Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ The best Rebel videos of 2023 (so far), including one that passed 1M views

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. Today, I want to show you some special videos, some of our most popular videos

00:00:04.140 of 2023 that you might not have seen, including one of our rare million view videos. I say rare

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00:00:40.520 All right, here's today's podcast. Tonight, the best videos of 2023, including a video that just

00:00:49.600 crossed the million view mark. It's August 7th and this is the Ezra Levant Show.

00:00:56.500 Shame on you, you censorious bug.

00:01:09.300 Hey, you know, back in the days before YouTube censored conservatives, we would get videos

00:01:14.760 with a million views almost every week. In fact, that happened when our subscription base,

00:01:21.940 the number of people who signed up for our videos on YouTube was only half of what it is now.

00:01:27.100 So you'd think we would be getting twice as many, but alas, we've been throttled and censored,

00:01:32.220 demonetized. So when a video punches through that million view mark on YouTube, you know it's special.

00:01:40.140 We get million view videos quite often on Twitter because it's not censored. On Rumble,

00:01:44.960 we can sometimes hit those numbers, but on YouTube, well, it's fighting against the odds.

00:01:49.880 I want to show you David Menzies' recent video about a transgender athlete on a women's sports

00:01:57.540 team. It's obviously captured the attention, not just of Canadians, but people around the

00:02:02.620 crazy Western world for the sheer absurdity of a fella who isn't even trying to change how he looks.

00:02:09.900 Like, the guy's got male pattern baldness. He's a man, man. And to see him tackling these women, 0.89

00:02:17.260 well, that's only the beginning of the crazy. It gets much crazier because the other girls on his

00:02:22.500 team shriek their defense of him. It's most astonishing. You'll see why it has a million

00:02:28.680 views. Now, it's a lengthy video, so we're going to show that to you in a minute. First,

00:02:32.940 I'd like to show you a few other interesting vids from the year that you might not have seen.

00:02:37.620 So we're going to call this the best of 2023, and we're going to leave the super best for last.

00:02:43.920 That's David's transgender rugby video. That's our show for today on this holiday Monday. Stay with

00:02:50.540 us to watch our super vids, and we'll be back with our regular programming tomorrow. So here's the best

00:02:56.620 so far of 2023.

00:02:59.540 Tara, 34, 21.

00:03:03.500 Mr. Davis, Ash, why are you doing this? I'm David Menzies, Rebel News.

00:03:08.000 Hi. No, you're not really a part of this.

00:03:10.540 Human rights.

00:03:11.080 What about the human rights of biological women being injured by this man?

00:03:14.920 As a mother, why would you expose your kids to a misogynist? 1.00

00:03:17.920 That is my partner. That is my wife that you are being injured.

00:03:23.300 So he's a lesbian? It's not a sport. It's not an issue. 1.00

00:03:28.240 I'm a registered social worker, sir, and I demand human rights for everybody.

00:03:32.160 Oh, okay.

00:03:32.520 They just...

00:03:33.520 Yeah, what's a biological female? 1.00

00:03:37.640 How do you feel about a biological male playing in rugby?

00:03:40.200 Thank you. 0.97

00:03:41.220 I don't really give a f***. 0.92

00:03:42.860 Everybody! 0.97

00:03:43.540 Really? Okay.

00:03:44.700 I don't know what is a crime anymore.

00:03:46.480 Well, sometimes we all ask ourselves that, right?

00:03:50.240 Greta, energy prices in Europe have never been higher. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

00:03:58.760 Are you happy that natural gas is so expensive so people can't afford it, or do you think that's bad?

00:04:07.860 Greta, it's getting quite cold in Davos.

00:04:09.880 When can I expect some global warming?

00:04:16.580 Greta, would you say you're a child actor?

00:04:19.820 Are you a child actor or an expert? How would you describe yourself?

00:04:25.380 Greta, are there any climate actions planned whilst you're here with all the other activists?

00:04:32.360 Sure.

00:04:33.760 I'm sure people are planning things.

00:04:35.820 Greta, are you used to gentler questions,

00:04:37.900 or do you ever talk to people who disagree with you?

00:04:44.320 Greta, who was filming your arrest in Germany?

00:04:47.000 Because it looked like you did that in several takes, didn't you?

00:04:50.120 You were posing with the police.

00:04:51.860 He's answering for you.

00:04:57.080 He's...

00:04:57.580 I guess first off, just my question for you is what is the sort of hope, what's the outcome that folks are hoping for here?

00:05:16.500 I'm obviously standing up against this sort of mandatory indoctrination, but what is your ultimate desire and outcome from this?

00:05:22.920 My main thing is actually leaving the kids' role, not to be forced into somebody else's ideology.

00:05:29.140 I have... I'm not against these people personally.

00:05:31.680 It has nothing to do with me, but to be forced to teach our children in our own school, in our own private school, that's my main problem.

00:05:37.960 I'm a school teacher, and I don't agree with this, be forced upon my children in my own private school.

00:05:42.860 And I know that for the private schools, if they do not accept the idea of being taught in the school,

00:05:50.320 we're going to be... some funding is going to be removed from the schools.

00:05:53.340 We're not going to be treated like any other school.

00:05:54.960 That's my main thing.

00:05:55.780 Just leave the kids alone. 1.00

00:05:57.240 Pardon me?

00:06:16.120 I can't hear you.

00:06:19.340 Do you have permission to film me?

00:06:21.120 Do I need permission to film you?

00:06:22.420 Yeah, you do.

00:06:23.080 Why is that? We're in a public space.

00:06:24.400 Because you don't have my permission.

00:06:25.660 Well, you're in public.

00:06:27.240 It doesn't mean you can...

00:06:28.800 It's okay, you know what? You can spread your hate.

00:06:30.980 I'm not spreading any hate.

00:06:32.160 Well, you are because you're saying we do things that we don't.

00:06:34.500 I didn't say...

00:06:34.840 But we love you.

00:06:35.580 You called me over.

00:06:36.720 Yeah, I don't want you to film me.

00:06:38.040 Well, you're in public.

00:06:39.820 So now you're bullying, so...

00:06:41.740 It's okay, film me.

00:06:42.700 Yeah, I will.

00:06:43.740 It's okay.

00:06:46.500 So that's why I started my own uncancellable petition that I promised you that if you signed, I would deliver it in person.

00:06:54.380 So I jumped on a plane with my videographer, Kian Simone.

00:06:58.340 We flew all the way to Ottawa from Alberta, him from Calgary, me from Edmonton, to keep that promise to you.

00:07:04.560 So we're headed to the school board meeting tonight.

00:07:07.360 Let's see how it goes.

00:07:08.160 Hi there.

00:07:10.020 Hi.

00:07:10.260 How are you?

00:07:10.720 We're great, thank you.

00:07:14.400 Ms. Kaplan-Murk?

00:07:16.080 Hi.

00:07:16.820 You were going to read this rebel news.

00:07:18.300 I just wanted to...

00:07:19.040 No.

00:07:19.260 Don't rebel.

00:07:19.660 No.

00:07:20.220 No.

00:07:20.480 You will back off.

00:07:21.480 You will back off.

00:07:22.480 I'm trying to...

00:07:22.960 You will back off right now.

00:07:24.280 I'm trying to give you a petition with a...

00:07:26.020 You will back off.

00:07:27.500 You will back off.

00:07:29.940 You will back...

00:07:30.740 No, you may not come in.

00:07:31.960 You may not come in.

00:07:33.060 You do not have permission to come in.

00:07:34.680 That door is closed.

00:07:36.140 You may not...

00:07:36.560 Wow.

00:07:41.200 Yeah.

00:07:42.700 Can we have a security guard here?

00:07:45.120 Thank you.

00:07:45.840 Perfect.

00:07:46.340 Thank you so much.

00:07:47.200 So, Heather.

00:07:47.980 Heather.

00:07:49.700 This gentleman is with CTV.

00:07:52.120 Good guy.

00:07:52.760 Hello.

00:07:53.180 Good guy.

00:07:53.720 So, CTV can go in.

00:07:55.700 Why can't CTV go in, but we can't? 0.58

00:07:59.280 You said he was a good guy?

00:08:00.960 What makes him good and us bad?

00:08:02.760 You are?

00:08:08.720 Excuse me.

00:08:09.040 You just did an interview with CTV, so you're not averse to speaking to the media.

00:08:14.440 What is your job here at the Ottawa Carlton District School Board?

00:08:17.780 I bet by your silence, you're a communications officer.

00:08:23.740 Thank you.

00:08:26.340 Is there a reason why you won't speak to us?

00:08:28.620 I don't want to talk about it.

00:08:29.960 Well, first of all, I want to know what you do here.

00:08:32.200 If you work for the public, then surely you should be able to tell us what you do on behalf of the taxpayer or the parents of the Ottawa Carlton District School Board.

00:08:41.120 Right, and so what did you want to talk about?

00:08:43.860 Well, I wanted to deliver this petition.

00:08:45.580 It's got 8,000 signatures on it.

00:08:47.480 People who disagree with the actions of Nilly Kathleen Mirth, silencing parents in person, and then having two change.org petitions taken down.

00:08:58.040 Right.

00:08:58.640 And that's why I started my own petition.

00:09:00.180 To give a voice to the parents that you will not provide.

00:09:03.860 Right.

00:09:04.360 So, I mean, you can talk to her about that.

00:09:07.580 I tried, but somebody slammed the door and called security as though I'm some sort of security risk.

00:09:12.600 You don't think so.

00:09:13.260 You're standing awfully close to me.

00:09:15.380 I never feel threatened.

00:09:17.460 No.

00:09:17.940 Okay, then why is security there blocking my entry?

00:09:21.900 You don't know?

00:09:22.760 Well, I'll have to talk to somebody at the board.

00:09:25.040 I'm trying.

00:09:27.400 So that was crazy.

00:09:28.580 She reacted poorly, almost like a wild-eyed, mask-obsessed TV doctor turned school board trustee who silenced its parents would act.

00:09:41.780 I'm glad security came because I feel like maybe we needed security to deal with her because she was pretty crazy slamming doors, screaming at me. 1.00

00:09:50.940 I think I'm pretty calm.

00:09:52.240 I have the giggles because that was really weird.

00:09:55.920 Who they are protecting?

00:10:12.160 Why they are not doing anything?

00:10:15.160 Why we need some pain?

00:10:17.140 Why they are not doing anything?

00:10:18.460 Why they are not doing anything?

00:10:19.600 Why they are not talking about the world?

00:10:21.980 Why they are not doing anything?

00:10:23.920 Why they are not doing anything?

00:10:25.360 Why they are not saying anything?

00:10:26.300 Why they are not leaving?

00:10:28.360 They are not talking about what they are doing.

00:10:30.440 Why they are trying to insult their hands, they are saying everything is good.

00:10:32.940 Why I am just keeping them away.

00:10:34.160 It's a very organized group.

00:10:36.060 This group is violent.

00:10:38.160 They're only looking for trouble.

00:10:39.660 They are organized.

00:10:40.860 They have inside information.

00:10:43.360 And this is why America or people like us,

00:10:46.860 we fear for our safety.

00:11:08.160 You went to Mexico and did you ask for asylum?

00:11:11.160 Yeah, yeah.

00:11:12.160 A friend of us was here in New York.

00:11:15.160 He went there and gave him the permission to work.

00:11:38.160 Stay in your own country.

00:11:45.160 I'm here with a purpose.

00:11:53.160 There is a process to determine whether someone is a refugee.

00:11:56.160 There are steps to go through.

00:11:59.160 Those who are seeking to go somewhere else,

00:12:02.160 not we're pushing or forcing.

00:12:04.160 If they're seeking to go somewhere else,

00:12:06.160 we are helping in the reticketing process.

00:12:09.160 There's so many homeless here,

00:12:10.160 and they're bringing people from other countries

00:12:13.160 where there's people here struggling with mental illness.

00:12:16.160 The issue starts at our southern border

00:12:18.160 where the U.S. has declined to enforce proper immigration.

00:12:22.160 And you allow them to live in a hotel,

00:12:25.160 but yet the major crisis of homelessness is very, very big.

00:12:31.160 So I'm in Roxham Road,

00:12:35.160 and I'm waiting actually for Lincoln J to arrive.

00:12:39.160 He just arrived in Plattsburgh and took a cab.

00:12:45.160 Just like that, I'm in the back of a taxi cab,

00:12:51.160 waiting to go to Roxham Road.

00:12:53.160 Why wouldn't you ask that?

00:12:56.160 You're running across the border.

00:12:57.160 We have to go to police and look you.

00:13:06.160 Mr. Reimer.

00:13:07.160 Mr. Smith, Sergeant, please.

00:13:09.160 Hi, how are you?

00:13:10.160 You are currently under arrest for breaching your 200-meter no-go condition.

00:13:12.160 200 meters?

00:13:13.160 Yep.

00:13:14.160 It's 200 meters.

00:13:15.160 No, unfortunately.

00:13:16.160 Excuse me.

00:13:17.160 We're in the parking lot.

00:13:18.160 How are you doing calculate?

00:13:20.160 How do you calculate these 200 meters?

00:13:22.160 I'm standing, sorry.

00:13:23.160 He is no one here.

00:13:24.160 200 meters.

00:13:25.160 Where is the measuring tape?

00:13:26.160 Excuse me.

00:13:27.160 We're in the parking lot.

00:13:29.160 It's so far away.

00:13:30.160 It's not lawful.

00:13:32.160 Thank you.

00:13:33.160 Listen, we don't have a measuring tape.

00:13:36.160 We're down here.

00:13:37.160 Absolutely unlawful.

00:13:38.160 We're not just hanging out in the parking lot.

00:13:40.160 Anything you say,

00:13:41.160 if you give any evidence against you,

00:13:42.160 you can throw a lawyer. 0.83

00:13:43.160 What are the exact meters from that library to your understanding?

00:13:45.160 40 meters.

00:13:46.160 The distance.

00:13:47.160 That's the library to where we are right now.

00:13:48.160 What's your bag to me?

00:13:49.160 Go.

00:13:50.160 Go.

00:13:51.160 Go.

00:13:52.160 Go.

00:13:53.160 Go.

00:13:54.160 Go.

00:13:55.160 Go.

00:13:56.160 Go.

00:13:57.160 Go.

00:13:58.160 Go.

00:13:59.160 Go.

00:14:00.160 Go.

00:14:01.160 Go.

00:14:02.160 Go.

00:14:03.160 Go.

00:14:04.160 Go.

00:14:05.160 Go.

00:14:06.160 Go.

00:14:07.160 Go.

00:14:08.160 Go.

00:14:09.160 Go.

00:14:10.160 Go.

00:14:11.160 Go.

00:14:12.160 Go.

00:14:13.160 Go.

00:14:14.160 Go.

00:14:15.160 Go.

00:14:20.160 Don't go.

00:14:25.160 I have a pretty good feeling what it boils down to,

00:14:35.160 is pretty much enslaving.

00:14:36.160 And I'm consciously saying the word enslaving, enslaving all the people all around the world. 0.95

00:14:45.280 There will be a few privileged that do not have to eat bugs, that will still be able to fly, still own a car, and will still be allowed to leave the immediate area where they live in and not be subjected to a climate lockdown, which is what we're actually talking about right now.

00:15:04.780 15 minutes neighborhoods as a word here, but they're a part of some privileged, but all of us here, every one of us, me included, we will be subjected to their rules all in the name of saving the planet, you know.

00:15:23.360 All right, so we've officially been backed into a corner of the library at the so-called peaceful Love is Love rally.

00:15:33.720 The supporters of the event have told us not to antagonize.

00:15:43.580 Back off, back off.

00:15:45.540 You are intimidating me.

00:15:47.340 I don't feel safe.

00:15:49.560 Some people have never experienced what we actually do.

00:15:52.380 They're making judgments without having any information.

00:15:55.720 Foster the color of humanity.

00:15:58.200 Posture big time.

00:15:59.460 But people are set to protest her event.

00:16:07.320 People who Connie says have made threats, saying her presentation will sexualize or psychologically harm children.

00:16:13.560 Sexualizing children is not what we're about. 0.94

00:16:15.620 We're about creating an all-inclusive space where everyone can be themselves. 1.00

00:16:20.400 Get the fuck out of here. 0.99

00:16:26.260 No one wants you here. 1.00

00:16:28.260 No one wants you here. 1.00

00:16:30.260 Get the fuck out of here. 1.00

00:16:42.840 No one wants you here. 1.00

00:16:44.120 Get away. 0.73

00:16:44.680 Get away. 1.00

00:16:45.120 Get the fuck out of here. 1.00

00:16:55.400 Get the fuck out of here. 1.00

00:17:05.920 Get the fuck out of here. 1.00

00:17:08.980 They arrive here as refugees, and I want to honor their courage. 0.99

00:17:27.940 Olivia Chalkin has them if she wants to, not me, and I don't think it's safe.

00:17:34.200 That's how we all got here, right?

00:17:35.640 You know, so I don't know what everybody's problem is.

00:17:39.540 Our population is growing faster than the supply of housing.

00:17:43.600 The costs and the crime that Cherudo's policies have unleashed make this country unlivable for newcomers and for those who have been here a long time.

00:17:54.220 If you had the space, would you be willing to welcome a refugee into your home? 1.00

00:17:57.680 Absolutely. Absolutely, if I had the space.

00:17:59.860 I have the space. My family and I own some real estate units. We would never do this.

00:18:03.880 Last weekend, three, yes, three women's rugby players had to be removed from a game and treated for injuries from hits sustained by a trans woman.

00:18:12.120 That just bowled him over. It literally couldn't be easier for this guy.

00:18:18.100 Notice the reaction that he gets from the other teammates of Ash.

00:18:22.100 Desperately trying to protect Ash from having to face the public.

00:18:26.180 This is the trans woman this string is about.

00:18:28.480 That guy looks like he could be the ref.

00:18:31.100 What the is he doing?

00:18:33.560 And the second one is, why are these women defending him? 0.97

00:18:36.760 There is something in the water there that is making people go insane in this town.

00:18:40.780 I really wish that the female players who are upset about this would start standing up to this insanity. 1.00

00:18:48.560 What gets me, and I've just realized this, okay, the fathers that are okay with their daughters competing against men,

00:18:54.220 and that video very clearly shows that the men in attendance are all okay with this.

00:18:59.100 Yeah, they're going to equity and tolerance our mothers, daughters, and sisters right into a bunch of wheelchairs or an early grave.

00:19:04.640 I understand Mr. Davis was the hardest-hitting player on the men's team last year, sir.

00:19:11.140 How is he being allowed to play against biological females? 0.99

00:19:14.540 You're disgusting. Get out of my place. 1.00

00:19:16.360 Stay the f*** away from me, man. 0.99

00:19:17.800 I heard what you were saying before. 0.99

00:19:19.140 I think the idea is that you're not being tolerant of other people's beliefs.

00:19:22.000 You think everyone has to believe what you believe.

00:19:23.720 I think we should just be tolerant.

00:19:28.000 Ladies, what do you think about Mr. Davis injuring biological females? 1.00

00:19:32.960 Any thoughts on that?

00:19:35.300 Ash, is it true that you were voted the hardest hitter on the male team that you played for last year?

00:19:41.060 You're the ref. You should be calling this.

00:19:43.660 I will be calling a very safe game, sir. Thank you.

00:19:45.720 Keep walking if you don't have good vibes.

00:19:47.240 Okay, then.

00:19:48.560 Oh, really?

00:19:49.420 Including a male player injuring female players.

00:19:51.660 That's okay with you?

00:19:52.480 What's wrong with that?

00:19:54.000 You don't have to talk to the players.

00:19:55.320 Please don't touch me.

00:19:56.240 Are you with the local media?

00:19:58.200 This guy, Ash Davis, he, three women on the Stony Creek camel seam,

00:20:02.960 had to be carted off the field.

00:20:05.200 How is that safe?

00:20:06.540 He's a biological male.

00:20:08.020 You know what?

00:20:08.420 That's not true.

00:20:11.060 Mr. Davis, why are you doing this?

00:20:14.440 You were voted the hardest hitter on the male team last year.

00:20:18.540 Doesn't that make things even more lethal for the biological females that you were injuring? 1.00

00:20:24.920 Oh, okay.

00:20:26.280 Okay, okay.

00:20:27.180 I can't answer that question right now.

00:20:29.440 Oh, I see these ladies telling you not to talk. 1.00

00:20:32.880 You're taking orders from these rugby players, sir.

00:20:36.420 I'm just here to watch a rugby game.

00:20:38.740 So why is this being tolerated, ma'am?

00:20:40.600 Because they're not a male.

00:20:43.320 They're not a male.

00:20:44.780 Oh, it's a they. 1.00

00:20:46.120 How about yourself, sir?

00:20:47.060 Do you agree with a biological male playing against biological females?

00:20:56.580 Looks like you're giggling.

00:21:01.220 Weird world, isn't it, sir?

00:21:02.820 It's a sticky situation.

00:21:04.580 Have a good weekend.

00:21:06.780 Oh, you don't...

00:21:12.720 What do you know?

00:21:13.520 Really?

00:21:22.520 Hey, welcome back.

00:21:23.320 I want to show you an astonishing video of an encounter between one man and two police,

00:21:28.500 especially one police interrogator.

00:21:31.140 I'm going to let this run for a couple of minutes.

00:21:33.580 It's just absolutely astonishing.

00:21:35.920 Take a look at this.

00:21:36.740 We just wanted to sort of come over and just say hello in the first instance, but also just inquire to your activities for today.

00:21:43.520 Well, I'm praying.

00:21:46.940 Just for your awareness, you are in an area which is governed by a public space protection order.

00:21:51.900 I don't know if you're aware of that public space protection order.

00:21:55.960 They also call it a safe zone.

00:21:57.180 There are signs located in the area, just to make you aware of that and the area where certain activities are prohibited.

00:22:04.820 Sure.

00:22:05.540 Yes.

00:22:06.180 In terms of that, can I ask what is the nature of your prayer today?

00:22:13.060 What is the nature of your prayer?

00:22:14.300 I'm praying for my son.

00:22:15.520 I don't want to pray, but I don't want to sort of ask you to a little bit on that, but at the same time, it would be a room for most of me to sort of not mention the area of the activity.

00:22:32.580 Sure.

00:22:33.380 In terms of that, there is a clause within the public space protection order around prayer.

00:22:41.480 Yes.

00:22:41.920 In terms of disapproval around the activities that they're going up here.

00:22:50.140 Right.

00:22:51.800 As I say, whilst I don't want to pray, as to the reasons that you're praying for your son, if obviously it is perhaps better to the area that you are in, and like I said, the PSPO and the legislation around that.

00:23:07.100 Well, I'm praying for my son who's deceased.

00:23:09.740 I'm very sorry to be here.

00:23:11.940 Yes.

00:23:12.440 Thank you.

00:23:12.840 Okay.

00:23:13.340 Okay.

00:23:13.840 So, again, I'm sorry for your loss, but ultimately, I have to go along the guidelines and the public space protection order.

00:23:24.040 Right.

00:23:25.040 I'm saying that we are in the belief, therefore, that you are in breach of the cause for what it says about prayer and also acts of disapproval around the activities that's created.

00:23:38.240 I'm just standing praying.

00:23:41.240 I understand that, but the PSPO is in place for a reason.

00:23:44.800 We do have to follow through on those regulations.

00:23:47.040 Imagine asking a man about his silent prayer.

00:23:51.640 What did you pray?

00:23:52.960 What were you thinking and feeling?

00:23:54.860 What was in your secret prayer?

00:23:57.160 I need to know, because the answer to that question will determine whether I arrest you and prosecute you or not.

00:24:05.980 Absolutely incredible.

00:24:07.680 Well, we learned about this story.

00:24:09.520 Even though it was from Bournemouth, UK, we learned about it through an interesting website based in Dublin, Ireland, called Gripped.

00:24:16.000 And I read the story written by Fatima Gunning, who joins us now from Ireland near Dublin.

00:24:22.860 Fatima, what a pleasure to meet you.

00:24:25.000 Tell me a little bit about this story.

00:24:27.440 Who is this man?

00:24:29.440 He had the foresight to film the encounter with police, which I think is something everyone should do these days.

00:24:36.660 Tell me and tell our viewers a little bit more about the facts of this case.

00:24:40.700 Well, hi, Ezra.

00:24:42.060 Hi, everyone, as well.

00:24:42.920 This man is called Adam Smith Connor.

00:24:45.540 He was just praying outside an abortion facility.

00:24:49.300 And, yeah, as you said, he did actually go to the trouble of recording the interaction.

00:24:54.980 And I think we'll probably get into why he may have felt like he should be doing that as we continue to speak.

00:25:00.740 But this man was praying by his own admission, as if you need to admit to praying.

00:25:05.720 He was praying outside the abortion facility.

00:25:08.020 And the thoughts in his mind, which he wasn't allowed to have, were for his son, Jacob, who he regrets paying to have aborted some years ago.

00:25:17.960 So, as we saw in the video, like the police lady, like she asks him, what were you praying for?

00:25:24.840 And then he said, well, I'm praying for my deceased son.

00:25:27.140 And she immediately says, oh, I don't want to pry.

00:25:30.500 But then she pries.

00:25:31.720 Oh, not to pry.

00:25:32.280 But he's already been praying.

00:25:34.760 It's a bizarre one.

00:25:35.940 It's very, very strange.

00:25:37.060 But, yeah, she then, like, lets him know in, you know, kind of a firm way that what he's doing is not allowed under this thing.

00:25:45.540 It's called PSPO.

00:25:46.900 It's the Public Spaces Protection Order, where you're not allowed to think disapproving thoughts about abortion in the vicinity of an abortion clinic.

00:25:57.480 It's just incredible.

00:25:59.840 You know, I think he was very savvy to record his interaction with police.

00:26:05.800 First of all, I think it will be evidence that is useful at his trial to show his defense and to show the police conduct.

00:26:12.680 Second of all, to be quite plain about it, I think that the police probably would have denied what they did.

00:26:18.520 Or maybe not.

00:26:19.080 Maybe they're so brazen they wouldn't.

00:26:20.440 But, you know, it's proof of what happened.

00:26:23.380 And we're talking about it in the court of public opinion, not just the court of law.

00:26:26.380 But I think, and I'd like your view on this, Fatima, I think that if it weren't a man named Adam Smith-Connor, who is probably Christian, I think if it were a Sikh person or a Muslim person or maybe even a Jew, I think the police would not have been so brazen.

00:26:46.640 What are you praying about?

00:26:47.780 What are you thinking?

00:26:48.880 Tell me your feelings and your beliefs.

00:26:50.720 I think that the brazenness of the cop involved here was because it was a white Christian male, just in terms of the pecking order of political correctness. 0.65

00:27:04.540 Am I wrong on that?

00:27:05.400 Or if there were a Muslim outside an abortion clinic having a silent prayer, do you think the police would have accosted him as well?

00:27:12.420 I do think that in certain instances in the UK and Ireland, there is a perception that certain holders of certain ideologies may be treated slightly differently to Christians.

00:27:27.780 I think especially, you know, I'm chronically online because of my job and I see things, I see criticisms being hurled at Christians, Catholics constantly that, you know, the same person would not say that I don't think about somebody from a different faith.

00:27:43.860 I think it's almost in a way, and I can only really speak about Ireland because, like, this is where I live, this is where I'm from, but it seems that a lot of people are okay with bashing Christians.

00:27:55.480 I have to say, like, you mentioned that this man is a white male.

00:27:59.720 A lady called Elizabeth von Spruce was also arrested in similar circumstances in February of this year.

00:28:07.720 I'm not sure if you'd heard of her, but this lady was also just praying silently outside an abortion facility. 0.99

00:28:15.240 Same story, really, like, police came up to her, what are you thinking?

00:28:18.920 You're not allowed to think that you're under arrest.

00:28:21.640 And then I think it was just after that, there was another person, and this man is called Father Sean Goff.

00:28:28.480 I think I'm pronouncing his name right, I may not be, G-O-G-H, but he was arrested for, you know, praying outside a closed abortion facility.

00:28:37.380 He had a sign that said praying for freedom of speech, and he was arrested, I think, if I'm not mistaken, for intimidating service users.

00:28:46.380 So I don't know, how can you intimidate service users when the facility is not in operation?

00:28:51.600 Like, that's a, you know, it's a weird question.

00:28:53.500 And he was also further charged for having an unborn lives matter bumper sticker on his car, a bumper sticker.

00:29:03.660 You know, it truly is the definition of a thought crime.

00:29:07.420 If these people are standing silently, and you have to go up to them and ask them, what are you thinking?

00:29:12.600 And their freedom turns on that, you know, it's quite something that they just don't lie.

00:29:18.940 But, of course, if you're the person who's standing on principle, one of your principles is probably to not lie.

00:29:25.700 And, in fact, telling the truth here, if it causes an arrest and a prosecution, maybe forcing the crisis to happen will result in more eyes being put on the crisis,

00:29:36.840 and perhaps this abuse of policing being amended.

00:29:42.120 So hopefully something will come of that.

00:29:44.120 Now, I know that the man in question has received legal counsel from a freedom-oriented NGO.

00:29:51.100 I'm reading in your article that Alliance Defending Freedom, ADF, has provided a lawyer, UK legal counsel, Jeremiah Igunobole, if I'm pronouncing the name right.

00:30:02.760 So he has a lawyer, which is good.

00:30:04.180 Sometimes folks like this go in unrepresented, and they're just chewed up by the legal system.

00:30:10.240 So hopefully having a publicity-oriented NGO and a lawyer behind him will make the difference,

00:30:16.820 because I'm sure this guy would be ground up if he went in without help.

00:30:21.260 So the ADF, the Alliance Defending Freedom, they have also represented the previous two people I mentioned.

00:30:29.740 And the Crown Prosecution Services dropped the cases against Isabel von Spruce and Father Sean Goff.

00:30:36.300 I would go ahead and assume that the ADF's help was instrumental there.

00:30:41.460 But it's just, it's a scary thing, isn't it?

00:30:46.060 Like, you were saying how these people are, they're telling the truth.

00:30:50.000 They're, you know, the police are coming up to them, like, you know yourself, like, it's not nice to have police officers kind of march up to you and be like, what are you doing?

00:30:56.580 Like, nobody likes that.

00:30:57.700 But I think people in these kind of circumstances have mentioned that the process is the punishment.

00:31:05.380 You know, like, even at the end of the day, with Isabel and Father Sean, you have the charges dropped.

00:31:12.540 You've still gone through that.

00:31:14.160 Like, you've still been intimidated.

00:31:16.200 You've still been dragged through the legal system.

00:31:18.140 And that's not fun for anybody.

00:31:19.380 Not just that, but it's a warning to others.

00:31:22.260 Don't you dare try this, or you'll be put through this humiliation, this interrogation, this spurious legal process, even if at the end of the day, they're acquitted.

00:31:32.940 Imagine going through that stress.

00:31:34.400 But that shows courage.

00:31:36.180 Hey, listen, Fatima, it's great to meet you.

00:31:37.940 And I want to say, I've just started following the news organization you work with.

00:31:41.920 It's called GRIPT, G-R-I-P-T. 1.00

00:31:45.420 It's an Irish-based news source.

00:31:47.440 Why don't you give our viewers, you're the second reporter we've spoken to from GRIPT, and I, or that we've met through GRIPT.

00:31:53.900 I'm a big fan, even though I'm over here in North America.

00:31:57.220 Why don't you tell our viewers, just in a minute, a little bit about your news organization, because it looks small and scrappy and conservative and independent.

00:32:07.660 Why don't you tell us a bit about it?

00:32:09.040 Maybe you'll get a few followers from over on this side of the Atlantic.

00:32:12.820 Thank you.

00:32:13.440 Yeah, so we are very young.

00:32:14.700 We are very independent.

00:32:15.540 And I think we've only been around for about three years.

00:32:17.980 I joined within the last year.

00:32:20.180 I'm a qualified journalist myself, but I was off doing other things.

00:32:23.820 So Ireland is a very small country, as you might know.

00:32:26.580 Our media is a very, very small pond with very big fish who, in general terms, all agree with each other.

00:32:32.860 So I don't need to tell you how unhealthy that is for a democratic society.

00:32:37.860 So in the midst of all that, a bunch of, if I can say, little brave people who care about the country decided to form GRIPT, essentially, from nothing.

00:32:48.100 And, you know, we're doing quite well, because I think at this point in time, after all the kind of initial hard work, I think now that people are recognizing, like, hey, there's this media organization here, and they're not saying what the other guys are saying, but they're tiny.

00:33:04.940 You know, I think that we are gaining traction, and, like, if anyone does want to follow us, we'd be super grateful.

00:33:11.040 Thank you.

00:33:11.840 Well, we'll put your website up on the screen and on the website.

00:33:14.480 Last question, I was following the attempts to bring in an extreme censorship law in Ireland that, I mean, I know some Irish poets and some Irish writers, and I just would have to think that if they were alive today, they would rage against the thought that the government would censor offensive material and really in an astonishing, far-reaching way.

00:33:41.700 How is that bill coming along?

00:33:44.180 I know there have been some brave politicians speaking out against it and members of the public, and I know that, according to public response, the public doesn't want this, but that's sort of the whole point about censorship is it doesn't allow people to choose.

00:33:58.480 How is the censorship battle in Ireland going?

00:34:03.400 Well, I mean, I don't want to speak too soon, but I think there are some signs for optimism, some causes for optimism, rather.

00:34:11.260 So the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, who is at the moment kind of behind this and spearheading this, she wanted it to be pushed forward and essentially signed off on before the Dahl recess, before our, like, government goes on summer holiday.

00:34:27.420 She didn't manage to do that. 0.56

00:34:28.680 It actually got kicked back to September, I believe, when they come back.

00:34:32.120 So, I mean, she was gung-ho for this to be signed off, like, signed, sealed, and delivered, like, law.

00:34:37.780 That didn't happen.

00:34:38.880 I think opposition to it is growing.

00:34:42.140 I've spoken to a couple of senators about it myself, and they've told me that they are receiving, like, a deluge of emails with, like, names, addresses, like, detailed complaints.

00:34:51.240 And my own colleague, Ben Scallon, went through 3,000, over 3,000 submissions to the government about this during the public consultation process.

00:35:02.480 He went through every single one of them by himself, and he was able to see that 73% of them were negative.

00:35:08.780 Yeah, I saw that, and he put a question to the minister, and she refused to acknowledge that.

00:35:13.880 That was excellent journalism.

00:35:15.680 Well, listen, I'm a fan of Gripped.

00:35:17.320 In fact, I'm a subscriber, and I'll keep watching what you do.

00:35:20.120 And hopefully, Fatima, you and I can chat from time to time, and maybe some of your other colleagues.

00:35:25.800 We're interested in Ireland.

00:35:27.460 We don't have the resources at Rebel News to cover it ourselves, but some of the same thematic issues are at play in many of the Western democracies,

00:35:35.960 whether it is 15-minute cities, censorship, thought crimes, you know, global governance as opposed to national sovereignty.

00:35:45.240 There's so many issues that are the same, whether it's Ireland, the U.K., Australia, or, frankly, even Hungary, where I was recently.

00:35:52.580 Great to meet you, and keep up the fight and keep up the independent journalism.

00:35:56.340 Thank you very much.

00:35:57.600 Right on.

00:35:58.240 There you have it.

00:35:59.040 Fatima Gunning from Gripped in Ireland.

00:36:01.920 Stay with us.

00:36:02.660 More ahead.

00:36:05.960 Well, those are the best vids of 2023.

00:36:13.700 What do you think of David, eh?

00:36:14.980 He manages to keep his cool, and even when people are shoving him or shouting at him, I think he's very lovable.

00:36:23.580 Of course, the other side thinks he's very hateable because he's so effective.

00:36:27.280 Well, that's our show for today.

00:36:28.700 Until tomorrow, on behalf of all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters, to you at home, good night, and keep fighting for freedom.

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00:36:41.180 We'll be right back.

Rebel News Podcast - August 08, 2023

EZRA LEVANT ｜ The best Rebel videos of 2023 (so far), including one that passed 1M views

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