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greetings and sell you take. here in the united states society is still in the early stages of its great metamorphosis into the 21st century a natural part of that metamorphosis involves testing the boundaries of all of our organizing principles and thought patterns never is this more apparent than in the ongoing controversy surrounding the 1st amendment and free speech here in the united states from the ridiculous to the gravely serious from cancel culture to conspiracy theory from black lives matter to the idiocy of maga all sides of american society seem to be fighting to both protect and burn down our freedom of speech sometimes both at the same time take these strange and ridiculous court case of mad annoy a school district versus b.l. that will soon find its way to the u.s. supreme court thing. the united states justice department this is a case where

a high school freshman sophomore is taking on her school district after the school suspended her from her junior varsity cheerleading team after she took to snap chat to voice her discussed over not making the varsity team reason dot com reports that she quote posted a picture of herself with one of her fingers with her friends with her middle finger raised accompanied by the text f. the school softball f. cheer after everything. now normally you want to teenager vents on social media while op school campus on the weekend wouldn't normally be a big deal but apparently it has become a supreme court where the free speech case because after her family in the american civil liberties union of pennsylvania won their case in the 3rd circuit of the u.s. court of appeals in step the u.s.

department of justice yes president joe biden's department of justice to push that case up to the supreme court writing in a brief that quote when these students off campus speech targets the next recruits program in which the student participates such speech might be properly were guarded as school speech that is potentially subject to discipline by school officials yes my friend welcome to the great cheerleader free speech fight of 2021. but if you think that's ridiculous just wait until you hear about the new york times' recent opinion piece and titled don't go down the rabbit hole which is essentially calling for the end of critical thinking for the casual internet user and instead tells us all that we need to rely on the trusted sources of google and wikipedia for all our information yes the great gray lady is now pushing

wicked p.t.o. . i think it is time to start watching the hawks. on a cd. player so you can see that this is the only state. great city this least systemic deception is to late show which. so you'll. welcome everyone watching the hawks i am tired and i love the oil boy what interesting days we live in for free speech and i hear you got this cheerleader she's a minor so we don't say her name but there's a cheerleader who saw some nasty expletive it was a about life and about lou's not being able to make the varsity cheer squad her school suspends her from the junior varsity squad she sues with the a.c.l.u. of pennsylvania that whims and now in steps the justice department and the school

districts to continue the fight all the way up to the supreme court really this is the most major appropriate behavior of all time a kid who doesn't get selected for cheerleading for our city sports of any kind being a little salty about it isn't something that's new and it's interesting to me that it is been pushed to the level that it has coaches support staff these individuals go through students carson them out on a regular basis if school and you don't see the level of reaction that we've seen here when it comes to this getting pushed to the. priem court this young woman was at home and she was at home she decided to let a little bit of her eggs she's not she's not invoking any level of violence there is absolutely no reason why the school 1st of all should have any jurisdiction over what she says at this point and again she's not targeting anyone specifically she's letting off steam because she's disappointed that she didn't get chosen this happens every single day in america and it's not that big of a deal it really isn't the school district apparently is arguing it all read this

through is arguing quote wherever student speech originates schools should be able to treat students alike when their speech is directed at the school and imposes the same disruptive harms school environment backing them up in this law in this suit national school board association their brief claims students can disrupt the school community from anywhere simply by hitting send and the same twee instagram post or you name it will have the same impact no matter where it was a lot of this case from the school's perspective is trying to kind of say look if we can if we can win this spree speech case if we can keep this student from having the free speech on the weekends that 5 helps us fight school bullying and cyber bullying and all these other issues that do affect kids in a legitimate way but that's kind of a crazy argument given how they handle bullying anyway this is a horrible argument right now we're seeing you know there this is a young boy in texas who was literally forced to drink beer and was beaten up whose parents consistently went to the school the teachers the administrative staff as

well as a superintendent to talk about what had been going on with a slump or months and the school and the administration did nothing worth seeing bullying across this country in schools happen on a regular basis extrapolated by what we're seeing in the cyber bullying cases where you're seeing you know videos of girls changing in the locker room and all kinds of things that are spread across the internet this type of. is not something that separates those real instances what this does is create a slippery slope what i think schools are trying to do when it comes to civil rights and advocacy you see a lot of students who are now taking on the black lives matter montra. you see students who are speaking out against a lot of racism and and other things in their classrooms particularly black students and latino students and what a lot of school districts are trying to do as well that and they're using this case as one in which if they win which i'm hopeful that they won't but if they do they're going to use this to silence those students are good you know i see that coming because look as i look at that next story those look and also involves that kind of the free flow of information as this new york times article which you know

all of the some of the same umbrella of like trying to essentially control how we think how we speak how we do how we do things and to get them at the young age in school then they grow up with their side of the of the well whatever whatever the ruling principles of society say is correct then i only can follow that and that's essentially what the new york times opinion article was pushing when it talks about this new sifts technique of media literacy which was created by sam weinberg a professor at stanford and michael call field a digital literacy expert at washington state university vancouver which encourages these kind of 4 basic principles when dealing with online misinformation which is a if you come across it as you're reading it a stop investigate the story be find better coverage c. and d. trace claims quotes media they illustrate this technique by saying ok here's this piece by robert kennedy jr quickly google search his name and then on wikipedia we find out he's an anti baxter shouldn't be trusted the problem with this is the you can't trust wikipedia or google because they manipulate the information too but

there's no ultimately great ruling god of information that people can go to today everything's been discredited to a certain extent what wikipedia is exceptionally problematic because you or anyone you know anyone who has a laptop can basically basically gone and become a look at pedia author and change any amount of information that is available there it doesn't necessarily make any of what you find on wikipedia true you can't even quote wikipedia in your articles you can't quote it in things that are actually going to be published because. it is so easy to manipulate but beyond that is someone who went to journalism school this isn't necessarily a theory that is new this is something that journalism schools have been pushing for a long time if you don't if you if something is seen as the burj in idea or opinion it is to automatically shut that thing down and i think that it poses some really problematic issues because yes there are some things that are wildly inaccurate and you do need to you know check sources make sure you know where the publisher is who the writer is make sure that there are people that come back upset thing but just

because you hear something that you don't agree with or does not you know support the cultural mores or understanding that you previously held does not necessarily mean that that is a bad thing that was the case everything that we learned in mcgraw hill books you know tonight you would automatically be thrown out we know that a lot of that doesn't jibe with history but those books were still published and widely accepted that if that was the case then you know galileo would be the new york times were saying don't listen even galileo said because remember of his time when he said the hurt rotates around the sun he was considered heresy over time so you need to always look at those things. pope francis has returned to the vatican after a whirlwind tour of iraq the timing of the story visit caused some controversy among critics while many in the war stricken country welcomed the pontiff in his message of peace with open arms parties alex mileage reports.

it was the 1st time ever that a reigning pontiff has made a trip to iraq. france has completed a much anticipated 4 day tour of the country visiting 6 cities and sites across the nation the 84 year old kicked off the trip with a speech at the presidential palace in baghdad on friday calling for peace and unity in the middle eastern country bust that millions no more violence extremism baksh and intolerance let there be room for all citizens who want to build this country together in dialogue in. frank and sincere constructive confrontation the leaders in the violence plagued nation were quick to show the type of hospitality that iraq is famous for while echoing the pope's message of peace that iraq had a dualist it is a must to continue our work to counter the extremist ideology and up through terrorism and to be victorious to the concept of coexistence and diversity watch our countries are among a number of prominent figures the head of the roman catholic church took time to

meet with other religious leaders including the highly revered and usually reclusive grand ayatollah ali al sistani the spiritual leader of iraq's majority shiite muslim community during the visit 90 year old houses danny stated that christians should live in peace and enjoy the same rights as other iraqis iraq which has a population of 40000000 is home to somewhere between 20300000 christians the number was closer to 1500000 before the us invasion of the country in 2003 in recent years many churches have been destroyed as christians in iraq have been targeted by isis and continue to face discrimination by the shiite muslim majority . while thousands celebrated the pope's visit there were some who were critical of the timing of the trip citing the global pandemic and security issues the pope responded to the concerns on his way home from iraq double after 3 months of being

in a prison i felt a little like a prisoner this is for me like reliving reliving because touching the church and touching the holy people of god touching all peoples a priest is a priest man to serve and to be in touch with the pope francis and his entourage were back sedated against the coronavirus before the trip as for the threat of violence the pope simply said that it was his duty to travel to iraq while authorities in that country insisted that they could protect them from any threat recent tensions between the u.s. and iran. have manifested in iraq escalating after last wednesday's rocket strike on an airbase in which americans are stationed the pope has condemned the proliferation of weapons in the region legally in syria iraq's next door neighbor. now safely back at the vatican many expect the pope to get some much needed rest after this trip also see i don't know if the slowdown or not but i do confess in this visit i was much more tired than in the others although exhausted the pontiff

that's already busy planning for the future he is keen to resume public audiences at the vatican which have been suspended for months and he has also hinted that he may be making a trip to lebanon for watching the hawks. who very fascinating stuff when you really see that and watch it all get broken down and i'm glad you know i've always been a fan of this pope you know like you hasn't done much wrong in my book so far enough to say he hasn't but i mean i do like a lot of his messages which is all about you know hey we need to and weapon prove the nation in these countries we need to stop arms deals as big doesn't begin to come out of the pope he's a lot more progressive than popes we've seen in the past i think he's trying to take the catholic church in a new direction he's expanding the ideology to a certain extent updating it in many ways i do find the timing of this ship interesting considering what is going on in the region particularly some of the airstrikes we've seen but also the bubbling up of tensions. it was dangerous but i

do think that it was one that he had already planned but i'm also looking at you know his next stop is lebanon which isn't exactly the safest place right now either no and i give the pope credit because most of. my in my history in my memory of the pope and things like that you always see him go in like the highly big civilized nations and things like that and you know he's come into fairly years that you know he's coming to places like that but you know when you see this pope you know going out into the areas of the world that have the most problems and they're dealing with the most violence and to speak out against the violence in the region and across to you know our muslim. mothers and sisters and saying you know we need to end this together i think that's a really big a really big deal and it's good to see you out of a church leader these days and i agree especially since we see so many basically shielding themselves and standing back and not really getting involved in a lot of these issues it's great to see believe when the large churches in the world stepping forward i couldn't agree with you more already everybody as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the harks on demand through the brand new portable 'd t.v.

half which is available on all platforms so definitely check that out coming up the state of virginia becomes the 23rd us state to reject the death penalty. find out more as we continue watching the. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. joe biden famously said nothing will fundamentally change just appears to be the case when it comes to u.s. policy regarding the middle east because we ask the question what is the strategic

value of the middle east who benefits from all these forever wars. some control for a middle. of the night most some are very hard working people who want to get ahead that have either have some some health issues or have some of their strict about luck the whole time julep won't always pay for a place to live and missing just a month's rent can get you a victim to gunpoint if anything bad happens to any thing that just throws your budget off slightly. you better catch up real quick or you're going to have a judgment of possession against you and get addicted anyone that's homeless is treated like garbage people look at you like a monster or someone bad or you chose to be there most of the time it's not the case see how it is to be pole in the world's richest country.

the death penalty long known as one of the most controversial elements of the sentencing process is facing a rebirth once heralded largely by conservatives as a bible form of punishment for heinous crimes it's now getting affected look by many of the same people who used to champion it and it matters in ohio republican lawmakers are voicing their support in the death penalty this comes on the heels of 23 states ending capital punishment though the movement is growing we have to take a look back to understand how we got here and who the true heroes are. remember the death penalty is a vestige of slavery and jim crow those executed are overwhelmingly black and that hasn't changed with time a defendant's likelihood of receiving the death penalty directly correlates with their race and of those sentenced to death for crimes committed as juveniles 2

thirds are people of color organizations like the innocence project in the national urban league local advocacy groups and black activists have been calling foul and shouting out the disparities and sentencing for over 7 decades the death penalty effectively started with lynchings then the gas chamber followed by the electric chair and now the more humane lethal injection. but just now when states are finally seeing the high cost of the death penalty and the people who receive it but are later exonerated completely the tide the change virginia state lawmakers gave final approval on monday to legislation that will in capital punishment in the state that is executed more people than any other virginians democratic majority pushed for the repeal in the general assembly noting inequity in the death penalty is application specifically aimed at people of color the mentally ill and the poor republicans in the general assembly voiced concerns about abolishing the death penalty arguing that there are crimes so heinous that philip

was the by the white house in stark contrast with predecessor donald trump has signaled a push to in capital punishment in federal cases can a cox senior national manager of conservative concerned about the death penalty joins us now welcome and. thank you to be here. we think death penalty repeal take shape across the country with nearly half of america abolishing the practice what do you think are some of the reasons for the new wave of interest and what does this mean for sentencing practices also is it enough we're still seeing overwhelming despairs the disparities in financing for minorities particularly blacks and those with mental health issues. you know we absolutely are our system is overrun by systemic disparities and particularly against people of color and i think that it's not enough but it is the 1st step and i think that we have to 1st in this system that risk innocent human life to the tune of one person being exonerated for every 8 executions in this country it wastes millions of dollars every year it's the most expensive part of our justice system on her and her basis

and it cost us access millions of dollars by not providing the deterrent effect so that's money that we're wasting that could be going to things that actually would make community safer. more crimes we do very little of in this country or towards actually providing victims and their family members with the resources that they need and i think that once we get rid of the death penalty which we will i think then we can we can turn our attention and our resources to other sentences down down the rest of the justice system which also does deserve a 2nd look oh i couldn't agree more the head of the abolishment of about probably has picked up a lot of new converts especially in the past 5 years i mean historically anti death penalty movements as a measure severely were led by minorities under-served communities the families of those serving on the civil rights groups and politically democrats i want to ask you what caused this shift mel where you're seeing a lot of right leaning folks now saying you know what the penalty goes too far we don't need it anymore and does this you know and does the tough on crime montreaux

trump and his acolytes in the republican party threaten work like the work that you're doing. well the thing with the death penalty is that support among republicans has been sort of quietly building underneath the national radar for over a decade you know we have been slowly making progress in a number of states my organization has states with 15 different. actors across the country that are built of conservatives who are trying to organize and talk to others about the problems that we see i think the reasons for that is that as we've moved into the age of information people been able to see behind the curtain of the justice system in a way that they hadn't been before unless they were impacted by it and they're really going to see it close in person how it operates the disparities within it and the recognizing that the assumptions they held about it are just not true you know people like to think that it's for the worst of the worst when in reality it really comes down to the location where the crime is committed and as you should point out the race of the victim and the defender in the social economic status of the defender and so it's got a lot of arbitrariness to it and at the end of the day it simply does not work and i think as we move into this new era people are really pushing to see programs that

are effective at solving violent said addressing public safety and when we're spending so much money on something that doesn't work while also having these high risk of racial bias in executing innocent people i just think the vast majority of people can't find an argument hang their hat on anymore and so that is why we've seen such movement in the states and i think the trump was really out of line with where the conservative movement was on this issue i don't think he was somebody who was really in touch with some of the grassroots things that are happening in state capitals across this country and while he did do some good things for criminal justice reform he really ended up being an inconsistent warrior when it came to that policy topic but i'll tell you this it didn't hurt us you know during the 4 years he was in office we still overturned the death penalty in 2 states during that time. and had conservatives largely though didn't speak out when donald trump pretty much pushed through a lot of death penalty cases on his way out and made sure that those federal convictions were actually up held and those people died within his last few weeks of office but fast forward to pretend you were genuine a state that is been long known for its racial injustice and fanning inequality and

vestiges of slavery that seem to keep on bubbling up year after year they are now placed in the death penalty the main naysayers are conservatives they're arguing that the victims of the crimes and their families what about them what about how they feel what do you say to those people who argue that the victims of the crimes . the the families that are left behind are the ones who need to be thought about where we considering the death penalty. well i have to say i get pretty offended when i hear this argument from people because usually they're people who have never worked near a victim or their family member day in their lives we do work with victim's family members and we actually listen to them and if you go to the state capitals where this issue is being debated you know i've been there i've been in 3 different states over the past couple of years where we've seen massive coalitions of victims and members trying out some to the tune of 40 people there who are murder victims so members that wanted to get rid of it in both colorado and new hampshire compared to one victim some member who in favor of keeping it and so these people who use that and trumped of the same thing they often speak for victims and actually don't know them and don't even and don't even take the time to understand where they're

coming from on this there are some victims family members who are at the dock but a really large coalition of them do not actually find it more harmful and yet you'll continue to see some people in power use this and use them as tokens to push policies that they want so i think that's a huge red flag whenever anybody is using victim's family members to champion their views they don't actually have victim to members behind them that they represent. i want to see what the groundwork research talking points and build for all this was led by civil rights leaders and activists for decades many of those probably abolitionists feel as though there's a lot of johnny come lately is you know i said i'm going to whitewash the movement and are now taking credit for about hard work what have white led organizations done to kind of bridge that divide and do the acknowledge the work that many of them are reaping from really benefits from today how do we how do we bridge that divide. yeah you know i work for an organization that has been doing this this

specific advocacy for over 2 decades and it's something that we talk about quite a bit our movement is too white to be honest m.l. lot of the leaders in our movement are too white and we really recognize the need to diversify and to actually ensure that we have people who are at the table who are impacted populations and also ensure that the groups that have been doing this work for you know decades are fairly represented in that their voices are elevated and so there's a lot of thought that goes into that and a lot of outreach and planning and strategy and a real desire i think. most awfully had to thank you so much for the good work that you're doing and for coming on and educating our audience today and keep it up out there and keep up the good work. thank you. all right everybody that is our show for you today remember in this world we are definitely not told we are loved enough so that is why i tell you all 'd i love you i am a rover and i'm a mystic keep on watching those hawks out there and have a great day and night everybody.

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