Our t. V. Dot com and get a complete look at your news right now stay with us for an amazing programming. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im peter a little sri member the phrase to honest people can disagree this concept as essentially been the bedrock of western civilization enlightenment its also the origins of the american 1st amendment cancel culture is putting all this in question are we now ruled by the hecklers. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Brad Blankenship in prague he is a freelance journalist as well as a journalist for c. G. T. And and in bloomington we have mike a kernis he is a r. T. Calmness and a comic book writer all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was it was good and its going to bradford. You know it was a bit over the last few weeks watching this whole cancel culture phenomenon and i find it just completely ludicrous anti intellectual and a historical. Antir
Hello and welcome to crosstalk were all things are considered im peter a little cash remember the phrase to honest people can disagree this concept as essentially been the bedrock of western civilization since the enlightenment its also the origins of the american 1st amendment cancel culture is putting all this in question are we now ruled by the hecklers. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Brad Blankenship in prague he is a freelance journalist as well as a journalist. And in bloomington we have Michael Kernis he is a r. T. Columnist and a comic book writer all right gentlemen crossed up or is an affair. That means you can jump in anytime you want and i was it was good and its going to bradford. You know it will be over the last few weeks watching this whole cancel culture phenomenon and i find it is a completely ludicrous anti intellectual and a historical. Antirational ok im a trained historian and i history is full of tragedies that were supposed to learn from ok not w
A hit and let me bring in mike here i mean we have a history you know critically when we look at an american context of what you shouldnt say offensive language you know im going to load that but now its right language what you should say now that is very different from our cultural tradition here and there but if people are going over the line now basically its mind control you can say this but you cant say that before you shouldnt say certain things that would be obviously universally agreed to be of like. Well and thats thats generally where we sit these days i think that in a lot of ways there is this sort of massive amount of offensive ideas that are not allowed to be spoken there verboten a sense you know you youre not allowed to say certain words youre not allowed to say certain phrases someone so forth. That we didnt even consider controversial 1015 years ago if someone if a celebrity is to say well one good example would be terry crews was to say you know fatherlessness is an
Want a leader, not a creepy tweeter. Many others carried signs voicing their frustration with the policies and presidency of donald trump. Last year, organizers say the march was about empowerment. This year, organizers want the march to lead to action, specifically they are pushing people to vote during the midterm elections. Look at what america is. This is what america is. Its not whats in the white house right now. That is not a representation of america. Yeah, we can change things. We dont have to stand for this. If we go out and vote, we can take back the house, we can take back the senate. Yeah, were going to do it. Reporter organizers had Voter Registration forms at the rally at the civic center. Estimated that the crowd this year was a little smaller than last year. She put it at least 50 to 60,000 people. And she said today was absolutely a success. Live in San Francisco, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. All right, tiffany, much appreciated. Now, meantime, the streets of oakland al
The brexit formalities now. And the conservatives are being accused today of making an almighty mess of the process. For one thing, we had another huge personnel change. The Civil Service in charge of the department has been moved. Then, on top of that, conservative Party Dynamics are competent in the process. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, marked out this vision of brexit over the weekend and then slipped away to the un in new york. To reason they offered a tautology in response to be. Auris is auris, she said. It is hard enough bargaining with Michel Barnier and the eu without arguments at home. But if there is a problem, the root of it is certainly fundamental division on how brexit should go. Theresa may set to make a big speech on friday and right now it seems we stand at the crossroads, undecided as temperatures route to pursue. Every drama has a cast of main characters. Brexit is now a june. The most eye catching plot thread is the political one, and the star is, of course