RADIOApril 03, 2024

JK Rowling DARES the Wrongthink Police to ARREST Her

“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling has dared the Scottish government to arrest her for violating its new laws against “hate speech.” But despite the police denying that her tweets about transgenderism are illegal under the law, she has promised to keep a lookout for other non-famous individuals being punished for the same expression of free speech. These kinds of laws are a growing trend around the world, Glenn says, and America is no exception. Glenn discusses Washington state’s new “hate speech hotline,” which will allow people to rat out their neighbors for wrongthink and will DEFINITELY NOT be abused. Plus, Glenn explains how the groundwork for expanding this unconstitutional law has already been laid out across the country.

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GLENN: Okay. A few stories, I wanted to discuss today. A couple from Scotland and Canada. And one from right here in America. Let's start in Scotland. Did you hear the latest about J.K. Rowling. She's been speaking out recently about the Scottish hate crime act, a bill that has criminal consequences for saying anything deemed to be hateful. To quote Rowling in a recent viral post on X, quote, the new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girl's single sex spaces.

The grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.

She then ended her post with a direct challenge to the Scottish government. Saying, quote, if what I've written here qualifies as an offense, under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish enlightenment.

She's challenging. Now, I guess, lucky for Scotland, that her tweets have been declared as not criminal. By the Scottish police.

They're not going to go after her.

Really?

Well, she's responded, and said, okay. I'm probably the loudest voice on all of these things. What happens to the little people?

And, by the way, if you're a little person, and you want to speak out, I'll retweet what you say.

Maybe they'll arrest me then.

She's going in to challenge this. Now, let's look back on something that I've already told you about, and Canada. Remember, Canadian online Harms Act.

That could lead to life in prison, for individuals found guilty of certain types of speech. The bill's purpose is to increase punishments for what it teams, quote, the willful promotion of hatred.

But what is willful promotion of hatred?

Well, whatever those in control deem to be hateful.

Saying bless you, when someone sneezes. Raising your biological son to be a boy.

Anything that the powers that be, don't agree with.

And it's happening all over the world.

And America is now laying the groundwork for it to happen here.

Don't believe me.

According to the Seattle times, Washington State lawmakers have passed a bill, to create a hotline, for hate crimes and bias incidents.

Washington will soon establish, a nonemergency hotline, to assist people who have, quote, been targeted by hate crimes, and bias.

The bill defines bias as incidents, quote, that are hostile expressions of animus.

Toward the following categories. Actual or perceived race.

Color, ethnicity.

Religion, ancestry. National order. Gender. Sexual orientation.

Gender expression or identity. Or disability.

Hmm. So don't worry, there's no chance of anything backfiring here.

Not in a country full of microaggressions. No. No. No. Don't worry.

Americans would never take anything you say out of context. You know, because if they did, this would be a bloodbath.

Oh. Hmm. Well, wait a minute.

STU: He's done it again.

Amazing. That's -- you can see how that one might backfire a little bit. Although, I guess it's not really backfiring, if that's the outcome you want.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. Exactly right.

I mean, if you're a Democrat, and you use the word bloodbath. Well, I mean, if you're a Republican or named Trump, you should be immediately reported to the hotline for an act of verbal violence.

How about the firefighter that flags a thin red line flag at their firehouse?

Nobody would be offended by that, right? I mean, it's not like they're the police. People like firefighters. Oh, no. Wait. I'm sorry. New York has decided that the flag was too offensive to fly. Apparently, only the pride flag is allowed bit LGBTQIAPK2S.

STU: Missed a Q. Missed an I. There's the I.

GLENN: I. And infinity.

STU: Did you put two in there?

GLENN: Yes, I did. Only, one two, though. Should I have two two's or just one?

STU: I mean, if you're two spirits, you should probably hit both sides of that.

GLENN: Okay. So two two's, and we can even throw a second -- a third two in there, just to be safe.

Surely, you will have the First Amendment right to protest. I mean, the hotline will never be against you protesting, say, I don't know, an abortion center. Oh. Dang it, that's right.

Biden administration has already started the precedent for that one. I guess, if you're -- if you're just protesting for a leftist cause, you know, if you're doing that, you're fine. If you're not part of the left, you're going to get reported.

Because being offended is the number one goal in this society.

And this bill gives people the outlet, they've been searching for.

You'll probably be reported if you're a leftist, but nobody will do anything about it.

This bill is a direct violation of the First Amendment. The bill, by the way, doesn't have any way for you, if you're innocent, to clear your name.

You're just falsely accused.

And that's it. How soon will that list of people, who have been accused of hate crimes. And bias incidents.

Be used against them to take away other basic human rights. Like the right to bear arms.

The right to actually open up a bank account.

This type of censorship is happening all over the world. And legal consequences are happening all over the world. They're trying to strip your rights away, chunk by chunk.

And pretty soon, you won't have any left.

What J.K. Rowling is experiencing is a window into what they're trying to do here.

But she's not backing down.

She kind of knows, about oppression.

She wrote in one of her Harry Potter novels. Which I think is -- is pretty astute, and should be applied here. Dumbledore said, have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress?

All of them realize that one day, amongst their many victims there is sure to be one, who rises against them. And strikes back.

Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling.

Shocking train video: Passengers wait while woman bleeds out

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

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Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.