Subjects for today include: What does "Defund the police" actually mean, pandemic memes that have not aged well, Kushner's national testing plan scrapped for political reasons, Trump's Tik Tok ban, and why we all need to vote.
I think I might make the part where we look at old conservative memes that haven't aged well into a weekly segment. That was pretty fun.
Welcome to another politics and art stream. Subjects for tonight's show is the death of Garret Foster, Trump's secret police, the 2020 election, and the HEAL act (and how much it screws us all.) Also I continue drawing a hideous disgusting plague demon. That feels right somehow.
Hello folks. This video I'm examining cancel culture, and why everyone is losing their minds over it.
I'm attempting to have a nuanced opinion of it and what it's all about. There's a section where I talk about democratic politicians like Al Franken and John Conyers. Please be aware I'm not defending the actions of these people, but what I am doing is using them as a contrast to how Republican politicians with similar (or worse) sexual harassment scandals are treated. Specifically, I use them to illustrate how when it comes to politicians, Democrats are much more vulnerable to this type of "cancellation" than Republicans are.
The second half is about "Karen" videos, and cancellation can be abused (or backfire.)
Hello folks. This week I'm talking about CHOP (Seattle's Capital Hill Organized Protest, formerly known as CHAZ) as there's a lot of misinformation going around about that and the shooting that occurred there (please be aware, not everything I say about CHOP is positive), as well as Proud Boy violence (as in they were the most likely perpetrators of said shootings,) the importance of the political process, and voting. We end with making fun of Trump's failed Tusla rally, and a plea for everyone to be politically active.
For some reason I must have triggered the Youtube bots as they kill the livestream (right when I start talking about Trump,) so that's why it's in two parts.
So years ago back in 2011, I made a video called "People who Piss me off:Libertarians." This seemingly has become one of my most viewed videos (which
isn't really saying much.) Seems like libertarians will watch anything with the
word "libertarian" in it, and a lot of them have opinions they are just dying to
share.
Anyway, so about a year ago I was informed that these two guys with
cartoon avatars made a response video to it (like nine years after it came out.)
I contemplated making a response video, and even commented on their channel, but
they didn't answer, so whatever. Usually I don't really go for this
video-response-video form of debate, because the way I see it this is a free
country, and people can think whatever they want about me or what I publish. You
think I'm full of shit? Fine with me, as long as you're not taking things too
far it's no skin off my back.
Anyway, another guy name Philosopossum made his
own response video (which was linked on first response video) and actually did
invite me to respond. His video is filled with the standard libertarian
responses to things, which means it was a piece of cake to debunk. Apparently he
made another response but I haven't watched it yet, as this is only like part 1
of what will probably be a three or four part series, if I get around to it.
So
if you're not into these sort of debate things feel free to skip this one, but if
you want to see a hour of me picking apart the standard libertarian arguments in regards to government regulations, taxes, militarism, and the like, then you'll enjoy this video.
Whenever we get a story in the news about a police shooting an unarmed black man, or of a black person who is murdered by a white person who is then not arrested, the right-wingers always come out of the woodwork to defend the perpetrators. They do this by victim blaming - coming up with every ridiculous reason to try and make the victim look like the aggressor.
So for the Ahmaud Arbery case, this is what happened: Ahmaud Arbery is spotted on some surveillance video looking around a construction site. He does not steal anything. This ex-cop who apparently had prior history with Arbery gets four other guys, and they go out and ambush him. The ex-cop and his son are armed with shotguns. They find him jogging down the street, surround him with their pickup trucks, and point their shotguns at him. A fight ensues, and Arbery ends up dead.
According to Georgia law one can do a citizens arrest if they either witness a crime, or have immediate knowledge that a crime has been committed. So you may say, well trespassing is a crime, correct? However that's not good enough, the crime has to be a felony. Since nothing was stolen, and the security video didn't show Arbery taking anything, then no felony was committed. Thus these four assholes had no legal right to peruse Arbery and attempt to arrest him. Please keep in mind these people were not cops, so Arbery is under no legal obligation to obey their instructions.
Those are the facts of the case. Since this is a black person who was shot and killed by white people, then all the racists and white nationalists and 2nd amendment people and other assorted right wingers are coming out of the woodwork to blame the victim. This shit will keep happening, what you can do is keep the facts straight and argue for the truth. Don't fall for it, and push back. This guy wasn't the aggressor. He was murdered. He was the victim.
Hello folks! Since I got my channel back I figured I should do another artstream. Subjects include the pandemic (of course,) Trump's incredibly awful leadership, the Tea Party 2.0, the post office, progressive voters, Joe Biden, and the upcoming election. Also, I continue drawing a hideous lady demon.
Hope everyone out there is staying inside, and staying healthy. I know a few of the states are starting to rescind the shelter in place orders, I encourage everyone in these states to please take what precautions you can - wear a mask, wash your hands, socially distance yourself, etc. I know it may not be possible for everyone, do the best you can. Just because our politicians aren't taking this pandemic seriously doesn't mean we can't.
