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A college that made students confess to being racist, a trans "friend" who wants to punch someone, and a pharmacist who wishes DEATH on Trump supporters. I break down your woke horror stories and personal situations in this episode of the Brad vs Everyone podcast.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A college that made students confess to all being racist,
a trans friend who wants to punch someone, and a
pharmacist who wishes death on Trump supporters. We're going to
get into your crazy, woke horror stories and experiences and
(00:20):
life situations where you asked for my advice and so
much more in today's episode of The Bad Versus Everyone Podcast,
my daily show where we take on the craziest ideas
for the Internet, our media, and our politics, all from
an independent perspective. Guys, I asked you all to send
in voice notes with your crazy personal experiences, and you
(00:41):
did not disappoint. You spilt the tea. You sent in
so many amazing voice notes. I haven't been able to
go through them all yet. I'm still working through them,
but I picked out some really interesting ones to go
through with you today. Up first, this is quite the
interesting experience that one person had on a college campus.
(01:02):
Take a listen.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Hey, Brad, my name is Maddie, and I just wanted
to tell you about one of my classes that I
have in college. So it's this class about environmental policy
because I'm an environmental science major, and at first we
were learning about like historical environmental policy for protecting wild
life all that, but then it turned into this environmental
(01:25):
justice and woke stuff and it lasted for about six
weeks where we just would talk about racism and we stood.
We sat in a circle, all thirty of us with
the campus Diversity Center, and we just there was this
huge poster that said you are racist, and we all
had to just like confess like this is the first
(01:47):
time I learned about racism, and blah blah blah. It
was a huge waste of time. And I just thought
you would find that a little funny, a little sad.
But that's the state of this is, I guess. Otherwise,
my school's amazing. It's just you know, the woke stuff
kind of infiltrates academia. Anyway, thank you for listening.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
So thank you for the note, And I absolutely do
find it a little bit funny, a little bit sad,
but not even a little bit surprising, because like you mentioned,
this is absolutely par for the course for academia these days,
for at least undergraduate education. Rather, my own college experience
at UMass was never quite that bad or that like blatant,
(02:31):
but that kind of woke stuff was all around us
constantly introduce your name and your pronouns, and the little
discussion section microaggressions, trigger warnings, all that stuff that's just
so tired, so condescending, so fundamentally regressive and infantalizing the
different minority groups. And it's interesting to me because I
(02:51):
also actually I took an environmental economics class as part
of my economics major. It was interesting to me because
the concept of like racism into environmental policy is not
an illegitimate one in and of itself, because in a
historical context, things like all right, well where are we
going to put the heavily polluting power plant. Well, we're
going to put it in the low income black neighborhood.
(03:13):
And so then when you're looking at the long term
economic consequences from the cancer caused by that pollution, there's
a racial element to it if those decisions were made
during like the Civil Rights era or pre civil rights era.
So race is not an illegitimate topic whatsoever when it
comes to like environmentalism and other things. But they definitely
go way overboard with it. And the idea that you
(03:35):
talked about racism for six weeks in an environmentalism class,
an environmental policy class is wild and then this thing
that they made you confess to being racist is really
messed up. I mean, if they wanted to have an open,
a candid conversation about race, about bias, maybe there's a
(03:55):
way to do that that's not absolutely terrible, But this
actually sounds incredibly unpleasant. And I mean, what would happen
if you said, now, I'm not really racist. I try
pretty hard to just treat everyone the same and try
to treat everyone the same regardless of their color. They
probably would have said that's racist, because being colorblind is
racist now. But look, this is why a lot of
this DEI stuff on college campuses has gone too far.
(04:17):
It needs to be paired back because we should. Of course,
we should have college campuses that are welcoming and open
to people of all races and all backgrounds, but we
don't need to put identity at the forefront of everything,
obsess over it, constantly enforce these kinds of bizarre struggle
sessions on students. So I'm glad you made it through
(04:38):
it without losing too many brain cells. And you know what,
keep spilling the tea, guys. I love hearing about this
stuff as much as it makes me roll my eyes.
It brings me back to my glory days. Up next,
we've got a message from somebody who's trans friend threatened
them with violence. After this, the trans debate is getting insane.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
My pronouns aren't I preferred, They are mandatory.
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up next. I don't know about y'all, but I personally
have never threatened to punch a friend if they had
a different opinion than me. But that's just me, and
(06:25):
that wasn't the experience that one person had with their
trans friend recently. Take a listen.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Hey Brad.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
My name is Grace, and first off, I just want
to say I love watching your show. I enjoy talking
to my friends about it. But on that note, I
recently have a friend who came out as trans mailed
a female and she it feels like all her political
viewstress flip flopped. But the most interesting thing happened when
I was talking to her yesterday about your videos and
(06:51):
I was like, yeah, I really agree with a lot
of the points, he says, especially about trans issues. You know,
biological men should not compete in women's sports, and you know,
I don't think should be allowed to like transition, like
with altering their bodies and stuff. But my friend didn't
really hear the second part, and she was like, well,
I'm glad you said you agreed with some of this stuff,
(07:11):
because if you said you didn't agree with minors transitioning,
I might have hate you in the face. And I
just blinked and I was kind of stunned, and I
was like, oh, and she was like, yeah, I would
have genuinely hate you. And I was like, that's not
okay because that's kind of insane. And I didn't say
anything to her after that, but I just thought that
was kind of crazy, uh, and let me know your
(07:31):
opinion on that, because that has never happened to me before.
And I thought it was kind of funny and mildly concerning.
But yeah, love your videos, Brad, Well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
So much for watching, and sorry you had this experience.
All I could say is it's not giving lady, like
it's your trans male to female friend is very much
exuding male energy and not the good kind. Okay, But
the kind that thinks women with the wrong opinion should
(07:59):
be punched. M No, that is not giving, ma'am. First
of all, that's giving, sir.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
Excuse me, it's ma'am.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
It is ma'am, and it's giving, sir. In the kind
of the prison cell is this way, sir, first door
down on the left, this was your new home. You
should not be threatening women. I don't care if you're trands,
if you're not trans, if your male, if you're female.
It's not okay to threaten people with violence or having
a different opinion than you, especially women when you're a
male and you have a bigger, you know, frame and
(08:28):
stronger muscles and that, and there's that physical power and balance.
But just in general, it's not okay to do that,
and especially not to a friend. This is not how
friends treat friends. So I think you should cut this
person off, not because they're transgender, not because they have
different political views than you, but because they threatened you
with violence. And it doesn't sound like it was even
a joke, even a joke would be like, I don't know.
(08:51):
But then when they double down on it and say
I genuinely would have punched you for having this opinion that,
by the way, like sixty plus percent of America agrees
with that, kids probably shouldn't be subjected to irreversible, lifelong
medical treatments and transitions that can leave them sterile or
lacking sexual function as adults. Wait till you're eighteen or above.
(09:12):
That's not a hot take, not in twenty twenty five.
Most people agree with that, and it's not a position
that's inherently hateful or bigoted. But you know what, even
if it was, it's still not okay to punch people
for saying something that hurts your fifees. Frankly, this friend,
it is honestly good for you that you've even like
stuck with this friend through their transition, through their political evolution.
(09:33):
No more, Babe, you got to draw a line in
the sand cut this person off because they sound scary
and not like a good friend at all. Thank you
so much for the message and for being a loyal viewer,
and hopefully you can make some friends that won't threaten
you with violence for being correct and having great taste
in YouTubers. Guys, if you're enjoying this episode, remember you
(09:55):
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(10:17):
you show that, the more he'll be happy. Okay, up next,
we gotta check in with another Delulu medical professional. Something
something of a trend is emerging from these collins because
this person works with a pharmacist who wishes death openly
on Trump supporters. Let's take a listen.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Hi, I'm Lindsay. I live in New Jersey and I
am a white woman. I try not to watch the
news because I can't change anything that's happening and it
just drives me to an anxious mess. But I work
in pharmacy. The lead pharmacist is so so woke left.
(10:58):
He wants all the Trump to be murdered. He ohs,
he believes that the Handmaid's Tale is happening, Project twenty
twenty five, all this shit, and he's constantly making fun
of customers, Like God forbid someone wears a maga hat,
(11:21):
he just wishes death upon them. I can't speak to
my opinions because I am more of a center, right,
I just kind of either ignore it or agree. And
I feel like it doesn't serve me to speak my
opinions because I feel like the tides would turn and
(11:44):
I would be treated like the other and I don't
want that, especially since I cannot handle conflict. But thanks
for listening, have a good day.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Well, they thank you for letting us know about this,
because this is very disturbing. Unfortunately, we've talked about on
the show. This kind of violent sentiment is on the
rise among some people, not all, but some people on
the left. But it is not okay, especially not from
a medical professional in a professional setting. This is not
(12:19):
just oh my coworkers insufferably woke and like talks about
microaggressions or the kind of thing that you can just
like roll your eyes at and ignore. This is serious.
This is a real problem because as a pharmacist, you
literally have other people's lives in your hands. Right if
you make the medication wrong, you put the wrong dose,
you put the wrong pills in the wrong bottle, make
(12:41):
any sort of mistake, someone could lose their life from that.
That does happen, and it is a very serious occupation,
and I do know that it's a very stressful occupation.
So I understand that pharmacists are put under a lot
of stress or crazy hours, but nothing justifies this. It's
not okay to mock your customers, who in this case
are basically your patients. You need to show them compassion,
(13:04):
and you need to want what's best for them, and
you can have whatever personal political views you want. It's
not The problem is not that this pharmacist thinks all
Project twenty twenty five, oh Handmaid's Tail, like that's in
the category of okay, normal person has political opinions whatever,
Maybe they should keep them out of the workplace. But
that's not what I think is the massive red flag here.
(13:25):
It is the mocking customers and the wishing death on
customers that have MAGA hats or what have you. You
need to report this to your employer. You also need
to report this to the state licensing board or whatever
sort of professional organization there is. You have to do
a little bit of research about this for pharmacists in
your state. That's not okay. This isn't the kind of
(13:47):
thing you can just look the other way on. You
need to speak up. You don't have to challenge this
person directly if they could hurt your career or what
have you, but you need to inform your bosses or
higher level management in some way, and you need to
report this person to the professional organization for pharmacists in
your area because what you've described is totally out of
(14:09):
keeping with basic professional ethics for a pharmacist and can't
be tolerated. You can't have people acting like this and
getting away with it in such important medical positions. Up next,
we've got an interesting call from somebody whose sister identifies
as non binary and isn't sure how to explain that
to their kid. Let's take a listen.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Hi, Brad, my name's Cal's and I am currently eight
and a half months pregnant with our first child, a
little boy, and I have some family members that are
little leftist extremes is putting it nicely, And you know,
my husband and I we're pretty moderate, leaning towards conservative,
(14:52):
and we want to instill traditional masculinity ideals within our
son and teach him how to be just a.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
Good man, a support of man. But the problem is
one of my sisters. I have two sisters. One of
them has been identifying as a they them for about
I want to say, two and a half three years now,
and I don't know. I mean, I'm not gonna I'm
not gonna call my sister anything but aunt to my son.
(15:21):
So I'm wondering how can I go about talking to
her about this, or even bringing it up if it
does happen to be brought up, without you know, completely.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Destroying her because she's a good person.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
It's just, ugh, it's a little messy.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
I appreciate any ideas you have.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Thank you, thank you for the no. And it absolutely
does sound messy because you love your sister. She sounds
like a good person. You say she's a good person.
And just because somebody has like this de Lulu idea
about their gender being non binary or whatever, doesn't mean
they're terrible. Like I'm sure she has lots of redeeming qualities.
Maybe she's a lovely person in many ways. The thing is, though,
you've got a balance to values here. On one hand,
(16:03):
it is your responsibility to teach your child truth about
the world, and no human being is non binary. Basically,
everyone can be categorized as either male or female, and
there's this like tiny, tiny, tiny statistical exception of people
who are genuinely inter sex. But that isn't what we're
talking about here, and you don't want to teach your
(16:24):
child these regressive sex stereotypes. Well, you know, Auntie Rachel
isn't actually your auntie because she isn't very feminine, she
doesn't like to wear makeup or dress. Then you would
actually be teaching your kid sexism because the truth is
that your sister is a female, and so this is
your son's aunt and it's okay if she's not traditionally feminine,
(16:47):
if she's like more masculine or butcher likes to dress
androgynous ly, or whatever the personality quirks are. We should
be teaching kids that that's okay, that sex is binary,
but personality and expressing yourself is a wide spectrum, and
there's no reason a bully or shame people for expressing
themselves differently. But you should not be teaching your kid
(17:09):
untrue things like the idea that somebody is that the
them because of how they feel inside. So I would
stand firm on that, but there's probably a way to
do it that isn't going to inflame and cause a
problem with your sister. So, for example, maybe teach your
kid to just avoid saying the pronouns in front of
your sister. So, for example, like you still refer to
(17:32):
her as your aunt and she and her in your
household and she's not around, but when she's there, you
just speak to her and just try to avoid the pronouns.
So you're not teaching your kid this, you're not pushing
untrue belief systems that you don't endorse or subscribe to.
But you're also not like aggressively rubbing your sister's nose
in it and causing a problem. And if she can't
(17:54):
accept that kind of coexistence of different views, then and
that's on her. But you will at least know that
you're doing what's right for your child while not being
needlessly antagonistic to your sister. Because if your sister truly
feels strongly about this, for you to be purposefully or
intentionally in front of her teaching your kid that's your aunt,
(18:16):
she she, she would come across I think as hostile,
as aggressive, as invalidating, and even though it's not in
fact valid still for peace's sake and just for the
sake of coexisting and getting along and showing modeling how
to disagree and co exist for your son, that's probably
the best way to do it. If your sister really insists, like, no,
(18:39):
you must teach your child this, you must tell your
son to call me, I don't know, some gender neutral
fake thing, then you have to sit her down and
you have to be honest with her and tell her
everything and just try to say, listen, I love you,
I want you in my son's life. I think you're
a great person in this way or that way, but
I don't agree with you on this fundamentally, and we
(19:00):
have to agree to disagree. And if she can't accept
that again at the end of the day, that's on her.
Doesn't mean it won't be hard, doesn't mean it's not
a loss, it's not tragic, but you do have to
stand up for truth at the end of the day.
And you can't be teaching your child woke nonsense and
pseudo science just to play Kate a relative. At least
that's my take. I'm not a parent so so far,
(19:23):
at least I don't have to deal with these situations
if you have other advice for this woman who called in,
do let me know in the comments. Up next, we've
got a voicemail from somebody who is getting attacked and
bullied just for attending a speech at their university. Let's
stick a list.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Hey, Brad, I'm not going to state my name just
for privacy reasons, but I want to let you know
that I'm a longtime viewer of the show. I absolutely
love you. I think that you're incredibly nuanced and also
super hilarious. But I just want to share a recent
experience that I have. So I attend.
Speaker 8 (19:56):
Portland State University, which is oh Boy Royal University in
a pretty liberal city and state, and yesterday the conservative
figure Riley Gaines visited the school. And I actually do
consider myself pretty liberal. I think I'm more center than
a lot of the left nowadays. But I went to
(20:17):
go see her speak just because I was interested in
hearing what she had to say. I always go and
visit whatever speakers they have. And there was a huge
protest outside of the.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Building that involved arrests and a bunch of other just
crazy stuff. And I shared to a few classmates that
I had want to go see her, and now I'm
being called a bigot, I'm being called transphobic, I'm being
called a terrible person, and I don't know. I'm feeling
kind of stuck about what I should do, because even
(20:50):
though I didn't agree with a lot of the stuff
that she said, I still thought that she was a
good speaker and it was nice to hear from a
different viewpoint. And I just think that it's ridiculous that
I'm being stigmatized in this way for something that I
don't even one hundred percent agree with.
Speaker 8 (21:05):
And I was just curious if you had heard about
the situation.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Well, thank you for your not And no, I hadn't
heard about the situation at Portland State. But I have
seen other incidents involving Riley in the past where she's
spoken at college campuses and people have freaked the heck
out and in really deranged ways, including like trapping her
in buildings and all sorts of illegal stuff. For context, guys,
Riley Gaines was a teammate of Leah Thomas, the infamous
(21:31):
trans woman swimmer who is biologically male, who destroyed the
competition in collegiate swimming and also made Riley and others
uncomfortable by displaying Leah's genitalia, male genitalia and locker rooms
and other stuff. So Riley has kind of built up
this career for herself now as this activist, influencer, commentator,
and she's controversial. I don't agree with her on everything.
(21:53):
I mean, I agree with her on the transports issue.
But regardless, you did nothing wrong. You literally did the
thing you're supposed to do as a college student, which
is engage in intellectual debates, discover different perspectives, listen to
the voices that are brought into campus. That is literally
(22:15):
the point of a college. And just because you went
to somewhat hear someone speak doesn't mean you agree with them.
Doesn't mean you endorse everything they said. And the classmates
or the people around campus that are throwing the at
you just because you went to go listen to this
woman speak, at some point you got to tell them
(22:36):
just to off. These are unreasonable people with incredibly closed minds,
And if they actually think listening to someone or attending
a prominent event when a speaker comes to campus means
you endorse them, they're de lulu and they can't be
reached at right now, at least maybe they'll come to
their senses when that first tax bill hits or one
(22:56):
of the other you know, reality checkpoints that young adults
experience that sometimes brings them back from this de lulu
mind virus. But it is not on you to convince
them that you're not this terrible thing that they're accusing
you of for no reason. You did nothing wrong. Let
them say whatever they want about you. It doesn't mean
that much anymore. And I know you're on a campus
(23:17):
that's very left wing dominated, but if you're not in
that cult, the friends that you're going to make are
going to be the people who maybe they're not right wing,
maybe they're not conservative, but they're not closed minded like that.
They're not those kinds of types. So let them say
whatever they want, let them yap, let their noise run,
and just keep it moving. Find other people who are
actually interested in ideas, in conversations and not safe spaces,
(23:43):
and not just calling everyone a bigot, because those people
who do that are boring anyway. They're not fun to
hang out with, they're not fun to talk to. So
I'm really sorry that happened to you. I think that's
totally ridiculous and unacceptable. And just kind of a sad
microcosm of where we're at with college campuses these days.
But in some way, and maybe it's a small blessing,
(24:04):
these people are letting you know that like they're not
worth investing time in building relationships with. They're going to
be this closed minded and this obnoxious. You did not
do anything wrong. We need more students on college campuses
today to take the approach that you're taking here, So
more power to you as far as I'm concerned. All Right, guys,
that's going to be it for today's episode of the
(24:26):
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Speaker 4 (25:00):
M
A college that made students confess to all being racist,
a trans friend who wants to punch someone, and a
pharmacist who wishes death on Trump supporters. We're going to
get into your crazy, woke horror stories and experiences and
(00:20):
life situations where you asked for my advice and so
much more in today's episode of The Bad Versus Everyone Podcast,
my daily show where we take on the craziest ideas
for the Internet, our media, and our politics, all from
an independent perspective. Guys, I asked you all to send
in voice notes with your crazy personal experiences, and you
(00:41):
did not disappoint. You spilt the tea. You sent in
so many amazing voice notes. I haven't been able to
go through them all yet. I'm still working through them,
but I picked out some really interesting ones to go
through with you today. Up first, this is quite the
interesting experience that one person had on a college campus.
(01:02):
Take a listen.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Hey, Brad, my name is Maddie, and I just wanted
to tell you about one of my classes that I
have in college. So it's this class about environmental policy
because I'm an environmental science major, and at first we
were learning about like historical environmental policy for protecting wild
life all that, but then it turned into this environmental
(01:25):
justice and woke stuff and it lasted for about six
weeks where we just would talk about racism and we stood.
We sat in a circle, all thirty of us with
the campus Diversity Center, and we just there was this
huge poster that said you are racist, and we all
had to just like confess like this is the first
(01:47):
time I learned about racism, and blah blah blah. It
was a huge waste of time. And I just thought
you would find that a little funny, a little sad.
But that's the state of this is, I guess. Otherwise,
my school's amazing. It's just you know, the woke stuff
kind of infiltrates academia. Anyway, thank you for listening.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
So thank you for the note, And I absolutely do
find it a little bit funny, a little bit sad,
but not even a little bit surprising, because like you mentioned,
this is absolutely par for the course for academia these days,
for at least undergraduate education. Rather, my own college experience
at UMass was never quite that bad or that like blatant,
(02:31):
but that kind of woke stuff was all around us
constantly introduce your name and your pronouns, and the little
discussion section microaggressions, trigger warnings, all that stuff that's just
so tired, so condescending, so fundamentally regressive and infantalizing the
different minority groups. And it's interesting to me because I
(02:51):
also actually I took an environmental economics class as part
of my economics major. It was interesting to me because
the concept of like racism into environmental policy is not
an illegitimate one in and of itself, because in a
historical context, things like all right, well where are we
going to put the heavily polluting power plant. Well, we're
going to put it in the low income black neighborhood.
(03:13):
And so then when you're looking at the long term
economic consequences from the cancer caused by that pollution, there's
a racial element to it if those decisions were made
during like the Civil Rights era or pre civil rights era.
So race is not an illegitimate topic whatsoever when it
comes to like environmentalism and other things. But they definitely
go way overboard with it. And the idea that you
(03:35):
talked about racism for six weeks in an environmentalism class,
an environmental policy class is wild and then this thing
that they made you confess to being racist is really
messed up. I mean, if they wanted to have an open,
a candid conversation about race, about bias, maybe there's a
(03:55):
way to do that that's not absolutely terrible, But this
actually sounds incredibly unpleasant. And I mean, what would happen
if you said, now, I'm not really racist. I try
pretty hard to just treat everyone the same and try
to treat everyone the same regardless of their color. They
probably would have said that's racist, because being colorblind is
racist now. But look, this is why a lot of
this DEI stuff on college campuses has gone too far.
(04:17):
It needs to be paired back because we should. Of course,
we should have college campuses that are welcoming and open
to people of all races and all backgrounds, but we
don't need to put identity at the forefront of everything,
obsess over it, constantly enforce these kinds of bizarre struggle
sessions on students. So I'm glad you made it through
(04:38):
it without losing too many brain cells. And you know what,
keep spilling the tea, guys. I love hearing about this
stuff as much as it makes me roll my eyes.
It brings me back to my glory days. Up next,
we've got a message from somebody who's trans friend threatened
them with violence. After this, the trans debate is getting insane.
Speaker 3 (04:58):
My pronouns aren't I preferred, They are mandatory.
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have never threatened to punch a friend if they had
a different opinion than me. But that's just me, and
(06:25):
that wasn't the experience that one person had with their
trans friend recently. Take a listen.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Hey Brad.
Speaker 5 (06:30):
My name is Grace, and first off, I just want
to say I love watching your show. I enjoy talking
to my friends about it. But on that note, I
recently have a friend who came out as trans mailed
a female and she it feels like all her political
viewstress flip flopped. But the most interesting thing happened when
I was talking to her yesterday about your videos and
(06:51):
I was like, yeah, I really agree with a lot
of the points, he says, especially about trans issues. You know,
biological men should not compete in women's sports, and you know,
I don't think should be allowed to like transition, like
with altering their bodies and stuff. But my friend didn't
really hear the second part, and she was like, well,
I'm glad you said you agreed with some of this stuff,
(07:11):
because if you said you didn't agree with minors transitioning,
I might have hate you in the face. And I
just blinked and I was kind of stunned, and I
was like, oh, and she was like, yeah, I would
have genuinely hate you. And I was like, that's not
okay because that's kind of insane. And I didn't say
anything to her after that, but I just thought that
was kind of crazy, uh, and let me know your
(07:31):
opinion on that, because that has never happened to me before.
And I thought it was kind of funny and mildly concerning.
But yeah, love your videos, Brad, Well, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
So much for watching, and sorry you had this experience.
All I could say is it's not giving lady, like
it's your trans male to female friend is very much
exuding male energy and not the good kind. Okay, But
the kind that thinks women with the wrong opinion should
(07:59):
be punched. M No, that is not giving, ma'am. First
of all, that's giving, sir.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
Excuse me, it's ma'am.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
It is ma'am, and it's giving, sir. In the kind
of the prison cell is this way, sir, first door
down on the left, this was your new home. You
should not be threatening women. I don't care if you're trands,
if you're not trans, if your male, if you're female.
It's not okay to threaten people with violence or having
a different opinion than you, especially women when you're a
male and you have a bigger, you know, frame and
(08:28):
stronger muscles and that, and there's that physical power and balance.
But just in general, it's not okay to do that,
and especially not to a friend. This is not how
friends treat friends. So I think you should cut this
person off, not because they're transgender, not because they have
different political views than you, but because they threatened you
with violence. And it doesn't sound like it was even
a joke, even a joke would be like, I don't know.
(08:51):
But then when they double down on it and say
I genuinely would have punched you for having this opinion that,
by the way, like sixty plus percent of America agrees
with that, kids probably shouldn't be subjected to irreversible, lifelong
medical treatments and transitions that can leave them sterile or
lacking sexual function as adults. Wait till you're eighteen or above.
(09:12):
That's not a hot take, not in twenty twenty five.
Most people agree with that, and it's not a position
that's inherently hateful or bigoted. But you know what, even
if it was, it's still not okay to punch people
for saying something that hurts your fifees. Frankly, this friend,
it is honestly good for you that you've even like
stuck with this friend through their transition, through their political evolution.
(09:33):
No more, Babe, you got to draw a line in
the sand cut this person off because they sound scary
and not like a good friend at all. Thank you
so much for the message and for being a loyal viewer,
and hopefully you can make some friends that won't threaten
you with violence for being correct and having great taste
in YouTubers. Guys, if you're enjoying this episode, remember you
(09:55):
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you show that, the more he'll be happy. Okay, up next,
we gotta check in with another Delulu medical professional. Something
something of a trend is emerging from these collins because
this person works with a pharmacist who wishes death openly
on Trump supporters. Let's take a listen.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Hi, I'm Lindsay. I live in New Jersey and I
am a white woman. I try not to watch the
news because I can't change anything that's happening and it
just drives me to an anxious mess. But I work
in pharmacy. The lead pharmacist is so so woke left.
(10:58):
He wants all the Trump to be murdered. He ohs,
he believes that the Handmaid's Tale is happening, Project twenty
twenty five, all this shit, and he's constantly making fun
of customers, Like God forbid someone wears a maga hat,
(11:21):
he just wishes death upon them. I can't speak to
my opinions because I am more of a center, right,
I just kind of either ignore it or agree. And
I feel like it doesn't serve me to speak my
opinions because I feel like the tides would turn and
(11:44):
I would be treated like the other and I don't
want that, especially since I cannot handle conflict. But thanks
for listening, have a good day.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Well, they thank you for letting us know about this,
because this is very disturbing. Unfortunately, we've talked about on
the show. This kind of violent sentiment is on the
rise among some people, not all, but some people on
the left. But it is not okay, especially not from
a medical professional in a professional setting. This is not
(12:19):
just oh my coworkers insufferably woke and like talks about
microaggressions or the kind of thing that you can just
like roll your eyes at and ignore. This is serious.
This is a real problem because as a pharmacist, you
literally have other people's lives in your hands. Right if
you make the medication wrong, you put the wrong dose,
you put the wrong pills in the wrong bottle, make
(12:41):
any sort of mistake, someone could lose their life from that.
That does happen, and it is a very serious occupation,
and I do know that it's a very stressful occupation.
So I understand that pharmacists are put under a lot
of stress or crazy hours, but nothing justifies this. It's
not okay to mock your customers, who in this case
are basically your patients. You need to show them compassion,
(13:04):
and you need to want what's best for them, and
you can have whatever personal political views you want. It's
not The problem is not that this pharmacist thinks all
Project twenty twenty five, oh Handmaid's Tail, like that's in
the category of okay, normal person has political opinions whatever,
Maybe they should keep them out of the workplace. But
that's not what I think is the massive red flag here.
(13:25):
It is the mocking customers and the wishing death on
customers that have MAGA hats or what have you. You
need to report this to your employer. You also need
to report this to the state licensing board or whatever
sort of professional organization there is. You have to do
a little bit of research about this for pharmacists in
your state. That's not okay. This isn't the kind of
(13:47):
thing you can just look the other way on. You
need to speak up. You don't have to challenge this
person directly if they could hurt your career or what
have you, but you need to inform your bosses or
higher level management in some way, and you need to
report this person to the professional organization for pharmacists in
your area because what you've described is totally out of
(14:09):
keeping with basic professional ethics for a pharmacist and can't
be tolerated. You can't have people acting like this and
getting away with it in such important medical positions. Up next,
we've got an interesting call from somebody whose sister identifies
as non binary and isn't sure how to explain that
to their kid. Let's take a listen.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
Hi, Brad, my name's Cal's and I am currently eight
and a half months pregnant with our first child, a
little boy, and I have some family members that are
little leftist extremes is putting it nicely, And you know,
my husband and I we're pretty moderate, leaning towards conservative,
(14:52):
and we want to instill traditional masculinity ideals within our
son and teach him how to be just a.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
Good man, a support of man. But the problem is
one of my sisters. I have two sisters. One of
them has been identifying as a they them for about
I want to say, two and a half three years now,
and I don't know. I mean, I'm not gonna I'm
not gonna call my sister anything but aunt to my son.
(15:21):
So I'm wondering how can I go about talking to
her about this, or even bringing it up if it
does happen to be brought up, without you know, completely.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Destroying her because she's a good person.
Speaker 7 (15:34):
It's just, ugh, it's a little messy.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
I appreciate any ideas you have.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Thank you, thank you for the no. And it absolutely
does sound messy because you love your sister. She sounds
like a good person. You say she's a good person.
And just because somebody has like this de Lulu idea
about their gender being non binary or whatever, doesn't mean
they're terrible. Like I'm sure she has lots of redeeming qualities.
Maybe she's a lovely person in many ways. The thing is, though,
you've got a balance to values here. On one hand,
(16:03):
it is your responsibility to teach your child truth about
the world, and no human being is non binary. Basically,
everyone can be categorized as either male or female, and
there's this like tiny, tiny, tiny statistical exception of people
who are genuinely inter sex. But that isn't what we're
talking about here, and you don't want to teach your
(16:24):
child these regressive sex stereotypes. Well, you know, Auntie Rachel
isn't actually your auntie because she isn't very feminine, she
doesn't like to wear makeup or dress. Then you would
actually be teaching your kid sexism because the truth is
that your sister is a female, and so this is
your son's aunt and it's okay if she's not traditionally feminine,
(16:47):
if she's like more masculine or butcher likes to dress
androgynous ly, or whatever the personality quirks are. We should
be teaching kids that that's okay, that sex is binary,
but personality and expressing yourself is a wide spectrum, and
there's no reason a bully or shame people for expressing
themselves differently. But you should not be teaching your kid
(17:09):
untrue things like the idea that somebody is that the
them because of how they feel inside. So I would
stand firm on that, but there's probably a way to
do it that isn't going to inflame and cause a
problem with your sister. So, for example, maybe teach your
kid to just avoid saying the pronouns in front of
your sister. So, for example, like you still refer to
(17:32):
her as your aunt and she and her in your
household and she's not around, but when she's there, you
just speak to her and just try to avoid the pronouns.
So you're not teaching your kid this, you're not pushing
untrue belief systems that you don't endorse or subscribe to.
But you're also not like aggressively rubbing your sister's nose
in it and causing a problem. And if she can't
(17:54):
accept that kind of coexistence of different views, then and
that's on her. But you will at least know that
you're doing what's right for your child while not being
needlessly antagonistic to your sister. Because if your sister truly
feels strongly about this, for you to be purposefully or
intentionally in front of her teaching your kid that's your aunt,
(18:16):
she she, she would come across I think as hostile,
as aggressive, as invalidating, and even though it's not in
fact valid still for peace's sake and just for the
sake of coexisting and getting along and showing modeling how
to disagree and co exist for your son, that's probably
the best way to do it. If your sister really insists, like, no,
(18:39):
you must teach your child this, you must tell your
son to call me, I don't know, some gender neutral
fake thing, then you have to sit her down and
you have to be honest with her and tell her
everything and just try to say, listen, I love you,
I want you in my son's life. I think you're
a great person in this way or that way, but
I don't agree with you on this fundamentally, and we
(19:00):
have to agree to disagree. And if she can't accept
that again at the end of the day, that's on her.
Doesn't mean it won't be hard, doesn't mean it's not
a loss, it's not tragic, but you do have to
stand up for truth at the end of the day.
And you can't be teaching your child woke nonsense and
pseudo science just to play Kate a relative. At least
that's my take. I'm not a parent so so far,
(19:23):
at least I don't have to deal with these situations
if you have other advice for this woman who called in,
do let me know in the comments. Up next, we've
got a voicemail from somebody who is getting attacked and
bullied just for attending a speech at their university. Let's
stick a list.
Speaker 4 (19:39):
Hey, Brad, I'm not going to state my name just
for privacy reasons, but I want to let you know
that I'm a longtime viewer of the show. I absolutely
love you. I think that you're incredibly nuanced and also
super hilarious. But I just want to share a recent
experience that I have. So I attend.
Speaker 8 (19:56):
Portland State University, which is oh Boy Royal University in
a pretty liberal city and state, and yesterday the conservative
figure Riley Gaines visited the school. And I actually do
consider myself pretty liberal. I think I'm more center than
a lot of the left nowadays. But I went to
(20:17):
go see her speak just because I was interested in
hearing what she had to say. I always go and
visit whatever speakers they have. And there was a huge
protest outside of the.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
Building that involved arrests and a bunch of other just
crazy stuff. And I shared to a few classmates that
I had want to go see her, and now I'm
being called a bigot, I'm being called transphobic, I'm being
called a terrible person, and I don't know. I'm feeling
kind of stuck about what I should do, because even
(20:50):
though I didn't agree with a lot of the stuff
that she said, I still thought that she was a
good speaker and it was nice to hear from a
different viewpoint. And I just think that it's ridiculous that
I'm being stigmatized in this way for something that I
don't even one hundred percent agree with.
Speaker 8 (21:05):
And I was just curious if you had heard about
the situation.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Well, thank you for your not And no, I hadn't
heard about the situation at Portland State. But I have
seen other incidents involving Riley in the past where she's
spoken at college campuses and people have freaked the heck
out and in really deranged ways, including like trapping her
in buildings and all sorts of illegal stuff. For context, guys,
Riley Gaines was a teammate of Leah Thomas, the infamous
(21:31):
trans woman swimmer who is biologically male, who destroyed the
competition in collegiate swimming and also made Riley and others
uncomfortable by displaying Leah's genitalia, male genitalia and locker rooms
and other stuff. So Riley has kind of built up
this career for herself now as this activist, influencer, commentator,
and she's controversial. I don't agree with her on everything.
(21:53):
I mean, I agree with her on the transports issue.
But regardless, you did nothing wrong. You literally did the
thing you're supposed to do as a college student, which
is engage in intellectual debates, discover different perspectives, listen to
the voices that are brought into campus. That is literally
(22:15):
the point of a college. And just because you went
to somewhat hear someone speak doesn't mean you agree with them.
Doesn't mean you endorse everything they said. And the classmates
or the people around campus that are throwing the at
you just because you went to go listen to this
woman speak, at some point you got to tell them
(22:36):
just to off. These are unreasonable people with incredibly closed minds,
And if they actually think listening to someone or attending
a prominent event when a speaker comes to campus means
you endorse them, they're de lulu and they can't be
reached at right now, at least maybe they'll come to
their senses when that first tax bill hits or one
(22:56):
of the other you know, reality checkpoints that young adults
experience that sometimes brings them back from this de lulu
mind virus. But it is not on you to convince
them that you're not this terrible thing that they're accusing
you of for no reason. You did nothing wrong. Let
them say whatever they want about you. It doesn't mean
that much anymore. And I know you're on a campus
(23:17):
that's very left wing dominated, but if you're not in
that cult, the friends that you're going to make are
going to be the people who maybe they're not right wing,
maybe they're not conservative, but they're not closed minded like that.
They're not those kinds of types. So let them say
whatever they want, let them yap, let their noise run,
and just keep it moving. Find other people who are
actually interested in ideas, in conversations and not safe spaces,
(23:43):
and not just calling everyone a bigot, because those people
who do that are boring anyway. They're not fun to
hang out with, they're not fun to talk to. So
I'm really sorry that happened to you. I think that's
totally ridiculous and unacceptable. And just kind of a sad
microcosm of where we're at with college campuses these days.
But in some way, and maybe it's a small blessing,
(24:04):
these people are letting you know that like they're not
worth investing time in building relationships with. They're going to
be this closed minded and this obnoxious. You did not
do anything wrong. We need more students on college campuses
today to take the approach that you're taking here, So
more power to you as far as I'm concerned. All Right, guys,
that's going to be it for today's episode of the
(24:26):
barad Versus Everyone Podcast. Thank you all so much for
tuning in. Please do make sure you're subscribed if you
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Comment with your thoughts and let me know which one
of these was the craziest to you. If you have
any advice or disagree with anything I said, and guys,
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