1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:05,560 This homophobia This generally means fear of homosexuals or 2 00:00:05,560 --> 00:00:09,080 hatred of members of the LGBTQ plus community. 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:16,680 June 16th June 12th, 2016 A man named Omar Mateen went into the 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:21,640 Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL, murdered 49 people, injured 53 5 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,440 and held people hostage. Here is Barack Obama summarizing 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,680 the events four days later. This was an attack on the LGBT 7 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,240 community. Americans were targeted because 8 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,000 we're a country that has learned to welcome everyone no matter 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,680 who you are or who you love. And hatred towards people 10 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,880 because of sexual orientation, regardless of where it comes 11 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,400 from, is a betrayal of what's best in us. 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,920 So nice of us just sitting here. Reminds me of 9/11. 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,080 We were just minding our own business and then they hate us 14 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:57,360 for our freedoms. Donald Trump, let's go. 15 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,760 Let's go to the total opposite side of the aisle. 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Donald Trump, what does he have to say about this? 17 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,080 This is a very dark moment in America's history. 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,600 A radical Islamic terrorist targeted the nightclub not only 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,120 because he wanted to kill Americans, but in order to 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,600 execute gay and lesbian citizens because of their sexual 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,560 orientation. It's a strike at the heart and 22 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:22,520 soul of who we are as a nation. It's an assault on the ability 23 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,080 of free people to live their lives, love who they want and 24 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,880 express their identity. OK, all inspiring. 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:37,200 It turns out just because the club happened to be a gay club 26 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,040 does not mean he was targeting the club because of that. 27 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,120 It was also mostly young people. It's not because he had anything 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,680 against young people. It was in Florida. 29 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,960 He didn't have anything against Florida, Floridians in 30 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,720 particular. Now, a reminder that much like a 31 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,280 protest, the purpose of terrorism is to amplify a 32 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,800 message, not conceal it. So we actually have a transcript 33 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,720 of the Omar Mateen phone call. Listen in. 34 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,320 See if you detect sexism, homophobia, the hatred of 35 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,840 Americans, hatred of Christians. Here's what he says. 36 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,440 You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. 37 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,360 They are killing a lot of innocent people. 38 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,320 What am I to do here when my people are getting killed over 39 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,080 there? You get what I'm saying? 40 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,080 You need to stop the US air strikes. 41 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,200 Tell the US government, stop the bombing. 42 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,040 They are killing too many children. 43 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,920 They are killing too many women, OK? 44 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,880 I feel the pain of the people getting killed in Syria and 45 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:33,960 Iraq. They need to stop bombing Syria 46 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,920 and Iraq. the US is collaborating with Russia and 47 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:39,040 they are killing innocent women and children, OK? 48 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,320 The air strikes need to stop and stop collaborating with Russia. 49 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,480 OK, the fucking the air strikes need to stop. 50 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,800 You see now you feel, now you feel how it is. 51 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,480 Now you feel how it is. Far from being paranoia, the 52 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Council on Foreign Relations actually published the number of 53 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,280 bombs dropped on Syria and Iraq in this year 2016. 54 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:05,600 Syria 12,192, Iraq 12,000 and 95. 55 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,160 If you walk into the Capitol building without a permission 56 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,600 slip, you're a terrorist dropping 24,000 bombs on two 57 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,920 countries who never initiated violence against America. 58 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,680 That's just public service. I mean, what's wrong with 59 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:21,920 keeping people safe? Turns out the Intercept got 60 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,520 their hands on some of these documents relating to a portion 61 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,440 of these bombings, according to the Intercept, when it was good 62 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,160 with Glenn Greenwald. Not today. 63 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:35,400 During one five month period of the operation, according to the 64 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,080 documents, nearly 90% of the people killed in air strikes 65 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:43,440 were not the intended target. In Yemen and Somalia, where the 66 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:45,920 US has far fewer limited intelligence capabilities to 67 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,040 confirm the people killed are the intended targets, the 68 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,040 equivalent ratios may be much worse than 90% of people killed 69 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:55,680 who were not the intended target. 70 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,600 And by the way, for them to determine intended target, they 71 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,960 basically play like 6° from bin Laden. 72 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,720 If you were ever in a country that experienced radicalism, 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,960 you're an intended target. It Lori Calhoun works with me at 74 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,320 the Libertarian Institute. She said that at one point it 75 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:19,959 was all men ages 16 and older who were considered military 76 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,360 targets. Very devastating. 77 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:27,640 Again, even though men were the only people in that document who 78 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:32,040 were considered OK to kill, The problem is not gender, or else 79 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,360 we'd just say yeah, you got to include 16 year old women on to 80 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,680 that too. That's not the issue. 81 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,600 The problem is the initiation of violence.