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Hello, this is the Harvard Enlight. I'm Mary. I give
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a conservative perspective about the world around me. Feedback is
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will respond back to you. Okay, so water mouth is
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also important. And I appreciate all of the growing listeners
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out there. You know, someone that would be really interested
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in my content, feel free to let them know about
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the Harboring Light. All right, so on to the topic here.
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I'm going to focus in on Chapter 11 of American Gods.
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Here we go. Okay, so with this chapter, it becomes
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more and more apparent. It's centrally focusing in on the
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aspects of the gods, American gods, at that. Focusing all
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the attention now towards the controversy That has and probably
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will continue as this earth spins around in America about
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the aspects of identity and the aspects of cultural, political,
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upheaval from identity, right? So what am I talking about here?
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So specifically what I'm going to do here is, so
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we'll shadow, right? Let's start out with shadow, right? Shadow.
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Now we're getting in the midst of shadow being more
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and more upfront with Wednesday. And this will lead to my, uh, my,
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my other points here. All right. So, You know, he's
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back in Lakeside. And Wednesday is, you know, livid with him,
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with Shadow. Saying, you know, why did I take all
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out time to keep you hidden so you can be
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my bitter? If you want to be so pronounced in
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this town where people actually pay attention to you, you know,
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You're going to blow... Essentially, he's talking about, well, you're
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going to blow the cover of why you're here and
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who I really am, right? And he's, you know, it's like, well,
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you know, trying to give him... Shadow's trying to give
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him the reasons why, right? He's just... Shadow is simply
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trying to get back to what identity, what he wants
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to be. He has this, you know... what I've said before,
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he has a second chance to redefine himself, to go
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on his own terms instead of, you know, doing what
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somebody else is saying or, you know, even though he's
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under the heel or doing the bidding for Odin, right, Mr. Wednesday.
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And so, you know, Again, Shadow is pointing out to Odin, Mr. Wednesday,
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you know, look, you need to be mindful of the
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things that you do. And this comes up when there's
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a particular waitress. And it's interesting how these things come
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up because of his moral character. The difference between their
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moral character, Shadow and Odin, seems particularly to come out
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most of the time when they are in a restaurant
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and when there is a waitress serving them. Now, there's
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this particular waitress that he, you know, shortchanged. And so
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Shadow says, well, why are you shortchanging her? She didn't
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necessarily do anything to you. That's not a good thing
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to do. And Odin's like, you know, doubling down saying, well, hey,
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did she really not do anything? And to justify this,
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he says, well, because he is Odin, he's a god,
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and he has the ability to see the truths of everyone, right?
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So he says, well, you know, she is not what
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you think she is. She is just a rotten piece
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of garbage. That's essentially what he boils down to. He
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lays out the lineage, you know, of what she has
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done in her childhood, you know, what she's done all
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the way until now. And it's justified for him to
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just stiffer like that, right? when in actuality, and this
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goes into the aspects of spirituality and the aspects on
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top of spirituality, you know, common decency here, you know,
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how does it serve any purpose with, with, you know, um,
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on ongoing, uh, sort of a vigilante justice right you
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see this a lot unfortunately now and this this isn't
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now let me say this isn't anything new but it's
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very sad to see when these things um reveal itself
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a lot when we come in the aspects of people
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who are supposed to be in power um not doing
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something that is bipartisan or not doing something that is rational,
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you know, this doesn't happen. You know, this happens more
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often than not. Okay. Let's say that, uh, you know,
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especially in the interest of, um, the Trump administration, Trump
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administration is a really good example of this, of how, um,
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what happens. And I, I think this will be a,
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you know, incredible case study, you know, with, other generations
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looking at this historical aspects of his presidency. Essentially what
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it boils down to, how do people go and what
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position do people really have when somebody is, in their eyes,
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overtly breaking down their worldviews. That's essentially what we're getting
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at when we think about the Trump administration and the
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tactics and everything that is going on with the Trump administration. Now,
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nobody's perfect, but when it comes to certain policies and everything,
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and that's a whole other thing, too. It's strange with
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everybody trying to pin this all on Trump. When not
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understanding that he's not the one that just oversees every
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single decision. There's other people that exceed him. What's the
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point of the Supreme Court justice and everything else? That's
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how we have to look at it in the grand
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scheme of things. Why did I bring that point up?
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This point explains... The ending of chapter 11. So we
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get into talking about... So I think it's very... It
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helps to shock you to force... Not force, but focus
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your attention towards the goal of what are we looking
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at here for the subject matter. And so it changes into...
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colloquial terms of what somebody would sound like when we
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are talking about old English colonial aspects of America, right?
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And so it goes on and he starts to explain, well,
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what are you... As a person with your moral discerning,
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how are you really, when your back is pushed towards
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the wall and you are shown grave, grave, despicable, ungodly
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things going on in the world and so much immense
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suffering what would be your disposition when you are really
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confronted with these things right And then he also does this,
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which is something else. He talks about how, okay, you know,
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he goes into the, giving so much heartbreaking examples about
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all the suffering, especially, you know, centered around the aspects
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of children's suffering, unjustly and everything. And then he, this
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is juxtapositioned and to this person, who they say, well,
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you know, he's upstandable. He loves his family. But at
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the same time, he sees Jews as a means of pest.
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And it is his duty to execute, right? Then on
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top of that, he's saying, well, from what I'm remembering,
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having a moral conscience, of saying, well, hey, man, this
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isn't right. You know, whispering in his ear, hey, man,
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this isn't right. But he shocks himself. He aligns himself
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back and says, hey, this is for the cause. This
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is to justify this just unspeakable act, right? And so,
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this also pins the question about the aspects of persuasion
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and power. Now, when those two come aligned with each other,
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what happens at the cost of it? Alright, and so
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it goes into further explanation of it when They talk about,
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when it's talked about, first, they are twin siblings. And
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I believe that's paternal when they're male and female. And
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they are African American. And you know they're centering their
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self around the aspects of slavery in America, right? But
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it's really interesting in the aspects of how it's told.
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It's told from the perspective of saying, well, the people
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who want them, they want them because, you know, when
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we're seeing it from the... Now, she's called so many
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different names, and then it ends with... her being called, um,
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I'm trying to get this straight in my mind. I'm sorry, y'all.
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Hold on. Uh, hold on just a second here. Uh, okay. Uh,
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hold on just a minute here. Um, so this is,
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even though this is prerecorded, you know, it's in live
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time here. Um, As far as looking up things. I'll
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try to keep it. Okay. Okay. No, don't do that. Okay. No. No. Okay. 1-2-2, right?
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1-2-2 and the Azagi. Alright? Alright, so they're both... I'm
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going to call them by their original, their African names, right?
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And then I'll sort it. They have nicknames because her
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twin brother is darker skinned, so he's like an inkjack
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or something. And so, by the time... Well, 2-2... is
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an old woman. She is living in New Orleans, right?
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But here's the thing about it, okay? Let's go back.
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When they were children, she had the disposition. She was
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a brave young girl. But the issue that she was
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afraid of, the only thing she had fear of is
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she didn't think that her brother would be protected. And
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seeing it from the way it's descriptive and to getting
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into the mentality of what a child is seeing and
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rationalizing fear, right? Um, so, um, it's presented subtly and
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then very, and specifics about the aspects. They have, uh, gods,
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African gods from, um, their tribe of Africa, right? One, one, two, two. What, uh, what, two, two. And, um, Asagu, right? Um,
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She says, well, why is it they must have an
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immense hunger? They want to eat. That's why they want us.
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But why would they want us? Are we seen as
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a delicacy? You know, what is it? And they have
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some kind of sportmanship to want to eat us. And
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that's something that's very... The way that that is presented,
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it relays back to... Thinking about, well, you know, even
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though it's a child seeing this aspect of fear and
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experiences a horrific, horrific adversity. It gets you to understand
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and realize she's also seeing this from a, from the
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pagan gods. gods of which they knew and the stories
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that they were told and which they grew up understanding, right? Oh,
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this must be it, right? But the real-world implications that, no,
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these are, you know, lazy assholes that want to, instead
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of being moral about the aspects of laborious labor or,
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you know, and doing it in a more of a
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ethically appeasing way. You know, they want to take the
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cheap way out and cut down costs in order to
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get bigger profit. And it's also seen and told from
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the aspects of explaining you know no this is the
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slave trade and then they talk about and they focus
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on which you know makes a lot of sense why
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the author was saying well you know you can see
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he's explaining why you know this with this book you
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like it or you just you can't stand it right
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he also goes into writing and saying well you know
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what we're not going to present the aspects of how,
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you know, whether it's presented in media where it's solely
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victimization of, and it's not, you know, things are not
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pieced together where it's actually telling a story where it
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makes a whole lot of sense. Because he says, well,
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you know, this is, Something that their own people are
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okay with. Not only are they okay with it, they're
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quite sinister about it. There's an example of when Tutu
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was a young girl. They went in and saying, making
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them dance and doing all this crazy stuff. right? Saying, well,
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he was staring at her and they made it known
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that his skin was blacker than hers, right? And as
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far as to reinforce the emphasis of an evil spirit, right? Um,
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and he says, well, you know, without getting too graphic here, um, says, well,
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I will, I had to wait until you get older to, to, um,
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bed you, but this all kind of, you know, stuff.
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And then she says, well, you know what? If you
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would do something like that to me, you know, I
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will bite your so-and-so and, They're pretty much saying, you know, yeah,
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if you do something, you'll see what happens, right? And
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so it goes on and all the way until she's
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around 50 or so years old, right? And they also
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go into the specifics about how she was looked like.
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very beautiful, but all the pain and anguish throughout the
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years riveled away her beauty. And then also it went
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in the same effect of how, um, that, um, you know, um,
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examples of how, you know, twins can feel the pain of, uh, others, of, of, of, um,
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each other, and whatever the immense hardship that her brother
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was enduring, she would feel it too. And eventually it
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would physically wither on her and show on her. And
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so by the time she was an old woman, she
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was bought into... It's still a slave. She was bonded
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to his family, and his family took her in as
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a cook and everything. But they were being very sadistic
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and saying, well, you know, you'll never be free. And
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reminding her of these things, right? And so she was
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seen around the town of New Orleans as, oh, she
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was different because she had this ability, she actually had
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supernatural abilities versus people who say that they do, but
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they don't really. They're just, you know, snake oil salesmen,
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so to speak, right? And so they said, and they
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go into specifics, oh, boy, this is probably the reason
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why on top of that, you know, being sadistic, they, uh, well,
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you know, she has some, um, um, uh, work for us.
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Cause she look, look at this quote unquote parlor trick
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that she can do. She can actually, you know, has
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spiritual connections. Right. And it's something how it goes into
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talking about, you know, the difference between, um, when she's,
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runs into this woman who's asking for her help, where
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she says it goes on where she's a free slave
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versus her still in bondage, you know, her slavery with Watutu.
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whole thing. Which is very interesting. Which I will end on.
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And I would like to hear what y'all have to say.
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And what comments y'all have to say. Through email or
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YouTube right. Comments. She says well. Going back to when
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she was on the ship. Saying well. When I was
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saying about that, I guess you could say an informant
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that would keep them in line. Why are you working
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for the white devil? And then she reiterates this identity
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to the white devil, but at the same time, she's
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paying homage to to her homeland, and they talk about
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how the upheaval of everything in Haiti and the uprise
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and the rebellion in Haiti with everything which is implications
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of the foundation of the history of Haiti and how
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that was established. And then you go into what Tutu
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talking about how um, you know, giving so much immense, uh,
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respect and, and everything for her guys. But at the
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same time, do they really have respect for you? If
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they allow all this to go on and this, this
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in itself is reflecting a truth, right? Um, Where do you.
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When the aspects of your heritage. And the aspects of. Pain. Respect. And.
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Admiration to. Now where does it lie. Where you have
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to be honest with yourself. And say well you know what.
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See the situation for what it is. And want to better.
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And not say well. Us versus them. And have the mentality.
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Where that. Not everything is. Literally black and white. There's.
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A lot of. Complex. And things. In our life. Especially
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when it comes to. Cultural. And social issues. Conflicts. That
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it's very important to be as level-headed as you can
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about these things. And when so much... When horrible things happen. And,
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you know, to... And that's why it's very important to
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let and allow the development of that. And protect and
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honor people who have that mentality. That... There is always
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a better way. There's always a better way. There's always
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a bigger understanding. There's always something better. And I think
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that's the main obligation for us to focus our attention
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on when it comes to Chapter 11. And for me,
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that's what I gathered when I was listening and understanding
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and getting all these ideas together together. Talk with you
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about it. Talk with all of you about it. Because
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that's something that I think, especially here, now this is
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something that internationally anybody can relate to, but specifically when
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we come into America and its history, I think it's
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very important here to tell the story of good and
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bad and just tell it for what it is. And
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see a bigger picture about it. Instead of saying well.
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Hey you know. You know this victimhood of being. And
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then that's where it comes. Along the lines of the aspects.
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Of indoctrination right. Saying well. I'm just going to hold.
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I'm just going to force feed this thing. Into this person.
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You know because they're. They're useful tools. Is how the people.
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Who want to indoctrinate. Or who want to. Stay indoctrinated
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and indoctrinate other people. Instead of, you know, which is,
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that's why I think it's very important to have your
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own mind and critical thinking skills. Man, I'm telling you,
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that is something that it really immensely needs to be
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protected in this day and age, okay? Let's say, well, hey, well, hey,
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this happened. Well, let's look at it from... Let's take
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a step back and not get... Let's think about it.
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Let's think about it, you know? And for the greater good, right?
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And some people who deem the greater good... they don't
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actually have a greater good because in it in the
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reality of the situation most who deem themselves being a
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part of the right side of history they have very
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selfish intentions behind it and when they're put you know
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told well what do you It irrationally comes and all
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these kind of things. Now, this doesn't happen all the time,
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but it's unfortunate. This is a reality of a truth.
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And this is what is being presented in a detailed
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way in chapter 11, I think. And there's something to
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say about that. All right, so this reaches the end
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of the Harbouring Light. I would like to know what
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y'all think. Feel free to reach out to me. Two
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ways to do this, as I mentioned in the beginning
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of the show, either through email or YouTube. All right,
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so tune in, turn up, and definitely take care. Bye-bye
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Hello, this is the Harvard Enlight. I'm Mary. I give
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a conservative perspective about the world around me. Feedback is
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immensely important. Feel free to reach out to me. Two
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And also, feel free to reach out to me. You know,
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will respond back to you. Okay, so water mouth is
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also important. And I appreciate all of the growing listeners
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out there. You know, someone that would be really interested
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in my content, feel free to let them know about
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the Harboring Light. All right, so on to the topic here.
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I'm going to focus in on Chapter 11 of American Gods.
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Here we go. Okay, so with this chapter, it becomes
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more and more apparent. It's centrally focusing in on the
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aspects of the gods, American gods, at that. Focusing all
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the attention now towards the controversy That has and probably
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will continue as this earth spins around in America about
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the aspects of identity and the aspects of cultural, political,
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upheaval from identity, right? So what am I talking about here?
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So specifically what I'm going to do here is, so
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we'll shadow, right? Let's start out with shadow, right? Shadow.
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Now we're getting in the midst of shadow being more
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and more upfront with Wednesday. And this will lead to my, uh, my,
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my other points here. All right. So, You know, he's
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back in Lakeside. And Wednesday is, you know, livid with him,
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with Shadow. Saying, you know, why did I take all
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out time to keep you hidden so you can be
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my bitter? If you want to be so pronounced in
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this town where people actually pay attention to you, you know,
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You're going to blow... Essentially, he's talking about, well, you're
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going to blow the cover of why you're here and
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who I really am, right? And he's, you know, it's like, well,
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you know, trying to give him... Shadow's trying to give
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him the reasons why, right? He's just... Shadow is simply
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trying to get back to what identity, what he wants
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to be. He has this, you know... what I've said before,
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he has a second chance to redefine himself, to go
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on his own terms instead of, you know, doing what
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somebody else is saying or, you know, even though he's
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under the heel or doing the bidding for Odin, right, Mr. Wednesday.
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And so, you know, Again, Shadow is pointing out to Odin, Mr. Wednesday,
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you know, look, you need to be mindful of the
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things that you do. And this comes up when there's
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a particular waitress. And it's interesting how these things come
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up because of his moral character. The difference between their
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moral character, Shadow and Odin, seems particularly to come out
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most of the time when they are in a restaurant
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and when there is a waitress serving them. Now, there's
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this particular waitress that he, you know, shortchanged. And so
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Shadow says, well, why are you shortchanging her? She didn't
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necessarily do anything to you. That's not a good thing
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to do. And Odin's like, you know, doubling down saying, well, hey,
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did she really not do anything? And to justify this,
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he says, well, because he is Odin, he's a god,
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and he has the ability to see the truths of everyone, right?
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So he says, well, you know, she is not what
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you think she is. She is just a rotten piece
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of garbage. That's essentially what he boils down to. He
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lays out the lineage, you know, of what she has
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done in her childhood, you know, what she's done all
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the way until now. And it's justified for him to
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just stiffer like that, right? when in actuality, and this
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goes into the aspects of spirituality and the aspects on
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top of spirituality, you know, common decency here, you know,
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how does it serve any purpose with, with, you know, um,
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on ongoing, uh, sort of a vigilante justice right you
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see this a lot unfortunately now and this this isn't
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now let me say this isn't anything new but it's
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very sad to see when these things um reveal itself
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a lot when we come in the aspects of people
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who are supposed to be in power um not doing
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something that is bipartisan or not doing something that is rational,
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you know, this doesn't happen. You know, this happens more
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often than not. Okay. Let's say that, uh, you know,
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especially in the interest of, um, the Trump administration, Trump
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administration is a really good example of this, of how, um,
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what happens. And I, I think this will be a,
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you know, incredible case study, you know, with, other generations
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looking at this historical aspects of his presidency. Essentially what
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it boils down to, how do people go and what
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position do people really have when somebody is, in their eyes,
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overtly breaking down their worldviews. That's essentially what we're getting
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at when we think about the Trump administration and the
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tactics and everything that is going on with the Trump administration. Now,
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nobody's perfect, but when it comes to certain policies and everything,
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and that's a whole other thing, too. It's strange with
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everybody trying to pin this all on Trump. When not
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understanding that he's not the one that just oversees every
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single decision. There's other people that exceed him. What's the
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point of the Supreme Court justice and everything else? That's
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how we have to look at it in the grand
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scheme of things. Why did I bring that point up?
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This point explains... The ending of chapter 11. So we
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get into talking about... So I think it's very... It
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helps to shock you to force... Not force, but focus
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your attention towards the goal of what are we looking
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at here for the subject matter. And so it changes into...
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colloquial terms of what somebody would sound like when we
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are talking about old English colonial aspects of America, right?
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what are you... As a person with your moral discerning,
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how are you really, when your back is pushed towards
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the wall and you are shown grave, grave, despicable, ungodly
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things going on in the world and so much immense
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suffering what would be your disposition when you are really
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confronted with these things right And then he also does this,
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which is something else. He talks about how, okay, you know,
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he goes into the, giving so much heartbreaking examples about
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all the suffering, especially, you know, centered around the aspects
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of children's suffering, unjustly and everything. And then he, this
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is juxtapositioned and to this person, who they say, well,
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you know, he's upstandable. He loves his family. But at
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the same time, he sees Jews as a means of pest.
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And it is his duty to execute, right? Then on
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top of that, he's saying, well, from what I'm remembering,
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having a moral conscience, of saying, well, hey, man, this
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isn't right. You know, whispering in his ear, hey, man,
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this isn't right. But he shocks himself. He aligns himself
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back and says, hey, this is for the cause. This
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is to justify this just unspeakable act, right? And so,
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this also pins the question about the aspects of persuasion
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and power. Now, when those two come aligned with each other,
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what happens at the cost of it? Alright, and so
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it goes into further explanation of it when They talk about,
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when it's talked about, first, they are twin siblings. And
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I believe that's paternal when they're male and female. And
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they are African American. And you know they're centering their
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self around the aspects of slavery in America, right? But
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it's really interesting in the aspects of how it's told.
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It's told from the perspective of saying, well, the people
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who want them, they want them because, you know, when
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we're seeing it from the... Now, she's called so many
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different names, and then it ends with... her being called, um,
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I'm trying to get this straight in my mind. I'm sorry, y'all.
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Hold on. Uh, hold on just a second here. Uh, okay. Uh,
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hold on just a minute here. Um, so this is,
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even though this is prerecorded, you know, it's in live
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time here. Um, As far as looking up things. I'll
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try to keep it. Okay. Okay. No, don't do that. Okay. No. No. Okay. 1-2-2, right?
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1-2-2 and the Azagi. Alright? Alright, so they're both... I'm
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going to call them by their original, their African names, right?
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And then I'll sort it. They have nicknames because her
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twin brother is darker skinned, so he's like an inkjack
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or something. And so, by the time... Well, 2-2... is
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an old woman. She is living in New Orleans, right?
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But here's the thing about it, okay? Let's go back.
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When they were children, she had the disposition. She was
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a brave young girl. But the issue that she was
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afraid of, the only thing she had fear of is
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she didn't think that her brother would be protected. And
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seeing it from the way it's descriptive and to getting
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into the mentality of what a child is seeing and
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rationalizing fear, right? Um, so, um, it's presented subtly and
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then very, and specifics about the aspects. They have, uh, gods,
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African gods from, um, their tribe of Africa, right? One, one, two, two. What, uh, what, two, two. And, um, Asagu, right? Um,
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She says, well, why is it they must have an
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immense hunger? They want to eat. That's why they want us.
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But why would they want us? Are we seen as
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a delicacy? You know, what is it? And they have
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some kind of sportmanship to want to eat us. And
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that's something that's very... The way that that is presented,
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it relays back to... Thinking about, well, you know, even
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though it's a child seeing this aspect of fear and
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experiences a horrific, horrific adversity. It gets you to understand
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and realize she's also seeing this from a, from the
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pagan gods. gods of which they knew and the stories
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that they were told and which they grew up understanding, right? Oh,
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this must be it, right? But the real-world implications that, no,
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these are, you know, lazy assholes that want to, instead
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of being moral about the aspects of laborious labor or,
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you know, and doing it in a more of a
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ethically appeasing way. You know, they want to take the
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cheap way out and cut down costs in order to
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get bigger profit. And it's also seen and told from
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the aspects of explaining you know no this is the
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slave trade and then they talk about and they focus
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on which you know makes a lot of sense why
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the author was saying well you know you can see
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he's explaining why you know this with this book you
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like it or you just you can't stand it right
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he also goes into writing and saying well you know
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what we're not going to present the aspects of how,
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you know, whether it's presented in media where it's solely
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victimization of, and it's not, you know, things are not
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pieced together where it's actually telling a story where it
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makes a whole lot of sense. Because he says, well,
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you know, this is, Something that their own people are
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okay with. Not only are they okay with it, they're
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quite sinister about it. There's an example of when Tutu
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was a young girl. They went in and saying, making
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them dance and doing all this crazy stuff. right? Saying, well,
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he was staring at her and they made it known
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that his skin was blacker than hers, right? And as
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far as to reinforce the emphasis of an evil spirit, right? Um,
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and he says, well, you know, without getting too graphic here, um, says, well,
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I will, I had to wait until you get older to, to, um,
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bed you, but this all kind of, you know, stuff.
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And then she says, well, you know what? If you
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would do something like that to me, you know, I
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will bite your so-and-so and, They're pretty much saying, you know, yeah,
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if you do something, you'll see what happens, right? And
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so it goes on and all the way until she's
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around 50 or so years old, right? And they also
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go into the specifics about how she was looked like.
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very beautiful, but all the pain and anguish throughout the
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years riveled away her beauty. And then also it went
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in the same effect of how, um, that, um, you know, um,
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examples of how, you know, twins can feel the pain of, uh, others, of, of, of, um,
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each other, and whatever the immense hardship that her brother
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was enduring, she would feel it too. And eventually it
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would physically wither on her and show on her. And
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so by the time she was an old woman, she
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was bought into... It's still a slave. She was bonded
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to his family, and his family took her in as
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a cook and everything. But they were being very sadistic
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and saying, well, you know, you'll never be free. And
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reminding her of these things, right? And so she was
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seen around the town of New Orleans as, oh, she
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was different because she had this ability, she actually had
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supernatural abilities versus people who say that they do, but
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they don't really. They're just, you know, snake oil salesmen,
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so to speak, right? And so they said, and they
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go into specifics, oh, boy, this is probably the reason
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why on top of that, you know, being sadistic, they, uh, well,
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you know, she has some, um, um, uh, work for us.
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Cause she look, look at this quote unquote parlor trick
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that she can do. She can actually, you know, has
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spiritual connections. Right. And it's something how it goes into
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talking about, you know, the difference between, um, when she's,
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runs into this woman who's asking for her help, where
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she says it goes on where she's a free slave
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versus her still in bondage, you know, her slavery with Watutu.
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And she is now Bitter and resentful. And you know.
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Going on and saying. And then she also says this
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whole thing. Which is very interesting. Which I will end on.
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And I would like to hear what y'all have to say.
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And what comments y'all have to say. Through email or
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YouTube right. Comments. She says well. Going back to when
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she was on the ship. Saying well. When I was
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saying about that, I guess you could say an informant
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that would keep them in line. Why are you working
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for the white devil? And then she reiterates this identity
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to the white devil, but at the same time, she's
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paying homage to to her homeland, and they talk about
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how the upheaval of everything in Haiti and the uprise
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and the rebellion in Haiti with everything which is implications
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of the foundation of the history of Haiti and how
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that was established. And then you go into what Tutu
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talking about how um, you know, giving so much immense, uh,
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respect and, and everything for her guys. But at the
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same time, do they really have respect for you? If
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they allow all this to go on and this, this
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in itself is reflecting a truth, right? Um, Where do you.
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When the aspects of your heritage. And the aspects of. Pain. Respect. And.
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Admiration to. Now where does it lie. Where you have
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to be honest with yourself. And say well you know what.
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See the situation for what it is. And want to better.
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And not say well. Us versus them. And have the mentality.
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Where that. Not everything is. Literally black and white. There's.
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A lot of. Complex. And things. In our life. Especially
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when it comes to. Cultural. And social issues. Conflicts. That
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it's very important to be as level-headed as you can
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about these things. And when so much... When horrible things happen. And,
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you know, to... And that's why it's very important to
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let and allow the development of that. And protect and
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honor people who have that mentality. That... There is always
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a better way. There's always a better way. There's always
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a bigger understanding. There's always something better. And I think
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that's the main obligation for us to focus our attention
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on when it comes to Chapter 11. And for me,
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that's what I gathered when I was listening and understanding
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and getting all these ideas together together. Talk with you
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about it. Talk with all of you about it. Because
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that's something that I think, especially here, now this is
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something that internationally anybody can relate to, but specifically when
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we come into America and its history, I think it's
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very important here to tell the story of good and
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bad and just tell it for what it is. And
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see a bigger picture about it. Instead of saying well.
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Hey you know. You know this victimhood of being. And
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then that's where it comes. Along the lines of the aspects.
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Of indoctrination right. Saying well. I'm just going to hold.
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I'm just going to force feed this thing. Into this person.
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You know because they're. They're useful tools. Is how the people.
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Who want to indoctrinate. Or who want to. Stay indoctrinated
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and indoctrinate other people. Instead of, you know, which is,
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that's why I think it's very important to have your
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own mind and critical thinking skills. Man, I'm telling you,
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that is something that it really immensely needs to be
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protected in this day and age, okay? Let's say, well, hey, well, hey,
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this happened. Well, let's look at it from... Let's take
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a step back and not get... Let's think about it.
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Let's think about it, you know? And for the greater good, right?
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And some people who deem the greater good... they don't
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actually have a greater good because in it in the
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reality of the situation most who deem themselves being a
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part of the right side of history they have very
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selfish intentions behind it and when they're put you know
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told well what do you It irrationally comes and all
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these kind of things. Now, this doesn't happen all the time,
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but it's unfortunate. This is a reality of a truth.
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And this is what is being presented in a detailed
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way in chapter 11, I think. And there's something to
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say about that. All right, so this reaches the end
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of the Harbouring Light. I would like to know what
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y'all think. Feel free to reach out to me. Two
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ways to do this, as I mentioned in the beginning
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of the show, either through email or YouTube. All right,
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so tune in, turn up, and definitely take care. Bye-bye
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for now.
