The Zeit They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Trand 6/17: Foo Fighters, Catholicism, John Stockton, Juneteenth, Eurocup

In this edition of The Zeit They Drove Old Dixie Down, Jack and Miles discuss anti-vaxxers protesting Foo Fighters, John Stockton appearing in an anti-vax documentary, Catholics denying pro-choicers juice and crackers, Biden making Juneteenth official, and Miles' Eurocupdate

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello the Internet, and welcome to this episode of The Zight.
They drove Whole Dixie down by the Trand, which is
a band. Yeah, it's a band song reference. I'm gonna
be honest with you, the Trand. Yeah. I feel like
I hear my ap literature teacher from high school like

(00:20):
taking like taking points off for like a composition about
slant rhymes. Maybe it's my rapper mind too when I
hear him season slant Ryan, good morning, and look at
the valedictory in Scared of the Future. Well up in
the dower. That's the one that always bothered me. I'm Jack.

(00:43):
That's Miles. This is the show where we tell you
what's trending here on Friday afternoon. The Food Fighters are trending,
not just because I said I wasn't that into them,
but for other reasons. Yeah, because they've got a confession
to make. Um, you have to be vaccinated to get
into their shows. And what was Yep, that was a

(01:06):
big problem. They they're doing a sorry, I'll keep burpect
they're doing a full cap show at Madison Square Garden
this weekend and yeah, or next weekend. It's one of
these weekends. No, it's this weekend Sunday, Madison MSG is
having a full cap fucking uh food Fighters show. So

(01:27):
to warm up, they did a show um like out
Negora Hills at the Canyon Club and because they were like, yo,
we just we were trying to have a full capacity show,
but we want everyone vaccinated to come through. They had
a ton of these anti vactor protests out there, like
holding up signs about being like you know, the fucking

(01:48):
let me see what is it? Uh, essentially saying that
they're here for like new segregation. One person this from
from the events who was on who's picketing outside for
the anti vac say quote, And what they're doing is
saying only vax people, Uh, you know, separating humans is
not okay. Those of us who have healthy immune systems
should be able to enjoy these freedoms just like everybody else.

(02:10):
This is the premise with all this anti vax bullshit.
It's your freedom is that you didn't get vaccinated. So secondarily,
then you must navigate the world based on your own
philosophical decisions you've made, which is having a reckoning. Now
I'm not saying that making mandating everyone like we've talked
about how that's gonna that's that could be a slippery

(02:31):
slope down the line, because you could see the potential
for something really fucking nefarious or something to go down,
or truly what kind of civil liberties you have being tested.
But like in these instances or people being like I
can't go to the Food Fighters show because I'm too
scared to get a shot, turning into this is the
new segre like no fool, because your whole identity is

(02:53):
built off this like fake oppression narrative, so you have
to constantly reinforce it with these dumb arguments I'm not
here for it. Um. So people just want to be oppressed.
But you know it's people I know who are not white,
who are black, who also have these same terrible takes

(03:15):
around it. And yeah, but specifically when you see when
Ricky Schroeder shows up to like be the fucking main
bad guy who if you remember, he helped get bail
for the Kenosha shooter kid. Um, you know what this
it's about. It's all fucking just it's these people don't
even realize they're they're playing something into someone else's agenda. Um,

(03:39):
And they've just found a group of people who I
think Honestly, I would have more sympathy if people just
said I'm scared because I don't know what's going to happen,
and my fear is something back happened, and I know
they're telling me that something bad couldn't happen, but I'm
still scared. That's why I can. I can have a
little more understanding for someone who really purely was articulating
their fear around it than sort of me out of

(04:00):
being like, you're this is the new gym crow, like, oh,
hell no, because the difference is, y'all, do you have
the right to decide what you're doing with your bodies? Well,
somebody who has a history of being at the Garden
and is also associated with the story. Now, unfortunately, one

(04:22):
John Stockton, point guard for the Utah Jazz you know, well,
one of the earliest wears of short shorts, earliest people
to try and bring the short shorts back, has come
out as a dipshit. He is heavily featured in a
trailer for an anti vax documentary talking about how he

(04:42):
has done quote a significant amount of research into and
and saying that you know, lockdowns don't work, and that
he I can't believe he had to his kids had
to hear that lockdowns were a thing that the government
was going to do. And the documentary itself has questions

(05:05):
on its website like do masks work? Um, so, well
he's done it. Uh do a lot of research? Yeah?
Yeah bad? I know, man, that must be a tough
day for the Zags. Does he have the assist Crown?
I think so? Just make sure people, Um anyway, I mean,

(05:35):
he's he is the person I have been waiting since
the beginning of this pandemic for him to weigh in on,
you know how, what we should think about public health
going forward and just vaccines in general. So I'm glad
he finally weighed in with his opinion. What did he um?

(05:56):
Has he always been kind of like preading around with
these mass ideas or no, this is the first I've
heard man Utah Utah does something to those basketball players.
We'll just except for Donovan, Mitch Donovan, let's hope, let's hope.
Oh you're saying on the other side of it, right,
he comes out, he got blue contact lenses in, and
he's got his happen bro happen man uh karmelone hey,

(06:24):
yike a fourteen year old child bride. You can look
that up. We don't need to go into detail about that.
Catholics are having a big day. They are drafting up
legislation to make it so that pro choice politicians can't
get communion. That's how anti choice they're. Fuck off, that's

(06:47):
whatever I mean. I wonder if Joe Biden will be crestfallen.
Does that mean he can't even go up with like
the waconda crossed arms to get the blessing during No,
you can I get the what kind of blast? They
won't give you the body the blood of our savior
Jesus Christ, Christ is his body, homie. But man, people

(07:09):
who are like real Catholic like that's that, that is
their jam is communion. They were really into that ship.
Um doesn't love being fed by hand by a stranger.
And just fantastic robes. I mean, have you seen the
parties up and going to or what do you wanna

(07:30):
plum golden robes? Enough fantastic robe? My god, great thing
to say to a priest is really goodness. Yeah, I
don't know this is they Also there was a Supreme

(07:51):
Court decision that wasn't really like a clear wind for
either side, but it was a group of Catholics basically
advocating for their right to discriminate against same sex couples,
I believe. So just a good good day for the Catholics,
all all the Catholics out there being like, we got
a cool pope now and we can discriminate in the

(08:12):
cases of foster homes. Um, so maybe we should just
discriminate against Catholics. No, then that's then that's Jim Crow.
Let's see how this works. All right, let's take a
quick break and we'll be right back to talk about
Juneteenth and EuroCup And we're back, uh and Juneteenth this

(08:42):
trending because it is now a national holiday. Oh my god, Joe,
why didn't thank you? But really, how about some legislation,
how about some how about some reparations, how about so
many things you could do? And I think that's what
a lot of people feel, especially black people, who are like, great,
that's a step, but you skipped a few other ones

(09:04):
that are a little more pressing than making this a
federally like a federal holiday. Um. And I think yeah,
it just speaks to you know, all of the incrementalism
that occurs legislatively, and why this just feels like another
fucking just little drip where it's like, look, we'll get
to the big stuff like systemic racism at some point,

(09:28):
but how about you get this day. Editor Brian has
said in the chat, as a fellow black man, he
says black people should be exempt from income tax. That's
my dream reparation. Yeah, that's a start. Yeah, man, I
mean look, Wester, then what happens to Wesley Snipes? Does
he get his time back? Can you give can you
give him his time? Can he reclaim his time? But yeah,
this is the thing that other than this being like

(09:50):
into uh you know, uh not not enough not you know,
it's a symbolic thing. Is great if it's accompanied by
actual change. But I also like in I think it
was n eighty when MLK Day became a thing, uh
that was really unpopular. And rather than like then the

(10:13):
conservative movement learning about Martin Luther King Jr's message, what
they did is they just changed his message so it
was more palatable too conservatives and the mainstream, so that
it was like he was all about being color blunt. Uh.
So I can only imagine what they're going to do

(10:35):
to uh try to make Juneteenth more palatable. Yeah, and
I mean for it being such a significant like you know,
marking sort of this informal like the last of enslaved
people learning that they were no longer enslaved like that
is monumental, um. And I get that. Yeah, that you
can recognize this as a federal holiday is great. But yes,

(10:59):
we It's just it really feels so inadequate and bitter
sweet when you know of like the you know, voting rights,
how about that, you know, how about fucking just better
outcomes for people who need help from uh, you know
that could benefit from a better social safety net. But
other than that, there's some good programming there. I've seen

(11:22):
a few, like like corporate companies like check into this
Juneteenth livestream. So but yeah, alright, and finally, euro Cup
is trending. This is something we talked about when it
was first kicking off last week. And I just want
an update because I have not paid any attention what's
going on? Damn it? Why why tell the people? How's

(11:44):
uh are you? Is there a team that you're particularly
fond of? You know? I I I don't have any
you know, genetic skin in the game, as it were,
in terms of country that I support, like in that sense,
but because of my love for Arsenal and the you
know French and the great Dutchman that's played for that team,

(12:05):
I always have a soft spot, uh for France and Holland.
Although wearing a Netherlands jersey does cause problems in the
city of l A because of what happened between the
Netherlands and Mexico a few World Cups ago. So I
will let it regularly be screamed at when I wear
the orange shirt. But I get it. Uh that's how
deep is man like. They don't forget that they hate

(12:26):
Iron Robin. But yeah, right now, I think it's a
it's I think Wales has been a very interesting team
sort of kind of. They've got great players, but they've
been performing really well. Uh They've gotten a lot of attention,
as as Denmark, but more for tragic reasons because Christian
Rickson collapsed during the match last week and had to

(12:46):
have like be what necessitated yea heart just he had
a terrible event. Um and if it weren't for like
the quick thinking of the people on the pitch, like,
he may have had a very different outcome. But he's
recovering well, so there was a lot of focus on
the game between Denmark um and I believe it was
Belgium yesterday. I honestly think who looks good. France will

(13:08):
always be a threat because they just won the last
World Cup. Belgium looks really strong to they have like
really good players coming off the bench, like the equivalent
of like having like, you know, fucking a d and
Lebron coming off the bench because they're like they're like,
I don't want to go hard right away, but then
they come on and they just are fucking it up instantly. Um,

(13:31):
but it's a fun watch and I right now England
and Scotland are playing, so for all the the uk
zeke Gang, I know it's a bit of a grudge
match for y'all out there. Um it's it's currently a draw,
but it's been exciting, even though they keep calling it eurow,
Like I get it, it's was supposed to be then,
but like it kind of fucks my head up when
I hear it because I'm like, this is not like

(13:51):
I know what we're doing, but like from my own
like psycho emotional health, like I don't want to keep
hearing that I'm in right now, are they going to
be doing in that with the Olympics to Tokyo, right,
because they made all that, you know, that's the only
reason they have to do that. They're like, I mean
that logo was. Yeah, they're like, we were fused because
we were upside down on this merch, upside down on

(14:15):
the hold. They want to change it. So I don't know, Uh,
how are how are my people? How are the Irish?
You know, didn't I unfortunately, but you know, one day
one day, Um, so I don't know who do you who?
You'd pick? Maybe Scotland just because you're like fun the crown,

(14:36):
um yeah yeah yeah, but the border yeah, um but yeah,
they're they're they're they unfortunately didn't make it. Um do
they ever? They're they're rarely in there. Yeah, it's they've
had a few. And look, there's a very controversial moment.
You'll probably remember when Tierrian re uh they said, used
that to keep Ireland out of the world. That was
a big mome as well, you don't want to wear

(14:59):
on red jersey that, yeah, you tell me about it
was it wasn't there a big moment between the US
and Mexico recently and uh yeah, yeah, they had A.
They had a match that was I forget what in
the US one and people are pissed. Right. Look that
one is forever like a constant troll battle between like

(15:21):
the fans, you know, taking this as it were, you
having a laugh. The n B a big, big NBA weekend.
I'm wearing my Sixers hack Hawks to put us out
of put us out of our misery the Clippers. I'm

(15:42):
looking forward to, Uh that game seven? Um is that tonight?
I think so? Coming up? Yeah, man, I stick sports. Alright, well,
those are some of the things that are trending right now.
We are back on Monday with the whole last episode

(16:04):
of the show. Until then, be kind to each other,
be kind to yourselves, get the vaccine, and don't do
nothing about white supremacy, and we will talk to you
all on Monday Last by