The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 9.9 What Dobrik Controversy Exposes, Facebook Ray-Ban Glasses, Biden's Mass Mandates & More

Starting point is 00:00:00 Sup, you beautiful bastards. Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show. Hit that like button, otherwise I will punch you in the throat and let's just jump into it. The first thing we gotta talk about today, and it really feels like it's a story that fit with a theme of a lot of other news this week,

Starting point is 00:00:13 really focused on the policing of female bodies. Of course, a lot of that news stemming from Texas. We also had that airline news, but this story involves a Colorado man by the name of Logan Dorn. And this is because Logan went viral this week after going to the beach and becoming upset over the fact that women were wearing bathing suits.

Starting point is 00:00:29 I know, those harlots, those succubi. And rather than just talking about it, let's watch the video, let's walk through this. Right, so the video starts, we see Logan confronting this group of young women about what they're wearing, and this happened. I'm at the beach in my bathing suit. That's a thong and that's a bra.

Starting point is 00:00:44 That is a bathing suit, sir. Take young guys into consideration's a bra. That's a f***ing bathing suit. Take your eyes into consideration. They don't need to see pornography right in front of their eyes. We're not coming up to you, bothering you. Please go away. You're flaunting your stuff. I'm not flaunting anything. Don't look at me.

Starting point is 00:00:53 But here's the thing. There's free will in America. There's freedom of speech. Get the f*** away. And if men of God don't stand up, then our society is gonna go down the drain because there's no morality. Right, and Logan just keeps going on and on. At one point he also starts evangelically mansplaining to the women

Starting point is 00:01:12 that the reason they're showing off their bodies is because they aren't sure if they're pretty enough. The girls also ask him, why are you focusing on us? Look at this person, look at this person. You're being a hypocrite. They say, what would you think is appropriate? He initially says a one piece. They laugh at him.

Starting point is 00:01:24 He then starts stuttering and says, you know, a two piece also, something more modest. Right, and following this video going viral, we saw a lot of reactions on social media being in the defense of the women. Then after help from internet sleuths, two of the women posted a follow-up video identifying Logan. And in that video also showing that they were wearing

Starting point is 00:01:38 rather standard bikinis, not thong style ones, like he claimed. Though the girls also noting that it shouldn't matter either way and pointed out that plenty of other people at the beach were dressed that way as well. Right, and basically saying that they felt like they were targeted because they were the only group of all women.

Starting point is 00:01:50 Also since being publicly named, Logan's posted several TikToks of his own telling his side of the story and refusing to apologize. Saying that he was in this area with his relatives when one asked if they could move spots because some college-age women were showing too much and adding. And so right then and there,

Starting point is 00:02:03 I just had a, just a righteous anger come over me. And also just a boldness by the Holy Spirit to go in to confront these ladies and to speak truth that, hey, what you're wearing is not okay for a nine-year-old boy or a six-year-old boy. And reason being is because coming from being introduced to pornography at a young age, it destroyed me. And I, in that moment, just a righteous anger of to defend and protect young eyes came over me. Right, and I think as a lot of you would expect that response then earned him even more criticism, especially because he went on

Starting point is 00:02:39 to make some transphobic remarks as well. Though you won't see those reactions on his TikToks because he's blocked all comments. His response is also seeming to just fuel the outrage rather than it just dying down. In fact, we saw many on social media reaching out to his alleged employer, a Christian construction company called Mighty Hand Construction. That company going on to make a statement yesterday saying they were now aware of the incident and adding, We began an investigation this morning, which has resulted in the immediate termination of Mr. Dorn. Mighty Hand Construction does not condone Logan's behavior in the videos, nor do his actions reflect our values as a company."

Starting point is 00:03:07 You know, personally, my reaction to this story is, yeah, good. I know there are gonna be some people that are like, ah, what about freedom of speech? Which, once again, I would say, of course, yeah, there is freedom of speech in this country, but also not freedom from consequences. Like if one of my employees was out there

Starting point is 00:03:20 and harassing women in public because he didn't, he wasn't okay with the way they were dressed I would let that person go absolutely and based off of the words that are just kind of falling out of Logan's mouth both in the initial videos and the videos after I Really Logan I think that you need to see a therapist about your relationship with women really out here seeming like a toxic fuckhead Who's excusing his fuckhead behavior with religious righteousness and you're overcompensating and projecting, and it's just, it ain't a good look, Logan. I understand, I know Logan,

Starting point is 00:03:48 or people that are gonna try and defend Logan, they're gonna try and make it about religious versus non-religious. I know tons of religious people that have opinions and feelings, but they're not out there harassing people in public. It's your actions, Logan, and Logan, those actions have made you our douchebag of the day.

Starting point is 00:04:03 Congratulations, buddy. Then, moving on to the entertainment section of today's show, we have two entertainment stories. I could kind of be summed up with the line, your opinion doesn't matter, which is kind of a dickish way to say it, but it hits the right notes. We've kind of talked about it before,

Starting point is 00:04:17 unless you're a part of a person's core audience, you can't really impact their career for the most part. Starting with TikTok sensation, Addison Rae in the news fresh off the release of her new film, "'He's All That," which is the remake of the 90s classic, "'She's All That." Critically speaking, it got its fair share of bad reviews.

Starting point is 00:04:32 A lot of people taking jabs at Addison's performance, but that doesn't matter because her core audience was there for her. According to Netflix, over 55 million households are expected to watch that movie in its first four weeks. It also reached number one in 78 different countries, which are huge, huge successful numbers. And appears to be part of the reason

Starting point is 00:04:47 we're seeing the news today that Addison Rae has now signed a multi-picture deal with Netflix. And not only for her to star in the movies, but executive produce as well. And then in similar news, but obviously a much different situation, you had David Dobrik. David, of course, had come back to YouTube successfully

Starting point is 00:05:01 after what had felt like a certain period of time where it felt like there was just scandal after scandal. Ultimately, that hitting its peak when you had a woman accusing Dirty Dom of raping her while she was with the group to film a video, as well as that instance where David Dobrik almost killed Jeff Wittek in a crane accident. But still with that, even after a successful YouTube return,

Starting point is 00:05:17 there were a number of people going, okay, well, can he get that mainstream success? With the news we're seeing this week, wonder no more because he signed a deal with Discovery+. Recently, he was a part of Shark Week. He also has this new Discovery Plus show where it's a 10 episode travel series called Discovering David Dobrik,

Starting point is 00:05:30 which actually surprised a number of people, not because he got the deal, but because it was a travel show. For those that don't know, David is a dreamer. He's a DACA recipient with actually Discovery's plug for the show on Twitter saying, "'As a DACA dreamer, David Dobrik was unable "'to travel outside of the US until now.

Starting point is 00:05:42 "'Join the vlog squad on their journey "'to secure his green card.'" Then in business and tech news, I got a story that you're either gonna react to travel outside of the US until now. Join the vlog squad on their journey to secure his green card. Then in business and tech news, I got a story that you're either gonna react to in one of two ways. You're gonna either be like, yes, I thought that maybe another big company should take a swing at this,

Starting point is 00:05:53 or no, stop trying to make this a thing. And that is because it turns out the rumors are true. Facebook and Ray-Ban have debuted a pair of smart glasses. And these glasses, which went on sale today at the same time with the announcement for $299, can do several things, including play open air sound. You can take calls. But by far the most notable feature

Starting point is 00:06:10 is that they can take pictures and record short videos. And depending on who you are, one of the highlights of these models or one of the biggest points of controversies is you may not even have realized that there is a camera in this model. Or with some arguing that these glasses can easily be used in large group settings

Starting point is 00:06:24 to take photos of people without their knowledge. Though here, Facebook itself has pushed back saying that they don't do anything your phone can't already do. Also noting that when you take a picture or a video, a white LED light will turn on. And with that, Facebook even arguing to some degree, it's more overt than what people are doing with phones. But still, as the National Consumers League,

Starting point is 00:06:39 an advocacy group that Facebook actually consulted with in the development of these glasses said, you put these out in the wild and people are gonna use them the way they are going to use them. And so with these glasses, I wanna know your thoughts. Do you see this as a big privacy concern? Are they different than a phone to you? Are you somewhere in the middle?

Starting point is 00:06:54 Why, why not? Personally, I'll say I'm very excited to try these out. If you've watched me for a long time, you know that's not a surprise. I was one of the first people with the Google Glass. I really wish that it actually worked out. I also tried Snap Spectacles. I was very let down by that.

Starting point is 00:07:08 As a dad who loves to take pictures and videos, but also at the same time, you know, I want to be in the moment. I hate having to whip out a phone. This seems like a great thing. The interface in the review videos that I've seen thus far, it seems a lot more intuitive and clean than Snap's. No offense, Snap.

Starting point is 00:07:22 You know, regarding the privacy aspect, yes, I totally understand that, but I am also more in the camp of, I think there's already stuff out there, whether it be a phone or actually like more spy gear people could use now and probably do so more effectively. But that's a story, my opinion, and of course, now I pass the question off to you.

Starting point is 00:07:36 Are you interested by this? Do you think this is a nightmare? Why, why not? Let me know. But from that, I wanna take a quick second to thank the fantastic sponsor of today's show, Raycon. Co-founded by audio engineers and some of the music industry's elite,

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Starting point is 00:08:45 The official date is September 14th, but actually mail-in ballots were sent out a while back. And so you should be voting now if you can vote, right? Because notably, as we've talked about, this recall election has two important questions. We're asking Californians, do you want to recall Governor Gavin Newsom? Yes or no?

Starting point is 00:08:59 And second, who would you want to replace Newsom if he is voted out of office? And at 50.00001% vote yes, the new governor, regardless of how much of the vote they get, as long as they have the most out of everyone else listed, they become the governor. Right now, if Newsom was recalled, it looks like Republican Larry Elder

Starting point is 00:09:16 would become the next governor of California. According to FiveThirtyEight right now, it looks like he would get 25.6% of the vote compared to his next biggest competitor, Kevin Paffrath listed at around 7%, which is why both locally and nationwide, you have a lot of Democrats ringing the alarm. With some among other things calling this a bold face,

Starting point is 00:09:33 Republican power grab, right? Hoping the Democrats don't turn out, don't treat this as a real threat, then using the recall rules to put in a Republican who may only get 20 to 30% of the vote, especially because it does appear to be a genuine worry that Dianne Feinstein, of course, the Democratic Senator in California,

Starting point is 00:09:47 that she is old and could potentially die or have to leave office for health reasons. Larry Elder would then have the ability to put in a Republican Senator and break the 50-50 split in the Senate. But of course, that's in the very specific situation where that happens and not the just stuff that he stands for.

Starting point is 00:10:01 Yeah, that's why we've even seen the likes of AOC as well as Bernie Sanders speaking up for Democrats to vote no. There's probably a ballot in your mailbox on a recall election. Please find that thing, vote no, stick that sucker right back in your mailbox. It's also why I've seen leftists

Starting point is 00:10:17 who I know hate Gavin Newsom's guts even telling their people that watch them to vote no. Yeah, ultimately you have to wait and see. If you're a Californian, definitely make sure you get out and vote. I already have. One of the things that makes our country this country, be heard.

Starting point is 00:10:30 Then we had China in the news, not only continuing but ramping up their crusade against video games. Right, last time we talked about this, they heavily restricted how long minors can play online, but now they're reportedly also slowing down approvals for future online games. With the South China Morning Post saying this is an attempt

Starting point is 00:10:43 to curb gaming addiction among young people. Also in a public statement yesterday, China's propaganda department said that it and other authorities would seriously deal with any violation of their rules. With regulators reportedly summoning Tencent Holdings and NetEase, the country's two biggest online gaming companies.

Starting point is 00:10:56 And there they reportedly reminded both companies to limit how long and when minors can play games online. Also telling the companies to change their game design to be less addictive, though no specifics have been listed. Both companies later confirming that they'll comply with the government's demands, I imagine because they don't want to get disappeared. With that, we saw shares for each plummeting,

Starting point is 00:11:13 Tencent falling as much as 8.5% in Hong Kong, and NetEase 11%. And really with China, we should expect more and more to come from this. Then let's talk about vaccines and mandates. On the business side, yesterday United Airlines announced that any of its un-vaxxed employees who've been granted religious exemptions

Starting point is 00:11:28 from taking the COVID vaccine, they'll be placed on temporary unpaid leave starting October 2nd. With United's vice president of human resources telling workers, given the dire statistics, we can no longer allow unvaccinated people back in the workplace until we better understand how they might interact with our customers

Starting point is 00:11:42 and their vaccinated coworkers. Also on top of that, United said that if employees request for a religious exemption is denied, they'll need to get vaccinated within five weeks or they'll be terminated. Meanwhile, employees who can't get vaccinated for medical reasons, they'll be put on temporary medical leave,

Starting point is 00:11:54 but whether they get paid is based on their union's collective bargaining agreement with United. As far as when the impact that employees can return, United did not give a specific date, instead saying the pilots, flight attendants, gate agents, and airport customer service agents with exemptions can return once the pandemic meaningfully recedes.

Starting point is 00:12:09 With mechanics and dispatchers able to return after the company implements new testing measures and other policies. And with all this, of course, United's not alone here. We've seen similar news with Delta, American Airlines, though of course each a little bit different. Also regarding United, reportedly estimates say that employee vaccination rates are extremely high.

Starting point is 00:12:25 With United saying that most of its workers who were unvaccinated when the mandate was announced have since gotten vaccinated. And as far as the reaction to this specific story, one of the main things that I saw were related to religious exemptions. I always saw many people cheering this move, people saying things like,

Starting point is 00:12:37 this is essentially calling the religious exemption bluff. United is simply testing their faith for whatever religion they are claiming. As well as people saying, stop using religion and freedom as an excuse to put others at risk. However, you also have people saying things like, this is cruel, as well as making a choice to remain unvaccinated is becoming very expensive.

Starting point is 00:12:52 While these decisions are in the interest of public health, they lead to a very slippery slope. I do hope people don't lose their trust in vaccines or the concept of a free society. Though we have seen pushback there with people saying, making a choice to remain unvaccinated should be very expensive. Those doing it should bear the burdens of their choice,

Starting point is 00:13:07 not the rest of us. People also comparing the price of a vaccine compared to all the other treatments. Some, like radio host Howard Stern, going even further, saying, given the current situation, that anti-vaxxers should be denied hospital care once infected. Well, you know, hospitals around the country

Starting point is 00:13:19 have had to have very tough conversations on how to prioritize treatment for un-vaxxed people in case systems get overwhelmed. To be clear, it would be illegal in many cases, and also in others, it would just be highly unethical. Also, we've got the government side of this story with President Biden expected to sign an executive order later today

Starting point is 00:13:34 that will mandate the vast majority of federal workers and contractors get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Reportedly, the requirement will apply to employees of the executive branch, including the White House and all federal agencies, as well as members of the armed services. So Congress and the federal court system reportedly not included in this order,

Starting point is 00:13:47 but that is still incredibly significant. You're talking about a workforce of over 4 million people. And beyond that, Biden's order will also reportedly direct the Department of Labor to draft a rule requiring all businesses with 100 or more workers to ensure that all their employees either get vaccinated or face weekly testing,

Starting point is 00:14:01 as well as mandate that the more than 17 million healthcare workers at hospitals that accept Medicare and Medicaid funding also get vaccinated. And while probably like a lot of you, I'd like to just not even think about COVID anymore. All these changes, the mandates that we're seeing, it's happening as a spread of Delta has pushed America's daily average caseload over 150,000

Starting point is 00:14:18 for the first time since late January. But more importantly, daily hospitalizations are also averaging more than 100,000 for the first time since early February and roughly 1500 people a day are dying. Or figure that mirrors numbers not seen since March before vaccines were readily available. And that is essentially where the situation ends.

Starting point is 00:14:35 And you know, I was just, I was just thinking about this today and it's not a fully formed thought yet. You know, it's weird. Like you're probably as emotionally exhausted as I am or probably even more emotionally exhausted from the last two years. But I just told you something killed 1500 Americans yesterday.

Starting point is 00:14:49 And you probably didn't blink an eye, but if I said that of almost anything else, I feel like the majority of people would be like, holy shit, this cannot stand. We have to do something. Like think about it, obviously it's a different situation. We're talking about an attack on our country and there are other aspects at play,

Starting point is 00:15:02 but every two days right now on average, we're losing as many people as we lost on 9-11. That's an insane thing to think, but I feel like we're just so numb from the last two years. I don't know, I guess that's where I'm gonna end this one. But, you know, ultimately with this story, or really anything else stood out to you today, I'd love to know your thoughts

Starting point is 00:15:17 in those comments down below. And as always, I just wanna make sure I say, thank you for watching, liking the video, subscribing, doing all the good stuff. My name's Philip DeFranco. You've just been filled in. I love yo faces and I'll see you next time. Unless I go away forever.

Starting point is 00:15:32 I won't, my ego couldn't take that.

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The Philip DeFranco Show - PDS 9.9 What Dobrik Controversy Exposes, Facebook Ray-Ban Glasses, Biden's Mass Mandates & More

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