Table News: Rough Week For Democracy
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2022
- What a doozy of a week for democracy! Voting is extremely important and not just for the "big ones!" Lets get educated and get involved locally!
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Ben's right. Nothing good comes from sitting on thr sidelines yelling at people to be better. You have to take a stand and get into the thick of it if you want things to change it will be work but if you have a will you'll find a way to make it happen.
Also, politicians aren’t going to do anything without a reason. Dems don’t need a reason to do anything, because they’re the only sane option. And by doing something, they can scare off religious voters.
People need to be contacting their religious leaders and make them take a stand against this
Too bad one side gets thrown in FBI solitary confinement, and the other side gets paid millions of dollars if they "get in the thick of it".
@@richardvye9958 I didn't. So stop calling me a lier.
@@richardvye9958 what the hell are you talking about? I said "I didn't" not "I'm not". Your response shows your desperation to avoid the content of my statement and change the subject of this conversation. So I will restate the fact. Conservatives protest and break the law and get thrown in solitary confinement. Liberals, and progressives protest break the law, and get paid millions of dollars by the government afterwards.
go back to English class, its clear that they were referring to your statement that they were spreading misinformation, which they wernt. Although the information wasnt really complete, and certainly hyperbolic.
if i may present a more compelling reason: one side has been steadily losing more and more of its popular vote. that same side has also incorporated more and more anti democratic legislation and has proven to be exceptional at using loopholes to "win" despite losing the popular vote by greater margins. this same side has essentially rendered our entire government useless if they don't get their way, and despite all of this stacking in their favor, they only win half the time, and are sore losers then they dont.
the other side is seemingly pathetically weak, not even using the power when they finally wrest it back
it is my theory that its all a sham; the Democratic-Republican Party never broke up, and instead split so that when they "lost" they just wouldnt do anything that couldnt be undone a few years later.
p.s. if u no the werd, speling dont mater much, do it?
“Shut up, you’re not allowed to speak until you do something”
My favorite line lol
the government has done something, something to reduce child murder
I almost cheered
It almost reminds me of that helluva boss line "shut up dear furry"
Yeah if he listens to that he ain't gonna be talking for a good couple'a years.
Once I saw that smile I knew, you can take the man out of Florida, but you can never take the Florida out of the man.
😂 dam right you live in this state long enough a part of you just wants to fuck with people to feel something again
Gotta love how GOV saw that smile and immediately went “oh no”. You can just hear his mental dialogue of “shit’s ‘bout to go down” 😂lmao🤣
*Smiles in chaos*
You can take the man out of Florida, but you can never take out Florida Man!
Well he always WAS Florida too, Sha ;)
It’s okay, Florida. *I’m* impressed by your python story.
Also “Pot calling the kettle whack” is a GREAT line! 😂😂
Yeah, I want to meet the python!!
I am to
@@fakelu8576 200 pounds, good luck
At least it wasn't the "pot calling the kettle crack" 😂
What would Florida name his python?
Just imagine Ben’s Floridian chaos smile combined with John Oliver’s “IDGAF I got money” level of power. Government would have a LOT more to worry about.
And now there’s an idea that needs to be done
Please tell me this Collab has been mentioned to John Oliver. It needs to happen.
THIS! Just absolutely THIS! We need to petition the producers of Last Week Tonight to do a Collab with this guy
SOMEONE CALL JOHN NOW.
That part! The smaller elections are as important if not more than the big elections.
I really wish that more folks understood that.
Thank you for continuing to put so much into these! 💜✌🏼
I had an amazing friend who would unbiasedly break things down for me when I couldn't quite put my finger on things and you have taken up his slack in that regard.
**He was very set in his beliefs, but was able to put that aside giving folks a choice to make up their own minds. I'm still very upset with the universe for taking him before we were ready to let him go.
The only time voting matters (imo) is at the local level.
also sorry for your friend
Yea but not to be rude, I'm happy with desantis and he agrees with me that Biden needs to stop costing us so much loot for gas
@@richardvye9958 The president doesn't even have much impact on the economy let alone ⛽ prices. Given how everyone else reacted to Covid it's not much of a surprise that Biden is getting so much flak even if he deserves it.
One thing's for certain until the elections are no longer treated as a tug of war, we may as well vote for some random person.
@@richardvye9958 Yea and meanwhile lobbyists are spending money to cater corporations. Someone tried to argue against me about this and several other people even told 'em that lobbyists have power.
@@necessaryevile FUCKING NOOOO. DeSantis can rot in the deepest part of hell. Just because the democrats are not doing anything, it doesnt matter. The republicans do not do anything either. Liberals v. Conservatives is just smoke and mirrors to keep everyone fighting with eachother so they can do nothing.
Not Ben flashing that “Joker” smile! The Florida in you really jumped out there…
"What is the point of a protest if you haven't been given a reason to make us stop?"
That's a powerful line.
It’s more that in-person protest is kind of dumb. It was a valuable Civil Rights strategy because the goal was to embarrass the states and force the federal gov. to step in, but when you are protesting the federal gov. that way, I’m not really sure what you expect to happen. Some kind of economic boycott would be much better (though a more targeted and well-thought out one than what I’ve heard suggested would be appreciated).
ah yes, but as soon as conservatives do that, it's "a threat to democracy"
Very, yes!
@@thrawncaedusl717 people don't have the balls anymore to inconvenience themselves over perceived injustices. Civil Rights protests worked because they weren't afraid of being beat and thrown in jail. Now most people are afraid of leaving a mean tweet. BLM riots and protests turned up to 11 is what should happen in reality what will happen is everyone will move on after this election cycle to be stirred up again in 2 years.
@@aethlred7380 you mean those same protests that only decreased support for police reform? Strategically, in-person protesting has been terrible for BLM (at least if they actually care about progress, if their goal is to make money while spreading discord and decreasing the chance of meaningful reform, then they have been an incredible success…).
The glint in Ben's eye when Gov't said you were born in FL and you are telling people to vote and get educated? That was priceless...and wonderful. Thank you for that.
You can take the man out of Florida, but you can't take the Florida out of the man.
Honestly I can /feel/ how angry you are just from your Cali character alone. And that smile. Good god that chaos smile.
"What is the point of a protest if you haven't given us a reason to stop" is my new favorite line and I wouldn't mind that as some kind of merch please.
Make that a shirt.
@buck man lmao except the protests ben suggested literally wouldn't be violent to anyone whereas the jan 6 RIOT and attempted COUP, let's not sugarcoat here, did hurt people and got someone killed
@buck man they are already condoning violence. People will die and they know that but they don't care. Flooding tip lines is more even remotely the same as what happened on January 6th. The maternal mortality rate in America is appalling.
@buck man 1. You realize we don't live in a democracy
2. J6 was a joke, it's funny how no one talks about 5-29-2020 when a leftwing extremists attempted a Insurrection when they climbed the White House fence, injured over 100 officers and committed a religious hate crime by setting fire to St. John's church. It just another example of how leftwing violence is ignored.
I think protests are great, but riots are awful. Destruction of private property is a crime. As long as you protest in an actually peaceful manner, I'm more than happy to support you. If you personally get injured or killed while trying to hurt people (regardless of what the rest of the protest is doing), I will actively donate to your opposition in court.
The Florida Man smirk when GOV thought they had a gotcha moment 😆 oh, no, bub, that ain't all!
Florida Man never quits.
It's the meth.👍
Can take the man outta Florida, but never the Florida out of the man.
You know a situation is fucked when the comedian who's supposed to make news funny has nothing but sound advice on how to fix that which is fucked up.
except he doesnt really
So attacking pregnancy centers that help people who don't want to have an abortion and tying up the crisis hotlines is A-OK with you? Noted. People like that need to be prosecuted.
@@jonokai Did...did you seriously not listen to what Ben said? He even has subtitles. Are we sure we watched the same video?
3:37 - We'll start by destroying the legitimacy of pregnancy crisis centers that claim to be abortion centers BUT AREN'T and render any anti-abortion tip line completely useless by flooding it with calls.
EDIT: If a center wants to help people keep their pregnancy, that's fine! You can have your child! I don't know why you need a center to tell ya this or a tip line but fine! But don't force your ideals down anyone else's throat!
Except the only rational ideas he presented was educating people and voting. The issue of Abortion is entirely an issue of definition. The right defines life at conception, the left at birth. The dividing line between those two has been the major point of contention, with some going back and forth at the line of 'viability' which is an arbitrary line that is constantly changing, though if you ask people where they define life, they'll usually end up somewhere between "Heartbeat" and "developed brain." both of those are in the first trimester and the latter continues development all the way up until birth. Conservatives treat the fetus as a life, leftists, progressives especially, do not. Taking a life because (The majority of cases, incest and rape pregnancies are relatively rare and the [last I checked] 68 Million with an M aborted children since Roe V Wade was determined)someone does not wish for the responsibility is seen as a disgusting act to the right, denying a child their right to life because of a lack of responsibility on the mother when performing an act that can result in a child and being surprised that a child was the result. No matter the contraceptive the only 100% positive way to prevent pregnancy is either abstaining from sex, or performing alternative sexual acts with other parts of the body. For the Left it's a matter of taking away the choice of the woman to do with their body as they will and because they do not define the fetus as a life until birth (More on that later) the aborting of the fetus is not seen as taking a life because it does not have rights. (Which was shown quite readily in extremis in NY when an abortion resulted in a birth and the baby was left on the table to die.)
You can't meet in the middle ground on this, you can't "compromise." Compromise requires give and take, both sides getting something, both sides losing something. Only there is no middle option for the baby. You can't make them half alive, or half dead. We don't have external wombs for children and adoption options are less than ideal.
It becomes a slippery slope argument where abortion up until and including birth becomes the norm. These are allowable in states like CA and NY. And if you ask most people, the average American a binary question of "If you could only have one. No abortion or Abortion up until and including birth, which would you rather have?" The average American would be appalled at the ability to abort up until and including birth for any reason even if they support abortion before 'viability.' How exactly do you meet in the middle of "baby has a right to life" and "woman has a right to her body?" You don't, not really, someone somewhere is going to be disappointed and possibly outraged and or disgusted. The only potential middle ground is a woman carrying to term, then giving up the child for adoption. That would require renovating and revamping the adoption process (Something I agree with anyway.), pushing for more adoptions, developing technology that can have the child outside of the womb, or make the process of carrying and birthing a child easier on the mother. (Which is what we're doing anyway)
That in itself contains it's own issues. Fetal development, motherly attachment, some other knock-on societal effects when a relationship is no longer required for species continuation which would threaten the very fabric of how people interact, much less how children develop both physically and emotionally. The latter of THAT would end up making all children wards of the state, and as it's in the nature of governments to accrue power and eventually become dictatorial, future puppets for said government. So I wouldn't trust the government teaching an entire generation of children, I barely tolerate public schools now with zero tolerance policies punishing the victims of bullying, schools being designed after and acting like prisons to create assembly line worker drones, and on that topic teaching children to regurgitate what is effectively trivia rather than teaching them *how* to learn, denying parents the ability to determine what their children do and do not learn about, among a list of other issues I have with public schools.
To (heh) circle back around to the matter at hand. Yes to educating people and getting people to vote but take the time to learn the other sides point of view before you go voting on something you know nothing about. Same with say, second amendment advocacy. Search up "Brandon Herrara" and "I crashed an anti-gun protest." to see the level of literacy of the average person that votes on important issues and how important it is to educate yourself even if it's something you might disagree with.
Where did he do that, exactly?
Ben...your forceful tone in this one did things for me.
Also he's right, if there's no good options, go be the good option. If you're reading this, I have faith that you're smarter, better adjusted, and a significantly better person the Lauren "tired of the separation of church and state" bobert, Margarine Tato Greens, or the zodiac killer's son.
We do not claim that crazy person! No!
We’d love to claim Ben. But any of the others… no. We do not claim those
@@icarusbinns3156 do you mean the one who thinks he's a good Jewish boy cause he held the shower door for an elderly lady? Or someone else?
@@cousinjake7986 I mean bobert. We don’t claim that
It is entirely impossible to "be the good option". I'm ten kinds of mentally ill and nonbinary. This system will never stand by me, the ONLY future I have is the complete dissolution of this entire country. No systems of power will stand by me, nobody will vote for me and nobody available to vote for will act in my interests. The only path i have is making everyone fear me.
@@morningstarcollective4671 hello, future world leader
One of the important take aways fr this is, if you agree or disagree with a policy that has been interpreted by the courts and is in affect currently, but hasn't been completely solidified through amendments or laws, then its paramount that you get yourself and everyone you know involved politically, like Ben suggested and ALSO by writing your federal and state representatives. Situations like this have been looming politically for years do to stopping at supreme court. This could happen to many many other things, like gay rights. Since those (federally) are only a court interpretation currently.
I don't think gay RIGHTS are in any danger. Gay marriage might go away, because it is not explicitly in the constitution and there is no precedent to back it up. But the rights gay couples recieve federally will be the same.
Worst case scenario is that politicians can't call it "marriage" legally anymore, but that won't change how we talk about it amongst ourselves.
@@richardvye9958 so you’re saying that it shouldn’t be my right to marry another man?
The terms don’t matter, the point is they’re coming after us
@@jdzspace33 Thomas has said he wants to go after birth control, and KGBTQ+ marriage and rights. So maybe the courts won’t but some of these states know they already have a justice willing to take those rights away
Edited to add: when speaking of the rights being taken away, most people are referring to the fact that many states had laws saying same sex relationships were illegal. That’s what could potentially be overturned and what people are worried about.
@@BeckyAnn87 *LGBTQ+
Roe vs Wade was a shaky ruling from the beginning. Even Ruth Ginsburg stated that. The “left” should have made an effort to codify it with law as soon as the court ruled. Abortion was never a right but laws could make it an allowable action, much as a drivers license isn’t a right but laws exist that govern it’s issuance and the states ability to revoke it.
My mom was on our town board for years. She got narrowly beat for mayor this year. Only reason she's not still on it is because she reached her term limit.
People should not fear the government. Government should fear the people.
I read this and immediately went like “this dude’s from Florida”. Yay or nay?
I love this honestly, Florida rambling trying to get attention as a serious talk happens and LA just chillig beside him trying to acompany him as Ben plays every character and multiple perspectives and sides perfectly. Both funny and serious in a manner of informational media, with Florida showing one thing he doesn’t do, be racist, because I’m quite sure Florida not seeing color is the only good thing he’s ever said, but a clever one at that.
Also holy shit Ben was *born in fuckih Florida????*… Makes sense how he knows us so well..
Me just tryna make a funny comment based off the funny and more well thought out parts of the video with less political focus and more entertainment focus so the comments would be like ‘oh yeah I loved that one time when he’ in name of entertainment but then gets argued about political views anyway
He is from Polk County, making Florida's motto of "stay out of Polk county" even better. Cause he knows
Not seeing color isn't the same thing as not being racist. It tends to lead to ignoring issues caused by racism and not acknowledging internal biases then confronting them. Not to mention it also means that due consideration isn't given to culture, personal experience, history, etc. Its necessary to see color, it's just not acceptable to treat people poorly because of their color.
@@JacquelineUnderwood yea
@@JacquelineUnderwood How about we stop with the assumption that people's culture is based on the colour of there skin and instead just treat them like there are any other person?
Look at the figures: the problem is the placest black people live. If you compare other races in the same area police brutality, crime drug rates and the like are all comparable.
There of course are racists but it's a rapidly declining portion of the population
@@Xvandexen I'm not saying their culture is based on their skin color. I'm saying that intentionally ignoring skin color leads to ignoring all those things as well. Being "blind" to skin color is just a way of avoiding actually facing important issues and the only people who have the privilege of doing that are the ones who don't experience those injustices.
Ben: Born in Florida, Moves to California
Me: Born in New York, Moves to Florida
There will always be replacements
Have you transformed into a Florida man yet?
@@msmaria5039 I had to force myself to not use a slinky as a weapon
@@Minty__ Is that the New Yorker or the Florida?
@@msmaria5039 I don’t know
Your right, someone born in Washington probably moved to New York
Three things of absolute importance:
One: Florida's highest court openly stated that they are going to rule our state's new abortion bill unconstitutional. Because it literally contlicts with our state constitution. The bill was intended to shorten the window the 15 weeks, instead of the current 24.
Two: The Don't Say Gay bill went into effect today in Florida. There is already a group of people wandering the state trying to attack public libraries. The bill doesn't actually effect public libraries, but that hasn't stopped them from making a ruckus because they wish that it did. Or because they are fired up, but have no to put that energy, because schools aren't even in session right now.
Three: Police in California found a workaround for their state law preventing police from keep proceeds acquired under search and seizure laws. The police are using this loophole to literally rob armored trucks. They are sending the money to the feds(who keep 20 percent), and then pocketing the other 80 percent. Because if they do so, it goes to trial in a federal court which is outside the jurisdiction of the state. So far, they have taken almost a million dollars that was being transferred to a bank out of state. The companies they are going after have commited no crimes nor have they been accused of any.
Too bad it's not a don't say gay bill and actually a parental rights bill
@@jwnichols78 how is it a parental rights bill? All I've heard is that it bans certain topics from schools at certain age groups, and with that comes the banning of books with those topics. I have heard 0 upside to the bill. Banning books and topics has *never* had positive results.
@@jwnichols78 "teach what I want you to teach my child or ill sue you out of existence". wow, such power, totally not oppressing an entire workforce of people. Maybe instead of people making laws against these things they could oh idk, homeschool their child if they dislike the school's curriculum so much? Nah thatd be not florida enough.
@@jwnichols78 Yes, because that's what matters. Not the literal crimes being committed in all three instances. No, no. What matters is whether I use the proper or colloquial terms for a law.
@@ACertainGuy0 1. homeschooling takes time and most people work now 2. schools were never meant to be teaching this stuff in the first place 3. definitely shouldn't be teaching anything political and emotional trash 4. The only thing in school should be science and history .. actual history not what you want in it important shit
You're speaking for so many peoples anger and frustration in this and giving people who want to fight but don't know how ways to take a stand and use their voice...thank you
The private religious school part is way overblown.
The money was already earmarked for private schools and they said private religious schools qualify equally as private secular schools.
This is going to have an almost non existent impact on the vast majority of people.
Oh yes the state supporting a very specific religion is definitely something the founding fathers really wanted.
I suppose you're also okay with the Church of Satan doing the same thing? Cuz I bet you aren't.
Lol, no, not with THIS Supreme Court. That ruling basically shows school districts that they MUST provide money to religious schools even if it might go to religious teaching. It is one more chip away from separation of church and state. Please stop thinking each decision doesn’t impact other things
@@stephanieeller2283 Those going to a religious school would actually know the constitution says nothing about a separation of church and state, it prohibits a state church but unlike the way modern bigots are trying to spin in that does not mean those with the "wrong" religions aren't allowed to vote
I love when director Ben comes out just to slap everyone with some reality. Lmao
Stop! I can only take so much truth in such short time. Man, this episode was dense. All of that in under five minutes? These are topics that could be discussed over hours and you tackled multiple in one very short video. Impressive.
Always an amazing day when Ben posts =)
General Kenobi
Hello there
This was beautiful. Thank you for saying what needs to be saying. Voting is still important but it hasn't changed anything for the better in a very long time. We need to do so much more than just vote
Voting is only important if you are educated on what you are voting for. Unfortunately the left votes with feels and not facts.
@@thetrutha2177 the right had a literal insurrection, their last president was the first to be impeached twice and might still run again, and they're currently overturning 50 years of legislation on a whim ON RECORD just to "piss off liberals."
@@thetrutha2177 both sides do. It's a team game at this point. Support your team even if there's evidence that they hurt you once elected. But of course Liberal vs Conservative or Republican vs Democrat is more important than focusing on removing these two very corrupt and rotten parties from office and forcing third parties into important positions as a way of saying we've had enough. But people will just stick to being outraged on Twitter because everything else requires hard work and sacrifices.
@@aethlred7380 to be fair neither side has had a good candidate since Obama.
@@idc493 I agree. Neither side has any incentive to actually propose capable candidates. If you vote Red you vote red for whoever it is. Same with Blue.
Oh my that fire in your voice for those last lines. Goddamn that was amazing
I love how this whole channel is like the Federal government has a forever conference call and any state can just drop in/out anytime they feel like it. Not surprising that Louisiana and Florida never leave because one loves chaos and the other just loves watching the infighting. I would love to see other countries and states we haven't seen drop in soon.
Dude, Britain having their own "The Table" show would be insane. Just to keep seeing all three other countries not England keep telling it to "piss off" in a meeting 🤣
Yes!!! I’m half Greek, half Aussie and neither Greece nor Australia have shown up on the table! Like bruh! Greece literally came up with the idea of democracy! And Australia is the only country that’s also a continent on its own. We have so much rich history, and the law preventing people from climbing on Uluru was actually something that the people implemented before it was an official law - people chose not to climb Uluru out of respect for the history and traditions of the traditional landowners. Us Aussie’s get looked over for everything, but we have so much history and culture to share with the people of the world!
Ben showing up and acting like a badass makes me respect him more than i already did, which is impressive
I totally agree with Ben's advice on getting involved with local goverment.
No good options? Be the good option.
Anyone who's involved with any form of governance isn't a good option tho
@@lunasills8031 thats because for so long only mediocre people were the ones looking to work in politics.
@@panchora99 Nah, nobody who willingly gets involved in government can be considered a good person.
The position inherently is used to control and oppress the workers and people. Sure, some governments don't oppress and control *as much* as others, yet they still do.
Anyone who willingly gets involved in the government is complacent in the oppression of the workers
@@lunasills8031 yeah thats why child labor is still a big thing... . Government has been used to reduce opression of the people and workers. Enforcement and creation of workers rights is something only a government can do, If it were only up to employers they wouldn't mind you slaving a bit more for their profit. Sure I bet that more than half of the government is bad. But your statement is just factually not true.
I mean I say this sitting in a country with more Protection of workers rights and more workers rights in general but its not like the US has none and the ones they do have come from the government. And if you want better/more ones get a better government and as the video said no good options be the better option.
@@Foyoon by definition the government exists only to oppress and control the people.
The only reason it exists is to control what you do.
And plus, workers rights could easily be enforced by revolutionary unions
This is exactly how I feel. Now we just need ranked choice voting.
When he gave that smile I heard a creak but when I played it back I didn't hear it again. 🤔
You make me enjoy learning political stuff.
Ben makes a good point here. A protest that doesn't compel the one(s) being protested to try and get it to stop is useless.
I’m at the point where I don’t want to side with either California or Texas and I want to join whatever neutral chaos party Florida is pushing in this series
Oh good. It's not just me.
I've been waiting to hear Cali talk to us about this, these days, Ben's California is something of a comfort character for me.
same
@@Goose6898 I have been writing fanfic about him, if you think you would enjoy that I can link it.
@@celestialloves4264 yeah he definitely has a crush on Austin
Givvvve mee
@@celestialloves4264 I can try it
As someone who was also born and raised in florida, that little smile was very, VERY relatable 😂
Thank you!!!! Omg I've been saying for years we also need to look locally and fix things on a smaller level in order to work our way to the bigger levels.
We are here to give you a reason" that line is terrifying and powerful 🙏🏽🤟🏽👏🏽💯🔥
On the religious school thing, the court simply ordered that religious schools couldn't be excluded from a voucher system that was attached to the child. So parents could pick any religious school they wanted.
This is so relatable right now! I think this is the best table news yet! I feel we need to evict basically every politician that is so old that they are completely out of touch with the average American. The old ways aren’t cutting it anymore and we need younger fresh minds with new ideas and innovations to have a chance to actually get shit done and make crucial changes that need to take place. Our country is becoming such a joke that it’s not even funny anymore!
That's a very generalized statement. The reason there are so many old people is because people get tired of the pedantic bullshit the comes along with politics. Evict every old person and the country will be gone in 10 years.
The minute we have another AOC who doesn't even know the federal laws and.their state laws and just spitz.anger I. Leaving
Glad someone actually acknowledges that city, county, municipality and state elections actually matter. Most people don't even know who half the people who run their states are. And the people who are in charge have been there for 10, 20, heck even 30+ years. They have run unopposed because people have stopped caring about what happens nearby or if they haven't want the national government to take care of it when the national government couldn't care less.
Which makes the repeal of Roa v Wade even better.
*vibrating with glee* I have waited too long for this.
1:10 I would argue that banning abortion would also be a 4th amendment violation because it would be an unreasonable invasion of your medical privacy and I would consider that “unreasonable search and seizure “
Medical privacy? Yeah no that's stupid. The entire argument of a woman's right to privacy allowing them to have an abortion in the first place is ridiculous. Not because you don't have a right to privacy from the government, but because you are fundamentally doing something wrong. "I have a right to privacy and thus I'm allowed to violate the rights of others" is the idea that you've put forward. Illegal actions are illegal no matter how private. 14th amendment about due process was stretched beyond limit when abortion was allowed under that amendment as due process simply means court cases and proper investigations. The 5th amendment also has a due process clause which is fundamentally the same as the 14th and so noting in the 5th amendment applies. First amendment simply says no establishment it has nothing to do with legislating on religious beliefs.
@@buddermonger2000 yeah I definitely agree with you on that since the government should have absolutely no say in anyone’s medical decisions
Wouldn't fly. Murder invalidates medical privacy. Now it is clear some people consider it murder and others don't so it would be nice if Congress would pass a law clearing the matter up. Something like 80% of Americans would support a law codifying what Roe set out.
@@MezzoForteAural Yeah no that's what's said on the surface but you look at it deeper and the numbers break down more as the idea of abortion being supported is only like 67% percent if that. On top of that a lot of people believe in the right of the states so that number falls to about 40% once you get into the nitty-gritty. The majority of people who support it basically are doing so out of normalcy bias.
@@MezzoForteAural the problem is that 80% don't support abortion. They support "safe, legal and rare" abortions work MANY restrictions (as does most of the planet).
If you attempt to codify is with no restrictions (like the last one was), it'll fall like a stone.
NOBODY likes abortion, and it's the extreme minority that see it as a good thing at any point top to and including delivery.
Ben is leading a revolution, and I'm coming along!
Good.
Stay and take over your local government.
Yup #Texit
It's not this for me, I'm in menopause. It's what those loons in the pink dome will do next that make me think about moving.
That and the weather. It's going to get hotter.
Move. the rest of us don't mind.
Being a Democrat in Florida is difficult.
But holy shit is it fun sometimes to watch all the other Democrats look at you in horror as you are the embodiment of “civil unrest” in the most chaotic and effective way.
A thing of beauty, Ben. We need to educate people on chaotic good and malicious compliance. WE CAN AND WILL PREVAIL AGAINST THIS FASCISM.
there is no fascism
I love this so much. I'm sending it to my friends.
I'm so excited I get to see your show in San Jose next week.
Thanks Ben, I needed this so much.
At this point US politics is absolutely broken. This episode was DENSE with politics. We need younger, fresher minds and takes on politics, and we’ve had the two of the oldest presidents EVER in 6 years.
That is why we must start getting involved in politics. I am thinking of being more involved in my city council. More like a small town but small races count.
It's not politics that are broken. It's us that is broken. We get the leaders we deserve. You hate your fellow man for no other reason than a disagreement in opinion for long enough, and you attract politicians who use that to get in power, and drive further division.
The politicians are a symptom. We are the disease, we are just to prideful, ignorant and selfish to see it.
@@msmaria5039 that's a good start,l but getting involved means getting informed. If you're going to get involved and further the idea that everyone who disagrees with you is evil then you will just make everything worse long term.
@@jdzspace33 I am going to inform myself by attending the meetings first. I know everyone is different. Maybe look at things at a different angle. I know I am not perfect.
Maybe, show others my side. See what happens.
@@msmaria5039 I'm sure you'll be good. Just be careful of slipping into partisan mindsets, and growing the toxicity that can come from that. It's that manifesting as a refusal to work together that results in all bad things we get politically. It's true on both sides.
Damn that got serious quick ; but I do fully agree with Ben here; gotta go extreme if that ends the endless cycle of bullshit campaign promises and constant inability to do anything
"What's the point of a protest if you haven't given us a reason to stop?
We're here to GIVE you a reason."
Absolutely right, couldn't have said it better myself
The Florida man came out in your face and I knew it was go time! You’re absolutely right on everything.
Can you please add to an episode about the people who found an alligator on their way to a field on their farm in arkansas I feel like flordia would be proud
This is so cool. A portrait RUclips video compiling all of the videos from a TikTok series, this is amazing. I want every tiktoker to do this, short form content is great but for the storylines that last multiple tiktoks, this is phenomenal
I absolutely love this video💛thanks Ben!!💛
It’s funny how when the system works in favor of one political party we are told to respect the sacred institutions of government, but now a small handful of cases don’t go their way and now it’s time to tear down those same institutions.
They only start complaining when they lose. They've never really grown up from being children.
That's true, sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands instead of just sitting around and waiting on others to do it.
Thank you for using your platform to get word out Ben. You are a real one
This is actually great, first time I’ve laughed in a long time. Please keep it up!
Absolutely right we must do everything that we can to protect our democracy and keep pushing for progress !
You do realize that we are actually not a democracy right?
@@RTBCustom2014 you realize that we are representative of democracy right ?
@@YosmelLGD we are a constitutional Republic technically
ben just being a boss and destroying both sides with facts and logic. i love to see it
Missouri just had a train crash. Amtrak train hit a dump truck. 4 people are dead. Pray for all the injured to make a full recovery
Seeing the Florida in Ben is always a delight!
this episode perfectly captures what this country needs right now
Angry Ben is a mood. Respect to you, good sir
Finally have the energy to watch this, and, Thank You for this! This is gold, especially the look at 3:30 as you begin the dismantle and disrupt list. Genius.
I absolutely love this. Thank you for being a voice of reason 💜
I love when Ben crashes his own sketch
Ben finally going full Florida mode was great
Thank you Ben!
That was so needed and thank you for balancing the gravity of the situation with your talent for comedy
When Florida said ‘Oh sorry I can’t see color’ I died laughing
I wish I could like this more than once. Thank you for this.
Aahh!! Ben I love you so much! Great job! And keep'er comin'! And I've lost count of how many times I've watched this😄
Ben, as a fellow Florida native, I like what you have to say about roe v wade
(1) "What do you call it when a person in power tells people to attack the capitol building?" When you look at the timeline of the Jan 6th events, the capitol "attack" either began BEFORE Trump's speech began, or it started 20 minutes BEFORE the end of Trump's speech. So the speech was not involve with the "attack" at all. None of the people at that speech were involved. Also, Trump specifically told his people to be peaceful in his speech to them. So that's a total load of crud. Texas also has a point that the leading Democrats have literally been doing (since 2016) exactly what they're accusing Trump for doing (which he didn't).
(2) Miranda rights warnings are still required in order to actually use evidence in an investigation or in court. The police just can't be sued for neglecting it during interrogations. I don't think it's a step in the right direction, but it's certainly not fascism. It's more about protecting police officers, and doesn't do mush to harm the effectiveness of Miranda rights. To be honest, the police could use some protections after the last few years.
(3) The case in Maine was about school vouchers. So in Maine, if your rural community doesn't have a nearby public school you can receive a school voucher to attend a private school. The lawsuit was about the vouchers being unusable for attending a private religious school. This is reaffirming a law that says something to the effect that government programs that give funding to private organizations can't be denied from use with religious organizations, and that such denial constitutes religious discrimination. In Texas' defense, this would make it so that any religious school could receive this funding, and not just Christian ones.
(4) Roe v Wade protected the right to have an abortion, and was an overstep of the federal government in a controversial topic that they had no legal right to rule on. It was an erosion of states' rights to make a ruling on the subject. It's a question about where the line of murder and reasonable medical intervention should lie. In 95-98% of cases, the choice to abort is a question of life style or finances, which could be solved with changes to the adoption laws. They chose to participate in activities that create babies, and so they consented to the possibility of a child being born. Killing a baby that you consciously chose to make, because it's inconvenient to you, has led to the Holocaust-exceeding genocide of 65 million babies since it was legislated from the bench 50 years ago (many of whom were disproportionately African). The cases of rape, incest, and medical endangerment of the mother are cases that each state should rule. The Supreme Court did the right thing by giving that right back to them. It's an issue that needs a series of 50 experimental attempts at making workable laws that each state can change fluidly and adapt as they get results, rather than a single giant one-size-fits-all attempt of a botched federal fix.
It's rather irritating that you use Florida and Texas as a platform for saying that everyone that disagrees with you is a complete idiot. Also, the only reason Florida seems crazier than any other state is because of the state's open-records laws (AKA the Government in the Sunshine Act). Since 1909, Florida has had a proud tradition that all government business is public business and therefore should be available to the public. That means all records, including photos and videos, produced by a public agency are easily accessible with a few narrow and obvious exceptions. Public officials are also required to open all of their meetings - even unofficial ones - to the public. So the reason Florida has so many crazy stories is because they're the most transparent state government in the USA.
finally some one with sense good work
Great vid
Thank you💜
I was wondering what you were gonna do for this week - you did not disappoint. Great job as always Ben. Keep it up.
I love watching this channel as a conservative because it gives me a chance to see what the other side is thinking in a way where it is comedic rather than a shouting match between two opposing viewpoints. Though I may not agree with Ben's points on some things, I also respect and appreciate the way these videos make me think more deeply about different issues
Same here. I disagree with a lot of his political opinions but it's nice to not be involved in a shouting match when stepping out of the echo chamber. I also like when he calls out the absurdities of those he mostly agrees with too. Keeps the bias in check for all of us.
Same
Ehh, I find the bias annoying since I watch entirely because “funny stereotypes,” but gotta take it for what it is. And heck, it’s a bit interesting having a Texas that, instead of saying what literally anyone thinks, is a puppet for what Ben thinks they think.
This country is more divided than we have ever been. I don't know how we can get back to where we were. Maybe we could start by getting rid of the lobbyists. And instead replace them with regular people from each district to represent their congressmen.
Our country only truly unites in times of war, all the other times we're bickering from suburb to suburb, borough to borough, zip code to zip code.
Dude...amazing and brilliant as always. It super important to involve ESPECIALLY at the local level. It's come out, across multiple news outlets that the GOP is targeting voting officials and DA offices to stack them with ppl that are completely on their side and rule in their favor or challenge votes and results.
Go Ben go❣️
Everyone can help flood anti-abortion tip lines, send them on a wild goose chase with every fictional doctor you know, he’ll make some up, these tip lines are terrible and are a great example of something so easy to destroy
Or you could simply start making wiser choices concerning how you live your life and treat your body alongside how you interact with and treat others
@@dpfljr tell that to the women who got raped and will be forced to have that baby now
2:40 Under normal circumstances, I would agree, I really would. I've helped organize local votes with both the union and the church in NYS, and it worked.
These are not normal circumstances, and no voting no longer fixes the problem. The reason isn't that 'voting is useless, full stop', it's that one side is openly disregarding voting and locals to the point that what they're doing is naked.
NY state, if some of you remember, just had it's district maps redrawn after being declared 'too blue, too biased', despite being the same map we've used to the last 40+ years. The difference this time, we were told to reduce the number of districts to reflect population, since the last census invalided a couple 100k people as citizens [and has caused a bureaucratic nightmare]. So logically, you'd figure that just means remove X number of districts. Welp, instead a guy from out of state was called in to make a map, combined several blue districts with high population into one, more than was needed to meet the reduction requirement, and divided several low population districts to make more of them. And this this while openly admitting he ignored population requirements and county lines entirely. Which is why Syracuse and Buffalo went from being single districts to three and two respectively.
And of course, it doesn't end there, as in the latest primaries, there were locals and national pols running; on the right, a bunch of the national guys won despite only having 20~30% of the vote between two people. Because the roles were purged almost overnight. Which wasn't lost on the local republicans, who are now suing.
All of this is being upheld by the Supreme Court. It is now legal for national Republicans to call in an outsider, redraw the map specifically to delete chairs then make new empty ones so they don't have to run against an incumbent, and forcefully change both the management/government of a state and it's national voting blocs from whatever it was to whatever they want it to be. No, voting doesn't matter anymore, not when your vote is ignored and overruled.
You are awesome!!
Florida, Louis, keep doing what your doing boys
California, I understand the anger but you are indeed the pot calling the kettle black sometimes
Texas *Slap across the face, kick to his gut and steals his hat* You deserve all of that and more
While I agree with Ben and over all outrage here, it is worth mentioning that the reason the GOP went this extreme is because the elected officials are scared of their voting base.
So it is super important to vote but keep the rage & displeasure vocal to the Democrats, it’s time they fear their base.
I just moved back to Florida and I can't wait to vote out DeSantos. :D
Why?
@@dpfljr why? Why do you vote out anyone? I don't agree with his policies. I don't agree with the entire Disney situation. I don't agree with him taking a million dollar donation from a Miami pier owner to strike down a bill that passed to protect coral reefs. I don't like how he cut bright futures to shreds amount a list of other things.
@@m0use253
you also dont liek reality.
desantis is not going any where and is actually a decent governor
@@EvilDickism I grew up here and he DESTROYED bright futures which caused a lot of my friends to struggle. I very much live in reality. I worked hard, got my degree and work in IT. I do my research and, in my opinion, the guy is the definition of a corrupt politician.
Well damn, Ben, just get me all teary-eyed and goosebumped whydontcha!! ✊🏼 I will be looking for more info on ways to dissent! 💪🏼
“We are here to give you a reason” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ben starting systematic chaos is golden
This video will make so many people upset… thank you so much for speaking up anyway. This kind of stuff needs to be stopped
Ben you are a breath of fresh air! Your episodes make me laugh my head off, and provide some unique insight into the dealings of the Government, which I usually don’t give two f’s about!
Your episode are spreading the world and I have a lot of respect for people like you who spread information in a fun way so that anyone can enjoy!
Keep up the good work!
This is your best one so far!
I'm only watching for Loui! (And possibly to see what Florida unleashed on the world this week! That snake was huge!)
Saying that abortion was up to the people is BS. That's like saying slavery was up to the people. The government couldn't intervene in something that is so obviously evil. Putting it up to the states allows for people to actually control the government
Name one case where abortion wasn’t up the the person who it affected
Damn Ben is bringing the fire!
Amazing content as usual. Keep it up