Chapter 1: What is the controversy surrounding Jasmine Crockett's Senate run?
OK, so look, let's talk about Jasmine Crockett and Bowen Yang and the whole controversy going on around it. People have been asking me, a lot of people, are you going to respond to this, Don? What do you think? What do you think? What do you think? And I kind of held off a little bit because I just wanted to absorb it, absorb it a bit. I don't want to be too reactionary. So let's just play.
Bowen Yang was on a podcast and the host. I talked to him. I said, are you going to do it? I think his name is Matt Rogers. And my response to the people who were asking me is, I don't know who Matt Rogers is. I've never seen him. Is he a political person?
Chapter 2: How do Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers' comments reflect racial bias?
What? So I don't know. I know who Bowen Yang is. Obviously, very talented person. And so anyway, I went to look at the clip and let's play what they said.
Anytime a politician is making it too obviously about themselves, I'm already done. And don't waste your money sending to Jasmine Crockett. Do not do it.
I must agree. Don't do it. Okay, so let me say this. God, I hate to do this, but I just have to. You know, if he said any politician that makes it about himself, it's every politician is about themselves, even the ones you love. Even Barack Obama is about himself. Even if you love Tallarico, who I happen to really like, James Tallarico, it's about him because he's running.
Chapter 3: What is the significance of political funding for candidates like Jasmine Crockett?
It is about him. It's always about them. And the thing if you just said you know if they had just said here what he said it's about themselves okay but then to say don't give money when that is a lifeblood of anyone's campaign and um go on and i'll just i'll just go and play more
You're going to waste your money. Let me just qualify the Jasmine Crockett thing. She's not going to win a Senate seat in Texas, you guys. If Beto O'Rourke couldn't do it, Jasmine Crockett is not going to do it. It's nothing against her. It's just that she is a politician and that she is like... very well defined already.
And I know what you meant. But when people hear that, especially someone of color, it means very well defined to the ears for people who are listening, who are of color. That means she's too black. I'm just being honest.
Chapter 4: How does racial bias affect perceptions of women of color in politics?
And so maybe you don't see that, sir. And that is the issue. And you can't tell people what to do with their money. You don't know if James Tallarico is going to win. People thought Donald Trump wouldn't win. You can't tell people what to do with their money.
And so that to me comes from a position of entitlement and an authority that you don't necessarily have as a person who is not a political person. You're not a pundit. You're not a poster. I don't believe that he, I think, I think he's a comedian if I'm wrong. Again, I don't know him. I have never seen him. And that's no shade. I just don't.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the term 'well-defined' in political contexts?
Obviously, again, I know who Bowen Yang is. He's talking about shit that he does not know about. And Bowen Yang, who's weighing in, who's not a political person, is talking about shit he doesn't know about either. That's where we should really start. And look, again, this may be offensive to some people, but this is the truth. This is gay men are still men.
gay men are still men and gay white men are still entitled men. And especially now, like you, it's hard to lose that mentality. What these guys need to understand before I go on is that the reason why
That gay men, for me, are some of the most talented people on the planet and some of the most overachievers is because of the circumstances that they face, that society does not want them for the most part. And I know I'm generalizing here, but I believe I'm one of those people. And most of my friends are those people as well. Overachievers, overachievers. They got to do good.
They're very creative.
Chapter 6: How do societal biases influence political support for candidates?
They're the best in their industry because society says we don't like you. And the point of it that I'm trying to make is, is that there are other people who deal with the same thing like black women. Society doesn't like them, even though they're the most educated people on the planet.
Society doesn't like gay men, even though gay men are some of the most creative and most successful people on the planet. And so you like have some frame of reference. And this is what I call the white gay syndrome. And if you're gay, you know what I'm talking about. I don't even have to explain it to you. These guys are exhibiting that.
And people who are gay are probably like, oh, they never even thought about it. He doesn't he's not even thinking about he's not even aware enough of the world, in my opinion. to even be talking about this. Take a step back, Matt Rogers, and realize that there are people who are part of an underserved community where the rules are, like you, the rules are different.
And they're different even more so for a black woman. Now, you may think she's not going to win.
Chapter 7: What role do gay men play in discussions about race and politics?
That is your business. You can think that. But you can't tell people who to give their money to and that someone is too well-defined. That's like saying, you know, you're not like them. You're like, you're a different black person. That sounds like what you're asking someone to be. And is it racist? I don't know, but it's certainly biased and it may come from racism.
Maybe it comes from, that's part of the fallout from living in a racist society. Keep going.
It's my opinion that we are going to need someone who is less defined at this moment that then rises up. Like, I'm interested in this Tallarico guy from Texas. Oh, I don't know him. I'm just interested in him. You know what I mean?
Chapter 8: Why is it important to be mindful of bias when discussing political candidates?
I'm like, oh, I haven't seen him before. It would be hard for them to define him as anything other than what he is, which is like a rising Democratic politician.
Okay. So let me just say this. OK, some legitimacy there. It's hard to define him. The right is always going to define him, no matter if he is a known entity or not. The right will try to define him, and they will be successful in defining him. What matters is if there's enough people on the other side or people who support him who don't believe in that definition of them.
That doesn't matter here. What matters is who has the best policies, who has the best plan, who actually has a chance of winning. And if the polling shows that Jasmine Crockett doesn't have a chance of winning, okay. But the polls also showed initially that Donald Trump didn't have a chance of winning. The polls are often wrong. So you don't know that.
Just say, as a candidate, I am more partial to Tallarico. Don't go blasting somebody, especially someone who has the same, as I've been saying, similar challenges as you, don't go blasting them for something for which you have no idea of what you're talking about. You don't even see your own bias. You don't see the blind spot. You're not like, have some self-awareness. Keep going.
someplace like Texas who is like yes speaking a little bit to the middle but at least he's someone that like we can't define already you know what I mean like Gavin Newsom is defined yeah I believe Jasmine Crockett is defined yep like I'm just trying to win here and I really feel differently than we did in 2016 like the way to win now is to like go with the energy
Okay, go with the energy. The energy is on the progressive side of the party. And the person who has more name recognition in this case and the energy would be someone like a Jasmine Crockett or an AOC or others who are on the progressive side, like the Mamdani. That's where the energy is. It doesn't mean that anyone is going to win for that. And you look...
I did not hear you say, maybe it wasn't the focus of your conversation, not to give money to Gavin Newsom. Or if you don't support Tallarico and you like Jasmine Crockett, don't give money to him. Because... You could be wasting your money no matter who you give it to. That's the whole point. Think about what you're saying and think about the repercussions of what you're saying.
And so I'm not, look, I don't know if it is outright racism, but it's certainly a bias. And it happens with a lot of my gay friends. And quite frankly, I have to check them on it. And they appreciate me when I check them on it because it is something for which they are not even aware because it doesn't happen to them.
gay men especially gay white men can be privileged because they still think like men and especially with the advances that we have made with the lgbtq community gay white men can live in a privilege that people in the lgbtq community do not live and even women do not live with that privilege and so Just realize it. Now, look, I can show you the campaign ads for Jasmine Crockett.
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