Brainwashed by Tom MacDonald

Once again it's Tom MacDonald Friday.  This week we finally have a new music video.  We will be taking a look at the newest song by Tom MacDonald "Brainwashed".  Click below to watch the music video before getting into my thoughts and opinions of the lyrics themselves.  As always Tom and Nova are killing it with these phenomenal videos.  Nova is a music video making queen.  

Brainwashed Music Video

Alright, did you watch?  Yes, good.  Now we can get started.

Half the country fell asleep but they scream "woke"

We're distracted by vaccines and TV shows

Politics, celebrity gossip, popular neat quotes

Black lives, white lives, which lives mean most?

We only dedicate one day to remember our fallen soldiers

The men and women who died young

But if you come out the closet as Caitlyn Jenner

You're a hero and you get a whole pride month

There are two parts to look at in the first verse.  Lets begin with the first part.  Here we see Tom equating being woke with being asleep.  He says that people are so distracted by what is on their TV, and what they are being told that they are missing what is going on right in front of them.  And this is so true.  All people want to do is yell about mandate this, mandate that, you have to do this, and if you don't do that.  They don't care about people having the right to choose for themselves, and make their own decisions.  It's only my body my choice if it's part of the left's agenda.  If it's in regards to the freedoms of someone who doesn't agree with them than it's no longer a choice, it's just doing the right thing.  That's not how freedom works.  Either you have it for everything, or nothing.

The second part we see Tom talking about the hypocrisy today of what is considered brave and courageous.  I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with being a part of the LGBTQ community, or that it's not brave to stand up for who you are when others want to tear you down, because it is.  I also don't think that's what Tom is saying either.  The point here is that as a society we no longer celebrate the heroism of the people who have fought and died to protect this country, our freedoms, and our choice to live the lives we want, in the same way that we celebrate Pride month.  Nothing wrong with Pride month, but we wouldn't be able to celebrate it if it weren't for the sacrifices of the men and women in uniform.  Why do we celebrate, and remember them less?  They are the true heroes of our country, because they are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for it.

The most dangеrous pandemic's propaganda from these clowns

Only mask that's gonna savе us is duct tape on they mouths

Don't speak, we don't need to defund police

Need to defund the media who lies through they teeth, like

Big pharma doesn't cure you, dog

'Cause every patient that gets cured is a customer lost

And big oil runs the world, the only wars that get fought

Are with the countries who have natural resources they want

"The most dangerous pandemic's propaganda from these clowns."  This is true on the next level.  The media is the real problem in this country.  It's no longer news, it's literally all opinion.  When did we get to the point were the new doesn't tell both sides of the story and let the view make up their own minds?  Because that's what the news should be.  It should only be a vehicle for us to know what is happening in the world.  Not for them to tell us what they want you to think.  When I see these 10 or 15 second clips of police violence my first thought is, "Ok, can we see the minutes leading up to this confrontation."  Without context anything can be construed to look like anything you want.  For a little more an this read my Cancel Cancel Culture Post.  The point is we need to duct tape the mouths of all the media personalities and just listen to all the facts.  Because facts don't care about your feelings.

Heard 'em claiming if a white man braids his hair

And likes rap, he's appropriatin' culture

But if a white man acts too white he's white trash

He's a racist, he's a bigot, he's a monster

Let's just have the conversation

Not every liberal is dumb, not all Republicans are racist

The government wants everybody fighting with their neighbors

'Cause they know that if we get along, we'll probably go against 'em

They can't stop us 'cause we're ready to fight

Try to brainwash but we won't let freedom die

The whole world's brainwashed

(Everybody pick a team, start a riot in the streets)

The whole world's brainwashed

(It's us against them, it ain't you against me)

This section leading up to the chorus is so true it's painful.  Society tells people that they can't do one thing because you are stealing someone else's culture, so you do the opposite and now you're a racist and a bigot.  It's gotten so that no matter what you do you are wrong.  Unless you do exactly what Cancel Culture, and the Woke Mob, tell you to you are wrong.  It doesn't matter what you have to say, or what the facts show, they are right which means you have to be wrong.

We now hold everyone to one extreme or the other, and the majority of people on both sides are just normal human beings living in the middle.  Society says if you are liberal you are "Dumb" and if you're conservative you are "racist."  Yes, there are people on both sides that are these extremes, but most people aren't.  It's hard to live in the world right now and have an opinion.  Why?  Because you will automatically be labeled one of these two things just by what you have to say, and that can't be further from the truth.  We need to decide for ourselves what we think and believe and stop letting everyone else tell you what to think despite proof of the opposite.

How did monkeys become people and people turned into sheep?

They put fluoride in the water that's keeping us all asleep

Claim they want what's best for us, I find that hard to believe

'Cause they been selling us cigarettes since we was eighteen

Fake news, fake woke, distract, and divide

You're either right or you're left or you're black or you're white

Big tech don't need a microchip to hack in your life

'Cause the phone inside your pocket is a trackin' device

A lot of people will look at this section and think out that's nothing but a bunch of conspiracy theories, but I think there is a lot of truth underneath the outlandish imagery of it.   There are groups of animal activists out there who think that animals should have the same rights as human beings, and we should all go vegan.  So, monkeys being people is this idea here, and of course sheep is a metaphor for being a blind follower of the herd and not thinking for yourself.  Big Tech wanting to hack your life?  Well your phone is a tracking device.  Just think about it.  You can literally login to the internet and pinpoint your phone to the exact room that it is in if you lose it.  To think that there isn't say a hacker out there who can track you like this using your phone is naive.  Even like 6 or 7 years ago this technology was amazing.  I lost my phone, and I was able to track it to literally the table it was under where I accidently left it after dinner out.  Almost a decade later, or course technology will have advanced.  Have you ever looked at an item online and suddenly Facebook or Instagram is now showing you adds with those items?

And I don't know what I'm more sick of, rappers or Joe Biden

Looking like he ate a hundred Xanax for dinner

'Cause censorin' the president and kicking him off Twitter

Is a bigger threat to freedom than foreign ballistic missiles

You don't trust the police or the government but you want

People giving up their right to own a firearm

Why would you be comfortable if police and the government

The only people on the planet with the right to buy a gun

White privilege getting amplified to reinforce the vision

It convinces white people that they're favored by their skin

And black people getting angry 'cause they're told they're treated different

So the conflict is between us and never with the system

There is a lot going on in this verse.  We won't even touch on the subject of Biden.  But the fact that Big Tech, the media, and the government all seem to think that mean Tweets from former President Trump are a bigger issue than literally anything else going on in the world is ridiculous.  Just the fact that Trump was banned from Twitter, and Facebook, and yet there are Democrats saying the literal same things (and even worse, actual hate speech) but not only haven't been banned but their posts are still up is just disgusting.  The hypocrisy of this double standard is just too much to even wrap my mind around.

Now let's get into the part about guns, but first before anyone says anything about how he must be a gun rights activist who just thinks everyone should own a gun.  Blah, blah, blah.  Stop it.  Tom is able to see and talk about all sides of an argument.  Don't believe me?  I'll link two music videos of Tom's talking about gun violence.  Give those a listen, watch, and come back.

American Dreamz Music Video

How the West Was Won Music Video

Back, good let's talk.  Right now everyone is talking about defunding the police because as the song says, "You don't trust the police or government," but than people want to take guns away from the normal citizen.   You don't trust the police but you want them to be the only people that have guns?  That makes so little sense.  If those in authority are so bad why wouldn't you want to be able to defend yourself?  it's common sense.  But as Tom says in Clown World, "Common sense ain't that common."  And that's a fact.

Let's just have the conversation

Not every liberal is dumb, not all Republicans are racist

The government wants everybody fighting with their neighbors

'Cause they know that if we get along, we'll probably go against 'em

They can't stop us 'cause we're ready to fight

Try to brainwash but we won't let freedom die

The whole world's brainwashed

(Everybody pick a team, start a riot in the streets)

The whole world's brainwashed

(It's us against them, it ain't you against me)

We've already discussed the chorus, so I won't do it again.  But I will say that there are going to be lots of people out there that will hear this song and think well obviously you are the brainwashed ones.  You of course can't convince them of anything.  But I will say this, if you can look at both sides of a story and choose the one that makes the most sense because of the facts, and not just refuse to listen to the other side, than you aren't brainwashed.  You can think for yourself.

Step one, train the people only to consume

Step two, infiltrate adults with the news

Step three, indoctrinate the children through the schools

And the music and the apps on the phones that they use

Step four, separate the right from the left

Step five, separate the white from the black

Step six, separate the rich from the poor

Use religion and equality to separate 'em more

Step seven, fabricate a problem made of lies

Step eight, put it on the news every night

Step nine, when people start to fight and divide

Take control, this is called situational design

What we see here is the recipe for brainwashing the masses, step by step.  These are all ways that people in power, in the media, try to stop people from thinking for themselves.  You only tell people one side of everything, making them think that what they see is the whole truth and not just part of it.  That would be the media.  Making sure it's not just adults, but children, who hear about the one side narrative.  Schools, and social media.  Than we just divide everyone into their own tiny little subset of a group, so that it's everyone against everyone else.  There is so much division in the country right now that even two people who think 99% the same are on seperate sides simply for that little old 1%.  It truly is sad to see, because we could accomplish so much as a nation if we just stopped looking at everyone for their difference and saw what we have in common.

They can't stop us 'cause we're ready to fight

Try to brainwash but we won't let freedom die

The whole world's brainwashed

(Everybody pick a team, start a riot in the streets)

The whole world's brainwashed

(It's us against them, it ain't you against me)

I think that the key phrase in this song is, "Let's just start the conversation."  That is what Tom does in songs like this.  He wants to get people talking about the things going on in the world that society doesn't necessarily want to have talked about.  Those are the topics that we need to be having conversations about most.

That's it for this post.  I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts and opinions on this song.  Let me know what you thought down in the comment section below.  If you want to check out some of the other songs I've looked at, by Tom, I have linked those posts just below.

Other Tom MacDonald Song Breakdowns

Clown World

Politically Incorrect

Withdrawals

Don't Look Down

Dear Slim

Till Next Time Friends,
Words by Ali 

Cancel Watch: The Mark Kaye Show

 Let me preface this piece with the fact that that the talk show hosted by Mark Kaye hasn't been cancelled in the sense that it won't be on the on any more.  It is still on, and if you don't know what it is let me tell you.  The Mark Kaye Show is a radio talk show that airs Monday thru Friday.  It than comes out wherever you find podcasts after it is aired live.  This is how I listen to it, after the fact.

So, while the show is airing live it is also Live Streamed on just about every social media platform there is.  Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and I'm pretty sure there's more but I can't remember.  Let me know below what I might have missed.  So, on last Friday's episode Mark shared that Facebook demonetized his official channel, where all of his show's videos are uploaded.  

You might be thinking, if his channel is still there then what does it matter if it is unable to be monetized.  It matters because for someone who uses social media as a business if the channel is not monetized it doesn't reach people.  It is not recommended to people like it is when it is making the platform money.  Mark Kaye is a conservative talk show host, and he talks about Politics, the news, and he lets you know that he doesn't like what the Liberal Left is saying.

So, is that why Facebook demonetized his channel, because it is right leaning?  Nope.  It was because of the most ridiculous reason.  The reason was, according to Facebook, because he wasn't showing original content.  I heard that and I thought to myself, "What the hell does that even mean?"  According to Facebook his videos was showing clips from other news shows, or networks, and there wasn't a substantial amount of either commentary or original work with the clip.  Umm?  What?

For anyone who has listened to the Mark Kaye show, that couldn't be further from the truth.  For every say minute long clip he gives you about five minutes of commentary, actually it's probably more like ten minutes of commentary.   Plus every day he plays a different game with his listeners for prizes.  Such as Fake News Friday, America's in Jeopardy, What the Bleep, and more.  He takes calls, and questions from listeners.  So, I'm not sure how all of that can be considered not original content.  Freaking Facebook man, just looking for any excuse.

If you have never listened to, or even heard of Mark Kaye, you should go check him out.  I listen to the Podcast through the Apple Store everyday, but you can get it everywhere there are podcasts.  Or you can watch the live streams, just be warned the livestreams are 3 hours, because it encompasses the radios commercials, which is why I do the Podcast it just has the show.

Alright, that's for this issue of Cancel Watch.  I'll see you back here for the next one.  It's not like there is ever a shortage of things being cancelled for arbitrary BS.  Let me know you thoughts and opinions in the comment section down below. 

Till Next Time Friends

Words by Ali 

What's Happening: A Rose By Any Other Name, Or Maybe Not?

What's the easiest and quickest way to get your point across to someone else?  By using words that have developed an established meaning over years, decades, and centuries.  We as a society have agreed upon what words are and what they mean.  But we have reached a point in society where a small, select, group of people have decided that we need to change what words mean.  Not just that the meaning but, without really caring what the majority of people around them think, have decided that we need to also change how we use these words as well.  You might be asking why would someone what to do this?  Isn't obvious, because a minority of people don't want to be offended.  Back to that are we?  Yes, because it never seems to end.

Honestly, it feels like sometimes that we need to just create a new language to be used alongside the one we already have.  I've spent my entire life learning the English language and now a small, but very loud, few have decided for everyone else that it's not good enough for them and needs to be changed.  

I mean since when did the words man and woman become offensive?  That is literally one of the most ridiculous things I've heard lately.  People getting literally offended because they use either man or woman to describe a person.  It's gotten to a point where the minority of society says we can't just use the word woman.  We have to describe exactly what we mean by woman.  Were they born a woman? (mention that) Where they born a man, but identify as a woman? (mention that) Do they have breasts? (mention that) Do they menstrate? (mention that) Do they breastfeed? (mention that).

This is literally what we've come to.  Let me just say that I don't have any issue with anyone you identifies with a different gender.  I'm all for people being who they are.  Of course I'm going to assume based on appearance, but if you tell me otherwise I will respect that.   That being said there has to be a line.  If we as people are unable to talk to each other using words that are already established and understandable than how are we supposed to have  a meaningful conversation?  I am a woman, and I that's it.  I refuse to have to explain to anyone else the "type" of woman I am.  

Alright, that's it for today.  Let me know your thoughts and opinions down in the comment section below.  

Till Next Time Friends, 

Words by Ali 

Book Thoughts: (Song Edition) Clown World by Tom MacDonald

It’s once again Friday, and you know what that means. We’re going to be taking another look at another Tom MacDonald song.  Today we will be taking a look at Clown World.  Go ahead and watch the video linked below before moving on to my break down of the lyrics.  Don't worry I'll wait.

Clown World Music Video 

You worry ‘bout leavin’ a better planet for our kids

How 'bout leavin' better kids for our planet?

Entire generation offended at everything

Gettin' mad that a human thinks all lives matter

We don't need Black or White, or left or right

All we need is common sense, we need balance

We're all in the same boat, why you tryna make holes?

If they sink, we sink, this is madness

I'm offended that you're offended by me takin' offence

Trump can't build a wall, why does your house have a fence?

Here we are again, with another song where Tom is speaking facts.  Facts that a lot of people aren't going to want to hear.  "How about leavin better kids for our planet?"  How true is that.  We live in a society were kids don't seem to have consequences for their bad behavior.  When children do something wrong it feels like their parents look towards any, and every, outside source that may be at "fault".  Anything besides their child.  If we don't teach children their are consequences for bad behavior than were will that leave the world when they are adults?

One of my favorite lines, in any of Tom's songs, is "I'm offended that you're offended by me taking offence."  I think its really just Tom making fun of all the people out there that seem to senselessly get offended by literally everything.  When I say everything, I mean everything.  It doesn't matter what that thing is, or if it effects their life in anyway whatsoever.  They are going to get offended.

I believe in two genders, I'm not mad at the rest

I'm just confused when a dude has a beard and some breasts

We won't always agree, nope

I don't hate all police, nope

I don't think that the system's racist

I just think the system hates people

There are several things in this one small section that a lot, and I mean a lot, of people are going to get offended over.  "I believe in only two genders."  People are going to read this and automatically think oh he must be homophobic, or transphobic, or insert phobic here.  But I think they miss the point.  I've talked about in a previous post what phobic means and actually implies, and Tom doesn't have hate for them, which he even says, but if you say anything against exactly what the Trans Agenda says you are automatically phobic of something and I'm kind of tired of the name calling. 

"I don't hate all police, nope." I swear if anyone says anything about not hating the police, or heaven forbid supports the police, that you are automatically racists.  Why?  Because didn't you know that all police are racist?  Doesn't matter who they are, where they come from, the color of their skin.  You're racists.  Which is why the title of the song is Clown World, bunch of clowns.

The last two lines say that the system hates people in general, and it doesn't matter who they are.  But that goes directly against what the Liberal Left is trying to tell the country.  That the system is racist, and we need to get rid of the system.  If the system is so racists why are just as many white people, if not more, being arrested and killed by the police.  Doesn't matter.  Facts, statistics, and actual truth don't matter when another sells more panic.

I think fighting violence with more violence is what they want

Viruses and riots, people dyin', we won't stay home

Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, what's all this division for?

It's modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war

Burn this circus down 'cause the world is full of clowns

They're all stupid and they're proud, painted smiles on they mouths

I don't hang with bozos, homie, I can't be around you

Anyone who knows me knows my feet don't fit in clown shoes

When he says that violence is what they want, he means the Liberal Left.  Why would that be?  How does creating violence help anything?  Of course you'd ask that, because you must have common sense.  But I have been hearing Democrat elected officials tell people to get into people's faces, get aggressive, and make people on the "other side" pay.  How does that make sense?  Shouldn't we want to have people coming together, and not be driven further apart?  "We need common sense, we need balance."

When I was a child, the only races that we hated

Were the ones that we ran and didn't win

Then we stopped playin' with each other, started hatin' on each other

Started noticin' the colour of our skin

Christians and Atheists, immigrants, patriots

We love the country, but we are not savin' it

Wages don't raise to the rate of inflation

And half of the country hates all of the nation, it's

Funny that we think the world owes us somethin'

All the phones got smart, but the people so dumb

It's so true though isn't it?  That no one seemed to care about the color of someone's skin until suddenly just recently.  There are some people on the Left who will tell you that children as young as like a month old can be racist.  That truly had to be one of the most ridiculous things that anyone has ever said ever.  Children don't understand skin color.  Children don't just automatically see skin color, and hate it.  That is something they are taught, and teaching our children that we need to always consider someone's skin coloring in everything is not only wrong but disgusting.  

"It's funny we think the world owes us somethin'."  It certainly feels like there are countless amount of people out there who think they are entitled to things that they didn't work for and didn't earn simply because they are alive.   There are a lot of young people in our country who think Communism is simply "like the best thing ever" (cue valley girl voice here).  That's because they don't actually understand what communism does in the real world.  Socialism, or communism, in theory would be great but in the realities of the world we live, and that thing that is human nature.  It doesn't work.  See the USSR, see China, and more recently see Cuba.

We care more about the likes on a selfie than our moms

And the only time we ever speak the truth's when we're drunk

We won't always agree, nope

I don't hate all police, nope

Your thoughts and opinions ain't facts

And they are not defining my reality, nope

I think picking sides divides, it's probably what has got us here

United States is great regardless, that's what we've forgotten here

Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, what's all this division for?

It's modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war

Burn this circus down 'cause the world is full of clowns

They're all stupid and they're proud, painted smiles on they mouths

I don't hang with bozos, homie, I can't be around you

Anyone who knows me knows my feet don't fit in clown shoes

The first set of lines here seem to be true for a lot of people, not me though.  But there really is way too many people out there who care more about posting the absolute perfect picture on Instagram, but can't be bothered to even take the time to call their mothers.  Although, personally I think my own mother would like it if I were to call her a little bit less.  Mom if you're reading this, you know it's true.   

"Your thoughts and opinions ain't facts and they are not defining my reality, nope?"  I love this line, because it's so true.  Opinions aren't always facts, and taking them as that is only going to make your life more difficult.  You can't let what someone else opinions define the world that you live in and that is what Tom is saying here.  Left facts define the world around you.  Use common sense, and facts, and not feelings and emotions rule your life.

They tell you, "Be yourself", and then they judge you on the internet

'Til everybody hates you for it

If Jesus was alive, I swear to God that y'all would cancel him

'Cause lately bein' negative's the real new normal, ya

If you're thick, you're fat, you're rich, you're bad

You're poor, you're Black, you're White, you're wack, they lie, it's facts

"They tell you, "Be yourself," and then they judge you on the internet til everybody hates you for it."  Have you ever heard the phrase tell your truth?  That's true, unless it differs from what the SJWs on the internet thinks and feels.  You aren't allowed to be yourself, unless yourself conforms to who they say you have to be.  Isn't that counter productive?  Or just straight up the opposite of what you're telling people?  Be yourself, but only if it's this particular self.   Ok?  No, not ok. 

My generation needs a bunch of free condoms

'Cause common sense ain't that common

This is what they wanted, this is how they planned it

This is to control everyone on the planet

Then we put each other in caskets, protest in panic

And they take advantage to manage the damage

We won't always agree, nope

Freedom doesn't come free, nope

There was people fighting, dyin' overseas

So that you could have freedom and be home

Common sense ain't that common.  That should be the slogan for the last couple of years, because it feels like nobody has any of it any more.  Every week, no every day, I'm reading and seeing more and more of stupid things that people are doing and it's unbelivable.

I think the elites are real, but they ain't drinkin' babies' blood

They're creating chaos so they have somethin' to save you from

Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, what's all this division for?

It's modern segregation, this is setting up a civil war

Burn this circus down 'cause the world is full of clowns

They're all stupid and they're proud, painted smiles on they mouths

I don't hang with bozos, homie, I can't be around you

Anyone who knows me knows my feet don't fit in clown shoes

That’s it for this in depth look of Clown World.  I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did going through it.  Let me know your own thoughts and opinions on this song.  And let me know which songs you want me to do next.

Other Tom MacDonald Song Reviews

Withdrawals

Politically Incorrect

Don't Look Down

Dear Slim

Till Next Time Friends,

Words by Ai 

Book Thoughts: The Europa Conspiracy by Tim LaHaye and Bob Phillips

 Hey everyone, I'm back with another book review.  Although, I will admit this is actually less of a book review as a whole and more of a commentary on the state of the world.  This book was written in 2005, and yet there is one specific conversation in the book that is eerily exactly what we see today 16 years later.  

This book is the 3rd in the Babylon Rising series by Christian author Tim LaHaye, who is famous for his Left Behind Series about the Rapture and the Book of Revelations.  The series as a whole is entertaining, lots of action, adventure, and deathly peril.  With the protagonist a devout Christian, who teaches Biblical Archeology at a University.  The only part of the series I don't particularly like is the way that they seemed to have forced a romance into the stories.  It just doesn't come off as authentic or real.  If you like these types of books it is a must read.  He is a great writer, and doesn't disappoint on that end.

Now to the commentary.  I'm going to list several key passages from pages 104-106.  I didn't want to put it the entirety of those 3 pages, as it would have taken way too much time for you all to read.  So, I summed it up for  you.  In this scene we have our lead Michael Murphy, professor of Biblical Archeology, arguing with the University's Dean about not liking either him or the topic of the classes he teaches:

"Tolerance is respecting other people's viewpoints and holding them on an equal level with your viewpoints.  You should give them equal time to share their concepts and not be judgmental of someone else's beliefs or behaviors." 

"That sounds good and politically correct, Archer, but that's not what tolerance means according to the dictionary.  Part of what you're saying is true.  Yes, we should respect the right of other people to believe what they desire.  Not everyone believes on the same level as what I believe."

"You have racially profiled terrorists.  I think that you're phobic against Arabs and Russians!"

"Because I have strong opinions and convictions that differ from what you believe, that makes me phobic?  Is that the game?  When I have a different viewpoint, you begin to call me names?"

"And who determines which way to think or believe, Archer?  Is it you?  If anyone disagrees with you, do we then call out the thought police and put them in jail?  If we are to hold everyone's beliefs and behaviors on the same level and become tolerant and accepting of them, why don't you hold my opinions on the same level as yours?  Why aren't you tolerant of them?  Why must I give up what I believe and only approve what you believe in?  Don't you see a double standard here?  Isn't Preston University a place where ideas are shared and free speech is allowed?"

"Having convictions, values, and moral standards does not equal fanaticism." 

Have you read through all the passages?  Yes, you sure?  Ok, just wanted to make sure.  So, you should know exactly what my thoughts are going to be on the passages above.  I feel like the Left, and Cancel Culture, has taken the place of the Dean from what we see in these passages.  This book was written 16 years ago and we are still seeing this hypocritical double standard when it comes to "tolerance" for all.  The left have a tendency to label anything as phobic, or intolerant, if it doesn't agree with their thoughts, beliefs, and agenda.  As Michael says, "Why don't you hold my opinions on the same level as yours? Why aren't you tolerant of them?"  And that really is what it comes down to with the Left, and Cancel Culture, they really aren't as tolerant as they claim to be.  They would tell you that they are tolerant, just not tolerant of hate, but just because someone doesn't think like you doesn't automatically make it hateful, or hate speech.  

 

When Michael says, "Because I have strong opinions and convictions that differ from what you believe, that makes me phobic?  Is that the game?  When I have a different viewpoint, you begin to call me names?" I couldn't help think that this is exactly the world we live in right now in 2021.  Do you opinions and convictions differ from the Left's agenda, you're labeled a racist, or phobic.  if you've watched any of the hundreds of videos out there of people asking the Liberal Left who define something they are protesting, or to give examples or proof of something they are talking about, than you have seen how the majority of them react.  Their first response is to name call.  Name Call, hilarious.  They cry racist, and they scream phobic, and that they don't need to explain or prove anything because this person is (insert mean name here) or (insert other mean name here).  Which is exactly what the authors of this book are describing in this scene 16 years prior.  Something describe of as fiction, that didn't really happen much in our society is now commonplace.  Have we really devolved that much as human beings? 

The Dean in this passage refers to Michael as fanatical, but I don't really see that.  I couldn't find a good definition of the word, it was very general.  However, I did find this as an extra on Dictionary.com, "This sense of the word is typically used negatively to imply that someone takes such devotion too far, as in They’re considered religious fanatics due to their extreme practices."  While the word is largely associated with religion it specifically uses the language "extreme practices," and I feel like that is the key.  This character is a Christian, and holds conservative Christian beliefs.  He believes in the bible, and not just as fiction.  In the eyes of the Dean, or the Liberal Left, this automatically makes you a fanatical crazy.  I don't think just having Christian beliefs makes you fanatical, but that's what society seems to be leading to.  If you believe in the Bible, you are eventually going to be automatically labeled intolerant and phobic of something.  We are living in a circus and are being lead by the damn clowns. 

That's it for this book review.  Let me know your thoughts and opinions in the comment section below.  I'd love to hear what you all have to say.

Till Next time friends,
Words by Ali 

 

What's Happening: Arizona Election Audit

 This particular topic seems to be one that finds people on either one extreme end or the other.  Either you think that nothing fraudulent happened and everyone else needs to just get over it, or something fraudulent did happen and it's being covered up.  One or the other, and that feel likes those are your only options.  Personally I'm somewhere in the middle of those two silly extremes.  The results of the election audit aren't nearly as important as end result.  So, what is the end result?  The truth.  And why is that important?  Because right now half the damn country doesn't have faith in the election process, and finding the truth will establish that.  No matter the outcome, the truth is what matters.

You have the Democratic Party, and everyone on the Left, screaming that election fraud didn't happen.  Trump lost and Biden won, and Republicans need to just drop it and move on.  That's the thing that I really don't understand though, if there is no election fraud why is it such a big deal to go through with the election audits, and recount the votes?  I mean let's think about this logically.  If no fraud happened, but half the country thinks it did, than why not let them audit, and recount, and prove to the doubters that there wasn't fraud.  If you want someone to believe and listen to you, than give them proof.  

If you truly think that the audit is not going to show any sort of fraud than let it happen and they'll find nothing.  The fact that the Democrats in the government are screaming at Republicans about accepting the results and actively trying to stop audits from happening makes it seem a little suspect.  I mean it is just me or does it make it sound like they are hiding something.  

Think of it this way you ask your teenager if they took and passed their final tests.  Both them and their teacher says they did, but they still have a failing grade.  The parent will of course believe that they are being lied to by someone.  So, what do they do?  Just accept it?  Probably not.  They will ask both child and teacher for proof of their kids grades.  The teacher than tells the parent, "I already told you they passed their finals.  Just accept their grades and move on."  Will that parent just say ok, if they say so, or do you think they will try to find out that information?  I think the answer is obvious.  What does it hurt showing the parent of what the teacher tells them is true.  Either they will find that the teacher is telling the truth, or that the teacher is lying.  If the are telling the truth then showing proof doesn't matter to them.  Now if they are lying than of course they don't want to show proof because they don't have it, and they don't want to be exposed.

I'm not saying that that's what's going on.  I'm just saying that it's weird that the Left is trying so hard to stop from verifying proof that proves they are correct.  Whether or not their was voter fraud isn't the point.  Whether or not voter fraud caused Arizona to Biden when it should have gone to Trump isn't the point.  The point is to prove once and for all if there was voter fraud.  Because if there was voter fraud that should worry literally everyone.  Whether or not voter fraud would have changed the results is the point.  Republican or Democrat voter fraud should be something that worries.  Voting for our government officials is literally the single most important thing that we can do in our country.  So, if there is voter fraud than your vote no longer matter and THAT should worry the hell out of everybody.  NO matter what side you are on.

Alright, that's it for this rant.  I've been seeing a lot of news articles about the audit hear in Arizona and it has been driving me crazy.  Let it happen, and find the truth.  Than you won't be able to argue about what did or didn't happen, because you have the proof.

TIll Next Time Friends,
Words by Ali 

Book Thoughts: (Song Edition) Politically Incorrect by Tom MacDonald

 It's once again Tom MacDonald Friday.  Today we are going to be looking at a little bit of an older song.  This one is called Politically Incorrect.  I think the title speaks for itself.  As always the video is ready for you to watch just below.  Go ahead and give it a watch, because also as always the video really does make the song so much better.

Politically Incorrect Music Video

I probably offended somebody

My generation's afraid of opinions, y'all so intolerant

They're ashamed of themselves 'cause they're privileged and white or they're black and the opposite

You get charged with harassment for huggin' a woman or givin' a compliment 

Y'all way too sensitive, yet, offended to death, bring all the coffins in

The first verse I think literally tells you all you need to know about what you're going to get with this song.  People have gotten so sensitive that they get offended by literally everything.  They let their feeling tell them what is and isn't acceptable.  As people we can't do anything without upsetting someone.  "You get charged with harassment for...givin' a compliment."  This really does sound like something that would happen.  Because apparently in today's world words are literal violence, ridiculous or what.

I swear that y'all are mad at everything that don't affect your life, hey

I swear that y'all believe that bein' offended just means that you're right, hey

I swear that y'all just wanna be the only ones who everyone likes, hey

I swear if I swear at you ninnies, you're probably so triggered, you'd cry (Yeah)

And nobody wants to be real, everyone's scared of how everyone feels (True)

We've become so ultra-sensitive and hyper-tolerant that, honestly, honesty gon' be illegal

This verse is one of the truest things that have ever been written.  Every single part of it.  People in society get offended over everything, even if it doesn't have anything to do with them whatsoever.  I mean if we are going to get upset about anything why not have it be something that will actually impact your life?  Just seems dumb people.  I also really agree with this idea that people think that because their upset that means that are right.  Facts are facts whether they upset your feelings or not.  Being offended doesn't actually change the facts, just makes you look silly.  "We've become so ultra-sensitive...that honestly honesty gon' be illegal."  And unfortunately this appears to be way the world is right now.  It doesn't matter if you are telling the truth, or be giving an honest opinion, but if it doesn't conform to what someone else believes its wrong.  And it feels like they think it's illegal, cancel that.

It's crazy y'all get so shocked and bothered from people sayin' things that aren't responsible

If that seems logical, y'all are weak then; if someone says retard, it ruins your weekend

And that's retarded, my hair been in braids 'cause it looks hella awesome

Y'all like to scream I appropriate culture, but I don't hear nothin', I'm payin' homage

Y'all are just tryna get likes on your comments, Googlin' quotes that are socially conscious

And sayin' you're woke doesn't make you a prophet, it makes you a liar and stupid obnoxious

When Tom says, "But I don't hear nothin'," that's basically him saying the he doesn't care what the haters say.  We have seen this in several other songs that he doesn't listen to his hates, but in fact he trolls them back hardcore.  But one of my favorite lines from the song is, "And sayin' you're woke doesn't make you prophet it makes you a liar and stupid obnoxious."  I really do hate the idea of being "woke".  This idea honestly just gives people the license to act like an asshole as long as they believe in the left cancel culture views.  It truly makes people stupid obnoxious, because self proclaimed "woke" people are literally the most obnoxious people in our society today.

Always on that blah-blah, y'all should keep it to yourselves (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Miss me with that drama, you must think I'm someone else

'Cause y'all don't wanna fuck with me

'Cause I don't feel the pressure, no, I will not be censored

I'm not afraid that's why they fuck with me

My name will be remembered, and I will live forever

I bet y'all hate that y'all are stuck with me

The first line of the chorus is basically how we all need to look at the world.  Everyone out there seems like they are just shouting out nonsense, "Blah-blah."  It really gets tiring listening to people telling you how you HAVE to think and feel.  "Ya'll should keep it to yourselves."  While I'm not against people having a different opinion other than my own I really don't need you to both shove it down my throat while telling me how horrible I am for not thinking the same way.  Keep our opinions to yourself if all you are going to do is get upset, and not listen.

Happy Halloween; for one evening, only you wear what you want

(What you want)

Unless it's a poncho, a headdress, or afro, you'll piss someone off, hey

I'd say Merry Christmas, but I know that it's 'bout to be gone

If religious freedom's such a dire issue, why you dressed like a priest in October for fun?

This verse is one of the most ridiculous.  Not that Tom is being ridiculous, but the fact that there are actually people out there who think that this actually true.  The thing that makes Halloween great is that you can dress up as literally anything and everything if you want to.  I can think back to some of silly and dumb things I went as.  But the point is that you can be whatever you want.  Except know people are getting offended by the fact that you costume doesn't belong to you culturally.  But why does that offend you?  Especially since it always seems to be white liberals who get offended over someone else culture.  What in the literal hell is happening to our world.  Keep telling the people the truth Tom.

Don't let 'em censor your thoughts, don't let 'em make you regret that you talked (Yeah)
Don't let 'em tell you that nice is the law, tryna make you all righter when nothin' is wrong, yeah
Words hurt you, clothes hurt you, memes hurt you, jokes hurt you, we hurt you
Half the time you don't even probably know what hurt you, but you super mad, trust we heard you

Tom here is telling his fans not to let the haters, and cancel culture, to stop them from having their own opinions.  Don't ever regret being yourself, and telling people what you think and your opinion.  "Half the time you don't even probably know what hurt you, but you super mad, trust we heard you."  This is another amazing line, because it is so true.   People get so upset about everything that I don't think that they even truly understand what they are mad about.  They're mad just to literally be mad, and what is even the point of that?  How unhappy do you have to be with your life to get upset over something you know nothing about.

You a pawn in a broken system, are you triggered much? You've been showin' symptoms
Y'all are so addicted to bein' hopeless victims, y'all could crash a plane and blame the road conditions
And your only sickness is your social vision, makes you scared of choices, but you're pro-decision 

So you march a lot but never go the distance, yellin' way too loud until no one listens 

Always on that blah-blah, y'all should keep it to yourselves

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Miss me with that drama, you must think I'm someone else
'Cause y'all don't wanna fuck with me
'Cause I don't feel the pressure, no, I will not be censored
I'm not afraid that's why they fuck with me
My name will be remembered, and I will live forever
I bet y'all hate that y'all are stuck with me

The second line of this verse is perfect, "Y'all are so addicted to bein hopeless victims y'all could crash a plane and blame the road conditions."  This line is referring to people who blame something, or someone, for a problem that doesn't even relate to it in any way.  Because how does the condition of the road have anything to do with flying?  Or how does me not eating everything on my plate actually affect someone who's starving in a country halfway around the world? I mean if you're going to attack something you don't like you should at least go after something that can actually have an affect on the issue you're fighting for.

 

"You look like the devil", you sound like some Christians
You just won a medal for askin' permission
You just want a pat on the back in addition
To bein' so tolerant, fine, I admit it
You're nicer, you're better, you're righter, you're brilliant
Most sensitive creatures in all of existence
My freedom of thought should be censored with prison
The world would be better if we weren't so different
Always on that blah-blah, y'all should keep it to yourselves (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Miss me with that drama, you must think I'm someone else
'Cause y'all don't wanna fuck with me
'Cause I don't feel the pressure, no, I will not be censored
I'm not afraid that's why they fuck with me
My name will be remembered, and I will live forever

I bet y'all hate that y'all are stuck with me

That last verse really hits the nail on the head.  Have you ever been in that situation where you are trying to explain how, based on facts, that the other person is actually wrong, and they aren't listening to you?  And in the end, even though you truly have actually admitted your wrong, you just yell at them that their right just to get them to shut up?  I have.  Multiple times, with the literal same person.  If they are reading this they know who they are.  Just to get them to stop you tell them their nicer, better, righter, more brilliant, or whatever they need to hear.  This is how a lot of people are today, they don't want to listen to the other side of the argument so their argument is that you are wrong, and nothing else matters.  

Alright that's it for this review.  Let me know down in the comments below your own thoughts and opinions.  Also, let me know what song you want me to do next.  Check out my other Tom MacDonald reviews linked below.

Other Tom MacDonald Reviews

Withdrawals 

Don't Look Down

Dear Slim

Till Next Time Friends,

Words by Ali