Being a 63 year old Coloradan unfortunate enough to be living in a red district, I hope our GOP implodes. Vote blue up and down the ballot - and I mean ALL the way down! 💙💙💙💙
Vote Progressive for positive change, then vote Blue for harm reduction. As Beau has tried to tell people many times; Corporate Dems are center Right-wing. Like Republicans, they're pro-Capitalist/anti-Worker. You won't ever find them on a picket line, and they lie about the Left-wing just as much as Republicans, just a lot more quietly. Only Progressives in the U.S. are even Centrists (a mix of Socialism and Capitalism).
Colorado native here, 54 years. I just want everyone to know that this has got nothing to do with Colorado, it just has to do with Colorado Republicans. And Eastern plains Republicans at that. That's how we get stuff like Lauren Bobo. The rest of us are just fine and are going to keep the state blue. Just don't lump the rest of us pot smoking ski freaks in with the freaking church people from Lamar.
We hear you! Same with Iowa, please don’t lump the city/suburbs in with most of the rural population. We’ve been gerrymandered red by diluting the urban vote into rural counties. 🤯🤬. We are purple darn it! First to answer Obama’s electability question and second to ratify same sex marriage. I miss those days, 😢. We’re fighting back though! Harris/Walz and blue all down ballot 2024! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
Yeps. That's true of every state. But this whole 2-sides thing is divisive. There are at least axises, not just 2-sides. 1) Wealth distribution: left/right (socialism/capitalism). 2) Power structures: liberal-egalitarian/authoritarian-totalitarian (freedom/oppression). 3) Social ideals: progressive/conservative/regressive (progress/status quo/ reversion).
I wish I could remember more of the details, but I do know it was a struggle... at one point they had a... meeting? assembly?... quite literally under a bridge, and the whole thing existed solely to have "a meeting" to keep the initiative in motion... it ended right after the role call was registered.
I wonder if he was embezzling money from the party. Hating on women and LGBT+ is the whole Republican brand, it doesn't seem very likely that CO GOP suddenly did a nearly unanimous about-face on that while the rest of the party keeps at it.
@fractiousperson303 there may have been Republican strategists who finally figured out that the "hate of the other" speech was hurting them, so they threw him under the bus to convince voters that they had changed. Nice try, epic fail. They have shown us who they are.
Totally agree Doreen, we've been through so much with him. He helped so many of us make it through the last scary elections and Jan 6th, the list is long and the gratitude runs deep. Love you Beau and Belle and peeps.💙💙💙
Uh yeah. No. I'm not buying it. I don't believe for ONE SECOND the Colorado GQP has suddenly grown a conscience. Williams stepped on too many toes. This was just the last straw, and a handy excuse to get rid of him while trying to appear more reasonable.
@Palindrome78 Now, that's not fair! Pennywise is an ancient extra-dimensional monster that sustains itself on the fear of... ummm... yeah... I get your point... never mind... as you were...
Yes it dawned on me a couple of weeks ago that essentially the names mean handsome or beautiful in French. Silly of me as I took French in college and it went over my head for a bit.😂
And just whom do you consider an extremist? A "lot of people" (all unnamed, of course) consider AOC an "extremist," for instance. Be careful with your words - or maybe you just intended to sow discord.
Why? Have you never seen anything that's extremely good before? Not all extremists are bad and or have bad ideas. Isn't the idea itself more important that how different it is?
In one of Beau's last videos he read a letter from a viewer that said the person felt desperate & no reason to go forward, instead wanting to unalive themselves. It was heartbreaking. I felt like I could see through Beau as he spoke, and feel that he was either thinking the same or very close to it. I worried all night for him & the family. It was only a day or two after that the change in hosting was announced. I don't want him or his family to ever go through this again. It worries me when people ask him to come back. He will be continuing to do the live charity shows - so let's be appreciative & supportive of what he can do. We love you Beau & Belle take care of you & the family first. (Including pets & other menagerie as family.) ❤🤗Sending much love 🤗❤
Beau needs some time off. A LOT. He shouldn't be doing anything except hanging out with his boy and wife. Belle is doing just fine, same staff, researchers and support team.
@@Irishgodessthat’s already been addressed… he absolutely should NOT be doing that… focusing so much on doing these videos that his health started to suffer means he needs to step away
Y’all means all! Love it! When will they learn? People of different strokes do not have any kind of effect on the lives of the ones who feel differently. In the words of Walz, mind your own damn business!
If only. Colorado is like a lot of states - Progressive cities surrounded by regressive rural Trumpublicans willing to make their lives worse as long as they can own the Libs.
I think of the Rings saga, when Theoden awakens from the spell that Wormtongue has cast upon him. He regains his strength and vision but also has to deal with the horror of what his succumbing to the spell has cost him, and has cost his people.
I have always likened the Maga /Qanon rise to a spell over the ignorant and the misinformed. Harris and Walz's sheer positivity, love of country and joyful presence has broken that spell, apparently even for some members of gather GOP. Go Colorado! Keep expelling the hate-filled bozos.
The analogy breaks down when one realizes that MAGA has no Theoden. They are all Wormtongues, poisoning each other. Or mindless Orcs, hating for hate's sake because they hate themselves and those who made them.
Listening to Beau kept us on an even footing through tough times with his soothing voice and common sense. Listening to Belle is exactly the same: thanks to both of you for your gracious, calming presentation when everyone else is loud and long winded and has abhorrent cuts of the horrid people we are trying very hard to lose.
Ma'am you're doing great. I never miss what you have to say. I've been here for years and I ain't leavin' God willin an the creek don't rise. Say hello to Beau and express that we know he's a great man and the fact that you chose each other and we get to hear from you both is our "White Buffalo equivalent." I wish all the best to you both and all those you Love.
Godless people??? WTF? If you are a true Christian we are ALL Gods children! If you’re not Christian we are still all HUMAN BEINGS! I am so tired of people finding fault with our brothers and sisters!
I don't understand why any lgbt+ person is religious. Who want's to be part of a club that very clearly doesn't want them? I was 14 when i realised that i have crushes on girls and boys. And i knew i couldn't tell my parents because their religion doesn't like that. So over the next 2 years i still attended church and my belief in god just kinda fizzled out. I had a few doubting moments when i started transitioning at 21 because taking hormones is basically telling god he didn't do it right. But it wasn't a huge deal because i've already had sex before marriage at that point so i was out of heaven anyway. And i can't imagine regretting any of my life choices enough to sincerely repent. So yeah i'm a godless lgbt person and i intend to stay godless.
Please do not blame GOD. The message was to LOVE your neighbors and also to LOVE your enemies. But we stupid humans decided (somehow) that hating was more fun.
@@misha_stupidyttookmyname, thank you for sharing this part of your story. I hope it helps someone who is now in the position you were back then. That's got to be a lonely feeling for a young person figuring out their sexuality.
Nowadays if they don't have to call in a tank.... they say "peaceful disagreement" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Those wacky republicans ! They would make a funny show but what a lousy way to run a government!
I am not trusting a change of heart this close to an election. Keep that position for a year when things are not on the line, and maybe I will trust that this is a sincere change of heart. They have been too horrible for too long to trust an overnight change.
My partner is trans- He is who he is, and I've never seen him any other way. My brother is trans, but didn't come out until much later in life. I knew him for most of my life in a very different way, and it's been harder for me to adjust... but that's a _me_ issue, not something wrong with _him_ . _Immutable_ is an absolutely masterful choice of words, Belle, and reflects the problem that the Right wing refuses to accept or understand: That trans and non-binary people are not altering who they _are_ , only how they are _perceived_ . They are who they have always been.
Ngl. When Belle replaced beau my main concern was that Buea was a grounding factor for me. So much on the internet is clickbait but this channel was never that. I feel home here.
Agreed on the clickbait and feeling home parts. While I hope that Beau does come back after he stabilizes, I hope that they split the role of "spokesperson" if he does rather than just reverting to all Beau all the time. Perhaps they could even bring in more of the team that are comfortable being on camera, to lend a more personal feeling to the research videos for example. Having diverse sources of information is great because it means they are well-prepared for many different topics. Having a diverse range of presenters is also a good thing, as everybody absorbs and presents information a little differently.
@@Jedi_Vigilante I would also feel really bummed if Beau took over by himself (and we didn't get to hear from Belle anymore). If he ever decides that coming back is the right choice for him, I also hope they split the role of being on camera. It would be nice to get both perspectives, but the most important thing to me is keeping that grounded feeling. The clickbait and making everything super dramatic really stresses me out, and I appreciate Belle and Beau for informing us the way they do. Edited for clarity.
Belle, you're killing it! I loved Beau's videos right away (and hope he's ok), and I'm grateful you've picked up where he left off and are continuing to do what he did: present food for thought in a thoughtful manner based on facts instead of twisting things into a pretzel for a sound bite. Keep it up!
Meanwhile, I have to endure seeing friends post on fb how thrilled they were to attend the trump rally in Glendale Az and are interested in the freedom (whatever that thing is called). 🤦♀️
On a personal level, I completely agree; but it is clear that the intent was to insult. Even if Mr. Williams is too ignorant to form an intelligent invective, it is reasonable for us to react against the intent-which was cleary derogatory.
@@Psittacus_erithacus The LGBTQ community reclaimed the word Queer. I strongly am feeling a need to reclaim the word "woke". Snowflakes are beautiful, unique, and ephemeral. Words reflect the spirit in which they are spoken. Someone could call me a cakemonger or a glass-shoe, or even a feebitz, and my only point of reference would be whether they said it with a sneer or a smile.
@@Psittacus_erithacus Worse than insulting, the intent is to “other” an entire demographic for the purpose of scapegoating. We saw how that works out in Europe in the early 20th century.
There's a saying about leopards changing their spots. There have also been a lot of people lately who were surprised that the leopards ate their face. They will show us who they are. Once they do, I will believe them.
I would like to imagine that for the overwhelming majority of people, staying hateful towards a group of people that don't do anything but just be different, has to be soul crushing and tiring. That being said, the GOP has conditioned me to not give them any credit for good reason
Bahahah I love the statement “changing leadership will lead to some disorganization”, that just tickled me because the gop is all about disorganization. Or maybe dysfunction is more appropriate?
I remember that. The GOP really needs more people like that woman -- ie someone to spend all their funds so they don't have enough $$ to run the state party, let alone enough $$ to run their GOP campaigns.
@@Jay-lw5vqactually, I think their role model is the guy who said “The art of leadership consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention”
@@BlackOpMercyGaming I would agree with you... It is just that they are incompetent in their ability to carry it out....They are a big umbrella group for haters and are trying to please all of them.
@@DaleHartleyidk… I think the only reason the haven’t been able to carry it out is that they haven’t tried an actual militarized/armed take over…. If it fails again the January…. Idk
Why is it people have to tell everyone what they think of someone different? People have life styles that I don't understand but I do not put them down or want laws passed against them. I do not care in the slightest how someone wants to go about their lives as long as no children or animals are endangered in any way, You do you and I will do me. If I laugh at the way you look hey laugh at the way I look it just means you caught me by surprise. None of my business what you want to be. I admit I don't understand it but I am not going to knock you down for it. I have no desire or inclination to say too much about anyone for the way they live their lives. I have always respected people for who they are not what someone thinks they should be.
When they are LGBTQ+ friendly consistently, them I will be convinced. I am willing to give them that chance, but they have to earn my trust with their deeds as well as words.
Yeah... I was getting ready to post that the likelihood of them being willing to use that as the reason for ousting him just _might_ have to do with the state having a gay governor...
Hey Belle, we love the videos. We are looking for some solid information on the current Georgia Board of Elections. There seems to be some difficulties there, and the governor is looking into removing member(s)?? Thanks in advance. This election cycle keeps dialing up the nuts. 😅😅😅😅🥃
Sounds like the Colorado gop is starting to clean house hopefully the log jam will break and other states will follow. Might take a thrashing in the upcoming election but at least there is hope.
