(2015/07/31) Productive progressive infighting (#BlackLivesMatter at #NetrootsNation)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 31 July 2015
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Edition #942
Show Notes
Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill
00:00:30 Ch. 2: Act 1: The Sandra Bland Video & the Extraordinary Threat to Black Lives - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 07-22-15
Ch. 3: Song 1: Blik - deeB
00:09:17 Ch. 4: Act 2: "I Will Light You Up!": New Dash Cam Video Shows Arrest of Sandra Bland, Found Dead in Texas Jail - @democracynow - Air Date: 07-22-15
Ch. 5: Song 2: Change The World ( Coldnoise Remix ) - Controlled Collapse
00:11:15 Ch. 6: Act 3: Protesting the White Progressive space at @Netroots_Nation - This week in blackness (@TWiBNation) - Air Date: 7-23-15
Ch. 7: Song 3: Please Listen Carefully - Jazzer
00:27:48 Ch. 8: Act 4: Misguided responses to #BlackLivesMatter, including Bernie Sanders at @Netroots_Nation - Back Talk from @BitchMedia - Air Date: 7-23-15
Ch. 9: Song 4: Take Care - Dad Rocks!
00:37:44 Ch. 10: Act 5: Having a job isn't going to make me not black - The Black Guy Who Tips (@rodimusprime) - Air Date: 7-22-15
Ch. 11: Song 5: Rain Begins To Fall (instrumental) - Silence is Sexy
00:46:19 Ch. 12: Act 6: Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter - Majority Report (@majorityfm) - Air Date: 07-21-15
Ch. 13: Song 6: Sneeuwland - Oskar Schuster
00:53:06 Ch. 14: Act 7: Black people, we got you! I mean, to a certain extent. - This week in blackness (@TWiBNation) - Air Date: 7-23-15
Ch. 15: Song 7: Friends and Neighbors (Remastered) - Single - Sammy Kaye
00:56:14 Ch. 16: Act 8: What Bernie Sanders needs to do to win - Benjamin Dixon Show (@TheBpDShow) - Air Date: 7-24-15
Ch. 17: Song 8: A Lot of Work to Do - Friendly People
01:05:18 Ch. 18: Act 9: Bernie Sanders: Racism & Inequality Are 'Parallel Problems' - @davidpakmanshow - Air Date: 07-27-15
Ch. 19: Song 9: Close to Me (Closest Mix) - The Cure
01:09:24 Ch. 19: Act 10: .@DFAaction responds to the #BlackLivesMatter protest at Netroots - This week in blackness (@TWiBNation) - Air Date: 7-28-15
01:16:28 Ch. 20: Final comments with an analogy explaining why you shouldn't say "All Lives Matter" in response to "Black Lives Matter"
From Reddit: Why is it so controversial when someone says "All Lives Matter" instead of "Black Lives Matter"?
Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
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| 0:08.1 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLifE podcast, which clips today from the majority |
| 0:11.8 | report. |
| 0:12.8 | Democracy now, this week in blackness, back talk from bitch media, the black guy who |
| 0:17.9 | tips the Benjamin Dixon show and the David Backman show. |
| 0:30.1 | You know, it turns out Sandra Bland was a black lives matter activist. |
| 0:35.6 | She was just doing what anyone else would do in her situation. |
| 0:40.9 | Driving to her new job, she sees and now I'm speaking from knowledge that we have gained |
| 0:47.9 | from this dashcam footage. |
| 0:50.5 | She is driving down the road. |
| 0:53.0 | She passes the police officer going in the opposite direction. |
| 0:56.4 | The police officer bangs a ui, speeds up significantly to overtake her. |
| 1:03.6 | And as he's pulling up on her, she pulls over into the right lane to let him pass and she |
| 1:12.0 | doesn't signal when she does that. |
| 1:14.4 | And so he takes that opportunity to pull her over. |
| 1:17.6 | And then he approaches the car and you can hear the exchange. |
| 1:21.7 | Look, you cannot get arrested for being brusqued, for not being friendly. |
| 1:31.1 | There is no legal requirement for you to be super polite and listen to this exchange. |
| 1:40.4 | Do we have this audio? |
| 1:42.0 | I know I didn't plan to play it, but this is just where I want it. |
| 1:45.1 | All right, play this audio. |
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