I know it's crazy how that works. They have been screaming about voter fraud, which is beginning to make me nervous about how they run elections in deep red states.
I got my second shot last week. Woke up the next morning with muscle aches, low energy and a sore arm that hurt to lift. I went in to get that shot fully expecting to feel like that the next day, if not worse. Which apparently means I'm more willing to suffer for my country than those who call me a snowflake.
100%. And thank you for putting the collective good over personal short-term interests. With enough of us acting in this way, we'll get somewhere good.
I am getting my second shot tomorrow. I have no idea what my reaction will be. It could be just a sore arm or I could be really sick for 2 days. But as long as I am keeping myself and others safe I feel it is worth it. I don't understand why some people don't want to get vaccinated for the common good.
When they call you a snowflake, smile & say thank you because snowflakes are beautiful unique little works of art. Plus they really hate it when you kill them with kindness instead of taking the bait & engaging in an argument with them 😊
Beau you should be on FOX, CNN etc. however, folks such as yourself are the real truth tellers. I would love to see you and Roland Martin at any congressional hearing. The debate would be ended quickly and convincingly. Keep telling the truth, we are listening.
I spent about 2 years poor-ish. Didn't have a car, never had to worry about food tho. First time in my life I ever really interacted with folks who were a lot worse off then I was. I'm a lot more companionate/helpful then I was before. Still not as much as I could/should be, but it really opened my eyes, I'm still working on getting better.
Before I retired as a municipal fire fighter we did yearly boot drives, collecting money at intersections, for the MDA. Without fail the person in a 20 year old pickup truck would give all they had while those in a brand new Mercedes wouldn't even roll their windows down. For the rich there is no pressing problem unless it directly affects them.
My second shot kicked my butt for 2 days. I'd do it again in a heart beat. Still wearing my mask too. I care enough about the folks around me to help them stay safe. I don't often get a chance to make a big difference but this I can do and be proud of.
I'm a bit worried the second one is gonna kick my butt... I'm getting it at the end of the month, but luckily it'll be on a Friday. Still gonna keep wearing the mask though.
That's awesome! We need to commend those that are not selfish and inflammatory! Thanks for helping the country (and the world) by following protocols, we appreciate your effort!
I will wear my mask. I even advocated wearing them when Dr. Fauci told us we didn't need to. But I can not take any of the vaccines. I'm too scared. I am not an anti-vaxxer by any means. I just personally believe that it was manufatured too fast, plus Moderna and J&J are just sketchy companies. But your body, your choice. I support anyone who wants to take it.
I was as well but I was totally wrong about who they were. I am pretty sure they were just like this all the time. If you are like me, you probably assumed they were more like you than they were like Newt Gingrich or Trump.
@@paulahello7435 I salute your Mom's good example as a parent and a person. The ability to think for yourself never gets old! Thank you for sharing this story.😊
Yep, it seems the GOP and their followers are first to complain about their rights being violated and the last to acknowledge the responsibilities that go along with those rights.
From the first time I stumbled across Beau I have been impressed with his ability to present his argument. Factual, informative, nuanced and at times farcically funny. But whatever the subject and content the mode and style of delivery is always 100% appropriate.
Congratulations Beau, you convinced at least one listener with this post. I wasn’t going to get immunized but hearing it put like that.... I never saw it that way. You opened my eyes and made me change my mind with your well delivered arguments.
Haven't commented in a while, but I have 2cents in the topic. I'm an old vet who has gotten my vaccine. I have continued to where my mask. Not for myself anymore but to encourage others to wear a mask regardless of your personal situation. That is what patriotism is all about. Those that do think about your neighbors and colleagues and most of all your family. Thank you for your service.
Thanks Walter! Your comment is brilliant, as you remind us what serving our Country is really all about: each of us pitching in to help gain control over this awful Pandemic. Even though I now am vaccinated, I plan to wear a mask as it's still the prudent thing to do IMHO.
Being civic-minded nowadays for the greater good gets you categorized as one of them there sheep-people. O' the irony of the herd mentality that blindly follows Eric's Dad wherever he beckons. For the sane amongst us, we follow our conscience and not someone's platitudes or opinions. Thanks Walter for doing your part. Blessings.
@@MoanAlotsa_24-7 dont know if im the only one, (doubt it but.. ) but its been my exp that the louder you harp about how patriotic you are, the more i think youre either lying, or confused. Plus that whole sinclair "fascism wrapped in the flag thing" from oh, sometime in the last few years.
most of those folks who say they would lay down their lives in a civil war would be the first ones to run and hide, just like that badass lindsay graham. beau, you are a good human being, and that is the best compliment anyone can hope to get.
@@timestamp7415 at this point in time, i would be more than willing to let the red states secede from the union and have trump as their dictator. would be interesting to see how the rats would find out how their freedom would evaporate and flee. i say give them a good dose of what they think they want.
I had a friend/roommate that did me wrong so I told him I was moving out. While I was at work, he put all my stuff at the side of the road because he "didn't trust me in his house or yard". I asked a guy that knew us both why this guy felt I was going to trash his house when it was not in my character. He said, "People treat you as if you would react the way that they would in that situation". Wise words.
@@Phlebas Yes, despite Republicans in recent years demonstrating they are engaged in a relentless, massive power grab. When they impeached Bill Clinton and tried everything to make any "scandal" stick, it was abundantly clear that the party of Lincoln had lost their moral compass.
I said at the start of this mess...if I get Covid, then I get it; if I die, then I die; but I'll be damned if I'm going to give it to someone else and have blood on my hands.
Me I think differently. BE DAMNED if I am going to catch the virus FROM someone or pass it on to someone. . I will do what I can to PROTECT ME (selfish I am), if that means wearing a mask...I will do that no problem (as it is no different than when I work and should be wearing a mask(dust or paint spray or insulation or carpentry) as a surprising amount of that stuff goes up the nose "with me refraining from breathing deeply" (I am surprised) I keep away from people because I can do that. Be buggered I am avoiding the hospital by whatever possible.
@@fungdark8270 Speaking for myself, fuck yeah. Even fully vaccinated, I'm still wearing my mask and social distancing as much as possible (even working in retail!) until a substantial amount of fellow americans get their second doses. I don't play with my life and I don't play with others. It's what responsible people do.
@@Callimo getting the vaccine does not stop you from getting Covid it changes the way your body responds to it. Covid doesn’t kill the body commits suicide in it’s response to the invasion of the Covid virus
@@pdbabe do you have any references? I've always seen and believed that viruses hijack cells to make copies of themselves making the cell burst in the process. The cells dying and the toxins they produce cause the symptoms. My understanding is vaccines train the body to spot the pathogen and produce the right antibodies to fight it preventing it from reproducing and causing symptoms. Some symptoms from a lot of illnesses (temperature, fatigue) are caused by the bodies response but aren't the body killing itself. You get a fever because your body heats itself up because most pathogens aren't suited to temperatures above your normal body temperature and fatigue is caused by your body using a large amount of energy creating specialised cells to fight the pathogen I know allergic reactions are caused by the body overreacting and producing excessive amounts of histamine which causes swelling, hives etc. I am not a doctor and I may have some details wrong but I believe I have the main points correct. I'm open to corrections
I always knew that they were talking about themselves. The old adage "what you complain most about in others is what you have the most problem with" is always true.
All of you are extracting the wrong conclusion with this new "fact". Correct, they talk about themselves. But is deeper than that and actually the source of all the problem. Left and Right are biological equipartitions that happen everywhere, and are predicted by psychometric parameters (so is like height, some are average right, mildly right, or extreme right, just for the left). They have a slight different morality. If you judge them from your morality, they will always be monsters. Both exist, because they give an advantage to the group. The problem is that the Left is so dominant (universities, tech, science), that it gives the impression that they are not smart, the problem is that they are asphyxiated. They are becoming crazy, and more stubborn, because the Left weaponizes empathy the whole time, lies about science when it is convenient, and they are not that dumb to not notice. So they think the game is lying. They do it shamelessly because they have no ideologues in academia, nor dominance in the social narrative. This polarization does not happen in Europe, so it has a domestic origin. You are never going to be able to apply strong federal social policies if you don't convince them, because the Constitution does not allow changes without consensus of both parties. There is this childish notion that they are monsters and wrong, when you can't be morally wrong if your morality is different, you just ignore the lies of your own side. The Left was able to work with the Right in all the industrialized countries, except in the US, because everything is s circus. The correct conclusion is, this people are different, how are different and how I negotiate. This is more demonization, and they give you an exaggerated response because you are pushing non stop. You only screw yourself, because they will dismantle everything the next election if they can. We all become a horrible version of ourselves when we are being pushed. They are not different. They are selfish, but not that much. An American Right winger is not that different from a British or Dutch Right winger, the difference is the virtue signaling of everything, instead of inspire by example. Puritanism, and virtue signaling is exaggerated. You think you can shame them into giving you healthcare, education and rights for workers in the next decade when everything goes to hell because of automation and AI destroying jobs, good luck. Jus as if you were in a fascist regime you can't change, they don't have a problem to let everything burn if they are demonized every single time. Most people are normal, politicians are the worst part of society and should not be consider accurate representation of their political side.
@@cristianproust The statement you made about the polarization not happening in Europe completely contradicts your statement that the left-right bias is biological. From my perspective, there is a right wing bias in this country. I can tell this every time I turn on the radio. Even my beloved NPR feels very right leaning these days when they used to try for center. Don’t even get me started on talk radio. I do greatly agree with your statement about politicians not representing people accurately, but the difference between now and 10 years ago is GOP politicians, for whatever reason, are perpetuating lies and conspiracies. I do have great fears for the future of our country. AI and technology changes are reason enough for the basic social rights, such as healthcare for all, UBI, etc. I think of climate change the same way. Even if we had all our shit together, and ALL our politicians were working for us, we are in for some difficult times in our future.
Reminiscent of a real Conservative [not Trumpistas], Barry Goldwater and his views on gays in the military: You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
He should make a T-shirt with this quote on it! But add the word PATRIOT too because that's a key word for those being ignorant about what it means to ACTUALLY be PATRIOTIC.
Dang, you did it again. Made me see what was right in front of my face. Thank you sir. I’ve been sick with anger at a GOP friend who is “waiting” to get her shot. Can’t even deal with it. Glad I’m not a scaredy cat Republican.
I am retired active black professional and your approach to many subjects with nice insight. I am part of the privileged black middle class who managed to make it thru the racial american gauntlet you are correct I have received both vaccines and I agree it is is not for me my caccine is statement for my care for humanity.
What they need to do is announce that starting July the vaccine will no longer be free, even if it's a bluff it will get a good number of people to get theirs.
I had a very similar thought. If somehow the rural anti Covid vax folks we led to believe that the rollout was focused on urban and high immigrant areas, they would’ve developed a serious case of jealousy and FOMO.
And the real kick in the teeth, the part that makes you want to rip your hair out, is they all to a one INSIST what success they had was totally and completely theirs alone with no help from anyone or anything along the way.
@@evilsharkey8954 Oh Jeez. I've a special place in my hate for those insufferable Rand Roid @$$hats. For all their holier than than "tHiRd pArTy" or "iNdEpEnDeNt" snobbery they're really nothing than hardcore neo-liberal Republicans with bigger vocabularies and commitment issues who want to smoke weed. x.x
@Katty Matty Start here: www.princeton.edu/~starr/articles/articles07/Starr.WhyLiberalismWorks.pdf And when you're done perhaps you can tell us what a conservative, in it's modern, Trumpian form, gives to contribute to society. Oppression and autocracy? Ultranationalism and religious zealotry? A willful ignorance of science and reality? What do YOU "contribute" to society?
@Katty Matty The vaccine protects society from a pandemic, keeping people out of the hospital and at work you hate-spewing fool. Everything else you said is nonsense.
👍 Great speech!!! 🙌🙌🙌 Some hug the flag while seeking to undermine it. A true patriot is prepared to carry his or her share of the burden - and even more.
I noticed this around third grade -- the more someone wants you to know something specific about them, the more insecure they are about that thing and themselves. Worse, they may be trying to convince you that they are or do something completely opposite to reality. People who dress up and go to church every Sunday want you (and themselves) to automatically believe certain things about them. If a person keeps telling you how great they are, pay closer attention because they probably aren't as great as they say they are. If they talk anti-gay talk, well, you know.
It's almost like they took down the flag from their home to bring with and beat police with it on Jan 6th at the Capitol. Talk about massive potentials for hypocrisy!
Imagine if we had to depend on these losers in WWII. Imagine them living in London during the blitz. I'M NOT PULLING MY SHADES DOWN. I'M NOT SHUTTING MY LIGHTS OFF. Criminals, traitors and cowards. Every single one.
When I was little, my sisters and I asked our Mom why we got so many shots when we were growing up. A retired nurse, she told us honestly that we got the shots to protect other people, because we could be vaccinated and they couldn’t. One of her sisters had polio, and I remember how painful it was for her to move around. When I got my polio vaccine on a sugar cube, I remembered it so well that for years afterward, I asked if I could have another one every time we went to the doctor. We all got “German Measles” vaccines, because the fear at the time was for school aged children to pass it to one another, and bring it home where pregnant moms could catch it from their older children, give it to the developing baby, and later deliver a child with serious birth defects. That vaccine stick in the arm kept me from giving the bug to unborn children - it was a public health WE decision to protect others, not so much a ME decision. My biggest worry since the start of the pandemic was never catching the bug myself - it was somehow infecting a friend who would spread it to a vulnerable sibling, parent or grandparent, and me being indirectly responsible for that vulnerable person’s hospitalization or death….a WE decision, not a ME decision. I got an impressive bruise and stiff, sore arm for a week from my first Moderna shot; the second one gave me about 6 hours delay before another 36 hours of unpleasantness, and two weeks later at a Red Cross blood donation, I got confirmation that yes indeed, I had active antibodies to Covid. I’m of an age to have that familiar round smallpox vaccine scar - but mine is between my shoulder blades, rather than on an upper arm. The pediatrician told my parents because I was so young, and likely to scratch and itch the injection site, if it was somewhere I couldn’t reach, the scar would be smaller. Neither of my two younger sisters got this vaccine, because by the time they were old enough, the world had eradicated smallpox. The whole world made WE decisions, for the benefit of everyone. Would that we had the wisdom and compassion to do the same with Covid-19.
If America had had the attitude 75 years ago that we do now the Nazis would be running the planet. The concept of "promoting the general welfare," written in the Constitution is sorely lacking in our country today.
@@elizabethsohler6516 One wonders what those who fought two world wars would think of this generation of so called "patriots"! I was born with a genetic neuro muscular condition which meant that I didn't learn to walk until I was 5. As a child I went every week to the hospital for physio, along with the slightly older kids who had had polio and later along with those whose mothers had taken thalidamide for morning sickness. Like others of my generation I had a really bad dose of measles after starting school. I cannot comprehend the selfishness of not wanting to be vaccinated or parents who would rather risk their children's health than have them vaccinated. Measles is far far worse than a jab in the arm and its not only their own children they are putting at risk with this anti MMR idiocy. Apologies for the rant
Yes! I was in probably the last year to get the smallpox vaccine. Still have my upper arm scar. I had a BAD allergic reaction for about 3 days, but I survived. And I’d go back and do it again!
I'm part of a generation that grew up without the worry of smallpox, because people like you had made WE decisions and, as a result, eradicated it. I sincerely thank you for your community spirit and selfless attitude 💕
This is only the second video of yours I’ve seen but im now a subscriber and would just like to applaud you for using common sense. We need more free-thinkers like you out there. I and many other appreciate you and your ideas and stances and please keep it up. You’re doing great. Thank you for using your platform for good. Like I said, I haven’t seen nearly enough to know if that’s how it always was but from the small percentage I have seen - thank you.
"Actions speak louder than words" is the quote I remember. If you totally dismiss words as you have, why are on You Tube? No action here, nothing but words.
Part of the reason many Christian conservatives dislike government run social welfare is because they believe it is wrong to distribute charity without judgement, attached strings and control over what values it supports. Plus for a lot of them skin color plays a big role, too. Most republicans love to tell everyone about the charities they contribute to as a way to brag about those values. They don't have a problem with helping people. But government programs aren't selective enough. Sometimes the wrong people wind up with those charitable things. That is something they cannot abide.
Both jabs kicked my butt. And yeah, I wear my mask allllll day at work: I work at a nursing home. It's ok. I'm a big boy - I can handle a little inconvenience if it saves lives. For some, the title of my favorite Dead Kennedys album applies, "Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death"
My parents immigrated from war torn South Korea, lived in an apartment with my aunts and uncles in the projects in Brooklyn. 4 families in a single bedroom apartment. I was born 2 years later. Now, they all have successful businesses and bought giant homes in Jersey. Public programs helped them.
@hognoxious what’s going on now is the opposite. The dems are letting people cross the border and giving them money and other benefits. They are bussing them around the country but you won’t see them in their neighborhoods. They are only interested in their votes and nothing else. Any politicians who says different is a LIER. They will end up hurting lower income workers who are already here. I don’t know anyone Republicans or Democrats that refuses to get vaccinated
@@philipfm I am not sure that statement about "them taking our jobs" is accurate. (I think that is what you mean when you say they are hurting lower income Americans.) I know someone who owns an avocado ranch and he has to get crews from Mexico (it is legal and legitimate) because he can't get Americans to harvest his crops. Truly.
I don't know if the saying is the same in English, but in Danish, there is a saying that goes: "Thief thinks everyone steals." People have a tendency to attribute the thoughts, feelings and motivations that they themselves experience to other people. Our own psychology is our immediate model from which to understand others - and it can take some work to realize how different the mindset of others can be.
Thank you Beau. My brother in law was not in an at-risk group either but he suffered a COVID induced stroke, was in ICU on a ventilator, lost his ability to speak and walk. Will be in rehab facility for a year (predicted). We’re thankful for his life at this point. Nothing sobers you up quicker than it touching your family. #fullyvacinated
These are the videos to share on social media, directly w/ those who need to hear it. If the curious george pitch on his hat is upside down, that’s a nod to us there’s a twist = initially luring in close-minded folks by using a generalization they agree w/ then flipping the same coin. Bookmark to share when warranted ;)
I got my 2nd shot last Friday...2 full days...felt terrible. But then I went to work and maintained a full day. It was my responsibility as a member of a larger society to get the full set of inoculations. Period. Full stop
That goes for yourself too, when you talk about getting shots and distancing and masking being “for others.” Did you ever care about those around you enough to do any of this before you felt at risk from Covid? I’ve lived almost my entire life dealing with autoimmune issues having to dodge people who go out in public with the flu, being told to stay home if I’m at risk since others have a right to go out. I’m sure you’ve gone out yourself many times hen you weren’t feeling well and knew you could have something, since it was less convenient to stay home, or you just really wanted to go do something. And people at risk, like me, were expected to stay home since you have a right to go out. You didn’t care that you could have infected me and killed me. It was all about YOUR convenience and me being expected to be the one responsible for my own health. This only changed when you were at risk. If you never advocated for mandates or for banning sick people from public whether or not they could afford to miss work, then you don’t have a right to sit there talking about how much you care about others. That’s a goddamned lie. You care about yourself, but feel less selfish demanding others make the changes that make you feel safe if you can claim that you’re doing the same thing for others when it’s really for yourself. And now society is looking forward to getting back to fucking normal. News flash: NORMAL is when people at risk, like me, are told to stay home since people who have the flu have a right to go out still, and my health is my responsibility. No one is talking about making masks and distancing permanent even though it has resulted in the first year if my life where I haven’t had to dodge the flu. You’re looking forward to going back to a way of life that will return 100% of the responsibility for my health into me, even while you’re sitting there talking about how it’s a shared responsibility when you feel some of the risk.
@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria first of all, you don't know a damn thing about me. I've worn masks to keep my dad from getting sick back in 2008 when he was dying of Parkinson's and didnt want him to get sicker. I wore masks when I got cancer in 2010 so I woulnt get sicker. I wore masks when I got cancer again in 2011. I wore masks when my mom's dementia was at its worse in 2019 so she wouldn't get sicker. I wore masks after having to put her in a memory care facility, where she fell, broke her hip and died in March of last year. So don't school me on caring about myself more than anyone else, you twit.
Beau this one brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for defining what is means to be a “real” patriot and how we all can contribute to society just by being selfless!
I feel this boils down to: when someone tells you who they are, listen to them. The GOP has been telling us for years who they are. For some reason we are still surprised.
The DNC pushed a corrupt politician with dementia and an amoral VP that won 0 delegates in the primaries and would not have won the primary in her home state. What does that tell you about the DNC? More red team/blue team BS.
"Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive; for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight." - Samuel Johnson: The Patriot
I think a fairly large portion of this country thinks an ar-15, tactical gear, and a flag make you a Patriot. I would argue my deceased mother, who would probably disagree with this statement, was a true patriot. She spent the better part of her life fighting for the poor, the voiceless, and the disenfranchised. What's more patriotic than a 65 year old woman facing down riot cops and demanding justice for people murdered by state sponsored terrorists?
@@everythingforeveryone7654 People who have offered their lives for their country know that patriotism is not the fear of something; it is the love of something.
@@everythingforeveryone7654Answer: An eighty-year-old mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who did the same😊. Not more patriotic but maybe as patriotic. She didn't own an AR15 either. 😁 But, it is our responsibility to honor them & to carry their Legacy forward.☝️🙏👌👍✌👊.
Now that you point it out I realize how true it is. Was listening to someone in my family bitch about immigrants and yata yata, and then talk about how she chooses not to get a job because the state will just give her money. Exactly what you're describing.
My mother never had a job in her entire life; never even tried to get one. She was a well-fare case from the day she turned 18 to the day she died. She voted Republican every year and talked with scorn about people who abused the system.
@@Vohlfied I don’t understand how they reconcile these things within themselves. My libertarian cousin works under the table so that his family can remain on every form of government assistance available- meanwhile he publicly argues against a social safety net in any form.
@@benharper6028 In the case of my mother, my grandmother was a Baptist Sunday School Teacher and taughther that no matter what, God loved her and she was going to Heaven when she died as long as she said she was sorry when she 'did something bad'. Similarly, I had a roommate who said that the real gift of life was spending your entire death in Heaven, and that time on earth "was just the icing on the cake." Neither of them did anything productive nor good with their time. Both of them looked down their noses at everyone they knew in life.
Brilliant shirt this time B. This video gave me a slight cheer.. but I am the working class little guy and I seriously just lost everything I had worked as hard as I am able for over the course of three years now. Having a bad day. Thank you for this. Keep on striking that anvil mi hermano. We will break that sh*t soon enough. Some of us have nothing but incentive. 👊
I got my 2nd shot on the 26th of April and had a sore arm, and nothing more, for about 24 hours. My incentives were, 1) to not get sick and possibly die and 2) not get sick and infect someone else so they would get sick and possibly die. Not sure what other incentives a person needs and why anybody would be against that. Keep speaking the truth, Beau.
@John Smith Nothing is perfect, you just do the best you can when you can. My late father had open heart bypass surgery, and ten years later got a new heart valve. The doctor told him he should live to be 100. One year later he fell and hit his head. Because of the blood thinners he was taking, the brain hemorrhage killed him. He did the best he could at the time and it added eleven years to his life, and I'm thankful for every extra year I had with him.
I had Covid in late July - my sense of taste still goes in and out. Having already been through it, I was nervous about getting that particular jab, but as of Friday I'm in the 2 week percolation period. Feels good, man.
Hopefully the vaccine will help you recover a little bit from your symtoms. A friend of mine, who is an x-ray tech, caught a mild case in April 2020. He recovered at home, but went from healthy marathon runner to barely able to walk up a flight of stairs or carry a 25 pound carton. He got his vaccines and says he feels like his energy and lungs are improving. Here's hoping... Stay well.
@@antiquegirl6505 thank you!! Thankfully that's been the primary lingering symptom, though the rest were no joke. Good health to you and your friend, too 🙌
I took the Johnson and Johnson shot and got absolutely fucked up from it. Throughout the experience I kept asking myself “would I take it again” and as my symptoms got worst the answer remained a resounding yes. There are people in this country that want to return to normal without actually sacrificing much besides some clumps of hair and lost time. They look down on their fellows who made the sacrifice to get us into a better place while incurring all of the benefit from it.
My thing is if that was just the immune response from the vacc, how much worse would the real thing be where you have that plus a live virus trying to turn your insides to raspberry jam for two weeks
The GOP doesn't take social responsibility seriously on a personal level. Yet, we expect them to actually be a representative for constituents that they don't even care about. They've proven over and over who and what they are.
Well said. My biggest annoyance with the GOP congress members is their lack of effort to actually do the job which they were elected to perform. Their actions do great harm to their constituents.
Indeed, all because our system legalized bribery of politicians, especially by monied interests and private donors, like billionaires and corporations. While it is true that all Republicans in the Capitol are bought and corrupted, let us not forget that the vast majority of Democrats in the Capitol are also bought and corrupted. Neither party, as a majority, represents the people, especially economically, thanks to legalized and perpetuated greed. America, brought to us by the plutocrats, the oligarchs, and the kleptocrats.
First thought: Of course, who did you thought they talk about? Second thought: Well, i've never heard it said out loud in a equally compelling manner. Sometimes i envy your talent to say things in a way everyone can understand, intellectually and emotionally. thanks for your work
Many of the same people would also say that the reason they don't sin is because they're worried about what their invisible friend might do to them after they die. If not for him, they'd be total assholes to everyone else.
@John Smith -- Honesty and compassion existed long before people invented gods. Cooperation, respect, kindness and compassion exist in the animal kingdom. Hell, even vampire bats will spit up a little blood for a cave member who had a couple of unlucky nights. Since we evolved as herd/pack animals ourselves, we were looking out for our young and sick, respecting our elderly, cooperating in hunts, etc. long before anyone built a temple or invented the concept of an afterlife. Religion evolved out of superstitious rituals that people created because they didn't have the scientific knowledge to explain droughts or thunder. Sacrificing goats or children to a big phallic rock didn't do anything useful then and it doesn't now.
So true. I've been laid off from my job a few times now and every time there is a layoff, its always the republican coworkers urging everyone to not go seek work, use as much unemployment as possible, get on Food stamps and any other government assistance. Then they get on facebook and spew their rhetoric. I am proud to say that every time a layoff has came, I had a job lined up waiting for me, none of them can say that!
I got my second shot two weeks ago and was under the weather for about a day and a half. As of today, I am officially fully vaccinated. My community is now that little bit safer.
A bumpy ride is ok (I drive a Jeep, I'm used to it 😁) as long as we all don't die of dysentery... The hat patch was the second thing I noticed after the shirt...
The Oregon Trail shirt sees use when he talked about diseases. You have died from [coronivirus]. I saw the name of the video and Z E R O D I N on the Curious 🐵🧢
I got both of my shots and drove my frail little mom to get both of hers. She and I didn't have any issues. If she got Covid it would kill her. Our whole family has been vaccinated. We care what happens to other people.
My experience has taught me, that generally, when someone complains bitterly about what someone else would do, especially when they repeat it continuously, even fixate on it. They are usually projecting on what they themselves would do, rather than what the person would actually do.
Completely agree. Remember a few years back when the old guy from Duck Dynasty gave a talk to some Christian youths? The premise of his talk was that god is the source of all morality, and therefore atheism will lead to the dissolution of society. To make his point he describes a scenario in which men enter your home, tie you to a chair, cut away your "manhood" and proceed to violate your wife and children--forcing you to watch. He claimed that if there's no god, there's no reason not to do things like that...and that's why we should believe... Aside from the fact that no one who's not a psychopath would WANT to do something like that (regardless of whether there's a god who disapproves), the amount of time and detail he spent describing the scene creeped me out. I've never stopped wondering if that horror show is something he fantasizes about.
@@keymaster7323 That's pretty fucked, and the statement of, "If you need the threat of eternal torture looming over you at all times to be a good person, you're not a good person," to be alarmingly true whenever apologists speak on the necessity of corporal punishment for individual moral purity. Favourite thing about Duck Dynasty is still Bill Burr's bit on the guy who said something homophobic, "You shoved a mic in the face of an old white dude from the swamps; _WHAT'D YOU THINK HE THOUGHT!?"_
Had a "deep" discussion of the big lie, vaccines and such with my neighbor who won't get vaccinated. She doesn't trust what might be in the shot. She did give store bought brownies for helping her move a chair upstairs to her apartment. I didn't ask if she knew what was in the brownies!?! 🙂
I said something similar to this a few videos back. These people need an incentive NOT to like autocracy. They are the most bribable people on Earth. I have successfully crawled into the heads of folks like this and it is frightening what I found. They all live in an opposite world from the rest of us. Lies are truth; truth are lies. It's ALL about THEM. Whatever they say is doublespeak, so ALWAYS believe the worst meaning. Anyway. It's just a thought. Y'all hava good day.
EVERY SINGLE ACCUSATION that comes out of their mouth is VERY LITERALLY a PROJECTION.
I know it's crazy how that works. They have been screaming about voter fraud, which is beginning to make me nervous about how they run elections in deep red states.
@@gillsmoke
EXACTLY!
@@gillsmoke DAAAAYYUUMMM..... that never occurred to me...
Truth
It was sickening to watch the previous administration as they amplified this phenomenon and folks lapped it up like a Vegas buffet.
I got my second shot last week. Woke up the next morning with muscle aches, low energy and a sore arm that hurt to lift. I went in to get that shot fully expecting to feel like that the next day, if not worse. Which apparently means I'm more willing to suffer for my country than those who call me a snowflake.
100%. And thank you for putting the collective good over personal short-term interests. With enough of us acting in this way, we'll get somewhere good.
I am getting my second shot tomorrow. I have no idea what my reaction will be. It could be just a sore arm or I could be really sick for 2 days. But as long as I am keeping myself and others safe I feel it is worth it. I don't understand why some people don't want to get vaccinated for the common good.
When they call you a snowflake, smile & say thank you because snowflakes are beautiful unique little works of art. Plus they really hate it when you kill them with kindness instead of taking the bait & engaging in an argument with them 😊
Been up all night projectile vomiting from the first shot. I would *bathe* in mederna if I could 🤣
Got my second shot and was super tired, very sore arm, muscle aches, low grade fever. It was rough but is a small price to pay
Beau you should be on FOX, CNN etc. however, folks such as yourself are the real truth tellers. I would love to see you and Roland Martin at any congressional hearing. The debate would be ended quickly and convincingly. Keep telling the truth, we are listening.
"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones." - John Steinbeck
He was right
Poor people know what it feels like to be hopeless, and just how much it can mean to have someone hold out a helping hand. They're just passing it on.
True story.
I spent about 2 years poor-ish. Didn't have a car, never had to worry about food tho. First time in my life I ever really interacted with folks who were a lot worse off then I was. I'm a lot more companionate/helpful then I was before. Still not as much as I could/should be, but it really opened my eyes, I'm still working on getting better.
Before I retired as a municipal fire fighter we did yearly boot drives, collecting money at intersections, for the MDA. Without fail the person in a 20 year old pickup truck would give all they had while those in a brand new Mercedes wouldn't even roll their windows down. For the rich there is no pressing problem unless it directly affects them.
My second shot kicked my butt for 2 days. I'd do it again in a heart beat. Still wearing my mask too. I care enough about the folks around me to help them stay safe. I don't often get a chance to make a big difference but this I can do and be proud of.
Second one kicked my ass too and I am also still going to wear my mask until I feel comfortable going without it.
Absolutely the same here!
I'm a bit worried the second one is gonna kick my butt... I'm getting it at the end of the month, but luckily it'll be on a Friday. Still gonna keep wearing the mask though.
That's awesome! We need to commend those that are not selfish and inflammatory! Thanks for helping the country (and the world) by following protocols, we appreciate your effort!
I will wear my mask. I even advocated wearing them when Dr. Fauci told us we didn't need to. But I can not take any of the vaccines. I'm too scared. I am not an anti-vaxxer by any means. I just personally believe that it was manufatured too fast, plus Moderna and J&J are just sketchy companies. But your body, your choice. I support anyone who wants to take it.
Just a few years ago I was a republican. It is amazing to me how far they have moved. Right out from under my feet.
I was as well but I was totally wrong about who they were. I am pretty sure they were just like this all the time. If you are like me, you probably assumed they were more like you than they were like Newt Gingrich or Trump.
My 89 year old mother voted Democrat for the first time in her life in 2020.
I saw what you did there😊
@@paulahello7435 I salute your Mom's good example as a parent and a person. The ability to think for yourself never gets old! Thank you for sharing this story.😊
@@paulahello7435 Way to go mama...intelligent,caring person.
Yep, it seems the GOP and their followers are first to complain about their rights being violated and the last to acknowledge the responsibilities that go along with those rights.
Man this dude speaks truth all day everyday. “You don’t have to get shot to help your country. You can get A SHOT!”
Yep, it beats the hell out of the weak efforts from celebs or politicians on the subject.
Beau needs to do some of these PSAs.
hey not trying to copy ya...
This quote was spot on! Saving it to show anti-vaxxers
From the first time I stumbled across Beau I have been impressed with his ability to present his argument. Factual, informative, nuanced and at times farcically funny. But whatever the subject and content the mode and style of delivery is always 100% appropriate.
Beau is a good dude. We're lucky to have his content and leadership.
Love you Beau👍🏽❤🔥💥 keep speaking the truth❤❤
Congratulations Beau, you convinced at least one listener with this post. I wasn’t going to get immunized but hearing it put like that.... I never saw it that way. You opened my eyes and made me change my mind with your well delivered arguments.
Thank you for being open-minded and big enough a person to post this. Good luck and good health
Haven't commented in a while, but I have 2cents in the topic. I'm an old vet who has gotten my vaccine. I have continued to where my mask. Not for myself anymore but to encourage others to wear a mask regardless of your personal situation. That is what patriotism is all about. Those that do think about your neighbors and colleagues and most of all your family. Thank you for your service.
@Joseph Norm lol "this is f....tucker. Dont be like tucker."😄
@Joseph Norm wish I could like your comment more than once. Priceless
Thanks Walter! Your comment is brilliant, as you remind us what serving our Country is really all about: each of us pitching in to help gain control over this awful Pandemic. Even though I now am vaccinated, I plan to wear a mask as it's still the prudent thing to do IMHO.
Being civic-minded nowadays for the greater good gets you categorized as one of them there sheep-people. O' the irony of the herd mentality that blindly follows Eric's Dad wherever he beckons. For the sane amongst us, we follow our conscience and not someone's platitudes or opinions. Thanks Walter for doing your part. Blessings.
@@MoanAlotsa_24-7 dont know if im the only one, (doubt it but.. ) but its been my exp that the louder you harp about how patriotic you are, the more i think youre either lying, or confused.
Plus that whole sinclair "fascism wrapped in the flag thing" from oh, sometime in the last few years.
most of those folks who say they would lay down their lives in a civil war would be the first ones to run and hide, just like that badass lindsay graham. beau, you are a good human being, and that is the best compliment anyone can hope to get.
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Civil war?
Hmmm
@@timestamp7415 at this point in time, i would be more than willing to let the red states secede from the union and have trump as their dictator. would be interesting to see how the rats would find out how their freedom would evaporate and flee. i say give them a good dose of what they think they want.
@@karenshepherd4389 we could be neighbors ⚖️
Truth !!!
I had a friend/roommate that did me wrong so I told him I was moving out. While I was at work, he put all my stuff at the side of the road because he "didn't trust me in his house or yard". I asked a guy that knew us both why this guy felt I was going to trash his house when it was not in my character. He said, "People treat you as if you would react the way that they would in that situation".
Wise words.
Truer words may never have been spoken.
It's called "projection".
So fuckin true.
On the flip side, you have Democrats who think, because they respect the rule of law and act in good faith, that Republicans would do the same.
@@Phlebas
Yes, despite Republicans in recent years demonstrating they are engaged in a relentless, massive power grab. When they impeached Bill Clinton and tried everything to make any "scandal" stick, it was abundantly clear that the party of Lincoln had lost their moral compass.
“You don’t have to get shot to help your country”
Brilliant.
The ones who do not want to contribute to society are the MULTY BILLIONAIRES!!!!!!Thanks Beau!!!!
I said at the start of this mess...if I get Covid, then I get it; if I die, then I die; but I'll be damned if I'm going to give it to someone else and have blood on my hands.
Me I think differently. BE DAMNED if I am going to catch the virus FROM someone or pass it on to someone.
. I will do what I can to PROTECT ME (selfish I am), if that means wearing a mask...I will do that no problem (as it is no different than when I work and should be wearing a mask(dust or paint spray or insulation or carpentry) as a surprising amount of that stuff goes up the nose "with me refraining from breathing deeply" (I am surprised) I keep away from people because I can do that. Be buggered I am avoiding the hospital by whatever possible.
So you stayed home since the start until now?
You didn’t visit any older relatives or have them as company?
You didn’t go to the store?
@@fungdark8270 Speaking for myself, fuck yeah. Even fully vaccinated, I'm still wearing my mask and social distancing as much as possible (even working in retail!) until a substantial amount of fellow americans get their second doses. I don't play with my life and I don't play with others. It's what responsible people do.
@@Callimo getting the vaccine does not stop you from getting Covid it changes the way your body responds to it. Covid doesn’t kill the body commits suicide in it’s response to the invasion of the Covid virus
@@pdbabe do you have any references? I've always seen and believed that viruses hijack cells to make copies of themselves making the cell burst in the process. The cells dying and the toxins they produce cause the symptoms. My understanding is vaccines train the body to spot the pathogen and produce the right antibodies to fight it preventing it from reproducing and causing symptoms.
Some symptoms from a lot of illnesses (temperature, fatigue) are caused by the bodies response but aren't the body killing itself. You get a fever because your body heats itself up because most pathogens aren't suited to temperatures above your normal body temperature and fatigue is caused by your body using a large amount of energy creating specialised cells to fight the pathogen
I know allergic reactions are caused by the body overreacting and producing excessive amounts of histamine which causes swelling, hives etc.
I am not a doctor and I may have some details wrong but I believe I have the main points correct. I'm open to corrections
I always knew that they were talking about themselves. The old adage "what you complain most about in others is what you have the most problem with" is always true.
That's a great adage, wrapped in a very thoughtful comment. I'll have to keep that one in mind going forward--it's so powerful. :)
They are great at projection…. always accusing others of what they themselves are predisposed to do.
All of you are extracting the wrong conclusion with this new "fact". Correct, they talk about themselves. But is deeper than that and actually the source of all the problem.
Left and Right are biological equipartitions that happen everywhere, and are predicted by psychometric parameters (so is like height, some are average right, mildly right, or extreme right, just for the left).
They have a slight different morality. If you judge them from your morality, they will always be monsters. Both exist, because they give an advantage to the group.
The problem is that the Left is so dominant (universities, tech, science), that it gives the impression that they are not smart, the problem is that they are asphyxiated.
They are becoming crazy, and more stubborn, because the Left weaponizes empathy the whole time, lies about science when it is convenient, and they are not that dumb to not notice. So they think the game is lying.
They do it shamelessly because they have no ideologues in academia, nor dominance in the social narrative.
This polarization does not happen in Europe, so it has a domestic origin.
You are never going to be able to apply strong federal social policies if you don't convince them, because the Constitution does not allow changes without consensus of both parties.
There is this childish notion that they are monsters and wrong, when you can't be morally wrong if your morality is different, you just ignore the lies of your own side.
The Left was able to work with the Right in all the industrialized countries, except in the US, because everything is s circus.
The correct conclusion is, this people are different, how are different and how I negotiate. This is more demonization, and they give you an exaggerated response because you are pushing non stop.
You only screw yourself, because they will dismantle everything the next election if they can.
We all become a horrible version of ourselves when we are being pushed. They are not different. They are selfish, but not that much. An American Right winger is not that different from a British or Dutch Right winger, the difference is the virtue signaling of everything, instead of inspire by example.
Puritanism, and virtue signaling is exaggerated. You think you can shame them into giving you healthcare, education and rights for workers in the next decade when everything goes to hell because of automation and AI destroying jobs, good luck.
Jus as if you were in a fascist regime you can't change, they don't have a problem to let everything burn if they are demonized every single time.
Most people are normal, politicians are the worst part of society and should not be consider accurate representation of their political side.
@@cristianproust The statement you made about the polarization not happening in Europe completely contradicts your statement that the left-right bias is biological.
From my perspective, there is a right wing bias in this country. I can tell this every time I turn on the radio. Even my beloved NPR feels very right leaning these days when they used to try for center. Don’t even get me started on talk radio.
I do greatly agree with your statement about politicians not representing people accurately, but the difference between now and 10 years ago is GOP politicians, for whatever reason, are perpetuating lies and conspiracies.
I do have great fears for the future of our country. AI and technology changes are reason enough for the basic social rights, such as healthcare for all, UBI, etc. I think of climate change the same way. Even if we had all our shit together, and ALL our politicians were working for us, we are in for some difficult times in our future.
Exactly! So well put Beau!
Shouldn't the Trumpocult an alternative reality send back their stimulus check as a political statement ? Suuuurrrrreeeee they will...
When the patch is upside down, buckle down, listen to Beau.
That line needs to be a meme: “You don’t need to get shot to save your country. You just need to get a shot.”
How about: "You don't need to shoot to be a patriot, but you do need to get (a) shot" -- or two, as the case may be.
It is. Spread it. ✊
Reminiscent of a real Conservative [not Trumpistas], Barry Goldwater and his views on gays in the military: You don't need to be 'straight' to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.
@@oldgeezerproductions I took two shots but I don't thik it wad enough
It needs to be on billboards and commercials
ACTIONS tell you who someone is, WORDS tell you who they pretend to be
Well put
👍
Acta non verba.
❤️
AMEN 🙏
_"You don't have to get shot to help your country. You can go & get _*_a_*_ shot to help your country"_
So true. Nice one Beau!
He should make a T-shirt with this quote on it! But add the word PATRIOT too because that's a key word for those being ignorant about what it means to ACTUALLY be PATRIOTIC.
That’s should be the slogan !
Beau lies to profit of you tube
@@bbush8575 beau lies to profit of you tube
@@hisbos7331 - thanks for watching & commenting. It helps boost the algorithm. 😄
Dang, you did it again. Made me see what was right in front of my face. Thank you sir. I’ve been sick with anger at a GOP friend who is “waiting” to get her shot. Can’t even deal with it. Glad I’m not a scaredy cat Republican.
Our country needs more people who are both clear in thought and conviction like this man! You are awesome.
Critical Thought needs to be taught in high schools.
szwagner; agreed!
@@VagrantShadow it used to be, back in the day!
I've always said, the big difference is empathy. They don't care.
Yeah, they're not "rugged individuals", they're sociopaths.
@@fionaanderson5796 I laughed at that because it’s so true! I’ll definitely be using that, saying , “as my friend Fiona Anderson says.,,,”
#micdrop
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@@PhoebeFayRuthLouise lol. Go for it!
I am retired active black professional and your approach to many subjects with nice insight. I am part of the privileged black middle class who managed to make it thru the racial american gauntlet
you are correct I have received both vaccines and I agree it is is not for me my caccine is statement for my care for humanity.
We could have got most of the “I won’t take it” people to demand it! All we had do do was tell them they couldn’t have it!
What they need to do is announce that starting July the vaccine will no longer be free, even if it's a bluff it will get a good number of people to get theirs.
I had a very similar thought. If somehow the rural anti Covid vax folks we led to believe that the rollout was focused on urban and high immigrant areas, they would’ve developed a serious case of jealousy and FOMO.
If they had told them Trump got his in January before leaving WH I bet they would've lined up overnight.
Trick Fox into reporting that Biden doesn't want them to have it. 😂
Tell the fascist fools that liberals don't want them vaxed.
Not all heroes get shot
But...
All Heroes get their shots! 🙂💙
Ha! i live in oregon and own that same shirt. rock it Beau!
This is their stance on Cancel culture too. They cancel, constantly.
I've always said about conservatives.
They want all of the benefits of society, and none of the responsibility.
And the real kick in the teeth, the part that makes you want to rip your hair out, is they all to a one INSIST what success they had was totally and completely theirs alone with no help from anyone or anything along the way.
Conservative Libertarians, especially.
@@evilsharkey8954 Oh Jeez. I've a special place in my hate for those insufferable Rand Roid @$$hats. For all their holier than than "tHiRd pArTy" or "iNdEpEnDeNt" snobbery they're really nothing than hardcore neo-liberal Republicans with bigger vocabularies and commitment issues who want to smoke weed. x.x
@Katty Matty Start here:
www.princeton.edu/~starr/articles/articles07/Starr.WhyLiberalismWorks.pdf
And when you're done perhaps you can tell us what a conservative, in it's modern, Trumpian form, gives to contribute to society. Oppression and autocracy? Ultranationalism and religious zealotry? A willful ignorance of science and reality? What do YOU "contribute" to society?
@Katty Matty The vaccine protects society from a pandemic, keeping people out of the hospital and at work you hate-spewing fool. Everything else you said is nonsense.
Absolutely NAILED it. Much love
👍 Great speech!!! 🙌🙌🙌
Some hug the flag while seeking to undermine it. A true patriot is prepared to carry his or her share of the burden - and even more.
I noticed this around third grade -- the more someone wants you to know something specific about them, the more insecure they are about that thing and themselves. Worse, they may be trying to convince you that they are or do something completely opposite to reality.
People who dress up and go to church every Sunday want you (and themselves) to automatically believe certain things about them.
If a person keeps telling you how great they are, pay closer attention because they probably aren't as great as they say they are. If they talk anti-gay talk, well, you know.
It's almost like they took down the flag from their home to bring with and beat police with it on Jan 6th at the Capitol.
Talk about massive potentials for hypocrisy!
Imagine if we had to depend on these losers in WWII. Imagine them living in London during the blitz. I'M NOT PULLING MY SHADES DOWN. I'M NOT SHUTTING MY LIGHTS OFF. Criminals, traitors and cowards. Every single one.
And that was a polite throat punch. Love it.
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Can I just say amen!
Spot on as always!!!
When I was little, my sisters and I asked our Mom why we got so many shots when we were growing up. A retired nurse, she told us honestly that we got the shots to protect other people, because we could be vaccinated and they couldn’t. One of her sisters had polio, and I remember how painful it was for her to move around. When I got my polio vaccine on a sugar cube, I remembered it so well that for years afterward, I asked if I could have another one every time we went to the doctor. We all got “German Measles” vaccines, because the fear at the time was for school aged children to pass it to one another, and bring it home where pregnant moms could catch it from their older children, give it to the developing baby, and later deliver a child with serious birth defects. That vaccine stick in the arm kept me from giving the bug to unborn children - it was a public health WE decision to protect others, not so much a ME decision. My biggest worry since the start of the pandemic was never catching the bug myself - it was somehow infecting a friend who would spread it to a vulnerable sibling, parent or grandparent, and me being indirectly responsible for that vulnerable person’s hospitalization or death….a WE decision, not a ME decision. I got an impressive bruise and stiff, sore arm for a week from my first Moderna shot; the second one gave me about 6 hours delay before another 36 hours of unpleasantness, and two weeks later at a Red Cross blood donation, I got confirmation that yes indeed, I had active antibodies to Covid.
I’m of an age to have that familiar round smallpox vaccine scar - but mine is between my shoulder blades, rather than on an upper arm. The pediatrician told my parents because I was so young, and likely to scratch and itch the injection site, if it was somewhere I couldn’t reach, the scar would be smaller. Neither of my two younger sisters got this vaccine, because by the time they were old enough, the world had eradicated smallpox. The whole world made WE decisions, for the benefit of everyone. Would that we had the wisdom and compassion to do the same with Covid-19.
If America had had the attitude 75 years ago that we do now the Nazis would be running the planet. The concept of "promoting the general welfare," written in the Constitution is sorely lacking in our country today.
@@elizabethsohler6516 One wonders what those who fought two world wars would think of this generation of so called "patriots"!
I was born with a genetic neuro muscular condition which meant that I didn't learn to walk until I was 5. As a child I went every week to the hospital for physio, along with the slightly older kids who had had polio and later along with those whose mothers had taken thalidamide for morning sickness. Like others of my generation I had a really bad dose of measles after starting school. I cannot comprehend the selfishness of not wanting to be vaccinated or parents who would rather risk their children's health than have them vaccinated. Measles is far far worse than a jab in the arm and its not only their own children they are putting at risk with this anti MMR idiocy. Apologies for the rant
Well maybe we can keep sharing the wisdom of stories like yours.
Yes! I was in probably the last year to get the smallpox vaccine. Still have my upper arm scar. I had a BAD allergic reaction for about 3 days, but I survived. And I’d go back and do it again!
I'm part of a generation that grew up without the worry of smallpox, because people like you had made WE decisions and, as a result, eradicated it.
I sincerely thank you for your community spirit and selfless attitude 💕
This is only the second video of yours I’ve seen but im now a subscriber and would just like to applaud you for using common sense. We need more free-thinkers like you out there. I and many other appreciate you and your ideas and stances and please keep it up. You’re doing great. Thank you for using your platform for good. Like I said, I haven’t seen nearly enough to know if that’s how it always was but from the small percentage I have seen - thank you.
Beau as someone whose entire family is pretty selfish & narcissistic & conservative (my whole life) - you’ve described it spot on. Spot freaking on.
Narcissim is now stereotypical of the conservative label that gaslights otherwise.
Wishing you a safe exit from that family!
@@karenjohannessen8987 I did. I moved
I left them when I realized I shelled out thousands in their time of need but they didn’t do the same when I needed surgery and was very sick.
Action, not words, tells a person's story! Most of the "privileged" people talk the talk but don't walk the walk.
"Actions speak louder than words" is the quote I remember. If you totally dismiss words as you have, why are on You Tube? No action here, nothing but words.
@@hannabaal150 Maybe not where YOU look. Keep looking.
Actions speak louder than words, because some words are big and hard to understand.
Part of the reason many Christian conservatives dislike government run social welfare is because they believe it is wrong to distribute charity without judgement, attached strings and control over what values it supports. Plus for a lot of them skin color plays a big role, too.
Most republicans love to tell everyone about the charities they contribute to as a way to brag about those values.
They don't have a problem with helping people. But government programs aren't selective enough. Sometimes the wrong people wind up with those charitable things. That is something they cannot abide.
@@mostcom Sitting on my ass watching videos is not action, an if you think that's action, you need a dictionary.
Got mine in January & February....waiting on the rest of you! USA rocks!
Both jabs kicked my butt. And yeah, I wear my mask allllll day at work: I work at a nursing home. It's ok. I'm a big boy - I can handle a little inconvenience if it saves lives.
For some, the title of my favorite Dead Kennedys album applies, "Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death"
I'm still recovering from a bad reaction to the second dose.
When you were talking about “freeloaders” the first image to my mind was McConnell. It’s a frightening picture.
Wow!!!’ One of your best arguments ever!
My parents immigrated from war torn South Korea, lived in an apartment with my aunts and uncles in the projects in Brooklyn. 4 families in a single bedroom apartment. I was born 2 years later. Now, they all have successful businesses and bought giant homes in Jersey. Public programs helped them.
@hognoxious what’s going on now is the opposite. The dems are letting people cross the border and giving them money and other benefits. They are bussing them around the country but you won’t see them in their neighborhoods. They are only interested in their votes and nothing else. Any politicians who says different is a LIER. They will end up hurting lower income workers who are already here. I don’t know anyone Republicans or Democrats that refuses to get vaccinated
@@philipfm A Reagan Legacy: Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants
@@philipfm I am not sure that statement about "them taking our jobs" is accurate. (I think that is what you mean when you say they are hurting lower income Americans.) I know someone who owns an avocado ranch and he has to get crews from Mexico (it is legal and legitimate) because he can't get Americans to harvest his crops. Truly.
philipfm, and your source on this is...?
@@evilsharkey8954 the coolaid factory......
I don't know if the saying is the same in English, but in Danish, there is a saying that goes: "Thief thinks everyone steals." People have a tendency to attribute the thoughts, feelings and motivations that they themselves experience to other people. Our own psychology is our immediate model from which to understand others - and it can take some work to realize how different the mindset of others can be.
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Excellent episode
Thank you
Listening to Beau and talking on this thread with sane, civic minded people gives me hope! Thanks Beau and everyone!😊
Who are you calling sane you hippie!?
Back at you Susan.
@@RM-lx4wx 🤣🤣💯
@@beaconofwierd1883 that's PROUD hippie to you lol!
Welcome to the fellowship.
The social contract. A person's responsibility to their community. Great video Beau. 👍
Too many people focus only only on the rights conferred by society while ignoring the responsibility which is the other side of that coin.
Beau, I am always impressed. Please continue to inspire. I need it as I deal with my pig-headed family members!
Wow. Amazing. You are correct. People who want to do the right thing will just do it for the better good. No incentives needed.
_"Benefit without contributing."_ Why do we pay taxes again?
Thank you Beau. My brother in law was not in an at-risk group either but he suffered a COVID induced stroke, was in ICU on a ventilator, lost his ability to speak and walk. Will be in rehab facility for a year (predicted). We’re thankful for his life at this point. Nothing sobers you up quicker than it touching your family. #fullyvacinated
Amen🙏🏽 wishing him a speedy and FULL recovery!
I’m really sorry to hear that! I’m wishing the best for you and your family
I've seen how offended they get when you suggest civic responsibility. Then it's every one for themselves.
Every time I hear a great argument being made my happiness is overshadowed with the thought that the people who need to hear it most probably won't.
These are the videos to share on social media, directly w/ those who need to hear it.
If the curious george pitch on his hat is upside down, that’s a nod to us there’s a twist = initially luring in close-minded folks by using a generalization they agree w/ then flipping the same coin. Bookmark to share when warranted ;)
...so, spread the word then :)
Sir, I appreciate your insights.
You hit the nail on the head! They expect us to protect them! That's it!
I have come to the conclusion to switch to a job with upward advancement possibilities after a couple of years getting experience.
I got my 2nd shot last Friday...2 full days...felt terrible. But then I went to work and maintained a full day. It was my responsibility as a member of a larger society to get the full set of inoculations. Period. Full stop
Mind blown 🤯... keep dropping jewels sir
Everything they talk about "others" is about themselves.
That's generally true, no matter which side you're looking at.
That goes for yourself too, when you talk about getting shots and distancing and masking being “for others.”
Did you ever care about those around you enough to do any of this before you felt at risk from Covid? I’ve lived almost my entire life dealing with autoimmune issues having to dodge people who go out in public with the flu, being told to stay home if I’m at risk since others have a right to go out. I’m sure you’ve gone out yourself many times hen you weren’t feeling well and knew you could have something, since it was less convenient to stay home, or you just really wanted to go do something. And people at risk, like me, were expected to stay home since you have a right to go out. You didn’t care that you could have infected me and killed me. It was all about YOUR convenience and me being expected to be the one responsible for my own health.
This only changed when you were at risk.
If you never advocated for mandates or for banning sick people from public whether or not they could afford to miss work, then you don’t have a right to sit there talking about how much you care about others. That’s a goddamned lie. You care about yourself, but feel less selfish demanding others make the changes that make you feel safe if you can claim that you’re doing the same thing for others when it’s really for yourself.
And now society is looking forward to getting back to fucking normal. News flash: NORMAL is when people at risk, like me, are told to stay home since people who have the flu have a right to go out still, and my health is my responsibility. No one is talking about making masks and distancing permanent even though it has resulted in the first year if my life where I haven’t had to dodge the flu. You’re looking forward to going back to a way of life that will return 100% of the responsibility for my health into me, even while you’re sitting there talking about how it’s a shared responsibility when you feel some of the risk.
@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria first of all, you don't know a damn thing about me. I've worn masks to keep my dad from getting sick back in 2008 when he was dying of Parkinson's and didnt want him to get sicker.
I wore masks when I got cancer in 2010 so I woulnt get sicker. I wore masks when I got cancer again in 2011.
I wore masks when my mom's dementia was at its worse in 2019 so she wouldn't get sicker.
I wore masks after having to put her in a memory care facility, where she fell, broke her hip and died in March of last year.
So don't school me on caring about myself more than anyone else, you twit.
It's nice to hear smart.
Beau this one brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for defining what is means to be a “real” patriot and how we all can contribute to society just by being selfless!
It's called one's Civic Duty and used to be taught in school.
the acid test truth today
Thanks, Beau, I don’t know anybody to match you for straight talk.
I knew it was going to be good based on how George was on his hat.
I feel this boils down to: when someone tells you who they are, listen to them. The GOP has been telling us for years who they are. For some reason we are still surprised.
They tell us who they think they are, but show us who they really are.
The DNC pushed a corrupt politician with dementia and an amoral VP that won 0 delegates in the primaries and would not have won the primary in her home state. What does that tell you about the DNC? More red team/blue team BS.
@@jveebklyn1644 you lost, get over it.
@@grumpynapkingirl7484 If you are so blue that you are happy winning with Joe Biden, you have a very low bar.
Well said !! Thank you !!
"Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive; for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight." - Samuel Johnson: The Patriot
Yes Joseph, so so many are left wanting.
I think a fairly large portion of this country thinks an ar-15, tactical gear, and a flag make you a Patriot. I would argue my deceased mother, who would probably disagree with this statement, was a true patriot. She spent the better part of her life fighting for the poor, the voiceless, and the disenfranchised. What's more patriotic than a 65 year old woman facing down riot cops and demanding justice for people murdered by state sponsored terrorists?
@@everythingforeveryone7654 People who have offered their lives for their country know that patriotism is not the fear of something; it is the love of something.
@@everythingforeveryone7654Answer: An eighty-year-old mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who did the same😊. Not more patriotic but maybe as patriotic. She didn't own an AR15 either. 😁
But, it is our responsibility to honor them & to carry their Legacy forward.☝️🙏👌👍✌👊.
@@everythingforeveryone7654 Hear, hear !!
Now that you point it out I realize how true it is. Was listening to someone in my family bitch about immigrants and yata yata, and then talk about how she chooses not to get a job because the state will just give her money. Exactly what you're describing.
She also forgets how her family got here 😂. Racists are so dumb
My mother never had a job in her entire life; never even tried to get one. She was a well-fare case from the day she turned 18 to the day she died. She voted Republican every year and talked with scorn about people who abused the system.
@@Vohlfied I don’t understand how they reconcile these things within themselves. My libertarian cousin works under the table so that his family can remain on every form of government assistance available- meanwhile he publicly argues against a social safety net in any form.
@@benharper6028 In the case of my mother, my grandmother was a Baptist Sunday School Teacher and taughther that no matter what, God loved her and she was going to Heaven when she died as long as she said she was sorry when she 'did something bad'.
Similarly, I had a roommate who said that the real gift of life was spending your entire death in Heaven, and that time on earth "was just the icing on the cake." Neither of them did anything productive nor good with their time. Both of them looked down their noses at everyone they knew in life.
Brilliant shirt this time B. This video gave me a slight cheer.. but I am the working class little guy and I seriously just lost everything I had worked as hard as I am able for over the course of three years now. Having a bad day. Thank you for this. Keep on striking that anvil mi hermano. We will break that sh*t soon enough. Some of us have nothing but incentive. 👊
I got my 2nd shot on the 26th of April and had a sore arm, and nothing more, for about 24 hours. My incentives were, 1) to not get sick and possibly die and 2) not get sick and infect someone else so they would get sick and possibly die. Not sure what other incentives a person needs and why anybody would be against that. Keep speaking the truth, Beau.
@John Smith As opposed to the known side effects of catching the disease? And yes, I've had both my shots, no problem and I worry a lot less now.
@John Smith sounds like you ain't taking a shot eh? If you take any kind of medication it has side affects. No biggie keep living
@John Smith Nothing is perfect, you just do the best you can when you can. My late father had open heart bypass surgery, and ten years later got a new heart valve. The doctor told him he should live to be 100. One year later he fell and hit his head. Because of the blood thinners he was taking, the brain hemorrhage killed him. He did the best he could at the time and it added eleven years to his life, and I'm thankful for every extra year I had with him.
@John Smith kids like you would have been fine getting polio as a kid and an iron lung. Good lord your ignorance is astounding
@John Smith good lord you repeat your ignorance again 😂
I had Covid in late July - my sense of taste still goes in and out.
Having already been through it, I was nervous about getting that particular jab, but as of Friday I'm in the 2 week percolation period.
Feels good, man.
Hopefully the vaccine will help you recover a little bit from your symtoms. A friend of mine, who is an x-ray tech, caught a mild case in April 2020. He recovered at home, but went from healthy marathon runner to barely able to walk up a flight of stairs or carry a 25 pound carton. He got his vaccines and says he feels like his energy and lungs are improving. Here's hoping...
Stay well.
@@antiquegirl6505 thank you!! Thankfully that's been the primary lingering symptom, though the rest were no joke. Good health to you and your friend, too 🙌
One of your best!
I took the Johnson and Johnson shot and got absolutely fucked up from it. Throughout the experience I kept asking myself “would I take it again” and as my symptoms got worst the answer remained a resounding yes. There are people in this country that want to return to normal without actually sacrificing much besides some clumps of hair and lost time. They look down on their fellows who made the sacrifice to get us into a better place while incurring all of the benefit from it.
My thing is if that was just the immune response from the vacc, how much worse would the real thing be where you have that plus a live virus trying to turn your insides to raspberry jam for two weeks
Holy crap, Beau, you have a gift. I wish I could like this video a million times. You're the man bro.
Blessings Beau.
Good stuff, Beau!!!
Agree, hi Jesse! Love your channel also :)
Jesse! Love your channel, too. You two would be an awesome collab!👍🥰✌😷🎃
Agree with you Jesse and I like your channel too😊
Agree 👍👍
Brian Tyler Cohen, Beau, David Pakman, Jesse and Farron are my favorite people on RUclips. Facts > lies.
The GOP doesn't take social responsibility seriously on a personal level. Yet, we expect them to actually be a representative for constituents that they don't even care about. They've proven over and over who and what they are.
Well said. My biggest annoyance with the GOP congress members is their lack of effort to actually do the job which they were elected to perform. Their actions do great harm to their constituents.
Indeed, all because our system legalized bribery of politicians, especially by monied interests and private donors, like billionaires and corporations. While it is true that all Republicans in the Capitol are bought and corrupted, let us not forget that the vast majority of Democrats in the Capitol are also bought and corrupted. Neither party, as a majority, represents the people, especially economically, thanks to legalized and perpetuated greed. America, brought to us by the plutocrats, the oligarchs, and the kleptocrats.
You need a soul if you want to have a personal level
You nailed this one Bo!
Thanks Beau!!! Well said! I'm a US patriot and I did my part and got my shots to keep my community SAFE!!!
Thank you! This is what I've been thinking! You said it out loud.
Very well said as always, Beau. Love your analyses.
They ALWAYS project their dirt onto people who do right. So evil. Keep telling it, Beau. And what we can do.
Started at the top 1%.
First thought: Of course, who did you thought they talk about?
Second thought: Well, i've never heard it said out loud in a equally compelling manner.
Sometimes i envy your talent to say things in a way everyone can understand, intellectually and emotionally.
thanks for your work
I envy his talent with every post.
Well, they can only speak from their own perspective because that's all they know. Anything else would require that they had empathy.
Beau: Says something weird and out of pocket.
Me: looks at hat.
Hat:🙃
Me: Ah.. carry on.
Noticed the hat also.
ohhh, .....ok finally .....now I get it about the curious george patch position. thanks
I say it over and over. Projection is the language of the guilty.
Exactly. They are the psychologically entitled.
Many of the same people would also say that the reason they don't sin is because they're worried about what their invisible friend might do to them after they die. If not for him, they'd be total assholes to everyone else.
Well, it doesn’t seem to stop them being total douchebags
That's also why they think non-believers have no morals, ethics or strength of character.
True! Some of us don't need the threat of eternal damnation from an invisible friend to know we should be honest and compassionate.
@John Smith -- Honesty and compassion existed long before people invented gods. Cooperation, respect, kindness and compassion exist in the animal kingdom. Hell, even vampire bats will spit up a little blood for a cave member who had a couple of unlucky nights.
Since we evolved as herd/pack animals ourselves, we were looking out for our young and sick, respecting our elderly, cooperating in hunts, etc. long before anyone built a temple or invented the concept of an afterlife. Religion evolved out of superstitious rituals that people created because they didn't have the scientific knowledge to explain droughts or thunder. Sacrificing goats or children to a big phallic rock didn't do anything useful then and it doesn't now.
So true. I've been laid off from my job a few times now and every time there is a layoff, its always the republican coworkers urging everyone to not go seek work, use as much unemployment as possible, get on Food stamps and any other government assistance. Then they get on facebook and spew their rhetoric. I am proud to say that every time a layoff has came, I had a job lined up waiting for me, none of them can say that!
Exactly! The GOP’s views are Freudian.
Whenever I think Beau has out done himself, he goes and out does himself.
I got my second shot two weeks ago and was under the weather for about a day and a half. As of today, I am officially fully vaccinated. My community is now that little bit safer.
Prayers for your daughter.
Brilliant point Beau!
Me when I first started this episode: "He's got his Oregon Trail shirt on. Looks like we're going to have a bumpy ride!"
Not to mention george being upside down.
A bumpy ride is ok (I drive a Jeep, I'm used to it 😁) as long as we all don't die of dysentery...
The hat patch was the second thing I noticed after the shirt...
The Oregon Trail shirt sees use when he talked about diseases.
You have died from [coronivirus].
I saw the name of the video and Z E R O D I N on the Curious 🐵🧢
3 Signs - the shirt, the George patch, and he started by saying “the GOP was right and I was wrong.”
@@thomasmyers7260 LMAO like, yeah, OK, but in what matter of perspective?
I got both of my shots and drove my frail little mom to get both of hers. She and I didn't have any issues. If she got Covid it would kill her. Our whole family has been vaccinated. We care what happens to other people.
Love it Beau, keep saying the truth brother!
My experience has taught me, that generally, when someone complains bitterly about what someone else would do, especially when they repeat it continuously, even fixate on it. They are usually projecting on what they themselves would do, rather than what the person would actually do.
Well said
John, agreed, very much so.
Completely agree. Remember a few years back when the old guy from Duck Dynasty gave a talk to some Christian youths? The premise of his talk was that god is the source of all morality, and therefore atheism will lead to the dissolution of society. To make his point he describes a scenario in which men enter your home, tie you to a chair, cut away your "manhood" and proceed to violate your wife and children--forcing you to watch. He claimed that if there's no god, there's no reason not to do things like that...and that's why we should believe... Aside from the fact that no one who's not a psychopath would WANT to do something like that (regardless of whether there's a god who disapproves), the amount of time and detail he spent describing the scene creeped me out. I've never stopped wondering if that horror show is something he fantasizes about.
@@keymaster7323 That's pretty fucked, and the statement of, "If you need the threat of eternal torture looming over you at all times to be a good person, you're not a good person," to be alarmingly true whenever apologists speak on the necessity of corporal punishment for individual moral purity.
Favourite thing about Duck Dynasty is still Bill Burr's bit on the guy who said something homophobic, "You shoved a mic in the face of an old white dude from the swamps; _WHAT'D YOU THINK HE THOUGHT!?"_
Ha! Watching this while currently laid out with dose 2 side effects. Thanks Beau
thank you!!!!!!
Had a "deep" discussion of the big lie, vaccines and such with my neighbor who won't get vaccinated. She doesn't trust what might be in the shot. She did give store bought brownies for helping her move a chair upstairs to her apartment. I didn't ask if she knew what was in the brownies!?! 🙂
I said something similar to this a few videos back. These people need an incentive NOT to like autocracy. They are the most bribable people on Earth. I have successfully crawled into the heads of folks like this and it is frightening what I found. They all live in an opposite world from the rest of us. Lies are truth; truth are lies. It's ALL about THEM. Whatever they say is doublespeak, so ALWAYS believe the worst meaning. Anyway. It's just a thought. Y'all hava good day.
My second dose just gave me a sore arm and made me sleepy…..totally worth it!