nothing to do with
Equality at all I think women are foolish to pretend. They're equal to men
They're far
Superior and always have been but one thing you cannot do with them is take a bunch of them and boil them down into a
set of little girls who would then become a kind of image of
Civilization or
Society people angry because they say the directors must have missed the point of the story people angry because they say the storyline cannot be
Swapped by Gender and also the fact that this gender swap is happening with two men at the helm some examples of people sounding off
Writing Lorda flies about replication of systemic masculine toxicity every ninth grader knows this you can read about it on Sparknotes
Rachel Leishman writing the female
Led Lord of the Flies would never happen because women just branch off into their own respective groups peacefully which I do want to call
A reasonable amount of bullshit here I've seen the way women and young girls fight and it is brutal
I'm not talking about like on worldstar. I've seen groups of women crush other women's souls with just with words
It's not like women are immune to being on the giving end of Anger and violence
But it should also be noted that there are people defending them the few that have been defending them are saying that by people getting
Angry about this move are those people are they?
Perpetuating gender stereotypes that men are more aggressive than women and men are more prone to acts of violence rather than rational conversation
And so shouldn't we welcome whatever this movie becomes because right now. There is no script of course at the same time
Understandably you have people saying sure or is it just hollywood being lazy and saying. What if we just?
Changed the remake into an all-female cast so we don't have to come up with original ideas
I say personally I always try to have the mind set of not to hate something before we know what it is exactly
But I will say right out of the gate this doesn't seem promising more than happy to be wrong about this
I would welcome that but no one's going to be a pass for me
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