The Matt Walsh Show - Ep. 533 - Funerals for Me But Not For Thee

00:00:00.000 Today on the Matt Wall Show, after a series of memorial services across several states,

00:00:04.080 John Lewis was laid to rest at a funeral attended by many people, including 50 congressmen

00:00:09.260 and many others. Today, we'll discuss the blatant and outrageous double standard that allows

00:00:15.100 departed politicians and other people to have multiple funerals while average Americans still

00:00:21.860 aren't even allowed to have one. Also, five headlines, including a whole trove of Epstein

00:00:26.240 documents have been released. A number of very famous names are mentioned. We'll discuss that

00:00:31.740 in our daily cancellation. I will finally cancel the most evil, deranged, and dangerous psychopaths 1.00

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00:02:53.660 laid to rest at a funeral in Georgia on Thursday. The funeral attended by dignitaries, former

00:03:00.320 presidents, politicians from all over the country, including 50 members of Congress were there.

00:03:05.880 It was a culmination of several days worth of memorials and public remembrances for the late

00:03:11.180 congressman and civil rights icon. The journey began with a service in an Alabama chapel and

00:03:18.900 then another at Troy University. In fact, there were a couple at Troy University, I believe.

00:03:23.540 The congressman's body was also ceremonially escorted across a bridge in Selma by a military

00:03:30.820 honor guard. It was a horse-drawn carriage. There was an audience there watching that. Lewis was then

00:03:37.200 laid in state in D.C. for a few days of public viewing. And then he was brought back down south

00:03:43.120 to Atlanta for a series of memorials on Wednesday followed by the funeral on Thursday. In all, there

00:03:51.360 were more than 10 ceremonies across five different cities in three different states. Well, two states in

00:04:01.200 D.C., I guess. The final ceremony, the funeral, was invite only, but many of the pews, if you look at

00:04:08.840 the, for instance, this screenshot here, you can see many of the pews were still packed tightly with people

00:04:16.380 sitting shoulder to shoulder. Now, under normal circumstances, I would not begrudge a prominent figure

00:04:24.580 like John Lewis, his memorials and posthumous celebrations. Lewis, you know, obviously isn't the

00:04:31.120 first such figure to have memorials like this. John McCain died two years ago, and he had a

00:04:37.960 similarly packed schedule of memorial services. But the difference between two years ago and today,

00:04:44.540 obviously, is the coronavirus and the accompanying lockdowns and restrictions that we have all been

00:04:50.940 under, or at least most of us have been under in most circumstances. And that's the point.

00:04:55.460 Now, for months now, many Americans have either been prohibited from holding funeral services at all

00:05:02.300 for their deceased loved ones, or have been forced to hold very small gatherings attended only by

00:05:07.200 immediate family members. I know people who have been in this situation. All of us know people,

00:05:13.140 or you might be one of these people. I've heard these stories. I've gotten many emails from people

00:05:18.120 talking about this. A father died, a grandfather, even a child died. And either there was no funeral

00:05:26.860 or there was just a very small funeral attended by immediate family members. The CDC labels large

00:05:36.760 or medium-sized in-person funeral services as, quote, highest risk events. And in many places,

00:05:44.020 such events are still banned. There was a funeral director who wrote an article for the Washington

00:05:49.560 Post back in April. And the article said that, you know, saying goodbye to a loved one has become a

00:05:55.240 lonely affair. And that's true, but not for everyone. A whole series of exceptions were made for John

00:06:03.780 Lewis, just as they were made for George Floyd's various memorials and funerals. Now, granted,

00:06:10.800 as I said, under normal circumstances, it would make sense for John Lewis to have all these memorial

00:06:19.380 services. And under normal circumstances, there's nothing absurd about it. Under any circumstance,

00:06:25.900 to have all these memorial services for George Floyd and the golden casket and everything,

00:06:30.340 even without coronavirus, would be totally absurd. But even so, you know, when it comes to coronavirus,

00:06:36.840 exceptions made in both cases. And the exceptions don't just apply to the events themselves.

00:06:41.980 Buck Sexton makes a good point. He points out on Twitter, D.C. regulations require that travelers

00:06:47.520 from Georgia must self-quarantine for 14 days. Well, will the 50 congressmen who attended Lewis's funeral

00:06:54.840 in Atlanta, are they going to proceed directly to self-quarantine for 14 days? Somehow I doubt it.

00:07:00.800 And this has always been the problem with the coronavirus policies and restrictions.

00:07:09.140 It's not just that they represent unconstitutional infringements on our liberties, though they do,

00:07:14.400 but that they are blatantly arbitrary. And this is one of the reasons why they represent

00:07:20.460 unconstitutional infringements on our liberty. In many cases, like with the, you know, you've got,

00:07:28.660 you've got more restrictions on church attendance. In some places, you can't go to church at all.

00:07:34.660 But you can still go to a BLM protest. Not only is that arbitrary, but because it is arbitrary,

00:07:41.080 that's one of the reasons why it's an unconstitutional infringement, because this is

00:07:43.900 viewpoint discrimination. It's the government saying, well, you know, if you have this point

00:07:48.400 of view, and if you're gathering for this reason, then it's okay, but not for this over here.

00:07:51.920 Now, why can John Lewis have a dozen memorials in five cities while you weren't allowed to have

00:07:59.420 even one for your beloved grandmother who died? The answer is, quite simply, that your grandmother's

00:08:05.600 life was not as important as the life of John Lewis, according to the people in power.

00:08:11.660 That's what they're telling you. That is really the reason. There can't be any other reason.

00:08:19.840 Right now, nobody else would be allowed to do this. You wouldn't be allowed to have,

00:08:25.900 you know, for most people who die, it wouldn't be an option anyway to have multiple memorial services.

00:08:29.920 But the point is, you wouldn't be allowed to. You just simply couldn't do it almost anywhere in

00:08:34.860 the country. You could do it for John Lewis because the powers that be say he's more important

00:08:39.980 than the rest of you peons. Simple as that. You know, why can't you go to church even while

00:08:46.400 thousands of Black Lives Matter demonstrators and writers can gather together, cram together in the

00:08:50.980 street? Because the powers that be don't care about your church or believe in its message. They do care

00:08:58.760 about BLM and they do believe in its message. So one is allowed, but not the other. This is the true

00:09:05.880 outrage and disgrace here. And the word outrage is so overused that I'm hesitant to use it. But

00:09:12.360 there are some things that are actual outrages. This is one of them. And if you had, you know,

00:09:18.700 if you lost a loved one in the last few months, then yes, I think actual real outrage is probably

00:09:25.240 what you're feeling when you see this. This is perhaps the most explicit case of rules for thee,

00:09:32.140 but not for me, that we have seen in modern times. It is the very definition of tyranny.

00:09:39.340 Now, that's one notable thing to discuss from the funeral yesterday. The other is Obama,

00:09:44.840 speaking of disgraceful Obama, and his disgraceful political stump speech that he delivered during

00:09:50.420 his eulogy. It was supposed to be a eulogy of John Lewis. Here's one piece of that.

00:09:55.220 Naming it the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, that is a fine tribute. But John wouldn't want us to stop

00:10:05.600 there, just trying to get back to where we already were. Once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act,

00:10:14.300 we should keep marching to make it even better. By making sure every American is automatically 1.00

00:10:22.700 registered to vote, including former inmates who've earned their second chance. By adding polling places

00:10:30.520 and expanding early voting and making Election Day a national holiday. So if you are somebody who's

00:10:39.560 working in a factory, or you're a single mom who's got to go to her job and doesn't get time off, 1.00

00:10:52.560 you can still cast your ballot by guaranteeing that every American citizen has equal representation

00:10:58.560 in our government, including the American citizens who live in Washington, D.C. and in Puerto Rico.

00:11:04.560 They're Americans by ending some of the partisan gerrymandering, so that all voters have the

00:11:13.560 power to choose their politicians, not the other way around. And if all this takes eliminating the

00:11:21.560 filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American,

00:11:30.560 then that's what we should do. And, of course, he also attacked Trump's use of federal law

00:11:35.560 enforcement officers. But today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks

00:11:42.560 of black Americans. George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents

00:11:59.560 to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.

00:12:04.560 And he also started yammering about the filibuster and basically went down a whole list of political grievances.

00:12:11.560 This is just to remind you, first of all, this is a eulogy, so let's remember that.

00:12:18.560 It's what this is supposed to be. You can kind of forget when you watch that.

00:12:21.560 It's supposed to be a eulogy. Now, of course, using a eulogy as a platform for your political stump speech is tasteless

00:12:28.560 and grotesque, to put it mildly. But it also shows you something important, I think, about the left and how the left

00:12:33.560 operates. Because for most normal people, a eulogy is a time, first, to celebrate the life and achievements of the

00:12:40.560 deceased. And then also, in most of the funerals I've been to, it is a place for spiritual reflections, for hopes and prayers,

00:12:51.560 for the repose of the departed soul, right? But Obama, as a leftist, see, he draws no real distinction between personal,

00:13:02.560 personal, political, and spiritual. For him, it's all the same. He can't separate those things. They're all exactly the same.

00:13:09.560 Politics is the religion of the left. So stumping for a voting rights act at a eulogy to a leftist, that's okay.

00:13:17.560 It's a spiritual message. And that's why a lot of leftists on social media, while others were complaining about this,

00:13:22.560 a lot of leftists were saying, what's the problem? I don't see the issue here. Well, I know you don't see the issue.

00:13:27.560 You don't see the issue with someone getting up at a eulogy and start proposing bills that they want to see passed

00:13:35.560 in Congress. It's not the place for it. But to you, it is the place for it, because it's political.

00:13:41.560 And this is a church. And for you, politics, religion, spiritual, it's all the same. Politics is your religion.

00:13:47.560 That's why you don't see the issue with it. But nonetheless, it's still disgraceful. All right, let's move on to our five headlines.

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00:14:46.560 Number one, the Ghislaine Maxwell case. I still don't know if that's how you pronounce her name.

00:14:51.560 I'm not sure if anyone knows how to pronounce her name, but I'm just going with that.

00:14:54.560 Hundreds of pages of documents were unsealed last night.

00:14:57.560 Some of the documents are transcripts from a deposition with Virginia Roberts, the woman who alleges that she was trafficked.

00:15:06.560 One of many women trafficked, hundreds of women trafficked by Maxwell and Epstein. 0.99

00:15:12.560 And she was a minor at the time, like so many other women were.

00:15:17.560 Other documents like emails and other things are included.

00:15:21.560 For example, there's an email between Epstein and Maxwell where Epstein appears to be feeding Maxwell a statement that she can give to the press denying allegations against her.

00:15:33.560 So stuff like that.

00:15:34.560 More interesting are the names that Roberts gives. 0.94

00:15:37.560 She said that she was directed to have sex with, be abused by Alan Dershowitz, former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, 0.60

00:15:46.560 a number of prominent businessmen and financial guys.

00:15:49.560 And she names Bill Clinton as a guy who was on Epstein's sex island, though she said she says she never saw him commit any crimes. 0.77

00:15:56.560 But, you know, Bill Clinton, Clinton on sex island.

00:16:00.560 I think we could use our common sense on this one. 0.99

00:16:03.560 My concern, to be honest with you, is that this will be it's it almost that it will amount to zero consequences for any of these scumbags. 0.91

00:16:12.560 One, because there's no justice in the world, especially for rich and powerful people. 0.97

00:16:17.560 We know that.

00:16:18.560 And also, too, because there are so many names and so much information and so many documents that I guess I'd be concerned that it all sort of ends up ends up getting buried under the avalanche.

00:16:28.560 And there's not any particular focus on one of these guys or the other.

00:16:32.560 I hope that doesn't happen, but that's my worry.

00:16:35.560 And in any case, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

00:16:38.560 There are many more documents out there and many big names, by the way, were redacted on the documents that we saw.

00:16:43.560 So we'll see what happens.

00:16:45.560 The names that we really need to see, I think, are the people who are still currently wielding power.

00:16:53.560 Most of the names we've gotten are former this or that former politicians.

00:16:57.560 I want to see the current ones, too.

00:17:00.560 Number two, St. Louis prosecutors will not charge Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown.

00:17:07.560 That's the headline.

00:17:09.560 If it sounds like I'm reading headlines from 2014 and I've gotten confused or something and I went back on Google by accident, I'm not.

00:17:15.560 This is a headline from last night.

00:17:17.560 St. Louis prosecutors apparently reviewed Darren Wilson's case at the request of Michael Brown's family because this is what prosecutors do now, I guess.

00:17:27.560 They work as personal attorneys for the families of alleged victims.

00:17:30.560 So they asked him to review the case and he did.

00:17:34.560 And last night he announced the results of the review that nobody knew was being conducted.

00:17:41.560 And they say there isn't enough evidence to charge Darren Wilson.

00:17:44.560 We already knew that, of course, because this is now the third investigation into the shooting.

00:17:50.560 Third.

00:17:51.560 A grand jury investigated it.

00:17:53.560 The Department of Justice under Barack Obama investigated it.

00:17:56.560 And now a St. Louis prosecutor has investigated it.

00:17:59.560 Maybe we'll get a, you know, we'll just, we'll just get an investigation every, every few years, like a, this is a ceremonial sort of thing.

00:18:08.560 All of these investigations have found that there is nothing to charge the officer with.

00:18:12.560 Three investigations all come to the same conclusion.

00:18:15.560 And that's because Michael Brown was a violent, we can say this now conclusively.

00:18:20.560 We could have, we could have said it six years ago conclusively.

00:18:25.560 Michael Brown was a violent criminal who assaulted a store clerk for no reason, just assaulted him, then assaulted a cop and tried to disarm him and died in the process.

00:18:35.560 We know that.

00:18:36.560 We know it from witnesses.

00:18:37.560 We know it from forensics.

00:18:38.560 We know it now from three investigations.

00:18:40.560 What else do we need?

00:18:41.560 But of course, none of this matters.

00:18:42.560 It can be investigated 10 more times.

00:18:44.560 And the people who have bought into the Michael Brown false narrative will continue to buy into it.

00:18:49.560 It doesn't matter what comes out.

00:18:50.560 I mean, we, they could release video footage showing what happened.

00:18:55.560 Um, which is that we know what happened.

00:18:58.560 Michael Brown charged Darren Wilson and tried to take his weapon.

00:19:01.560 Um, you know, for, for, for a lot of forensics evidence, for example, and ballistic evidence, uh, for example, you know, gun power powder residue on Michael Brown, which you wouldn't get.

00:19:13.560 If Wilson was yards away shooting Brown while he has hands up saying, don't shoot the gun powder residue is because, uh, Brown was right on top of Darren Wilson.

00:19:25.560 When the gun went off anyway, but it doesn't matter.

00:19:28.560 People that have bought into the, to the false narrative will continue to defend it.

00:19:32.560 Number three, the NBA started back up again last night and, uh, every player coach and ref knelt for the anthem.

00:19:39.560 There you go. There you can see the spectacle.

00:19:42.560 Uh, now Charles Barkley during the halftime show provoked a lot of anger from the left.

00:19:47.560 Uh, he, he now has the canceled dogs hounding him for something that he said about the anthem issue.

00:19:53.560 And it was very provocative, extremely controversial.

00:19:55.560 I have to admit, I mean, I, I, you know, I can't believe Barkley had the gumption to say this.

00:20:00.560 Uh, it's pretty shocking.

00:20:01.560 Listen to this.

00:20:02.560 Listen, the national anthem mean different things to different people.

00:20:06.560 Uh, I'm glad these guys are all unified, but if people, if people don't kneel, they're not a bad person.

00:20:12.560 Uh, I want to make that perfectly clear.

00:20:14.560 Uh, I'm glad they had unity, but if we have a guy who doesn't want to kneel cause the answer means something to him, he should not be vilified.

00:20:22.560 So there you go. If you don't kneel, you're not a bad person.

00:20:26.560 That's all he said. This is now provocative and controversial.

00:20:30.560 Now he's right, of course, but think about what it says that, that this is a notable statement.

00:20:35.560 One that causes people to get angry and outraged.

00:20:38.560 All he's saying is, well, you're not necessarily a total dirt bag if you don't kneel.

00:20:42.560 And the left treats this as a shocking claim.

00:20:45.560 Because they demand, of course, total and absolute and unthinking allegiance to their cause and adherence to their talking points.

00:20:52.560 But think back even a year ago, a year or two, a year ago, two years ago.

00:20:57.560 Um, you know, you had to defend the left had to defend people kneeling.

00:21:03.560 And now if there's any defenses, it has to be a defense of people not kneeling.

00:21:08.560 That's how quickly this issue has shifted.

00:21:12.560 Which is one of the advantages of owning the culture as the left does.

00:21:15.560 Number four, Ellen DeGeneres, who has been the target of a lot of criticism recently for, in this case, warranted criticism. 0.73

00:21:21.560 Um, for all the countless reports of her being an abusive sociopath to her staff and interns, allegedly, has sent out a letter.

00:21:31.560 Variety tells us it's an emotional letter, an emotional apology letter to her staff.

00:21:37.560 She's taking accountability, apologizing.

00:21:40.560 Let's, let's, here's what she says.

00:21:42.560 She says, hey, everybody, it's Ellen.

00:21:44.560 On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that the Ellen DeGeneres show would be a place of happiness.

00:21:48.560 No one would ever raise their voice, and everyone would be treated with respect.

00:21:51.560 Obviously, something changed, and I am disappointed to learn that this has not been the case.

00:21:56.560 And for that, I am sorry.

00:21:57.560 Anyone who knows me knows it's the opposite of what I believe and what I hope for.

00:22:00.560 I could not have the success I've had without all of your contributions.

00:22:03.560 My name is on the show, and everything we do, I take responsibility for.

00:22:06.560 Alongside Warner Brothers, we immediately began an internal investigation, and we are taking steps together to correct the issues.

00:22:12.560 As we've grown exponentially, I've not been able to stay on top of everything and relied on others to do their jobs as they knew I'd want them done.

00:22:18.560 Clearly, some didn't.

00:22:20.560 That will now change, and I'm committed to ensuring this does not happen again.

00:22:23.560 And it goes on from there, but that's basically it.

00:22:25.560 That's the gist of it.

00:22:26.560 That's the tone.

00:22:27.560 She's accused of being a horrible boss who abuses her staff. 1.00

00:22:31.560 And what's her response to that?

00:22:33.560 She blames her staff. 1.00

00:22:34.560 This is a total passing of the buck to her staff, who are the ones who originally accused her of being a bad boss. 0.85

00:22:42.560 And so she's, to prove them wrong, she's blaming them.

00:22:47.560 Zero accountability, zero responsibility, does not apologize at all for her behavior, and lays the blame on her staff. 0.82

00:22:54.560 Amazing.

00:22:55.560 Although, you know, in fairness to her, you can kind of see why she, what else is she going to do? 0.84

00:23:01.560 I mean, the only other option is to come out and say, yeah, you know what? 1.00

00:23:04.560 I am a total scumbag. 1.00

00:23:05.560 I'm awful. 1.00

00:23:06.560 Everything, my whole shtick has been fake.

00:23:08.560 I'm not a nice person.

00:23:09.560 I'm a really terrible person.

00:23:11.560 I'm sorry about that.

00:23:12.560 Now, I would respect it if she came out and said that. 0.90

00:23:15.560 But, you know, it's just, when you're, when the accusation is essentially nothing less than you are at the core of your soul a scumbag, it's, that's going to be a really hard thing to come out and admit, especially when your entire brand is being the opposite of that.

00:23:32.560 So if she were to admit it, then her brand goes away. 0.83

00:23:34.560 And so it would take moral fortitude and courage and integrity to come out and admit it. 1.00

00:23:41.560 But she's not because, again, scumbag. 0.97

00:23:44.560 So, number five, finally, this isn't really a headline per se because Media Matters complains about us every single day, obviously. 0.96

00:23:51.560 But the latest Daily Wire clip that Media Matters is offended by is this one from Ben's show.

00:23:58.560 And they put the video online, leftists are whining about it as usual.

00:24:02.560 I did have one thing I wanted to say about it.

00:24:04.560 So let's play the clip.

00:24:05.560 Listen to this.

00:24:06.560 Hey, Ben, I had a Star Wars question for you.

00:24:08.560 Good times.

00:24:09.560 I generally agree with, I generally agree with your take on the sequel trilogy.

00:24:12.560 I mean, even if you liked one of those episodes, the trilogy as a whole was just a failure, in my opinion.

00:24:18.560 And I noticed that they had announced that there's another trilogy scheduled to begin in 2022.

00:24:23.560 And just your opinion on an ideal world where Disney was getting it right, what would you like to see that next trilogy be about?

00:24:30.560 So I've said before that I think that there's a great series to be made on Darth Plagueis.

00:24:36.560 I think that there's a great series to be made on Darth Bane.

00:24:39.560 The truth is that what makes the Star Wars universe interesting is the dark side of the Force.

00:24:45.560 And so all the focus on the Jedi is actually a lot less interesting than the focus on the dark side of the Force and its seductiveness.

00:24:51.560 So I guess that the High Republic is supposed to be their sort of prequels.

00:24:55.560 It's based on other Jedi, which is fine. 0.87

00:24:57.560 I mean, that's all fine.

00:24:59.560 They haven't really rolled out exactly how SJW this is going to be.

00:25:04.560 I know that the Disney kind of Imagineers have decided that they're only going to have female heroes from now on, which is absurd because Star Wars is essentially a little boy's property.

00:25:14.560 I mean, if you look at the percentages of people who really are huge Star Wars fans, it breaks down pretty heavily male, I would think.

00:25:20.560 But I haven't seen what – I'll be curious to see what they do.

00:25:23.560 To me, the only redeeming feature of the sequels in Star Wars is the fact they actually finally explained why Rey was such a Mary Sue.

00:25:31.560 Like that – if they had not, then it would have been incredibly annoying.

00:25:34.560 But yeah, I'm curious to see what they're going to do.

00:25:36.560 I just hope that they don't do what they've been pledging to do, which is kind of throw in a bunch of SJW nonsense.

00:25:41.560 How dare he?

00:25:43.560 How – I, for one, am shocked and appalled by Ben Shapiro's sexism.

00:25:48.560 Appalled.

00:25:50.560 Now, granted, of course, he's absolutely right, but still.

00:25:54.560 Yeah, Star Wars is primarily a boy thing.

00:25:57.560 Most of its fans are boys.

00:25:59.560 Not exclusively, but mostly.

00:26:01.560 That's just true, okay?

00:26:03.560 You might not like it.

00:26:05.560 It might make your tummy hurt when someone says it, but it's true. 1.00

00:26:07.560 It's just a fact. 0.96

00:26:09.560 But what I really want to say here, just using Ben's point as a platform to jump off of and into the abyss, this push in general to inject female action heroes into every damn movie and franchise is annoying. 0.93

00:26:26.560 For the same reason.

00:26:29.560 And it's really becoming – I mean, you go to Netflix or wherever – every cop show or action film or whatever it is, almost all of them have female leads now.

00:26:39.560 And yeah, it gets a little silly after a while. 0.60

00:26:42.560 Silly because, in many cases, these are still genres with mostly male audiences. 0.53

00:26:48.560 The left, they're the ones that say that representation is important, right, because people, when they're watching films, they want to relate to the characters and sort of imagine themselves as those characters. 0.90

00:26:59.560 That's the whole reason why we're told that representation matters in film.

00:27:02.560 Well, okay. 0.90

00:27:03.560 That's also why it's dumb to turn every action film with a mostly male audience into a feminist fever dream. 1.00

00:27:09.560 And it's not just the male audience either. 0.92

00:27:11.560 I mean, I've spoken to many females who are also rolling their eyes at the girl power shtick and have had enough of it. 1.00

00:27:17.560 Yes, these are fiction stories.

00:27:20.560 Most of these sorts of films are not exactly hyper-realistic to begin with.

00:27:24.560 Even so, the suspension of disbelief really gets a hell of a workout when you're watching a 120-pound hot chick beat up a bunch of brawny 250-pound dudes, right? 0.86

00:27:34.560 Yeah, seeing Liam Neeson in a movie like Taken single-handedly kill, like, 300 Albanian sex traffickers with his bare hands by himself, that's not exactly true to life.

00:27:46.560 Okay?

00:27:47.560 I mean, you're at no risk of mistaking that for a documentary, though it would be one hell of a documentary for sure.

00:27:53.560 But take Liam Neeson out and replace him with, like, Charlize Theron.

00:27:59.560 And the suspension of disbelief has just snapped.

00:28:03.560 It was already strained.

00:28:05.560 Now it's snapped under the pressure, under the strain.

00:28:10.560 And a kind of cool and tense but also admittedly ridiculous action scene becomes just a straight-up cartoon.

00:28:21.560 Now, look, I know there's no way to make this point without the Media Matters headline of,

00:28:27.560 Daily Wire host outrage by female action stars or, you know, whatever. 0.97

00:28:33.560 No, not outraged.

00:28:35.560 Not outraged.

00:28:36.560 This is not outrage.

00:28:38.560 There's a lot.

00:28:39.560 When you get outraged from me, you know it, okay? 0.99

00:28:42.560 No, I think it's dumb and silly is what I'm saying. 1.00

00:28:45.560 And a huge percentage of the audience, male and female, agrees that it's dumb and silly. 0.99

00:28:53.560 They just won't say it out loud. 0.98

00:28:56.560 That's the difference.

00:28:57.560 Okay.

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00:29:44.560 That was a great read right there.

00:29:46.560 I am a professional, folks.

00:29:48.560 Okay.

00:29:49.560 Let's go to our daily cancellation.

00:29:51.560 This is a very important subject.

00:29:55.560 And I believe I have addressed it before on the show.

00:29:58.560 I don't think I've taken the time to issue a cancellation related to it.

00:30:03.560 I don't think.

00:30:04.560 If I have, then I'm repeating myself and just deal with it.

00:30:07.560 Stop complaining.

00:30:08.560 Okay?

00:30:09.560 This is my show.

00:30:10.560 Don't judge me.

00:30:11.560 So I want to show you something.

00:30:13.560 This is a real photo.

00:30:14.560 I took it myself.

00:30:15.560 It's difficult to look at.

00:30:17.560 I warn you.

00:30:18.560 If you have kids in the room, I would say have them turn away for a moment.

00:30:24.560 Not appropriate for them.

00:30:25.560 I don't even know if they're going to let me show this without blurring it out.

00:30:28.560 It is pretty graphic.

00:30:30.560 But okay.

00:30:31.560 Here we go.

00:30:32.560 Here's the picture.

00:30:36.560 As you can see there, those are shopping carts in a Walmart parking lot.

00:30:42.560 Left in the middle of the parking lot.

00:30:44.560 This is what I stumbled across yesterday.

00:30:47.560 There is a cart corral not but 20 feet away.

00:30:51.560 Look at the one closest to the grass.

00:30:54.560 That's five feet from the receptacle.

00:30:56.560 Five feet.

00:30:57.560 This is someone who, almost to make a point, had pushed the cart nearly all the way there

00:31:04.560 and then said, no, I can't go any further.

00:31:06.560 I can't.

00:31:07.560 I can't.

00:31:08.560 I've gone too far.

00:31:09.560 My legs will give out.

00:31:11.560 It's too much.

00:31:14.560 And then they just leave it there.

00:31:16.560 And this was a breezy day yesterday, by the way.

00:31:18.560 Those are not shopping carts.

00:31:20.560 Those are torpedoes.

00:31:21.560 All it takes is an errant wind to send one of those things crashing into someone's side panel.

00:31:26.560 It has been the primary goal of my life and my life's main ambition to combat these shopping cart ditchers, to expose them, to punish them, to shame them.

00:31:41.560 I truly believe that the entirety of a person's character can be assessed based on what they do with their shopping carts after they've unloaded their groceries.

00:31:49.560 It may seem like a small thing, but it's precisely because it's a small thing that it tells you everything you need to know.

00:31:54.560 See, if you cannot be bothered for the sake of your fellow man to return your shopping cart, to walk 20 feet to return it, or five feet to return the cart, then we know that the cutoff, the bar for you, for what you're willing to do for the betterment of society, is somewhere below returning a shopping cart.

00:32:13.560 You see, we know that the bar is below that.

00:32:17.560 Maybe there are some things you're willing to do for society and for your fellow man, but it's not anything as significant as returning a cart.

00:32:25.560 I'll put it this way.

00:32:27.560 If you're trapped in a burning building and a shopping cart ditcher walks by outside, are you going to have any confidence that he's going to run in and save you? 1.00

00:32:35.560 No, because this is someone who won't even put his cart away to save your vehicle from getting scratched.

00:32:41.560 Do you think he's going to risk his life?

00:32:43.560 No, of course he's not.

00:32:45.560 Which is why if there was a shopping cart ditcher trapped in the burning building, I would just leave them to their death. 1.00

00:32:52.560 That's a little strong, isn't it?

00:32:54.560 I'm coming on a little bit strong.

00:32:56.560 I'll pull back just a smidge from that.

00:32:59.560 Here's my point.

00:33:01.560 You know, there is no excuse.

00:33:04.560 Someone said to me yesterday, you know, when I was complaining about this online,

00:33:10.560 because this is like I said, I'm a professional.

00:33:12.560 This is what I do.

00:33:13.560 Someone said we have to make exceptions for the elderly and disabled and mothers with children.

00:33:18.560 You know, yeah, everyone else, but make exceptions for them.

00:33:21.560 Sorry.

00:33:22.560 No, no exceptions.

00:33:23.560 First of all, if we made exceptions for old people and women, then who exactly are we holding accountable here? 0.85

00:33:29.560 Because that's like 85% of a grocery stores clientele.

00:33:32.560 But more to the point, if a person is capable of getting the cart to begin with, walking around the store with it, doing the 19 mile lap around Walmart, going back to their car, then they're capable of going back to the cart corral.

00:33:48.560 I don't want to hear the excuse.

00:33:50.560 If you've already done all that and it's time to return their car, your cart, you can't suddenly go, oh, I'm too old.

00:33:56.560 I'm old.

00:33:57.560 I can't do it.

00:33:58.560 My knees.

00:33:59.560 So I've had it.

00:34:00.560 I've had an attack of old suddenly and I just can't anymore.

00:34:03.560 I've already walked 57 miles to get everything at Walmart.

00:34:08.560 But, but this is the last 10 feet.

00:34:10.560 I simply can't do it.

00:34:11.560 Can't do it.

00:34:12.560 No, we've seen what you're capable of.

00:34:15.560 All right.

00:34:16.560 Return the cart.

00:34:17.560 Gramps.

00:34:18.560 No excuse.

00:34:19.560 As for mothers. 1.00

00:34:20.560 I don't want to hear that excuse for a minute.

00:34:22.560 I've been shopping with four kids by myself.

00:34:25.560 I might not be a mother.

00:34:27.560 I could be a mother for all, you know, these days.

00:34:29.560 Okay.

00:34:30.560 If I choose to be a mother than I am, whether I am or not, I return the cart.

00:34:34.560 If I can do it, you can do it.

00:34:35.560 It's not that hard.

00:34:36.560 Put the kids in.

00:34:37.560 Let me explain how this works.

00:34:39.560 Here's the process for any, any, any, any mothers who are confused about this.

00:34:45.560 Put the kids in the car.

00:34:47.560 Put the groceries in the car.

00:34:50.560 Return the cart.

00:34:51.560 And then come back to your car and drive away.

00:34:54.560 Happily ever after.

00:34:55.560 Not hard to do.

00:34:57.560 You.

00:34:58.560 Oh, but I don't want to leave my precious children in the car alone.

00:35:01.560 You can't leave them in a car while you walk 15 feet away.

00:35:05.560 Really?

00:35:06.560 What do you, what's going to happen when you're, when in that 15, in, in the 20 seconds, it

00:35:11.560 takes you to do that.

00:35:12.560 What do you think is going to happen?

00:35:13.560 What's the worst case scenario?

00:35:14.560 What it's, it's hot out.

00:35:17.560 I can't leave them in the, what do you do when you're at a gas station?

00:35:20.560 Do you do?

00:35:21.560 I mean, I hope you don't leave the car running while you pump the gas.

00:35:24.560 Do you take all the kids out at the gas station?

00:35:26.560 All right, kids get out.

00:35:27.560 Come stand here at pump five.

00:35:28.560 I can't leave you in the car alone.

00:35:29.560 Come on. 1.00

00:35:31.560 Don't be ridiculous. 0.99

00:35:33.560 I actually had a mother tell me once that she doesn't want to get arrested for leaving 0.99

00:35:36.560 her cars, kids in the car alone while she returns the car.

00:35:39.560 Right.

00:35:40.560 Because there are cops in the parking lot with measuring tape.

00:35:42.560 And if you, if you walk more than seven feet from your car to return a cart, they're

00:35:47.560 going to arrest you on the spot.

00:35:48.560 Sure.

00:35:49.560 I'm sure that's happened.

00:35:50.560 Men it's that's happened millions of times.

00:35:51.560 I'm sure it's a really common occurrence.

00:35:53.560 Friends, stop, stop with your excuses, take ownership, take accountability.

00:35:58.560 I'm not, you know, there may be some excuses.

00:36:00.560 Let me backtrack a little bit.

00:36:02.560 If you get abducted on your way to return the cart.

00:36:06.560 Okay.

00:36:07.560 If you get raptured in the, in, in the parking lot of a super fresh while you're returning

00:36:11.560 your cart, then okay, I guess God in that case will be the shopping cart ditcher. 0.94

00:36:14.560 And I'll have words with him about that at a later date, but, or even if you're say Batman,

00:36:19.560 okay.

00:36:20.560 And, and, and, uh, you're in the parking lot, you see the bat signal and, uh, the Riddler

00:36:25.560 is about to blow up city hall and you've got to go. 0.68

00:36:27.560 And okay, fine.

00:36:28.560 I'll allow for that. 1.00

00:36:30.560 But aside from those, if you are not abducted, raptured, dead, or Batman, return your damned 1.00

00:36:36.560 cart. 1.00

00:36:37.560 You scoundrels, scoundrels and rapscallions. 0.99

00:36:41.560 The lot of you. 0.99

00:36:42.560 That's what I say.

00:36:44.560 Canceled.

00:36:45.560 Uh, and we will leave it there.

00:36:47.560 We'll leave it there.

00:36:48.560 That was a, what was that?

00:36:49.560 10 minutes on shopping carts.

00:36:50.560 Okay.

00:36:51.560 I, you know, there's nothing else going on in the world.

00:36:52.560 It's not like there's more important news happening in the world.

00:36:55.560 So I'm going to carve out some time to talk about shopping carts because this is an important

00:36:58.560 issue.

00:36:59.560 And I'll leave you with that for the weekend to ruminate on and meditate on.

00:37:02.560 Talk to you next week.

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The Matt Walsh Show - July 31, 2020

Ep. 533 - Funerals for Me But Not For Thee

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