member of parliament george galloway also the host of the steve gruber show steve gruber himself gentlemen thank you so much for being with us steve i'm going to begin with you because yesterday you or i had this conversation yesterday about some of the trends that we've seen more recently we decided here to dig a little deeper on this and we found out that there's really nothing new about this in fact it's been going on for quite some time and it should be very bothersome to all of us the attacks on churches that seem to be increasing year to year steve to you. i tip my hat to our to you for doing this for a great story great piece or by peter oliver. illuminating what's really going on inside to an organization called gate stone institute says you do 10193000 attacks occurred i'm christian churches schools cemeteries and monuments all across europe everybody has to be getting a tad it happened to the united states it happens in canada it happens in europe. but to be honest with you rick it's not just christian churches in thailand a buddhist temple attacked in christchurch new zealand we

joining us on this discussion our panel today syndicated conservative radio talker in michigan steve gruber and co-host of boom bust and investigative journalist ben swan steve i will start with you now on the surface this sounds like extremely harsh punishment for a kid that didn't do her homework it seems highly unusual can you speak more to how the courts handle what is basically online truancy in your home state is this normal. as a lot of the points of fact here that it should be important and so let's talk about those 1st this is a child has been in trouble the police numerous times involved the numerous altar occasions with her mother violent altercations the police been called to the home numerous times this is not just a truancy issue this issue of online schooling this is an issue of misbehavior that has been ongoing in a pattern for a very long time and the judge in the case very well and brennan decided back in may that gray. i needed to spend time in a facility where she could more be more focused on her getting her schoolwork done getting her life on track and getting back to

host of the steve gruber show and urban of our it syndicated columnist thank you gentlemen for joining me. thank you great steve i start with you do you think this concept of a cancel culture is good for creating an environment where people can freely express their opinion without fear of backlash. i don't think there's anything good about of it all scottie to be honest with you would say it creates of fear of those in jobs like yours and mine when we say that they are we cannot afford do we want to say differently do we hold back do we not give our soul opinion that's that's the suppression of free speech that concerns me we're in a country where robust conversation and the free exchange of ideas is foundational to america it's extremely bored that we can share ideas in what they do in. cancell culture is not just go after somebody they go after they're living they go after the way they make money so they go after themselves their families they try to destroy people and if you're not as pure as the driven snow then you're going to be wiped out i mean let's be honest they're going afte

host of the steve gruber show and urban of our it syndicated columnist thank you gentlemen for joining me. thank you great steven we start with you do you think this concept of a cancel culture is good for creating an environment where people can freely express their opinion without fear of backlash. i don't think there's anything good about of it all scotty to be honest with you would say it creates a fear of those in jobs like yours and mine what we say today are we careful do we couch what we say differently do we hold back to we not give our full opinion that's that's the suppression of free speech that concerns me we're in a country where robust conversation and the free exchange of ideas is foundational to america it's extremely important we can share ideas and what they do in the cancel culture is not just go after somebody they go after they're living they go after the way they make money so they go after themselves their families they try to destroy people and if you're not as pure as the driven snow then you're going to be wiped out i mean let's be honest they're going after

drill down on this a little bit further with steve gerber he's the host of the steve gruber show steve should we has a tape or be mindful before we start making too many connections in this case to the wave of protests we've seen around the country or do you feel like it's the right time to make that connection. well rick it looks like to me that you have a series of attacks not only in this country but you look at it happening in france and across europe as well christian symbols are being attacked by a variety of people maybe just to get on social media maybe add something deeper but it's a continuation of the attacks on the social fabric of of western civilization quite frankly you behead christopher columbus should not those statues down it began with confederate statues you know wrecked and sore for myself i'm not concerned about the removal of confederate statues from the city square in america i think they should be moved to a more appropriate place like a museum we don't put up statues of people that would that took up arms against united states but as the president pointed out