 Hello, everyone. I hope that you are enjoying your Monday. I am currently in the process of prepping for the next episode So bear with me fresh content will be coming. I'm working on that currently But part of the prep process is me basically just scouring the internet To see what's going on in the world of politics and since I am online and I am looking for things to cover it is very likely that I will be Side-tracked and certainly that happened this week and as you can kind of see here I've got a Steven Crowder tweet up and he's been in a little bit of hot water lately if you Haven't noticed so Vox journalist Carlos Mazza posted basically a year or two's worth of Content of him basically just hurling middle school level insults at him He's criticizing Carlos Mazza not necessarily because you know He's a Vox journalist who puts out bad content and he's criticizing the content itself No, what Steven Crowder is doing is critiquing him because he's a lispy gay guy. That is What he's doing and as Carlos shows here, you know, it led to him being doxed Debate Steven Crowder by all of his homophobic fans and it's just you know It's ridiculous. I Actually, I'm relatively mixed when it comes to Vox However, Carlos Mazza is kind of the exception if you don't like Vox you should like Carlos Mazza because he actually is an Objective journalist he puts in a lot of research and effort into his videos. So for this to happen to him I mean it nobody deserves this right but of all people he really doesn't deserve this level of scrutiny And if you're gonna criticize him or debunk him, then you need to criticize him because of the content But what Steven Crowder is doing here is just being a dickhead to him and criticizing him because How many lispy angry sprites and Vox Screen and try and tell you otherwise or you by the way, the gay Mexican guy The gay Latino v-neck gay Mexican or Mexican gay guy used to work Mexican gay Latino there at Vox gay Latino from Vox He token Vox gay atheist sprite with surprisingly surprisingly flaccid chest considering how thin he is. It is very bizarre to me Yes, but it was an addendum to fat So ridiculous. So I mean, this is what we and I need to get to all of it, you know, I mean he just so much content of him Lobbing these ad hominem attacks just it's so childish. Like this is literally middle school level insults, but you know on top of that we have Him making this stupid point remind me how is one's preference in sexual friction a point of pride Now, I don't know what sexual friction means. I'm assuming that he means like sexual preference But the reason why I wanted to talk about this is One because Steven Crowder is a gigantic hateful asshole and second of all He's bringing up a point that I often see during pride, you know, there's always this Well, what about straight pride like you see it all the time, right? And I feel the need to respond because it's such an obnoxious point to make it's just people who they make this point because they don't like that gay people are trying to be happy and trying to Celebrate so they'll bring up points like straight pride or they'll say, you know, why are you? Why are you prideful about the fact that you're attracted to men? Well, wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to be prideful of that fact because you know This is something that shouldn't really be an issue But because of people like you Steven Crowder, you make it an issue you make it so pride is a necessity and It's funny because like as a gay man myself and I hate to say as a gay man But I mean really every time pride rolls around I become less and less excited and I get a little bit more anxious because it's not like I'm prideful like I don't I'm prideful as an individual But what I see is just a reminder that people in America They still really fucking hate gay people and I'm not gonna lie It is it's pretty soul-crushing and I'm reminded constantly like you see these brands like large multinational corporations Like for example Xbox, you know, they'll change their logo They'll make the Xbox logo rainbow-ified and say play with pride and you know, I Would much prefer that they treat their LGBTQ employees and all of their employees with dignity pay them a livable wage Give them health care, but that's besides the point What always bugs me is the horrible comments that you see in response to these posts, you know, I saw Xbox's post on Facebook and They said something about pride or they just updated their logo and underneath were a bunch of responses by a bunch of pricks Basically shitting on gay people the Bible says Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve Wow, that's brilliant Why didn't anybody tell me this before I came out of the closet because it would have saved my family a lot of headache If you just told me that God created Adam Eve not Adam and Steve, I would have not been gay brilliant so it's just we see a lot of Reminders as gay people when we're supposed to be prideful or celebrating who we are in identity that is demonized that we're still really fucking hated So remind me how is one's preference in sexual friction a point of pride? Well, this was my response because bullies like you belittle and dehumanize gay people to the point where they feel worthless And want to end their lives pride is them pushing back Against the goons like you Acknowledging their worth as human beings and trying to feel proud about what they deem icky So as someone who like I never participate in the festivities. I'm someone who I don't like to be in large crowds of people I've never attended a gay pride parade I am basically a nerd who likes to stay at home and smoke weed and play video games But with that being said is pride a necessity Absolutely, it's needed absolutely because every Single day if you are a gay person There's some reminder that you are the other you're icky and a lot of gay people myself included like we go out of our way to Sensor ourselves in order to accommodate Possible homophobic feelings that individuals have like for me in order to avoid any bullshit or even any reaction whatsoever Sometimes I'll just censor myself and not mention my husband in the conversation just to make sure that they're you know They don't feel uncomfortable or that I get any response because really I mean the point that Crowder is making here about well. Why is this such a point of pride in an ideal world? That would be the case right like nobody cares that somebody is gay I mentioned my husband and it's just it doesn't register right It's just like you mention your wife or your partner of the opposite gender in the event You're a straight person, but that's not the world that we're living in So this is why these identities need to be celebrated not because you know people want to flaunt quote-unquote flaunt Their sexual orientation we have to celebrate this because we live in a world where pieces of shit like you Steven Crowder Make gay people feel so terrible about themselves that they want to commit suicide So when we celebrate Pride month what we're trying to do is remind gay people that hey You're worth it your life is Meaningful in spite of all the noise in spite of people like Steven Crowder who want you to feel like shit I mean look at if you go to his banner here It's literally him advertising his t-shirt that says socialism is for fags. He literally has the nerve To put a fucking gay slur on his shirt, but then I love how he's trying to be edgy But at the same time he censors it just put fags on your shirt Don't be a pussy call us faggots if that's what you want to call us because we know that that's the way you feel You piece of shit so call us faggots and maybe I'm getting a little bit too rantier But it's just irritating like every single time or almost every time certainly I haven't seen it this year But whenever pride month starts you see straight pride trending and it's it's irritating to me, you know, um like It reminds me of like the scene from the office where I don't know if you remember when Phyllis and Bob Vance were getting married and Michael Scott was trying to do everything he could to him insert himself in the event That's basically the equivalent when you invoke straight pride when gays are trying to celebrate It's not that you shouldn't feel prideful if you're straight It's that we don't really get that much of an opportunity to celebrate our identities without feeling uncomfortable or trying to accommodate someone who may or may not be Homophobic, but every single day of the year is straight pride you never have to worry about making somebody feel uncomfortable if You reveal that you're straight. It's just something that you don't think about so in an ideal world Steven Crowder I would love for You know us to not have to worry about pride or feel prideful But because of people like you this is why we have pride parades and this is why we celebrate pride So gay people don't feel horrible about their identities but that's not the world that we live in and You know speaking as a gay person like I'm in such a privileged Position compared to trans people like the hodge twins. I don't know if you know them. They're other big youtubers They put out basically a two-minute rant just talking about how horrible and icky trans people are So we have people like you Steven who traffic in hate You monetize this hate make money off of it and that's why we have to go to such great lengths To celebrate pride, but even when we're supposed to be celebrating We're still hit with these reminders that hey, I fucking hate you if you're gay That's what we see in these comments, you know on the on the Xbox page and whatever McDonald's whatever large multinational corporation advertisers whenever you see it There's always this response and it's so irritating and I think it's genuinely because a lot of people They just don't know that this is why pride is needed It's needed because we need to remind gay people that they're not the other that they're not less than that They're not icky that they are human beings and their lives are meaningful Their lives are worthwhile and they shouldn't hurt themselves. They shouldn't end their lives They need to celebrate who they are because each individual life is absolutely a beautiful thing the fact that we exist is A wonderful thing. We have short lives, you know Celebrate who you are because we all are you know, we all are susceptible to hatred or whatnot But it's it's targeted at specific groups and gay people and especially trans people have been targets They've been targets. So it's just this irritated me and you know, I went on my little rant because it's like really You're going to complain now about gay people who are celebrating. Can you just give them like this? Let them celebrate pride you shit on them like All the time so you can't give them like this one fucking Month to celebrate and really just like the weekend like the kickoff weekend is the big thing. I mean you you sell T-shirts with a gay slur on it You can't just give people who are gay like a little bit of time to celebrate after you make them feel like shit for the year And it's funny because he goes on to play the victim if you look at some of his other tweets here He was basically talking about how oh well, you know Vox wants to Get my channel deleted and it's because Carlos Mazza had called for him to be de-platformed now I Don't know that I would agree with something like that But certainly it does irritate me that like you have someone like David Dole who puts out phenomenal content Every video he produces is well researched It's produced fantastically and like there's a 50% chance that one of David Dole's videos will be demonetized but then you have people like Steven Crowder who puts out this hateful content that makes people feel like shit and He monetizes it. He's literally profiting off of middle school insults that he is hurling towards gay people and This is what passes as comedy in conservative circles. This is him being edgy selling a shirt that says Socialism is for fags. Wow That is fucking edgy And I already know the response you triggered label you triggered you triggered live Conservatives are such one-trick ponies, you know, they They don't they don't They don't like to be called out on their bullshit and then when they are then they immediately play the victim Like there's this conservative persecution complex You know, especially within the Christian community that evangelical portion of conservatives They love to play the victim. They love it and another response is From Michael Knowles, this is something that Steven Crowder retweeted he said what do you think the queue stands for? Because somebody said the fact that you call Steven Crowder a guy older than 12 who constantly calls a gay man Game and queers a prominent conservative is the per perfect encapsulation of modern conservatives a fucking joke And yeah, he uses queer. He uses it in a very like demeaning way and then Michael Knowles Responds by saying well, what do you think the queue stands for in LGBTQ? Well, it stands for queer questioning, but here's the thing dipshit Michael Knowles context matters and this is my response to that when gay people call each other queers It's a term of endearment and even when straight allies refer to gay people as queers They say queer rights or the queer community. They're not doing it to me to be hateful But when people who hate us Use the word queer as an insult. Well, it's it's demeaning, right older gay people I'm assuming are especially sensitive because growing up that word was just used to hurt people, right? And for me, it was kind of 50-50. I was called a queer as a kid because I was pretty girly and effeminate So it just depends on the context now I'm not here to language police anyone. I'm not here to say hey guys, let's ban the word queer But all I'm saying is that you know you Everything that you say and do actions have consequences So you don't get to say oh, well, you know, I'm just doing what gay people are doing when you're literally trying to get our rights Undone what progress we've made you're trying to get that undone and you're fighting To stop further progress. So you don't get to say, oh, well, they say queer So it's okay for me to say it and I'm definitely not an asshole who hates gay people. No, fuck you. Fuck you You're an asshole. You're basically a middle school bully and now Steven Crowder is trying to play the victim Unbelievable, but this video it's not necessarily about Steven Crowder. It's just basically me saying look Whenever you get irritated by the fact that gay people have the audacity to feel prideful one month out of the entire fucking year Maybe just like don't shit on them. Maybe give them a little bit of a break Maybe refrain from talking about how irritated you are that they're quote-unquote flaunting their sexuality because it's desperately needed It's desperately needed But Steven Crowder doesn't care during the trans day of remembrance He took the time to shit on trans people. So this is just the bad person and it even a conservative like Blair White Gets it the point is acknowledging celebrating freedom and the fact that even being Suspected of being anything but straight is a death sentence by the government in many countries still It's not about sexual friction and I think you know that that's a shallow Observation and look I think that Steven Crowder does know that he just doesn't care because his audience is probably if I had to guess It's largely like 12 year olds 14 year olds. So this type of like Edgy humor where you just basically make fun of someone for being gay and Call them lispy queers like that passes as comedy But I think he knows better. He just doesn't care and he wants gay people to feel like shit Because one he's a bad person and two, you know, he he gets to monetize that and profit off of it and Sell socialism is for fags So that's my two cents just a little bit of a rant because this shit is it just gets on my nerves Right. I don't like to invoke as a gay man very frequently But you know, it's just it's irritating to see this every fucking year that pride happens There's always this response where straight pride is trending Look, I don't give a fuck if you want to feel prideful that you're straight Of course, you should feel prideful about your identity who gives a fuck But the point is like you're not beaten over the head with how disgusting your straight identity is Right, if you're holding hands with your wife Steven, you're not you're not being called a breeder By people driving down the street in their cars. Like that's not a thing like so Being prideful is important for gay people because they're marginalized because they're under attack and look I'm fine. This isn't about me But there are people who feel very vulnerable because of their identity They're ashamed and embarrassed about the fact that they're gay and it's because of dickheads like you Steven So I'll leave that there because I'm just gonna ramble at this point And I just wanted to throw my two cents in this is irritating me If you see gay people celebrating and you don't like that Just shut the fuck up for like a little bit. Give them this let them have this one month, baby Don't be a dickhead