REAL AF with Andy Frisella - July 30, 2021


125. State Of The MF Union


Episode Stats

Length

20 minutes

Words per Minute

103.62195

Word Count

2,078

Sentence Count

148

Misogynist Sentences

1

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

In this episode, I talk about why we need to wake up and wake up to the fact that we are living in a world where we are so divided that we can t even see the bigger picture. We are all in this together and yet we can't seem to come together and recognize what's actually happening.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Before I start in on what I'm about to talk about.
00:00:04.320 I don't care if you're black or white or gay or straight.
00:00:09.640 Democrat, Republican, left, right.
00:00:11.640 I don't fucking care.
00:00:16.140 Those are fucking constructs that we have been shoved into based on our identity in order to create arguments and division and distraction.
00:00:30.000 From things that do not benefit us.
00:00:36.980 There's a reason that we all stand under that red, white, and blue flag.
00:00:46.000 It includes all of us.
00:00:50.480 We are not enemies.
00:00:55.560 We are told that we are, but we aren't.
00:01:00.000 Most of us have much more in common than we don't.
00:01:05.640 And yet, we can't seem to come together and recognize what's actually happening.
00:01:19.400 We would rather talk about Simone Biles.
00:01:27.800 We would rather talk about how she's a coward or how she lacks bravery.
00:01:34.540 But yet, when we go to Starbucks, when we are told by the barista to put on a fucking mask, you do it.
00:01:50.600 Even if you don't believe it's right.
00:01:53.420 Even if you don't believe it works.
00:01:55.740 You walk around with the mask around your chin.
00:02:01.880 You play along because you don't want to be inconvenienced.
00:02:07.120 You get distracted by sports.
00:02:10.780 And TV.
00:02:12.900 And drama.
00:02:15.460 Involving people that you will never fucking meet.
00:02:17.900 You don't see the bigger picture because you don't want to see the bigger picture.
00:02:29.680 Because the bigger picture is scary.
00:02:35.620 Now, I understand a year ago or a year and a half ago when they were showing people falling dead in the streets.
00:02:47.080 I understand that we had a real pandemic.
00:02:57.720 I understand that people got sick.
00:03:01.480 I understand that some people died that shouldn't have.
00:03:09.400 I understand all of that.
00:03:13.240 But we've had pandemics in this country before.
00:03:17.080 Major ones.
00:03:23.040 We never shut the country down.
00:03:25.820 We never destroyed businesses.
00:03:29.260 We never spent so much money at the government level that our dollar is devaluing literally by the minute.
00:03:36.880 We've never let in hundreds of thousands of illegal people into this country.
00:03:43.180 We've never released prisoners from the prisons.
00:03:53.360 We've never defunded the police.
00:03:56.480 None of those things have ever happened.
00:04:02.580 But yet, you can't see how it all ties together.
00:04:09.540 You can't see that the reason those prisoners were released wasn't because of COVID.
00:04:16.360 You can't see that the reason the police were defunded wasn't because of racism.
00:04:23.860 You can't see that they intentionally created a scenario where the crime rate went up.
00:04:32.820 There's not a single person listening to this show that doesn't understand the logic that if you have less police, there will be more crime.
00:04:41.320 You can't see that the voter ID argument of it being racist is complete and utter bullshit.
00:04:52.820 If that were the case, showing your ID for beer would be fucking racist.
00:05:02.820 Getting a driver's license to drive would be racist.
00:05:08.200 So ask yourself, what's the reason they don't want voter ID?
00:05:13.260 It couldn't possibly be that their traditional voter base doesn't believe in them anymore.
00:05:22.940 It couldn't possibly be that they're flying all of these illegal aliens, hundreds of thousands of them, to your cities and your towns.
00:05:32.360 It couldn't be that they want those people to become dependent on their policies and vote for them because they aren't required to have an ID.
00:05:45.740 It couldn't be any of that.
00:05:47.460 It couldn't be that they just want to keep themselves in power and keep their money coming in.
00:05:53.220 At what point are we going to acknowledge that lies have been told to us over and over and over?
00:06:07.880 15 days to slow the curve.
00:06:13.660 Masks work.
00:06:16.980 Masks don't work.
00:06:18.360 The PCR test is accurate.
00:06:24.920 The PCR test is inaccurate.
00:06:30.600 Lockdowns work.
00:06:33.300 Lockdowns don't work.
00:06:39.280 Vaccines work.
00:06:42.860 Vaccines don't work.
00:06:48.360 At what point are we going to acknowledge those lies?
00:06:53.060 These are not mistakes.
00:06:55.000 These are lies.
00:07:00.220 At what point are we going to respond to the directions that come from lies?
00:07:07.480 With noncompliance.
00:07:10.460 At what point are we going to recognize that we are furthering their agenda when we go in the grocery store
00:07:17.440 and just put the mask on when we don't believe in it and we know that it doesn't work?
00:07:26.940 At what point are we going to stop stimulating the economy with all of these extra funds and stimulation checks
00:07:37.140 so that people will be motivated to go to work?
00:07:41.760 At what point are we going to stop them from shutting down the businesses that pay your bills?
00:07:52.120 At what point are we going to stop voluntarily giving the wealthiest people in this country our business
00:08:00.760 because we can't give it to our local small and medium-sized businesses?
00:08:07.580 At what point are we going to realize as a collective society that the people that are benefiting from this
00:08:15.740 are the ones prolonging this?
00:08:18.280 It's not about racism.
00:08:22.500 It's about certain people keeping their position in our society that benefits them
00:08:29.880 and milks us and our kids and our kids' kids
00:08:34.900 and creates a world that is so disruptive and so dangerous
00:08:40.180 and so divisive that we can't even discuss differences of opinion anymore.
00:08:50.340 This is much more, and you all know it.
00:08:55.980 We're coming to a point in time where there will be no going back.
00:09:00.120 I understand if you were scared a year ago.
00:09:07.820 I understand if you did everything you were told.
00:09:11.100 But even the most obedient, trusting person
00:09:15.180 now knows that what's going on isn't right.
00:09:22.300 And some of you don't want to admit it
00:09:25.600 because you don't want to admit that you bought into something that wasn't right.
00:09:30.120 You always have a chance to change your mind.
00:09:37.420 You always have a chance to do what's right in your heart.
00:09:40.120 And you always have a chance to stand for what you know to be true and right.
00:09:45.940 And what's going on right now is not right.
00:09:53.060 We are intentionally divided.
00:09:55.760 We are intentionally misinformed.
00:09:58.260 We are intentionally confused and intentionally led to believe
00:10:04.360 that we who believe in freedom, who believe in America,
00:10:09.700 and who believe in the things that make this country amazing
00:10:13.840 are the minority, and we are not.
00:10:17.220 We are not.
00:10:18.320 And so, when you think about what's going on
00:10:24.620 and you think about
00:10:26.060 what you should do,
00:10:30.560 your job is being threatened.
00:10:35.480 Your livelihood is being threatened.
00:10:40.180 Your future is being threatened.
00:10:42.120 You are being threatened.
00:10:49.100 This has happened many times before.
00:10:52.760 I never imagined it would happen during my life.
00:10:56.740 I was one of the people that would always think,
00:10:59.300 how does that happen?
00:11:01.220 How did that happen?
00:11:02.180 But I don't think that anymore.
00:11:03.500 Now I get it.
00:11:04.680 Now I see it.
00:11:05.580 It comes from apathy.
00:11:09.000 It comes from comfort.
00:11:15.340 We have it too good for too long here
00:11:19.160 to recognize when things like this start to happen.
00:11:22.880 But I'm telling you,
00:11:25.780 like I told you a year and a half ago,
00:11:28.700 in December of 2019,
00:11:31.800 like I told you again in February of 2020,
00:11:34.620 and again in March and May and June
00:11:37.720 and July and August and September,
00:11:40.820 what's going on?
00:11:44.720 And this isn't about me being right.
00:11:46.680 I wish I was wrong.
00:11:47.840 But even the most skeptical of you now,
00:11:53.480 you understand why I was so vocal then.
00:12:00.200 And it's time for all of us to be vocal now.
00:12:05.060 You cannot be afraid of people judging you
00:12:08.920 or not liking you or disagreeing with you.
00:12:14.060 We are too polite.
00:12:15.500 But we are too willing to accommodate.
00:12:22.240 We are too soft.
00:12:27.600 This is America.
00:12:30.880 Millions of people have died
00:12:34.100 to protect the freedoms that we have known here.
00:12:38.100 And those freedoms are now threatened.
00:12:41.720 Heavily.
00:12:42.520 And they will be removed quickly
00:12:47.160 if we do not draw the line in the sand.
00:12:51.740 Now they're talking about locking this country down again.
00:12:56.880 Shutting your business down again.
00:13:00.280 Keeping your kids from school again.
00:13:02.520 For a virus
00:13:07.860 that has a 99.003 survival rate.
00:13:17.760 The average age of the person that dies
00:13:20.680 is nearly 80 years old.
00:13:22.680 When are we going to wake up?
00:13:33.260 When are we going to stop them?
00:13:37.460 We do not see
00:13:39.560 and cannot put together
00:13:41.460 that when you have more criminals on the streets
00:13:44.600 and you have less police
00:13:48.260 crime will go up.
00:13:50.080 And that gives
00:13:51.180 certain people
00:13:52.800 what's needed
00:13:55.680 to make a case
00:13:57.120 to remove
00:13:58.180 guns
00:13:58.980 from our country.
00:14:00.160 And when our country
00:14:01.180 doesn't have any more guns
00:14:02.940 what do you think
00:14:05.700 they will do then?
00:14:08.640 If they're willing to do
00:14:09.860 right now
00:14:10.660 what they're doing
00:14:11.680 what are they willing to do without guns?
00:14:15.800 But we can't see all of these dots
00:14:18.020 because we're too busy.
00:14:19.720 We're too busy in our own lives.
00:14:22.000 We're too busy watching TV.
00:14:24.400 We're too busy
00:14:25.420 watching Instagram.
00:14:28.180 I have told you
00:14:29.880 many times
00:14:31.480 over the last
00:14:33.100 year and a half
00:14:34.720 that this will stop
00:14:36.400 when we stop it.
00:14:39.820 We do not need
00:14:41.020 to take up arms.
00:14:42.840 We do not need
00:14:43.820 to burn
00:14:45.200 and destroy.
00:14:46.780 We simply
00:14:47.820 need
00:14:49.060 to say
00:14:50.160 no.
00:14:52.800 And I refuse
00:14:53.840 to believe
00:14:54.780 that we don't
00:14:56.960 have that much
00:14:58.060 of a motherfucking
00:14:59.180 backbone
00:14:59.760 left in this country.
00:15:02.200 Now I haven't
00:15:03.200 talked about this
00:15:04.140 very much
00:15:04.840 because honestly
00:15:06.880 I'm tired
00:15:07.620 of talking about it.
00:15:09.080 And when I talked
00:15:09.860 about it all year
00:15:10.920 last year
00:15:11.700 and I warned
00:15:13.080 people
00:15:13.620 what was coming
00:15:14.920 what was happening
00:15:16.080 I was attacked.
00:15:19.820 But now I think
00:15:21.180 you might be ready
00:15:22.900 to listen.
00:15:24.520 Now I think
00:15:25.540 you might be recognizing
00:15:26.720 what's actually happening
00:15:28.780 or at least
00:15:29.840 understanding
00:15:31.160 that what is happening
00:15:32.540 isn't normal
00:15:33.700 and isn't right.
00:15:34.820 And this isn't
00:15:37.280 only
00:15:37.780 happening in America
00:15:39.240 but it just
00:15:40.800 so happens
00:15:41.560 we are
00:15:43.280 the last
00:15:44.280 armed
00:15:45.120 free
00:15:45.800 society
00:15:46.760 on earth.
00:15:49.320 Look what's
00:15:50.280 happening in Canada.
00:15:52.280 Look what's
00:15:53.300 happening in Europe.
00:15:54.520 Look what's
00:15:55.140 happening in Australia.
00:15:59.460 Who's going
00:16:00.380 to fix
00:16:00.880 their situations?
00:16:01.880 who's going
00:16:03.880 to save
00:16:04.380 them?
00:16:06.000 And who's
00:16:06.840 going to save
00:16:07.520 us if we let
00:16:08.740 these people get
00:16:09.700 what I believe
00:16:10.880 to be their way?
00:16:13.860 Who?
00:16:16.720 A lot
00:16:17.500 more of you
00:16:18.300 are speaking
00:16:19.440 out and that's
00:16:20.200 amazing.
00:16:20.940 A lot
00:16:21.320 more of you
00:16:22.080 are speaking
00:16:23.240 up and that's
00:16:24.420 amazing.
00:16:26.400 But speaking
00:16:27.300 up and speaking
00:16:28.200 out
00:16:28.660 doesn't get
00:16:30.500 the job
00:16:30.940 done
00:16:31.360 it only
00:16:33.080 starts
00:16:33.500 the ball
00:16:33.900 rolling.
00:16:35.960 At what
00:16:36.700 point
00:16:37.120 are we
00:16:37.720 going
00:16:37.920 to
00:16:38.140 transform
00:16:38.760 all of
00:16:39.780 these
00:16:40.080 things
00:16:40.900 that we
00:16:41.320 know
00:16:41.780 are
00:16:42.500 negative
00:16:42.960 and not
00:16:43.540 right
00:16:43.940 into
00:16:45.120 actual
00:16:45.680 solutions
00:16:46.340 and actual
00:16:47.000 action?
00:16:49.680 At what
00:16:50.660 point
00:16:50.960 are we
00:16:51.240 going
00:16:51.440 to stop
00:16:52.200 doing
00:16:53.720 things
00:16:54.400 that we
00:16:55.400 don't
00:16:55.660 believe
00:16:56.140 in
00:16:56.560 just
00:16:58.160 for
00:16:58.400 convenience
00:16:58.920 sake?
00:17:00.060 At what
00:17:00.720 point
00:17:00.980 are we
00:17:01.260 going
00:17:01.440 to stop
00:17:02.060 supporting
00:17:02.680 the
00:17:03.320 companies
00:17:03.880 that
00:17:04.400 force
00:17:04.860 these
00:17:05.200 things
00:17:05.600 onto
00:17:05.860 people
00:17:06.380 without
00:17:10.120 their
00:17:10.480 consent?
00:17:12.120 At what
00:17:13.180 point
00:17:13.560 are we
00:17:15.180 going
00:17:15.560 to take
00:17:16.340 actual
00:17:16.960 action
00:17:17.460 to fix
00:17:18.180 the
00:17:18.380 problem?
00:17:22.480 Liking,
00:17:23.700 sharing,
00:17:24.600 DMs,
00:17:25.260 that's
00:17:26.980 not
00:17:27.140 enough
00:17:27.580 if
00:17:28.420 you're
00:17:28.580 continuing
00:17:29.020 to play
00:17:29.540 the game.
00:17:30.440 You are
00:17:31.220 not going
00:17:31.620 to comply
00:17:32.160 your way
00:17:33.040 back to
00:17:33.840 your
00:17:34.080 fucking
00:17:34.560 freedom.
00:17:36.180 And for
00:17:36.960 those of
00:17:37.480 you speaking
00:17:38.080 out,
00:17:40.020 for those
00:17:42.220 of you
00:17:42.480 making
00:17:42.800 posts
00:17:43.320 and putting
00:17:44.240 yourself
00:17:44.720 at risk
00:17:45.320 to say
00:17:46.900 what you
00:17:47.380 know
00:17:47.820 to be
00:17:48.400 true
00:17:48.660 and what
00:17:48.900 you know
00:17:49.220 to be
00:17:49.480 right,
00:17:51.220 I'll
00:17:52.020 ask you
00:17:52.400 this.
00:17:52.820 at what
00:17:56.820 point
00:17:57.320 do we
00:17:58.720 stop
00:17:59.040 trying to
00:17:59.640 convince
00:18:00.120 everybody
00:18:01.120 and start
00:18:02.340 trying to
00:18:03.400 force the
00:18:04.060 solution
00:18:04.620 for
00:18:05.600 everybody?
00:18:07.460 We
00:18:08.300 can't
00:18:08.760 let it
00:18:09.480 happen.
00:18:11.140 And right
00:18:11.980 now,
00:18:12.400 we're still
00:18:13.100 in a place
00:18:13.860 where all
00:18:15.220 we have
00:18:15.640 to do
00:18:15.980 is say
00:18:16.380 no.
00:18:19.960 And when
00:18:21.020 that time
00:18:21.600 comes,
00:18:22.300 for you
00:18:23.720 to say
00:18:24.240 no,
00:18:25.340 I want
00:18:26.800 you to
00:18:27.080 think about
00:18:27.580 a few
00:18:27.960 things.
00:18:29.040 I want
00:18:29.760 you to
00:18:30.040 think
00:18:30.280 about
00:18:30.640 the
00:18:32.960 millions
00:18:33.340 of people
00:18:33.980 who have
00:18:34.380 sacrificed
00:18:35.000 to build
00:18:37.440 this country
00:18:38.080 into a
00:18:38.560 place
00:18:39.060 where all
00:18:40.140 people have
00:18:40.860 an opportunity
00:18:41.540 to be
00:18:42.420 great,
00:18:43.820 where we
00:18:44.760 have the
00:18:46.140 ability to
00:18:47.040 be individuals
00:18:47.820 and celebrate
00:18:48.600 our
00:18:48.960 individualities,
00:18:50.560 have
00:18:50.860 discussions,
00:18:51.560 find
00:18:52.800 common
00:18:53.200 solutions.
00:18:55.880 I want
00:18:56.700 you to
00:18:56.940 think about
00:18:57.460 your
00:18:58.600 kids'
00:18:59.140 lives.
00:19:00.800 I want
00:19:01.620 you to
00:19:01.860 think about
00:19:02.360 their
00:19:02.920 kids'
00:19:03.440 lives.
00:19:06.380 And I
00:19:07.100 want you to
00:19:07.520 think about
00:19:07.860 how your
00:19:08.360 decisions
00:19:08.940 now
00:19:09.480 honor those
00:19:11.900 sacrifices
00:19:12.680 from the
00:19:14.180 people that
00:19:14.620 came before
00:19:15.260 you
00:19:15.640 and honor
00:19:18.360 the
00:19:18.580 opportunities
00:19:19.340 of the
00:19:20.120 people that
00:19:20.640 are going
00:19:20.880 to come
00:19:21.180 after you.
00:19:24.460 It's an
00:19:25.240 obligation
00:19:25.920 to stand
00:19:27.640 up and
00:19:28.460 say no
00:19:29.100 to things
00:19:29.940 that you
00:19:30.320 know are
00:19:31.460 wrong.
00:19:32.420 It's an
00:19:33.140 obligation
00:19:33.720 for you to
00:19:34.600 ask questions
00:19:35.620 about things
00:19:37.920 that you
00:19:38.360 don't
00:19:38.900 understand
00:19:39.560 and don't
00:19:41.060 believe to
00:19:41.600 be true.
00:19:43.480 It's your
00:19:44.260 obligation to
00:19:45.260 make decisions
00:19:46.080 that are not
00:19:47.220 just for you
00:19:48.300 but for all
00:19:50.020 of those
00:19:50.460 that came
00:19:51.440 before and
00:19:52.240 will come
00:19:52.820 after you.
00:19:54.380 So I want
00:19:55.360 you to think
00:19:55.840 about that
00:19:56.480 when the
00:19:57.360 time comes
00:19:58.140 for you to
00:19:58.980 say no
00:19:59.400 because the
00:19:59.960 time is
00:20:01.080 coming and
00:20:02.000 it's coming
00:20:02.560 fast.
00:20:03.160 Christ.