Equal Rights Amendment: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2019
- There’s still nothing in our constitution that explicitly prohibits sex discrimination. John Oliver talks about how to fix that.
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“Alabama it definitely won’t be you”
“Somebody please do it before Florida”
I love that.
I wish Alabama or Florida would do it out of pure spite!
"John Oliver said we wouldn't do it! We'll show him!"
Fell for the old double bluff, aye?
@@sirf4ce Yeah. "Wait, no! It's a trick!", "Oh no, too late..."
I am just glad he called out Virginia like that!
@@sirf4ce As a resident of Alabama, I'd like to inform you that some of us concerned citizens are on the case.
@@AnthonyMackONE Also a resident of Alabama but I don't have any illusions about our chances
I mean Mississippi took till 2013 to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery so I doubt it will be them
"Mississippi, Goddam"
Mississippi is the confused and violent red-headed stepchild of the States.
Honestly !!! WTF no way!!
Matt Laughton I would Say Virginia is more likely to ratify than Arizona
@@daveyhouston someone realized it in 1995 and they certified it but then they forgot to submit the paperwork for it until 2013 when it was officially ratified
Who came back here after Virginia just ratified the ERA and finally allowed it to pass?
Me. Let's hear it for Virginia!👏👏👏👏
YO I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT HAPPENED
GO VIRGINIA!
Thank you Virginia
I did! From the ALL BLUE (finally!) Commonwealth of Virginia :-))
I’m pretty mad at my state
This is what happened with climate change, it became a political issue and all logic and common sense flew out the window.
No, right wingers just won't listen to the scientists.
StormCrown Yes, but they didn't start doing that until it became a political issue. Once politics gets involved, people will gladly ignore evidence.
@@aethelredtheready1739 No, idiots that only care about their team will ignore the evidence. Big difference.
@@StormCrownSr that's... That's what they said. Once politics get involved, they blindly follow people who have the same party alignment. That's why so many Republicans either don't think climate change is even real, or isn't a problem.
@@KotalaGod From what I can tell, he's specifying that people who only care about their side being right are the ones who ignore evidence, rather than people in general, as was implied.
The rat from Ratatouille wouldn't stand for this. He can make a McRib just fine on his own.
Hah! You think that little fellow would even come near a McDonald's?
@@LyricalDJ I think he might have been in more McDonald's than you might imagine ..
His name is Remy!
I doubt he would lower his standards that much.
That's a fact
Morning is just night but unpleasantly brighter
-john oliver
Well, he's right. Can't argue with that logic.
Halley, and what does that mean John is a idiot?
John is an anti Trump moron. I do hope he enjoys our great president winning again in 2020. Cnn fake news, libtards etc will be crying! MAGA 2020
@@brianboru175 lmao u r pathetic.. And so are all republitards with their foolish illogical and cruel policies based on religious fantasies
That is such a British thing to say.
Why Hawaii was that fast:
"want to sign this?"
"eh sure, got time, pig is still roasting..."
Hawaii did the equivalent of writing "First!" in a RUclips comment
Underrated comment
Because they still protect their wise women that not only give them life but also protect it and share knowledge..that is WHY hawaii was arrested to be a state of America..one gives - another only takes..not a first time but always what you know"to use" is better then"we need everyone to be free to choose and we need everyone to choose us"
Why?? Hawaii is progressive and has respect for women.
Kailua pork is decent. Personally I’m more of a loco moco kinda person
John: Virginia, it really could be you.
Virginia: Challenge Accepted.
LinusandSally I was there during the vote. I was a page for the Virginia senate. A really great time
Super happy that my new state decided to do the right thing.
@@user-cc7vx7sw4z there's no procedure to revoke ratification (which is why article the first should have passed, but Connecticut argued about it so much they forgot about it mereorthodoxy.com/congressional-apportionment-amendment/ )
Y'know, I find it difficult to say many many disparaging things about Virginia. (As opposed to West Virginia [FUCK West Virginia, those people are racist AF)
Virginia, on the other hand, has proven through history to be a valuable ally to progress.
@@presidentialcampaignmusic1018 the south used to be democratic too. Gotta love irony.
It would be so American if Florida did it, just to reassure that nothing makes sense in Florida
Lmao right? The most Florida thing to do is to do the exact opposite of what Florida does 😂
It would be in character if it somehow involved a gun with a calibre that does _real damage,_ illegal drugs and/or a big reptile.
"Local Florida man approves ERA while caught on film bringing alligators into Wal-Mart."
@@germanvisitor2 I agree, like if they forced ppl to sign with a literal gun to their head
In the words of Tony Stank, "Don't do anything I would do, and definitely don't so anything I wouldn't do"
_"I'm so sick of living here"_ should be on the flag of Florida.
Honestly yeah I'm sick of living here lol
joseph rodriguez you could leave. We have enough transplants and natives. You won’t be missed.
Seriously. Tired of this state as well 😂
Ive been in florida for five years and the "lack of culture" shock is astounding
the only people who like it are cubans and old people from the midwest who call it flaw-rid-da
“It would destroy traditional male female roles”
That that’s kind of the point where we’re not servant we are equals
Hannah Currey “First they took our slaves, now they took our maids”
hmm until men start to sue government-funded women-only organizations.
@@erica.7231 And the draft just doesn't exist then??????
@@darknes4150 Men have already sued using similar laws in England. It will happen for sure.
@BBB H you can literally go on Twitter or tumblr and find tons of women saying things along the lines of "I don't want feminism/equality anymore or I didn't actually mean it or not like this" in response to any article bringing up women potentially being forced to sign up for selective service but just keep being a two-faced ass and never be willing to admit anyone else has a point ever I'm sure that will get you far
If it weren't for feminists which came before her, Phyllis Schafly wouldn't have the platform to advocate against women's rights. Irony to the highest degree.
@@xilrondo2907 bei g that youve repeatedly trolled on this video, your litle rant makes itself irrelevant. Most women did supoort feminist movements. I. Fact , the group yph aresayi g didnt, often daid thsoe who were co sidered radical were simply fighting for tje wrong rights of the time. Laws were still demanding women legally curtail to their husbands, and wanted this abolished before fifgting for working rights. Before the suffrage movement in Maerica, women were beaten i tje streets for holding speeches of change. A woman was beatento near death by her husband, and when she left him in tje middle of tje night with her children, she was thrown in prison for abandoning her family. She was raped and killed by a gaurd.
But you know what was more important at the time in the men's government? The formation of the National Gaurd and how to limit gun powers to citizens. So, at least when women want an amendment done it doesn't take more than 110 years.
@@DepressinglyOptimistic "Opposing votes for women may seem surprising today, but anti-suffrage views dominated among men and women through the early twentieth century. Suffragists had national organizations since 1869, but anti-suffragists did not found their own group until 1911.
Before organizing, suffrage opponents bonded without an official institution. Artists created political cartoons that mocked suffragists. Religious leaders spoke out against women’s political activism from the pulpit. Articles attacked women who took part in public life. Even without a coordinating institution, opposition to suffrage remained popular."
- crusade for the vote org
perhaps before running your mouth you might research even a tad about what was said?
@@xilrondo2907 research a tad? I have a minor in history and women's studies. Every political movement has opposition, so you trying to use that as an arguemnt that women were against suffrage and feminism is moot. Even Phyllis Schlafly was on the fence about feminism, until she was convinced by conservatives that it would take away her priviligaed life as a housewife. She wasn't agaisnt women's rights in the work place, she was brainwashed into thinking she was being forced to work. Yet, while she was fighting women's rights and the ERA (thinking this would disintergrate gender roles which was happening either way), she also ended up fighting for disenfranchised and abused wives, which ran right along the wave of feminism.
Anyone can look up suffrage opposition and get the information you just spouted off, from the first google page.
The main arguemnt of anti-suffragism was that women wanted full freedom within their home, not an actual vote, and were simply making a piunt to men. So you repeatedly trying to back your sexist arguemnt that women were largely anti-feminist is based of a complete lie. Either wau women wanted more control in their lives, they were just fighting for it from 2 different battles. States were passing laws allowing women to vote long before the federal government ever did, and women were turning up to the voting booths in droves.
In fact, in New Jersey, before a ratifixation of the state amendment in 1807, women had the vote in state and local matters. It wasnt a new issue out of nowhere that radicalists wanted to jsut cause a hooplah over.
And, political cartoons...Really? Everything being fought by any federal power has political cartoons. Especially skmethignthat goes against the norms of those innpower at the time.
@@DepressinglyOptimistic dude, no one believes you have a degree of any kind, i quite literally just directed you to a site all about a specific movement (the suffrage) in the U.S
saying "most women supported it" is a straight up lie, funny how you say anyone can simply google it, then call it bullshit
fine though, give me a source that most women supported the right to vote.
since apparently history is wrong and you're right, prove it.
CRF is wrong, womenshistory is wrong, crusade for the vote is wrong, news articles are wrong, survey's dating fromt he time are wrong
so by all means mr "i have a degree therefore am right" WHERE is your source?, it should be quite easy to show no?
@@DepressinglyOptimistic while not relevent towards the U.S here's a fun one
During the early 20th century there was widespread public support for anti-suffragism, yet modern histories have generally focused upon the triumphant suffragists and suffragettes rather than upon their defeated opponents. Initially the opponents of women’s suffrage were ridiculed by suffragist opponents and their reputation has been further diminished by historical neglect. Millicent Fawcett wrote in 1912 of the ‘inherent absurdity of the whole position of anti-suffrage women’, while Ray Strachey, one of the first historians of suffragism, claimed that the organised anti-suffrage leagues ‘soon began to afford great delight and comfort to their opponents by the ineptitude and futility of their ways’. It suited the suffragists to portray a laughably ineffective opposition dominated by misogynistic men, rather than acknowledge the predominance of fellow women within a large and well-organised anti-suffrage movement" - BL
granted this was from the U.K, but the same shit played out across the board, fuck it's still playing out in some countries (such as SA), and to a lesser degree many asian countries who view traditional roles as important
whether you like it or not, feminists were never supported, they had "victories" but those victories weren't really theirs, they were motivated by other factors, such as political power for a specific party
and you don't get to rewrite history to suit your desires.
As a Mississippi resident I was just waiting for our flag to come up. Was not disappointed in the reaction.
At least that particular flag is gone now
@@Archangel251 the new one actually looks better tbh
as a canadian, i'm happy to hear they changed their flag
@@Borealis109 I've got some complaints about the new flag, but it's still a hundred times better than it was before.
@@DarrenNakamura The new flag could have literally been solid beige and it would have been better then... that
"I'm so sick of living here" is half of Florida this place is miserable
I’m part of the opposite half.
Northern Florida is really that grim ?
It's sucks that this is where the jobs are (South FL at least)
@@patdan123 yes
@Emerlad Fuck off, you don't speak for anyone but yourself. Chances are you are either 1. Not born and raised in Florida 2. Under the age of 21 or 3. Live somewhere landlocked with nothing to do.
Florida is one of the best states to live in. Everyone talks shit about this state yet the AARP demographic comes down here to retire, the middle aged come down here to bring their bratty snot nosed kids to all the theme parks and the Gen X, Y and Zers come here to party on the beach and get alcohol poisoning.
We have some of the best beaches in the world, THE best fishing, amazing Universities, the most visited and popular theme parks in the world and weather thats 1000 times better than the shit show the rest of the USA experiences.
It's easy to talk shit about Florida based on what you see on the news, not our fault people from all over the country come here and clog it up with their stupidity.
In closing, if you don't like living in Florida, move the fuck out. We'd be glad to see you go.
*John lists off states and doesn't pick on Florida*
Me, a Floridian: Damn, opportunity mi-
John: "Somebody please do it before Florida bc I don't want to give them credit for this"
Me: 👉:D👉 *aTTA BOY*
😂😂😂
Like wise thank you for backing us up!
I live in Arizona. I feel you bro.
"People who are born in privilege always debate whether or not those of us who were not deserve equality. And so what we are talking about here is the fact that *equality is not debatable. We are born with it.* " God I'm a member of two oppressed groups and this has me choking up
The Equal Rights Amendment is NOT about RIGHTS. This video is completely false. Women DO have equal rights in the USA.
@@protonneutron9046 lmao shut up loser
@@audrey1032 aw, pls show where women DON'T have equal rights in the USA or admit you are just an overused, diseased twaat.
@@protonneutron9046 all your comments on this channel are about how insufferable of a person you are because you're so anti people unlike you having rights lmao
@@protonneutron9046 not the right to bodily autonomy though :)
"Alabama... it definitely won't be you"
Im dead.
Completely unfunny. God bless Alabama for protecting the innocent life of the unborn. Be like Alabama.
big balls Alabama has one of the highest infant mortality rates, it protects no one.
Alabama: we're seriously in need of a Freedom FROM Religion movement...
big balls Alabama is a joke because they never seem to ever improve in any meaningful way past the 1950s. This goes for other’s like a Mississippi as well.
Tupac- "im alive"
"Im So Tired Of Living Here"
-New Florida Anthem
Suppressed by all my...childish peers...and if I want to leave, I wish that I could just leave
EDIT: This should totally be a valid song parody
So, I'm not from the US. What's up with Florida that everyone hates it like that? (I've seen the memes of Florida man) What is going on there?
@@BlitzsieLDiscoLSnow
There is a lot to cover about Florida but just to explain, it is a miserable place full of backwards thinking assholes. Check this out for a more humorous take on it.
ruclips.net/video/KSCRUuUgiUE/видео.html
Kael Foxtrot I’m in Florida form Florida and it sucks here
Said as Florida man in the background chokes a pastor with a slim Jim rapper
Virginia: ...soooo, we even now?
We cool, Virginia. Thank you.
I was in the senate when it happened. It was a great moment
Yeah you good
Wait did Virginia pass it? I'm from Canada so I wouldn't have heard about it, has any other of the holdout states pass it if not them?
How would the ERA lead to increase in abortions?
Also why are women still living in Alabama?
Let me troll you: If we cannot discirminate by sex than both parents must have equal right to abortion. Currently ony one sex has exclusive rights to decide what happens. If we assume fathers want abortion in same number of cases as mothers, ERA would double abortions.
@@StrazdasLT you kinda make a valid point but I think the reason women get to decide whether or not to abort is because they have to carry the fetus in their womb for the better part of a year. I guess the father should have some say if he wants to abort but the mother doesnt, but that's kinda murky territory
@@gautamvaze1101 There were suggestions that fathers should have a right to "financial abortion", which is to say that if the father expresses desire for abortion before child is born but the mother still has a child, the father does not need to pay for it. This would allow the women to do what they want with theri bodies but would also ensure at least closer to equal rights to abortion.
@@StrazdasLT cool. Didnt know about this
Strazdas makes the excellent point where if anything, abortions might be banned in such an equal rights amendment becuase only one gender can physically conduct them
"i'm so tired of living here"
I'M DEAD
rk kwc yet she won't move, because its bettet here than anywhere else
@@MrGgabber Being able to move out of a shitty state when you're broke, LOL. It's like when rich people wonder why everybody doesn't travel the world more.
@@ericcheese7594 Florida is not a shitty state. If you're broke any state is shitty lol
Hi Dead I'm Dad
As a Floridian, I find myself saying that frequently. We do things like ban offshore drilling, and in the same breath we'll allow expansion of fracking into the Everglades. Florida is the most purple of swing states.
As a Floridian, I felt, "I'm so sick of living here" deep in my soul.
Right there with you.
@carlos Rivas I think he just meant the state of Florida and not the country as a whole.
Just move 4Head
@carlos Rivas are u ok
@Jody Owen well, I'm not sure if you thought about this in the moments before you commented, but I'll say it anyways. Not everyone has the MONEY to move away from a place they don't like.
I could swear that Margaret Wood has said somewhere before that Phyllis Schlafly was one of the inspirations for the character of Serena Joy in The Handmaid's Tale, and now that I've seen what she was like, that doesn't surprise me at all
4:27 she's a bit confused, but she's got the right spirit😂😂😂
no.. i don’t think she does..
His reaction to the Mississippi flag was my favorite part.
He's an anti Trump loser. I hope he enjoys our great president winning again in 2020 like the other libtards, cnn fake news etc! MAGA 2020
It was my first time seeing it and that was my reaction too!
@@brianboru175 How does this relate to the original comment?
@@brianboru175 Anti Trump are not losers. Trump supporters are losers.
@@brianboru175 Guys. His name is "big balls". Do you really think he's here to have a good faith conversation with you?
"People who were born in privilege, always debate whether those who were not deserve equality." - Powerful as hell.
It's sad that I'm nearly 50 and haven't heard this quote yet. I mean, I'm glad I finally got to it...and have the freedom to let that statement sink in. It just shouldn't have taken this long.
It's as bad as the same sentiment when it comes to wage equality. "The largest crime of the wealthy is that they have convinced the poor to defend a class they do not belong to."
The reason you haven't heard of it, because it was very recently said by Sen. Pat Spearman (D), during the debate over the ERA this year. Also, Kodi please cite your sources, and "powerful as hell" is not helping anyone determine anything, but your personal opinion about the quote. I also feel you should probably be giving more credit to the woman who said it, rather than giving her a 4 syllable anonymous suck off in the form of unneeded complement that isn't even directed at her, but the words she said. This lack or sources completely strips away the humanity and the background of this quote for all we know this quote could have been written by Stalin, Hitler, or it may be even wasn't made by a person it could have been put randomly together using an algorithm.
@@thomaswild46 5 syllables, m8
@@thomaswild46 Good job! He was a little off-message. Luckily you were here to cast shade from you moral highground.
Phyllis Schlafly keeping women down is no different than Marsha Blackburn staying that “women don’t want equal pay.” THIS IS STILL HAPPENING!
A pleasant surprise to see Texas was for the ERA. At least we're not Alabama bad
The thing about Texas is people think they are part of the South but every so often they surprise us all by doing the exact opposite of what everyone expects. Texas is less South and more part of the West. People think they are the same but they are not. While they do agree on some things, there are ways in which the ethics/beliefs of Southerners and Western "Cowboys" do diverge. The Southern beliefs are based upon hierarchy, doing what you're told and fear-based respect. The Western beliefs are based upon mutual respect of equals, hard work and independence. Texas is really its own unique country in a lot of ways because of its history.
@@TheWBWoman yeah, Texas is where the South and Southwest meet, both geographically and culturally. It's an interesting borderland and as you said, its history can lead to some interesting decisions
I think the state reps from cities like Austin, Houston, DFW area kind of helped push Texas to ratify the ERA.
Texas had one of the heartbeat laws and it called for doctors and women who get abortions to be subject to the death penalty.
So you guys still have a long way to go bruh.
Thomas Atwood It’s been removed from the books, but at least Texas has approved the ERA. The most shocking thing on Earth.
Funny how all maps showing states that do something versus states that don't, always end up looking like a map of the Civil War.
Exactly my thoughts... and then the Mississippi flag came 😑
American conservatism: "When you don't have any ideas of your own... maybe blocking progress counts as one?"
Ehem also known as the south*cough*
American conservatism: facts not feelings
@@brandonnoyes1364 American conservatism: FaCts DoN't cARe AobUt uR feELIngs
Also American conservatism: is deeply religious
Florida woman is tired of living in Florida.
Rest of us don't blame her.
#UnsurprisingBreakingNews
I lived in Florida for one long hellish summer that lasted TWO YEARS !.. It is Africa HOT.. died and gone to the deepest depths of HELL HOT !! And... The air either smells like mold or the sewage smell of the intracoastal waterway ...Jungle bugs .. Fire ants , humidity ! Water Moccasins in the "lawn" which you can't walk on anyway because it is full of critters AND it is so rough and spikey it will hurt your feet .. ! The ocean doesn't even have good waves unless there is a Hurricane off shore.. and the beach is either TOO freaking HOT or the sand fleas prohibit even walking around.. I just do NOT see the appeal ! ... I only stayed two years because I needed to save enough money to move OUTTA THERE ! I wish I had known all this BEFORE I endured hell on earth living there. Now, I realize that many will hate this comment .. my apologies to the Floridians who love their state.. in spite of its numerous FLAWS!
@@sharonolsen6579 i grew up in florida, lived there 19 years before i got a chance to leave. now i live in texas near houston and the weather is just as bad as florida. on the bright side there are less bugs, but on the other hand the beach is actually worse thanks to toxic waste.
@@bradhaines3142 if you want good weather and nice beaches California is the place to go
15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the
equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination
and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or
ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical
disability.
CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
The US has it too. I have no idea what John is talking about but there's a reason 80% of Americans thinks it already exists:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Like he said any president can undo it that is to precarious go era I have sisters
@@daveyhouston No, no president can ratify an amendment single handedly. You, have no idea how government works.
@@FeathersMcGraw_ Nice name. So, I wrote a damn wall of text explaning everything but honestly, I will resume with the words: rights =/= priviledges or immunities.
The wall has all the history of the 14th Amendment and everything and the reason WHY some people want a better worded law... So, if you want, i'll post it/send it to you but it's really that simple.
In South Africa we go quite a bit further in our protection of human rights:
"(3) The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.
(4) No person may unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds in terms of subsection (3). National legislation must be enacted to prevent or prohibit unfair discrimination."
The only good thing about Phyllis Schafly is that she's dead.
She’s one of the few people I’d be ok with being burned at the stake
👏👏👏
@@depressedbreakfast2614 She's one of those people who (unlike everybody who ACTUALLY got burned at the stake for being unconventional), if somebody went, "she thinks differently than the rest of us conventionally do! She's a witch! I might actually think about going, "yeah that's solid logic." I can think of some crazy ladies out there and there is no one else part present or future who I can imagine saying that about.
@@romwattlive6181 Dude, it's like you took the jigsaw pieces scattered around my brain and pieced them into the world's most perfect and coherent convalescence of confused and angry thought.
just...what was her motivation to make up that stuff?!
"People who were born in privilege always debate whether those of us who were not deserve equality"
DIGGITY GOD DAMN that's a great line
I beg to differ that "diggity god damn" is a better line tbh
isn't it usually "god diggity damn"? But yeah. It's right up there with "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression"
Sounds like a straw man to me, but whatever.
@CurrentLee Sorry, but this is demonstrably false.Wealth is certainly the biggest contributor to privilege, but it is far from the only privilege.
@@perunalastu77 only if you don't understand what Straw Man means
You should absolutely be "so sick of living here" when even Texas and Tennessee have ratified a women's rights ammendment which your own state still hasn't
lol im Texan and I was suprised myself
@@nikibronson133 Me too.
@@nikibronson133 Texas used to be a Democratic State.
@@kathys2357 when the Republicans were Democrats and the Democrats were Republicans thought. Different era
As a kid I never knew the Grand Canyon was in Arizona, and sometimes I still forget that it is. So now I'm just picturing a giant crack that disappears and reappears randomly across the US like some sort of sentient cryptid.
I attended a small, private, fundamentalist Christian school in the Deep South. When I first started going there, around 1978, the ERA was a hot topic among the teachers. They constantly railed against it, even going so far as to share anti-ERA literature and cartoons with the kids. There was an over-riding fear of men lurking in the women's restrooms. A lot of Phyllis Schlafly talking points. A sense of outrage that the amendment was being given so much time to be ratified.
Oliver’s reaction to the Mississippi flag was epic. It’s like realizing that there’s a place in Germany that still uses the swastika.
@Jose Ojeda Are you fucking kidding? That was rhetorical.
@Jose Ojeda it doesn't. He was just pointing out that we cant expect the state of Mississippi to do something so progressive when their track record of protecting civil rights isn't exactly flattering
PS: It is a Hindu sign there whole towns in Southern Africa where the Hindus have this flags with Swatstikas outside their home's it is a religious sign in the Hindu religion. Education vitally important.
Neville Ross it’s a hindu flag IN INDIA and other arian cultures! In germany, it has a completely different meaning.
As you said, education is vitally important.
@Jose Ojeda because substantial empirical research shows that conservatism especially fundamentalism is strongly associated with prejudice, discrimination (Dhont and Hodson, 2015).
~ 10 years ago I asked my high-school history professor about this and they said that it will 100% never ever be ratified. Utah for ya I guess.
Cody'sLab :::::: I love how you still interact and comment on all sorts of videos, like you aren’t a RUclips superstar! Ps I hope you’re doing better, takes a lot of courage to open up like you did.
yeah anyone who predicts the future with absolute certainty is an idiot.
I'm surprised you're here, this was a great episode
Of course it’s Utah
Ayeeeeee it's this guy. Get back in the lab cody
"Resting Beer Face" deserved more
Who's here after you found out that Virginia became the 38th state? 😃
I feel like this is foresight, as John highlighted VA last. 🤪
I am. Thanks Virginia.
I'm an Arizonan. Mr. Oliver, that Grand Canyon burn was pretty good.
as a fellow desert rat myself, we need to beat these other guys. something other than a giant hole would be great.
How 'bout them Cardinals? XD
When people ask me to describe what Phoenix is like I tell them that its a gigantic, flat, parking lot with the occasional one-story building and everything, including the trees, is a shade of grey or brown because the dry 130°F summers evaporate all the color. I want to leave.
Please, call your representatives and demand ratification of the ERA. Thank you!
I'm so happy he finally mocked our state for once!
"Alabama, it definitely won't be you"
Me, a person who lives in Alabama: Sadly true
Same here. For some reason, our state is having trouble getting out of the 1800s...
Big Same
I'm right there with you...
I live in Georgia, it won't be us either sadly. Not a chance until we reverse the election rigging our current Governor put in place.
sixstanger00 which state ?
Who here after watching Mrs. America on Hulu
I never knew about the ERA being a thing in the 1970s, it's really something that should've been taught in AMERICAN History in school. After watching Mrs. America, I have never hated a person (Phyllis Schlafly) so much in my life.
Fuck Phyllis, man
@@aMac200 Love Cate Blanchet thought.
Phyllis Schlafly is also the mother of the guy who made Conservapedia. Let that sink in.
Explains a lot. Sheesh.
Still can't believe it's not a parody like Uncyclopedia.
@@hera5614 if you want a parody like that look up "rational wiki"
When that girl said she was tired of living in Florida I felt that deep in my soul.
Sara Skinner - Cool 🐙 octopus hat. 😁
Sara: florida is the worst state in the union, literally the WORST and most bizarre occurrences to happen in our Nation; is always Florida, always.
J. E. Murl As a Florida native, can confirm its the weirdest. Wouldn't say the worst, but definitely is home to the strangest people.
I'm moving to florida soon.... My sense of excitement is dwindling.
@@pkrprince2513 Welcome! Hope you have a safe move. Watch out for gators ,friend.
Roast more states please. I want a five minute sesh at the end of every episode until you cover all fifty.
Aw man, Idaho is gonna get torn apart :(
Madhatter1781 hey, they make all the potatoes, potatoes are beautiful and it’s all they have going
4th of July web exclusive?
that's genius!
(Paraphrasing Bill Maher) *WYOMING:* we copy-pasted Colorado and forgot to put people in it
(also Bill Maher) *MAINE:* Population: Steven King, two lobsters, and a bear
*MINNESOTA:* America's Canada
*ILLINOIS:* known for that one warzone city and nothing else
*OREGON:* known for that one computer game named after it and nothing else
*MICHIGAN:* "Iron's good for you, so why not lead!"
*ARIZONA:* It's a dry hate.
*ALABAMA:* "with no exceptions for rape or incest"
*DAKOTA:* The conjoined twins of American states; there should really just be one of them, and you're not sure when to treat them separately and when to treat them singularly
Between 0:53 and 0:54 somewhere a McDonalds *Lawyer* picked up the phone and put it down again!! XDD
"... next time..."
8:06 the 3 First Ladies look like the 3 fairy godmothers from sleeping beauty
It never ceases to amaze me how the US relies so much on "interpreting" the constitution, rather than on just fucking improving it and making it crystal clear and not open to interpretation.
Thank you!
It's because it's a trillion times harder to pass an amendment to improve it. This video demonstrates that quite clearly.
We Americans are very touchy when it comes to the Constitution
As long as attorneys and the law exists, it will always be open to interpretation. And that’s how it should be. It’s ultimately how amendments come about.
Exactly
It's a good thing these videos are uploaded as I don't have HBO.
Alex Otten it’s not the whole show. The first segment was pretty funny.
It’s about time you get an HBO subscription. How can live so long without an HBO?
@@hegemonys I had an HBO subscription, then Game of Thrones ended.
I have HBO on Amazon, and this episode still isn't on there. I can pirate it faster than HBO can upload it. They suck. It's usually instant, and GoT was live, but this and Friday's Real Time are slow for some reason.
Don't think anyone has HBO anymore
5:20 as a Hawaiian I can assure you why enjoy our pigs at the finest quality
11:15 - "which I can only hope it means dead"
I LOST IT HAHAHAHAHA
By the good words of Danny Devito; "Antonin Scalia retire bitch."
Burn in hell Scalia
Me too! 😂😂😂
It's 2019, and we still have to say, *"Mississippi, Goddam".*
"Oh but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying 'Go slow!'
'Go slow!'
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
Desegregation
'Do it slow'
Mass participation
'Do it slow'
Reunification
'Do it slow'
Do things gradually
'Do it slow'
But bring more tragedy
'Do it slow'
Why don't you see it
Why don't you feel it
I don't know
I don't know"
Nina Simone!!!!!
We'll be saying that for awhile. There's a reason Dr. King called out Mississippi by name in his "I Have a Dream" speech and no other state.
Oh look, another precious snowflake who knows the current year. Good for you!
@@r0bw00d What's your point again?
Is anyone surprised Texas ratified it? I’m a Texan and that shocked me.
You know shit's about to get real when John gets up from his desk
I seriously didn't realize Mississippi's flag look like that.
Says a lot doesn’t it?
Did you also notice that Georgia's state flag was the Stars and Bars? You know, The Confederate National flag?
@@megnoliaedge6500 oh your right. Didn't realize that either.
Well buckle up because Mississippi is worse than that, the last attempted LEGAL sale of a human occurred in 2005. A crackhead was trying to sell her daughter to a cop and they found out that a) Mississippi never ratified the 13 or 14 amendments and b) only outlawed the sale of adults specifically. So the mother walked free, but the sale of children was corrected a few weeks later and the 13 amendment ratified shortly after... and then the AG of the state (a diehard republican) hid the documents in his desk and never filed them with the US government (as is his job) during the entire time he was in office... literally it took a school child in 2015 to inform the AG at the time that "no, it wasn't ratified", to which he disagreed only to find out the kid was right. He then searched the old desk and found the paperwork and submitted it immediately. Mississippi at it's finest.
Nina Simone made a nice song entitled "Mississippi Goddamn"
"Could it be you, Utah?"
Me, a Utahn: *Uproarious laughter followed by soul crushed sobs*
@Mark Shamy As a Mormon myself, I found it a terribly bitter pill to swallow, learning that Utah's government officials are just as prone to corruption and hypocrisy as those of any other state. It's like, "Why are you supporting Trump, he's a monster according to our religion's values. He uses hate speech and playing on America's ego and selfishness to achieve his goals."
It was so nice finding out that we advocated rights for homosexual partnership, even if we take/took issue with gay marriage. That's the sort of Mormon legislature I have complicated but general approval for.
Maybe it could happen if people got their heads out of their butts about this and ignored their *cultural* "Mormonism" and viewed it through the lens of the values of our doctrine. Hope springs eternal and all that...
Of course, what do I know. I'm a Democrat-leaning Independent living in Wisconsin.
I'm in Utah and if the Mormon Church would get behind this it could happen. In the 1970s they fought it. Perhaps enough women like me would now stand up and demand to be treated equally under the law.
Wait, is Utahn actually what you call someone from Utah?
It's fun to think about though, if only to imagine Orrin Hatch's head exploding because of it. >:)
oof as a Utahn I get tired of seeing mormons brought up every time Utah is mentioned.
Turns out it was Virginia who would pass it.
I think it's very sad this only happened now, in the Netherlands we have had this in Article 1 since 1813, 200 fucking years ago!
wow thats crazy
As a lifelong Floridian... the whole bit at 3:30 is highly accurate.
I know what will work! Lets cut education funds!
As a resident of Mississippi, I laugh at that notion.
Please, call your representatives and demand the ERA be ratified.
Same...and I'm from Pensacola... the town with all the abortion clinic bombings and doctor assassinations.
As someone from Arizona... I completely agree with your assessment
I think it's the Arizona sun that does it.
Agreed. I live in Oklahoma.
... i was thinking what in the world is famous in Arizona.... he says grand canyon i go... wait the grand canyon was in Arizona???( thats how little effect arizona has)
There is no Arizona no painted desert, no Sedona, if there was a Grand canyon you could fill it up with the lies he told her....
@@weldmaster80 lololol
Mississippian here. We just took down our flag and are going to vote on a new one☺️. Are you proud of us, John? We finally did it!
Yeah you did. But you didnt do it by actual choice. You were shamed into doing it. Which kind of cheapens the whole thing, doesnt it?
is that phyllis schlafly the real life Serena in Handmaid's tale?
basically
sneakersprincess that’s who the character was based on actually.
13:51 as someone who lives in Arizona i can confirm that grand canyon is very much lacking in Arizona and very much is the best part.
We should've blew up Springfield a long time ago...
Yup
As someone who speaks English I can confirm that the paragraph you sent was hard asf to read
This is the first article of the Dutch Constitution:
Article 1
All persons in the Netherlands shall be treated equally in equal
circumstances. Discrimination on the grounds of religion, belief, political
opinion, race or sex or on any other grounds whatsoever shall not be
permitted.
We've had a form of this article since 1798.
We must give you some good ol American FREEDOM! MWAHAHAHA
Mexico constitution was written to end slavery and any slave that enters the country becomes free, and nobody should be treated with less right or dignity on the case of race, gender, nor religion... it took a civil war in US to end slavery and treating others with less dignity is protected by the first amendment. ERA will probably wait unfortunately.
Edit: article 2 is the ban of slavery, and article 4 is the equal rights/dignity for genders. Here's a copy for whoever is curious: pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Mexico/mexico1917.html
In Sweden we have article 12 and 13:
Art. 12.
No act of law or other provision may imply the unfavourable treatment of anyone because they belong to a minority group by reason of ethnic origin, colour, or other similar circumstances or on account of their sexual orientation.
Art. 13.
No act of law or other provision may imply the unfavourable
treatment of anyone on grounds of gender, unless the provision forms part of efforts to promote equality between men and women or relates to compulsory military service or other equivalent official duties.
In Belgium it was also included straight away. Only the women's vote came in 1920: Regular women could vote for the community council (gemeenteraad) and widows of fallen soldiers from WW1 could even vote for the Parliament.
@@elg6197 isn't that why we stole Texas?
If you’re reading this in June of 2022 then… how we’ve gone so far backwards from even when this show was made.
And in Feb 2024, Alabama does it again
I'm so glad that I can now refer to the Grand Canyon as "A Sudden Lack of Arizona"
'Lack of Arizona' joke is simply brilliant.
*brillant :D
It actually is true but for a different reason of course: it's almost all federal land (national parks, forest, Indian reservations, etc) so technically not part of the state...
If you have a brain, it is clear that this whole stinking show is written as a Democrat party brainwashing vehicle.
@@mulhollanddose Diwd it huwt yo wittle feewings? Conservatives and their policies and positions are easy to make fun of, and laugh at. Your ilk provides 8 comic shows that I can think of with all of their material on a weekly basis. There's a reason for that, and it's not because, as you conservatives always argue, comics have a liberal bias.
@@erikehlert Ya, just a coincidence that they couldn't find a single thing to make fun of with the incompetent black guy (wouldn't want to make fun of the black guy who wasn't even American black)...Now, every single show is a hate Trump parade, as well as a homosexual parade...This hate in the form of comedy is engineered to fool idiots like you.
I died at the Mississippi state flag part 🤣🤣🤣
I was trying to think of what he could say about MS, and that was better than anything I had thought of. I didn't even hear the others because I was laughing.
A lot of people died because of that flag.
@@JasonW. , yes from both sides of ideals...
@@JasonW. 😂😂
@@JasonW. some of them were my relatives. Native Mississippian here. I have all my teeth and have never fucked my sister. Mostly because I don't have a sister.
I do, however, find it strange that the "blackest" (for lack of a better word) state per capita in the US is also the state with a confederate battle flag in it. Part of me kinda likes having the flag in it but at the same time a part of me is like "how is this still a thing"? I won't be surprised when it's redesigned, and to be honest, it's probably time.
in the netherlands literally the first law in the book says "Allen die zich in Nederland bevinden, worden in gelijke gevallen gelijk behandeld. Discriminatie wegens godsdienst, levensovertuiging, politieke gezindheid, ras, geslacht of op welke grond dan ook, is niet toegestaan." wich roughly translates " everyone in the netherlands shall be equally treated. discrimination due to religion, ideology, political idea's, race, gender or any other means shall not be accepted"
I am actually embarrassed to see that North Carolina is one of the states that hasn't approved this.
rkovac1023 Same my home state of Georgia but I currently live in Virginia.
The sudden lack of Arizona is everyone’s favorite part of Arizona.
Protecting the life of the unborn is very important. Let's kill all babies because two parties were irresponsible during sex guys!
@@brianboru175 Aww great lets have a baby that nobody wanted, it will surely end in a brighter future for the baby, what can go wrong here...also you do realise that rape victims also can give birth to a baby? Would you call that "irresponsible during sex"?
Woo. I want to leave Arizona so badly
Dude arizona is dope, you really crying over all that freedom and low taxes? Come to new jersey Jersey change your tune. 10.75 income tax, laws that contribute to forward the agenda of these corrupt politicians, some of the highest property taxes in the country for honestly no reason. Bad roads, crime, bad schools but we got all these taxes. No reason. Anyway yea, need to fix nj
A Courier of our hopes and a American future I'm from Jersey and live in Arizona lol
14:38 "Holy SHIT, Mississippi!" yeah I learned something about MS today, and it's not terribly surprising.
9 out of 10 voters in the most liberal part of Mississippi actually voted to retain that state flag design several years ago. It was the widest margin in the entire state, in an overwhelming desire to keep using that flag.
In short, don't count on Mississippi making this history. The last time Mississippi voters made significant history was when they were the first state in the south to legalise casino operations. Mississippi is legally the only state that has a federally legal marijuana grow operation, so maybe their is still hope for them to set an example for the rest of "the south" and even the rest of the country on that front by legalising some marijuana for all adults 18 and older. California doesn't even go that far.
I don't know much about Mississippi, but those people have some bizarre political ideals. It seems like I read about some far out law from this state every couple of years. I don't know if the conservatives and liberals compromise to pass anything or what, but there is definitely some bold experimentation worthy of national news periodically coming out of that state government.
While everyone takes notice of the confederate flag on it, I just can't help but notice the rest of the flag is Yugoslavia.
Florida, Alabama, and Georgia also have confederate inspired flags. Georgia straight up uses the flag of the confederacy with the seal of UGA added in the corner.
@@xWhiteRice Yep, people forget how much bullshit our flag is. The confederate battle flag was NOT the flag of the confederacy, but Georgia's certainly is!
Retch.
@@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou the marijuana grown at the university of Mississippi was originally during the 1970s (and is mostly likely continued currently) and was specifically for research purposes.... which in the end doesn't mean its progressing forward. Its just lucked out as the location of the research.
Who’s here after that Mississippi finally changed their state flag?
Me
Watched it and had to check it out. They really did but what John fogot to say is that they were sick of it for years. Cudos from Poland!
2:42.
I wonder if that guy was making a reference to Simone de Beauvoirs "The Second Sex" (an amazing read that I highly recommend). A central theme of the book is that women have historically always been seen as "the other gender" - as a contrast to the standard male. A woman was (is?) always presented as the different one, the abnormality, despite there obviously being no 'standard gender' in nature.
If this is the case, I salute him. By showing the sentiment to us in a different context than we are used to (as a reference to men, instead of women), it becomes far easier to notice the toxicity of it. I think John Oliver's reaction to men being labeled simply as "that other sex" really illustrates how damaging this attitude is, too, and perhaps it makes it easier for us to understand how this has played a not-insignificant role in keeping women subordinate.
Or, maybe it was just a coincidence that just so happens to match my analysis really well xD
"People who were born in privilege always debate whether those of us who were not deserve equality" . she hit the nail in the head with this line
I think it's a load of bs. Who isn't born in some sort of privilege? I don't see everyone always debating equality.
@@choco2482 You realize old white men who got into politics banned abortions for women in Alabama.
@@choco2482 if that's really true then you are blind and deaf my friend. And it's not really about having any sort of privilege it's about having enough to squash the person below you.
And this is why oppression and some sort of racism or bigotry will go on.
@@choco2482 "Those who have privilege feel equality as oppression". Ergo congratulations, you played yourself.
"A woman's place is in the home." -- Phyllis Schlafly
"Well then, GO HOME, Phyllis!" -- Congresswoman Pat Schroeder
DaveLH ok
It just amazes me how people will compromise themselves because of religious belief, even admitting that they "belong" in the kitchen. That Schlafly is a skank.
hey if she wants to work and have a career great, i'll stay home watch the kids and she can pay the mortgage , insurance and credit cards
@@JustWasted3HoursHere As the OP cited Rep Pat Schroeder, bloody Phyllis fucking Schloffley DID NOT STAY IN HER KITCHEN. Hypocritical religious misogynist she was.
@@TheEmanExperience Why are you acting like that's unheard of? Plenty of women share equal financial responsibility with their husbands. Also, a lot of women are the main provider for their home. In fact, it's pretty difficult for a household to subsist off of a single income now. It's 2019.
I have a better version of this amendment:
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of: sex, sexual orientation, colour of skin, ethnicity, race, disability, or genetic abnormality.”
Bit more wordy, but improved.
That would be the greatest law ever written into the books.
im a conservative and im totally for that
we shouldnt fall into stereotypes thinking that beacuse im a conservative somehow im not for equal rights.
general viewer that’s great :)
Good job Virginia 🥳. Took longer than it should have but good job.
As soon as John started showing those flags of states that have yet to ratify ERA, I was like, "He's gonna roast Mississippi."
And rightfully so.
I say that every time he draws breath, because the answer to the question "what is the right thing to do here?" is "roast Mississippi" about 80% of the time.
"I'm so sick of living here" speaks to me and my fellow Floridians too hard.
Advent3546 what is the hurricanes, the government, or maybe it’s just you?
*speaks to the heart
Got out 4 years ago. Never looked back.
Yes, it's only a place to visit for no more than a week per year.
@@jeffs6090 For disney? Haha
“Virginia you fucking *OWE* us this” Virginia: “Yeah your right...” *Passes the Era*
Every morning for awhile now, I wake up, see what horrible things are going on in the world, then think “at least Phyllis Schafly is still dead.”
John Oliver: ..Phyllis Schlafly. If you've never heard of her, congradulations.
Me: Um, I think you're mistaken, that's Dolores Umbridge.
wow
They’re basically the same person
It all makes sense! Except she seems to look more like Aunt Petunia or is it just me?
Shanna Wheeler yeah, she does. But, with her personality and despicable actions, she is more like Umbridge overall
@@roberthelmsen6961 Completely agree! I just thought she looks more like Aunt Petunia XD Wouldn't it be freaky if she was completely the embodiment of Umbridge, though? I shudder to think!
"One of the things so obvious that we assume we already have it..."
Like affordable health care and education?
I don't think anyone thinks we obviously have that though.
Who the fuck thinks that, hell im not even in the USA right now yey i know they dont have those.
@@Wolfwood2057 You'd be surprised.
Kid me obviously thought we had that, but I was a little _fool._
@akadeepsea so??? That's basic. We should get publicly provided post-secondary education. Period.
I feel so sorry for American people. As a child I thought USA was an awesome place where you could be whatever you wanted (because of movies) but as I grew up I saw that as many opportunities you may have, if you aren't born privileged or have an extreme amount of luck and determination, the system and the government will abandon you
Virginia looks like it's going to be the state to do it.
Hmm. Lots of the holdouts are Southern States...
Odd. I wonder why?
XHellXGeistX You know it’s funny Texas ratified it and many people think Texas controls the Southern states culturally and politically but it seems like they didn’t get the memo.
@@ranelgallardo7031 Texas is changing
@@DeeJayFM Except that texas ratified the ammendment decades ago, so you'd need a time machine for currency changes in texas to affect the subject of the video.
0:54 If Pixar's "Ratatouille" took place in America instead of Paris.
And the rats are cute in their little outfits. The burger... not so much, but the rats are as adorable as rodents can.
"It's just like night but unpleasantly brighter." As someone with sensitive eyes I FELT THAT.
Always a bummer that it comes so early. :D
Sounds like something Lestat would have said, or did say.
Lol me too.. so I hate morning light 😹
'People's favourite part of Arizona is the grand canyon, or in other words an absence of Arizona'. Absolutely genius! haha
You know what's funny? Watching these videos years later and realizing how much things have changed...for the worse!
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I have lived in Florida my whole life and every time I see someone make fun of it, i'm like "yeah that's something we do"
G_gator_G lamborghinis parked outside trailer park single wides?
yeah own it like a champ
Its windy up in Idaho/Utah, and an old adage has been "Idaho sucks, and Utah blows."
Big mood
Look man if you live in florida you all play the game......" alright lets watch the news i got ten bucks saying some stile something using a funny object and they where high"
Keeping suggesting for the update and at come soon.
So Oliver, get with it sir!!!
So glad Mississippi finally got rid of the Confederate part of their flag.
As an Arizonan, that is one if the most accurate descriptions of AZ that I've heard.
Oh yeah😏.
As an Arizonan, I like it that way. Less people from Ohio, Michigan and California coming in. However, ratifying it would be pretty cool with the addition of our two female senators
Okay but besides the hot weather, it's pretty fucking normal here...
@@pokestevers71 Not in politics. Sheriff Joe for how many years? (Had to have a Presidential Pardon). Goldwater, one of the strongest Hawks in the US. One of the last, if not the last, to pass MLK Day? I could go on, but Az. is far from normal.
I was disappointed we were on the list against ERA, and then I thought about it and was like, yeah, that sounds like AZ. I have to live here.
*BREAKING NEWS: Florida Man ratifies the ERA*
@Black Rod I don't know, the following article would probably elaborate that the deciding vote was cast from some drunkard on a tractor in the midst of a Police pursuit after the illegal dumping of several Alligators.
@@Vaderi300 way to botch your point.. its florida.. you know damn well it would've been a drunk alligator illegally dumping meth'd up police after pursuing voting guys while RIDING the tractor..
A better redemption arc than Snape
I dont think we can count on Florida Man this time, as im pretty sure him battle cry is "no means yes, yes means anal" atleast it seems like a think Florida Man would say.
@@KingRabid this guy Florida's
Phyllis is the ultimate Karen
Came back to watch this after watching Mrs. America. That show was a great in giving historical background to the pro and stop ERA movements of the 1970s, and really illustrates the imperfect arguments being made by either side. It's a really good show with fantastic acting. Highly recommend it to anyone reading this.
As a Texan, I was shocked Texas wasn't a hold out.
Michael Biscay as a person who is not from Texas, me too.
The_Large_Moose Houstonian living in Dallas and I feel the same.
Good on you Texas
Well obviously, Women aren't afraid to join(and be drafted) the Military in Texas so of course they will vote and are for equal rights.
It surprised me too.