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Social Justice Warrior 'Numskulls' Give Themselves Too Much Credit

June 01, 2016
Jon Boldt

Writer

What's in a name? A lot if it's Social Justice Warrior, aka, SJW, hypocrite, numskull, paid "volunteer," thin-skinned moron and over-privileged whiner --- for starters.

Tuesday on The Glenn Beck Program, Doc and Skip from The Morning Blaze filled in for Glenn with a few choice words of their own on the hypocrisy of these so-called "warriors."

"You're a social justice warrior? Listen, numskulls, you might be giving yourself just a little bit too much credit. And by that, you're definitely giving yourself too much credit," Doc said.

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Doc was shocked at their over-inflated sense of self-importance --- and ticked off at their ignorance.

"It's just amazing to me that these people have the audacity to bitch in America about all of the inequalities between races, religions, genders. They go off on all this stuff. Meanwhile, America may be the best place in the world as far as equality between races, genders, religions, whatever," Doc said.

While America is up in arms about who can use what bathroom based on gender identity, other parts of the world are throwing gay men from buildings and stoning women to death.

"There are headlines every day about the horrible things that happen around the world, not just to Christians, but to Muslims," Doc said. "ISIS is killing Muslims, right? You're not Muslim enough. What about the way women are treated in parts of the world? And you social justice warriors have the audacity to tell me I'm not doing enough? Like the notion of, well, we're so biased in America."

Based on the issue of race alone, America is way ahead of the curve. Doc noted the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics, in which each country was represented by their dominant race --- Chinese for China, Africans for Nigeria --- while the U.S. was represented by a rainbow of color.

"It gets to the point of saying that we're not enough of a melting pot... I mean, are we not going to be happy in America until there is a perfectly equal distribution --- I mean, 12 percent white, 12 percent black, 12 percent Chinese? Where does it end?" Skip asked.

As a fully functioning contributor of society, real life settles in and there just isn't time to worry about all this nonsense.

"I have so much other stuff going on in my life. And by that, I mean my wife and mother-in-law nagging me to get stuff done. I don't have time for this." Doc said.

It's obvious who does have time to stir up trouble where it doesn't exist in great measure.

"I guess these social justice warriors fancy themselves as a warrior. It's almost to the point --- what are they, like superheroes or something?" Dock said.

No, just self-identified "warriors" with a skewed sense of reality and an overabundant amount of time on their hands.

Enjoy this complimentary clip from The Glenn Beck Program:

Featured Image: So-called "social justice warriors" at Brown University.

Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors:

DOC: Doc and Skip in for Glenn today. We're regularly heard on TheBlaze Radio Network. For more information on us, you can go to theblaze.com/Doc. That's TheBlaze.com/Doc.

We're talking about social justice warriors. And the failure of not only name, but of attitude. Is this the big progressive movement right now on college campuses. All across -- the little movements, whatever they are. Whether it's Black Lives Matter. Whatever they call themselves. Social justice warriors. SJWs.

And it's just amazing to me that these people have the audacity to bitch in America about all of the inequalities between races, religions, genders. They go off on all these stuff. Meanwhile, America may be the best place in the world as far as equality between races, genders, religions, whatever. I mean, we're at least in the top, would you agree?

SKIP: No, truly. We're having a big fight in America about what bathroom you can use based off what you identify with. When tonight, today, there's going to be a gay person thrown off a building in the Middle East. There's going to be a woman who is stoned to death for looking at somebody that she shouldn't have been looking at.

DOC: So, Skip, even if they believe -- these knuckleheads -- these social justice warriors believe that they have to do more -- America has to do more. Okay. Even if you believe that, and we do more, how much of a change is that? Very incremental change right now. Versus, hey, we're social justice warriors, and we got Iran to stop throwing people off the roofs if they're gay. That's a pretty big change, right? That's like -- Skip, you want to lose weight, and you lose, you know, 4 or 5 pounds. You know, you trim up a little bit. But you have the guy that's, hey, Jerry Springer, come rescue me. Cut the wall out of my house and get me out because I'm 700 pounds. Right? He loses 500 pounds. That's more of a significant change.

SKIP: That's going to have a bigger net swing with the pendulum of fairness or equality.

DOC: Right. Or health, in that case.

SKIP: Or health. Exactly. But, no, they want to come over here and say that America is filled with bigots because there are some people that are concerned about somebody who will take a loophole in a law about a bathroom to be a pervert.

DOC: There are headlines every day about the horrible things that happen around the world, not just to Christians, but to Muslims. ISIS is killing Muslims, right? You're not Muslim enough. You're not doing what we say. They're extremist. In this case, you have a 70-year-old woman who is stripped naked and paraded through the streets after being beaten because a mob went after a bunch of Christian households in Egypt because a -- a Christian man was dating a Muslim woman, or so they believed. And the place went crazy.

Where is the equality there? For the Christian? For the old woman? What about that? What about the way women are treated in parts of the world? And you social justice warrior have the audacity to tell me I'm not doing enough?

Like the notion of, well, we're so biased in America. There's so much racism. Look how divided we are. You know, there's no equality in America among races.

Have you ever looked around at other countries? You know what Chinese people have almost exclusively? Asian people.

SKIP: It's your Olympic analogy that put it perfectly in my mind that blew my mind. In fact, I think it was 2012. We were watching the London Olympics. Opening ceremonies. And you made the brilliant point of, take a look at the Chinese team. It's all Chinese people.

DOC: All Chinese.

SKIP: Okay. The Nigerian team.

DOC: All black.

SKIP: Huh. A bunch of black people. And then you see the American team. And you have this coloring book.

DOC: Melting pot.

SKIP: Tall, short, black, white, Chinese. I mean, any color.

DOC: And we get no credit. We're still labeled the racists by these social justice --

SKIP: Not even that we don't get credit, but the fact that we're still this horrible place.

DOC: Yeah.

SKIP: That's worthy --

DOC: Oh, yeah, the unforgivable sin of slavery or whatever.

SKIP: It's amazing.

DOC: How about going after those? You're straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel.

SKIP: It gets to the point of saying that we're not enough of a melting pot. And again, that's the same thing with my previous question about, how much acknowledgment do you have to give to your whiteness or your privilege? How much equality do we need? How much -- I mean, are we not going to be happy in America until there is a perfectly equal distribution of -- I mean, 12 percent white, 12 percent black, 12 percent Chinese? Where does it end?

DOC: No, no, because the pendulum will swing back, and they'll say, in some cases, this minority will be doing better. You're limiting them to 12 percent. That's what they'll end up saying. It will never end, because it's not really about race or gender or religion. It's about control from these people.

I have one more clip from this Portland Community College and their Whiteness History Month. I want you to hear a little bit more of their attitude. Portland Community College.

VOICE: Black or other, we'll always talk about the white guy smile.

(inaudible)

Like awkward smile. And it's kind of like, well, what are you supposed to do? I smile at everybody, but then -- so now I'm conscious about that, when I do the white guy smile.

SKIP: The white guy smile. This is what she's going to bring up. She's saying she's from -- it's a little hard to hear that clip too. She's from a multi-ethnic background too. A mixed race family. And they're always wondering too about how they should be able to react like when you see a black person on the street, when you try to cross a street, if that's going to --

DOC: How do you react when you see -- oh, my stars, a Negro. Like from Blast From the Past. You know how you react? You don't. It's a non-issue. Black, white, Asian on the street, it doesn't matter.

SKIP: But coming out and saying she has to be concerned that she's giving the white guy smile. You know, it's not a sincere. Oh, I'm smiling because I'm supposed to smile. No, I don't have a problem with you being black or any other ethnicity. But I'm white, and I want to make sure that I'm not giving that white guy smile. Because I'm concerned with my white fragility as well.

DOC: Unbelievable. You know what this is, I think this is people that have that white guilt. It's playing on them. It's not me. But they want to extend it to all people. They don't want to be the one that is thinking to themselves, oh, I have to offer this uncomfortable white person smile or whatever. When the rest of us are like, okay, I got crap to do. I have to do this when I get home. I got to whatever. Oh, the wife is texting me. What did I screw up now? That's what I'm going through in my day.

SKIP: Beyond that, I don't deal with any white guilt or anything. I don't care about race.

DOC: I have so much other stuff going on in my life. And by that, I mean my wife and mother-in-law nagging me to get stuff done. I don't have time for this. All day, it's either checking stuff off the list or nagging me for this. I'm cutting strawberries the wrong way. Really? Seriously? This is the type of stuff -- yeah, cutting strawberries the wrong way. That was the one a couple weeks ago. How do you cut strawberries the wrong way? Anyway, that's what I have going on. I'm not worried about, oh, there's a black person. No, it's just, hey, there's a person. I guess these social justice warriors fancy themselves as a warrior -- it's almost to the point -- what are they, like superheroes or something? Is that what it is?

VOICE: In the dead of night, a lonely telephone rings, deep within the lair of solitude. In his parent's basement.

VOICE: Don't judge me, I'm paying off my student loans.

VOICE: When you're at the end of your rope, who is on the other end of the line?

VOICE: Social Justice Warrior here.

VOICE: Social Justice Warrior. The mild-mannered, politically correct, not offensive, progressive superhero.

VOICE: That's me.

VOICE: Called upon by the oppressed to fight social injustice, income inequality, and occasionally scurvy. Social justice warrior, defender of progressive enlightenment. #Socialjusticewarrior.

VOICE: Together with my social justice league superheroes, The Free Lantern, Tax Man and Robin, Hermaphroditey, and Irony Man.

VOICE: Tune in next time when we hear Social Justice Warrior say...

VOICE: Feel the Bern, baby.

VOICE: Only on the Doc Thompson show.

Drone mystery exposes GLARING government incompetence

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The drone issue is getting way out of hand.

Earlier this month, Glenn first reported on the mysterious drones stalking the night sky over New Jersey, but the situation is increasingly concerning as the sightings have escalated. Not only have drones been seen across the Northeast Coast, including over New York City, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, but recently, they have been spotted over the night skies of San Diego and other parts of Southern California.

It doesn't take an expert to identify the potential dangers and risks that dozens of undetectable, unidentified six-foot or larger drones pose to national security. Yet, our government's response has been one of unimaginable incompetence, leaving us to speculate on the origin and intention of these drones and wonder in astonishment at the government's ineptitude. Here are three examples of the government's lackluster response to the mystery drones:

Iranian Mothership and Missing Nuclear Warheads

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After several weeks of hubbub, New Jersey Representative, Jeff Van Drew gave an interview on Fox News where he claimed that the drones originated from an Iranian "mothership" off the East Coast of the United States. This theory has since been disproven by satellite images, which show that all Iranian drone carriers are far from U.S. shores. Another theory suggests that drones may be equipped with sensors capable of detecting nuclear material and that they are looking for a nuclear warhead that recently went missing! With these apocalyptic theories gaining traction in the absence of any real answer from our government, one can't help but question the motive behind the silence.

Pentagon's Limp Wristed Response

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In a recent press conference, national security spokesman John Kirby responded to reporters demanding answers about the government's lack of transparency, which has caused increasing public anxiety. He insisted that the drones did not pose a threat and were not assets of a foreign power, such as from Iran or China--even though he is still uncertain about their identity and origin. He also claimed that many of the sightings were simply misidentifications of normal aircraft.

This lackluster answer has only further inflamed national anxieties and raised even more questions. If the government is unsure of the identity of the drones, how do they know if they are a threat or if they aren't foreign assets? If they aren't foreign, does that mean they are U.S. assets? If so, why not just say so?

The Pentagon has also stated that they are leaving it up to local law enforcement to spearhead the investigation after concluding that these drones pose no threat to any military installation. This has left many feeling like the federal government has turned a blind eye to a serious issue that many Americans are very concerned about.

Where's Pete Buttigieg?

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We are in the closing weeks of the Biden administration, and with the finish line in sight, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg probably figured nothing else could go wrong on his watch—but boy was he wrong. As Secretary of Transportation, Buttigieg is in charge of the FAA, the agency responsible for managing all air traffic across the nation. One would think that mysterious, 6-foot-long, seemingly intractable drones are invisible on radar and flying above major cities would pose a serious threat to the myriad of legal aircraft that traverse our skies. Yet, Buttigieg has been silent on the issue, adding another failure to his resume which includes: malfunctioning airplanes, the train derailment in Ohio, and the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse, just to name a few.

Glenn: How Alvin Bragg turned hero Daniel Penny into a villain

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We cannot allow corrupt institutions to punish those who act to protect life and liberty.

America no longer has a single, shared understanding of justice. Two Americas now exist, each applying justice differently depending on who you are and where you live. One America, ruled by common sense and individual courage, praises heroes who stand up to protect others. The other, driven by political agendas and corrupted institutions, punishes those same heroes for daring to act.

This stark division couldn’t be clearer than in the case of Daniel Penny, the Marine whose trial in New York City this week drew strong reactions from both sides across the divided line of justice.

If we let this slide, we accept a world in which heroes are treated as criminals and the law is a weapon for ideological warfare.

Penny was on a subway train last year when Jordan Neely — a man suffering from severe mental illness and reportedly high on drugs — began threatening passengers, saying, “I’m going to kill you all.” The fear on that subway car was palpable, but nobody moved. Nobody, that is, until Penny did what needed to be done. He took action to protect innocent lives.

In the America many of us used to believe in, Penny’s response would be heralded as heroic. His actions mirrored the courage of Todd Beamer on Flight 93, who, on September 11, 2001, rallied others with the words, “Let’s roll,” to prevent further tragedy. But in New York, courage doesn’t seem to count anymore. There, the system turns heroes into villains.

Penny subdued Neely using a chokehold, intending only to restrain him, not kill him. Tragically, Neely died. Penny, filled with remorse, told the police he never meant to hurt anyone. Yet, instead of being recognized for protecting others from a clear and present threat, Penny stood trial for criminally negligent homicide.

In Alvin Bragg’s New York, justice bends to ideology. The Manhattan district attorney has made a career of weaponizing the law, selectively prosecuting those who don’t fit his narrative. He’s the same prosecutor who twisted legal precedent to go after Donald Trump on business charges no one had ever faced before. Then, he turned his sights on Daniel Penny.

A jury may have acquitted Penny, but what happened in New York City this week isn’t justice. When the rule of law changes depending on the defendant’s identity or the prosecutor's political motives, we’re no longer living in a free country. We’re living in a state where justice is a game, and ordinary Americans are the pawns.

The system failed Jordan Neely

It’s worth asking: Where were activists like Alvin Bragg when Neely was suffering on the streets? Jordan Neely was a tragic figure — a man with a long history of mental illness and over 40 arrests, including violent assaults. The system failed him long before he stepped onto that subway train. Yet rather than confront that uncomfortable truth, Bragg’s office decided to target the man who stepped in to prevent a tragedy.

This isn’t about justice. It’s about power. It’s about advancing a narrative where race and identity matter more than truth and common sense.

It’s time to demand change

The Daniel Penny case — and others like it — is a wake-up call. We cannot allow corrupt institutions to punish those who act to protect life and liberty. Americans must demand an end to politically driven prosecutions, hold DAs like Alvin Bragg accountable, and stand up for the principle that true justice is blind, consistent, and fair.

If we let this slide, we accept a world in which heroes are treated as criminals and the law is a weapon for ideological warfare. It’s time to choose which America we want to live in.

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on TheBlaze.com.

CEO Brian Thompson's killer reveals COWARDICE of the far-left death cult

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Early on the chilly morning of Wednesday, December 4th, Brian Thompson, CEO of health insurance giant, UnitedHealthcare, was walking through Midtown Manhattan on his way to a company conference. Suddenly, a masked and hooded figure silently allegedly stepped onto the sidewalk behind Thompson, drew a 3-D printed, silenced pistol, and without warning fired multiple shots into Thompson's back before fleeing the scene on an electric bicycle. After a multiple-day manhunt, a 26-year-old lead suspect was arrested at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania after being recognized by an employee.

This was not "vigilante justice." This was cold-blooded murder.

As horrific as the murder of a husband and father in broad daylight in the center of New York City is, the story only gets worse. Even before the murder suspect was arrested, left-wing extremists were already taking to X to call him a "hero" and a "vigilante" who "took matters into his own hands." Even the mainstream media joined in on the glorification, as Glenn pointed out on air recently, going out of the way to show how physically attractive the murder suspect was. This wave of revolting and nihilistic fanfare came in response to the findings of online investigators who surmised the murder suspect's motives to retaliate against healthcare companies for corruption and denied coverage. The murder suspect supposedly underwent a major back surgery that left him with back pain, and some of his internet fans apparently viewed his murder of Thompson as retribution for the mistreatment that he and many other Americans have suffered from healthcare companies.

The murder suspect and his lackeys don't seem to understand that, other than depriving two children of their father right before Christmas, he accomplished nothing.

The murder suspect failed to achieve his goal because he was too cowardly to try.

If the murder suspect's goals were truly to "right the wrongs" of the U.S. healthcare system, he had every tool available to him to do so in a constructive and meaningful manner. He came from a wealthy and prominent family in the Baltimore area, became the valedictorian at a prestigious all-boys prep school, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's in engineering. Clearly, the murder suspect was intelligent and capable, and if he had put his talent into creating solutions for the healthcare industry, who knows what he could have accomplished?

This is the kind of behavior the far-left idolizes, like communists on college campuses who wear shirts that celebrate the brutal Cuban warlord, Che Guevara. Merchandise celebrating the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect is already available, including shirts, hoodies, mugs, and even Christmas ornaments. Will they be sporting his face on their T-shirts too?

This macabre behavior does not breed creation, achievement, success, or life. It only brings death and risks more Americans falling into this dangerous paradigm. But we still have a chance to choose life. We just have to wake up and take it.

Is Trump repealing the 14th Amendment? Here's the truth.

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Did Trump really promise to put an end to the 14th Amendment, or is this just another mainstream spin?

This past weekend, President-elect Donald Trump sat down on NBC's "Meet the Press" for his first interview since the election. As one might expect, it was a particularly hostile interview, but Trump handled it with grace. The biggest takeaway from the interview was when the interviewer, Kristen Welker, pressed Trump on his immigration plans, specifically his plans to end birthright citizenship.

Despite Walker's claim that the 14th Amendment protected birthright citizenship, Trump defended his stance with the backing of legal scholars, who argue that birthright citizenship has to be granted within the proper "jurisdictional scope." As Glenn reiterated on his show this week, the 14th Amendment was enacted in the context of slavery "not illegal immigration. The 14th Amendment doesn't say, "Come over here, get into a hospital, have a baby, and congratulations, everybody is a citizen."

The media still pushed the narrative that Trump is trying to overstep the 14th Amendment.

But what is the truth? What is birthright citizenship, and what does the 14th Amendment actually say about it? Here is everything you need to know about the "birthright citizenship debacle" below:

The media outrage

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If you have glanced through any mainstream media articles, they would convince you that Trump will repeal the 14th Amendment altogether and catapult the country back 200 years before slavery was abolished when Congress passed the Constitutional Amendment. But how do these accusations stack up to reality?

What the 14th amendment actually says

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To get to the bottom of this, we have to understand what the 14th Amendment actually says and the context in which it was created.

During Trump's NBC interview, Welker "quoted" the 14th Amendment as "all persons born in the United States are citizens," but anyone who took a government class in high school can tell you that is wrong. The actual14th Amendment says:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Notice that Welker conveniently left out "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." This was no simple oversight.

First, let's define what birthright citizenship actually is and how it relates to the 14th Amendment. Birthright citizenship is an interpretation of the previously quoted section of the 14th Amendment: that by simply being born on U.S. soil, you are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. This has been the historic interpretation of the amendment. However, the border crisis has been incentivized by an abuse of birthright citizenship, which is colloquially called "anchor babies." This refers to when a pregnant woman crosses the border, gives birth, and is granted residency since her child is automatically given U.S. citizenship.

However, Trump says the clause "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" could enable the federal government to crack down on this abuse of birthright citizenship. If a person is here illegally, then they are not under the jurisdiction of the U.S., and therefore, their child would not be given automatic citizenship. This would not apply to legal immigrants who have secured citizenship, despite any claims to the contrary.

What Trump actually said

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When questioned about the constitutionality of ending birthright citizenship and the possibility of using executive orders to get around the 14th Amendment, Trump's first suggestion was to pose a potential amendment to the 14th Amendment as a national vote. When Welker pushed back, Trump stressed the importance of ending birthright citizenship and conceded that, if necessary, he would use an executive order.

As usual, the mainstream media has spun a mountain out of a molehill and blown the entire issue out of proportion. They have spun Trump's reasonable and legal proposition into a dictatorial decree that would send the country back 200 years.