(2013/11/15) Proud traditions and cultural norms (Racism)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 16 November 2013
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Edition #774
Proud traditions and cultural norms
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Police Chief's "Apology Heard 'Round The World" to John Lewis - StoryofAmerica - Air Date: 06-18-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: One love - Playing for change
Ch. 4: Act 2: The Black Man's Tax - David Feldman Show - Air Date 9-20-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Hole in the bucket - Spearhead
Ch. 6: Act 3: Redskins Controversy, A Columnist And His Native-American Father-In-Law - Young Turks - Air Date: 10-13-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: One day - Matisyahu
Ch. 8: Act 4: Columbus Raped the Redskins...Time to Change the Name - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 10-14-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Vultures of culture - Nahko and Medicine for the People
Ch. 10: Act 5: NC GOP Repeatedly Shoots Itself in the Foot - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 10-25-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Mile end - Pulp
Ch. 12: Act 6: Majority of Conservatives Want a White Male Dominated Congress - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 11-02-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: It's a man's, man's, man's world - James Brown
Ch. 14: Act 7: The conventional gag reflex - This week in blackness - Air Date: 11-12-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 15: Intersectionality and racism - Kate in Toronto
Ch. 16: Ideas for better initiatives to regulate businesses - Nathan from Vancouver, WA
Ch. 17: Thanks for responses on how to debate conservatives - Chris from Colorado Springs
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Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 18: Final comments on labeling acts and not people as racist, plus how to maintain your smugness while using the Socratic method on conservatives
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details, visit the membership tab at bestableleft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left Podcast with Cups Today from Story |
| 0:12.4 | of America, The David Feldman Show, The Young Turks, Tom Hartman Program, The Rachel |
| 0:16.2 | Maddo Show, The David Pakman Show, and This Week in Blackness. |
| 0:19.6 | And you know, when I hear that conservatives want to be associated as the upholders of |
| 0:23.2 | traditional values, all I can really think is, be careful what you wish for. |
| 0:30.4 | In a free society such as ours, the police have to use force. |
| 0:34.0 | Somebody has to step up and take on the bullies of this world. |
| 0:38.7 | But we're going to use it intelligently and we're not going to cross the line. |
| 0:43.1 | We're going to focus on the bad guys every day. |
| 0:45.4 | We're going after them, we're going to put them in jail. |
| 0:48.1 | But not at the expense of our relationship with the people in the community |
| 0:52.7 | who are law-abiding good folks. |
| 0:55.2 | They don't need to fear us. |
| 0:56.7 | The criminals, they need to fear us. |
| 0:58.4 | They need to fear being arrested and being held accountable. |
| 1:06.7 | You know, after the Freedom of Riders arrived here in May 20th, 1961, they were attacked. |
| 1:13.7 | Some of them had to go to the hospital. |
| 1:16.0 | That night they had a meeting at First Baptist Church. |
| 1:19.7 | Right across the street from where we're sitting right now. |
| 1:21.8 | Nagri Mahab showed up outside that church and started breaking windows, cutting the |
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