Edie Falco reads a letter to white supremacists

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  • čas přidán 20. 12. 2023
  • In the wake of violence in Charlottesville in 2017, a Salt Lake City resident named Jonna Ramey wrote an open letter to white nationalists that was titled, “What Is Wrong With You?” Her letter was published in The Salt Lake Tribune and was soon read by millions.
    At Letters Live at New York City's The Town Hall back in 2018, acting legend Edie Falco joined us to read it.
    Letters Live returns to The Town Hall, New York, on 16th May 2024 with another top secret line-up of performers. Get your ticket now and join us for this very special show: www.ticketmaster.com/event/03...
    © Jonna Ramey, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2017
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  • @casandrabarnes-oq9fy
    @casandrabarnes-oq9fy Před 5 měsíci +492

    Black person to White person, thank you. ❤

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Před 4 měsíci +23

      Jewess to both of you: peace and love.

    • @user-vv2yr9ln9m
      @user-vv2yr9ln9m Před 4 měsíci +1

      She wasn't talking about you as a black person. Please get a brain 🙄

    • @marsha2709
      @marsha2709 Před 4 měsíci +24

      Another Black person thanks you so much Jonna Ramey AND Edie !!!!

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Před 4 měsíci +15

      @@marsha2709 Love to you too from this Jewess and I am so proud today..a beautiful inside out (to quote the film) male gay friend of mine is accepting a political position today. I hope one day to vote him in for President! I do not love identity politics but he would be a great one!

    • @yankeeladee02
      @yankeeladee02 Před 4 měsíci +21

      White person to black person… I love you, brethren ☮️💟

  • @mimichapman6210
    @mimichapman6210 Před 5 měsíci +812

    As a sixty-seven year old white person I say "Yeah!" I totally agree.

    • @richard3793
      @richard3793 Před 5 měsíci +33

      I'm 67 and white as well and I say here here.

    • @nstark1066
      @nstark1066 Před 5 měsíci +42

      As a 70 year old with pale skin, I appreciate diversity and love humans worldwide! 😂 Not swimming in shallow gene pools, lol..

    • @thomasfoss9963
      @thomasfoss9963 Před 5 měsíci +1

      1956 must have been a good year!!!!! I am in the same club, and wasn't raised in that racist/fascist way--- Trump wants to be a dictator, and must be brought down-- This country has always fought against fascist regimes-- And won!!! It's time to stop this fascist movement which is currently permeating our society-----

    • @user-em3vl6li5w
      @user-em3vl6li5w Před 5 měsíci +31

      As a 76 year old white woman, keep the faith.

    • @timk800
      @timk800 Před 4 měsíci +28

      as a 60 year old white person (melanin deficiency is what makes us white... a deficiency) I whole heartedly agree

  • @deborahrivera6064
    @deborahrivera6064 Před 5 měsíci +394

    Well said Ms Ramey. The majority of us who aren't in "the cult" agree 100%. They are "profound losers" indeed.

    • @Wilett614
      @Wilett614 Před 4 měsíci +21

      YES they ARE ! DEMOCRACY will Reign Supreme AGAIN .... VOTE BLUE ...Straight Through

    • @jamicirotti5081
      @jamicirotti5081 Před 4 měsíci

      You sound like a profound loser to call half the country profound losers. How so. You Trump haters never back up any statements with anything. Just mindless hateful comments that other haters like. YOU are brainwashed.

    • @jeanneganrude8549
      @jeanneganrude8549 Před 4 měsíci

      And soon Trump will lose in court in one of his many felony trials.
      Because he is the biggest baby loser of all time. Waah waah waah.
      Cry me a River.

    • @TangSooTerp
      @TangSooTerp Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Wilett614Vote Blue? So, if I don't "vote blue," then I'm a white supremacist and a threat to democracy? Is THAT what you are saying?

    • @firstlast8258
      @firstlast8258 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@walterlefferts6297 speak for yourself 🤓 🖕

  • @waynetaylor8082
    @waynetaylor8082 Před 5 měsíci +960

    This needs to be aired on Fox, OAN, NewsMax, and EVERY other right wing platform there IS!!!!

    • @loricusenza4887
      @loricusenza4887 Před 5 měsíci

      It won’t be, just as the triumphs of Biden’s economic policies aren’t.

    • @stephenmarinaccio5348
      @stephenmarinaccio5348 Před 5 měsíci

      They won’t listen. They’re too brainwashed.

    • @graemekeable8461
      @graemekeable8461 Před 5 měsíci +70

      I have a better idea, shut those stations down

    • @waynetaylor8082
      @waynetaylor8082 Před 5 měsíci +28

      @@graemekeable8461 That is a "tactic," of the wannabe dictator. WE are better than THAT. OUR Constitution and the First Amendment guarantees ALL "free speech." WE will get through this, the alternative is unthinkable!

    • @rjean99
      @rjean99 Před 5 měsíci +43

      They'll just get mad and call it "woke"

  • @ritagorra9191
    @ritagorra9191 Před 5 měsíci +738

    Well done. I am a 70 year old white woman. I will not be silent either.

    • @aftonair
      @aftonair Před 5 měsíci +23

      I'm with you!

    • @melainewhite6409
      @melainewhite6409 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Proclaiming that your race adds weight to your comments is...yep racism.

    • @deehunter9382
      @deehunter9382 Před 5 měsíci +63

      @@melainewhite6409 No. The identification is not racist but informative. They want readers to know that not ALL white people are haters and trolls where POC are concerned...and in light of the demeaning and hateful things we read from our white American family members in social media - that information is a BLESSED thing to have and gives one HOPE for this country.

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci

      @@melainewhite6409 The so-called 'anti-racists' are the most race conscious of all. Everything through the prism of race.

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci

      @@deehunter9382 Should blacks specify their percentage of blackness versus whiteness given most are of mixed ancestry?

  • @rainydaylady6596
    @rainydaylady6596 Před 5 měsíci +476

    Unfortunately, the people who need to hear this won't.

    • @TimJohnsonBizNet3
      @TimJohnsonBizNet3 Před 5 měsíci +24

      That may be true but do not lose heart. Use this letter one on one when you encounter it yourself where you can reach or challenge people. it won't always work but if you change ONE mind, we will have won.

    • @bbrowngrooms
      @bbrowngrooms Před 5 měsíci +13

      We can spread it!!!

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@bbrowngrooms
      You live in a world where banks literally wallpaper their buildings with DEI talking points 30 days a year for black history month.
      Do you seriously think the reason your message doesn't resonate with more people is because you're not broadcasting it loudly enough?

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ephraimwinslow The woke clowns actually think that their message comes from the bottom up whereas it comes from the top down, eg. DEI.
      They are merely tools of the elite working to fullfil elite agendas.

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@HarryF-tz5fo
      Stay tuned for 2-3 different flavors of excuses for why they go immediately silent when they're actually confronted by the people they claim are hopeless, ignorant and cowardly.

  • @christya2488
    @christya2488 Před 5 měsíci +307

    Thank you Jonna Ramey. Thank you Edie Falco. Beautifully written. Beautifully read. As a white person, and just a basic decent human being, I agree 100%.

    • @logangodofcandy
      @logangodofcandy Před 4 měsíci +1

      The race statements in these comments is very racist. It's appalling, really.

    • @colleenbrady9675
      @colleenbrady9675 Před 4 měsíci

      Me too.

    • @macethorns1168
      @macethorns1168 Před 3 měsíci

      An actress read a bunch of nonsense bullshit written by a leftist turd "eloquently". Yay.

  • @ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1
    @ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1 Před 5 měsíci +513

    "I'm not black but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white." - Frank Zappa, 1966

    • @marcilynn2943
      @marcilynn2943 Před 5 měsíci +21

      He was a genius. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

    • @ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1
      @ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1 Před 5 měsíci +13

      @@marcilynn2943Amen, marcilynn!

    • @Pammie1221
      @Pammie1221 Před 5 měsíci +13

      WOW.. talk about being ahead of his time. ❤

    • @andreah6379
      @andreah6379 Před 5 měsíci

      Frank doesn't speak for me, as a white person! In fact, just the opposite.
      It's us with the caucasian skin that need to fight the rabid vile white nationalists & racists everywhere we can! You don't fight back by wishing you weren't the same skin color as the lousy ones. In fact, that just marks us as cowards.
      We need to just stand against them. Not change anything else.

    • @user-em3vl6li5w
      @user-em3vl6li5w Před 5 měsíci +17

      So true, hopefully, at long last, times really are a changing, don’t let casual racist or homophobic remarks be said unchallenged, I’m a 76 yr old white British woman, I’ve learnt if you don’t challenge offensive language, the racist will think you share their views. It gets easier to challenge I’ve found with age. Young people, who are hopefully better educated, for them racism isn’t an issue, homosexuality isn’t an issue. nor the transgender stuff. Thankfully they all work and socialise with each other. I’ve got real faith in the young, obviously I’m generalising, but big oaks from little acorns grow.

  • @marvinmartin4692
    @marvinmartin4692 Před 5 měsíci +721

    My father served in Europe as well. He helped liberate two death camps. These people completely dishonored every veteran! I find it completely disgusting!

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci +5

      It's more complicated than that as the allies were fighting on the side of the biggest butcher of the 20th century(bar Mao Zedong), Joseph Stalin. He had plenty of death camps that didn't get liberated.

    • @lysanamcmillan7972
      @lysanamcmillan7972 Před 5 měsíci

      @@TheRonster1957 Stalin would not have been amongst the Allies if Germany hadn't started a two-front war. The enemy of my enemy is not always my friend, but when every ounce of strength matters, you make strange bedfellows. Also, you are mistakenly equating gulags to death camps. They were horrible, but Stalin didn't build Zyklon-B showers he first had tested on people with disabilities before unleashing them on other people. Invading the USSR to free its citizens is what you call a total waste of time and resources. Napoleon figured out in one winter that trying to take Russia was a really bad idea. Hitler had "never start a land war in Asia" shoved down his throat.
      Finally, the biggest butcher of the 20th century wasn't even Mao Zedong, whose "Great Leap Forward" was brutal in its numbers. He was named Thomas Midgley, Jr. An American chemical engineer, his two biggest weapons were his brainchildren, leaded gasoline and freon. Untold millions of people and animals slaughtered because he didn't think through the ramifications of his choices and worse, supported misinformation campaigns about them.

    • @marvinmartin4692
      @marvinmartin4692 Před 5 měsíci +54

      @@TheRonster1957 so that justifies dishonoring ww2 veterans? It justifies fascism here and now?

    • @spanqueluv9er
      @spanqueluv9er Před 5 měsíci

      @@TheRonster1957 Tell us you have a comprehension problem without telling us.🙄🤦‍♂️🤡
      Jesus.💩

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci

      @@marvinmartin4692 You already have fascism here now. Benito Mussolini defined fascism as the merger of the corporate and state.
      Guess who owns your government?
      As for dishonouring WW2 veterans, they were lied into the war like everyone else has been lied into wars. It amazes me that anyone believes government justifications for war anyway.

  • @cpuuk
    @cpuuk Před 5 měsíci +236

    Bullies got to be bullying someone, it's the only way they can feel good about themselves. Great letter 🙂

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +3

      Hashtag third grade wisdom.

    • @user-kt2on3zc1t
      @user-kt2on3zc1t Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@ephraimwinslowSo much for humanity.

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@ephraimwinslow It may well be third grade wisdom but it is top class virtue signalling.

    • @snuffcore9686
      @snuffcore9686 Před 5 měsíci +4

      ​​@@ephraimwinslow Making the point for him? Good job. 😂

    • @chenzen1578
      @chenzen1578 Před 5 měsíci

      I don't that's what we are dealing here with.
      There are many real threats to humanity, all caused by our greed.
      Now there are strong-appearing men (never women) all over the world pointing to minorities and blaming them or denying those problems exist.
      Fascism is strong-appearing leaders rounding up the people they have scared sh!tless before, instrumentalising them and make them hate said minorities: All for te purpouse of power. No values. Just greed. Much more than just bullying.

  • @robertwheeler8994
    @robertwheeler8994 Před 5 měsíci +223

    At least someone with a platform is using it for good. More famous people need to do this.

    • @bkzone8
      @bkzone8 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Live letters have many famous people reading important (and sometimes not-so-important) letters.

    • @ixchelkali
      @ixchelkali Před 4 měsíci +5

      Just to be clear, the letter is from Jonna Ramey of Salt Lake City, not Edie Falco. Edie Falco is the reader.

  • @sharonkaysnowton
    @sharonkaysnowton Před 5 měsíci +219

    Thank you Edie Falco- I totally agree with you. What is wrong with them??? Thank you for your letter to white supremacy, nazis, bigots, and DJT followers. Thank you soooooo much for your letter. Your parents were a great role model for us- All Americans stand shoulder to shoulder for what is right. Be blessed.

    • @jamicirotti5081
      @jamicirotti5081 Před 5 měsíci

      Wow! Your comment is so offensive! What is wrong with you? Hateful hateful hateful people saying others are hateful. Examine your heart lady! Trump followers? YOU are full of HATE and so is everyone here. Where are these white supremacists? I'm in VA! Any God loving human being rebukes hate. You all are promoting it! Only love can conquer hate. You people hate Trump and his supporters (more than half the country) and you don't know why except that they're showing a 9 year old clip to rile people up before elections.

    • @ELKA197
      @ELKA197 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Be blessed for sure

    • @amayastrata4629
      @amayastrata4629 Před 4 měsíci +13

      She was reading a letter written by someone else.

    • @ELKA197
      @ELKA197 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Wonderful letter

  • @texasbluebonnet4303
    @texasbluebonnet4303 Před 5 měsíci +239

    Edie you certainly delivered a well thought out message to those who have gone astray and forgotten how our ancestors fought for the freedom that we all have in this country! I applaud you for saying exactly what many of us have been thinking .

  • @timandsuea.8846
    @timandsuea.8846 Před 5 měsíci +2178

    I think there are more of us that agree with this letter than those who do not. We need to keep letting our voices be heard. Vote Blue to save our democracy!!!

    • @tracesprite6078
      @tracesprite6078 Před 5 měsíci +37

      It may be time to ask your local cinema to show The Sound of Music and other World War II movies.

    • @byedumdum4706
      @byedumdum4706 Před 5 měsíci +58

      Vote Blue to Keep Our Borders Open!!!

    • @xx5zi
      @xx5zi Před 5 měsíci

      So you can get out?​@@byedumdum4706

    • @stoneymcneal2458
      @stoneymcneal2458 Před 5 měsíci +46

      How did you manage to convince yourself that “voting blue” will protect democracy? Do you have any real understanding for what constitutes a democracy? Has it ever occurred to you that your apparent ideological view of the world might actually be the real threat to democracy? Are you unaware of the fact that bigotry exists among all walks of life? Of course, I have many more questions, but I doubt you will read this far into my message as doing so will cause you far too much internal stress.

    • @user-kt2on3zc1t
      @user-kt2on3zc1t Před 5 měsíci +19

      My God. I hope so. Too bad some will miss the point.

  • @charlescummings1128
    @charlescummings1128 Před 4 měsíci +173

    This was a wonderful letter composed by a person who knows the true meaning of democracy. Less we forget 400,000+ Americans gave their lives for your rights and freedoms. We will not let you tarnish their memory with hate and facism.

    • @georgevan2589
      @georgevan2589 Před 4 měsíci

      Or let you get away with calling them "stupid" or "suckers"; then you and your father's quack of a doctor cheated to get you 5 illegitimate deferments.

    • @jeanneganrude8549
      @jeanneganrude8549 Před 4 měsíci +15

      Beautifully written and beautifully read.
      Take this to heart, MAGAts.

    • @jenniferjean
      @jenniferjean Před 4 měsíci +8

      Thanks for the reminder. 400,000 omg they gave everything so we could continue to enjoy our freedom. Brave and hopefully not forgotten.

    • @logangodofcandy
      @logangodofcandy Před 4 měsíci +1

      Fascism means the government has authority over everything. Speech, guns, religion, food, clothes, cars.
      If you believe in government taxing and regulating all of these things, by definition, you are the fascist.
      Democracy just means any system where some group of citizens vote for their government. A fascist dictatorship that has voting by an upper class, even members of the party, is by definition a democracy

    • @charlescummings1128
      @charlescummings1128 Před 4 měsíci

      @@logangodofcandy Sorry pal but I disagree. In a two party democratic system a single party is not gauranteed to rule forever. Your Republicans have used all sorts of improper methods to disenfranchised certain voters. That includes illegal gerrymandering to manipulate the voting districts which minimize the voting power of minorities and other segments of this society. But that's okay with you because you do not believe in equal rights for ALL tax paying Americans. This society is the spitting image of PRE-WW2 Germany. As a result Hitler started a war that took the lives of 400,000+ Americans. I am not on that privileged nonsense you are espousing. So when your rights and freedoms vanish and you start looking for someone to blame then go grab a mirror.

  • @jota893
    @jota893 Před 5 měsíci +135

    I am an immigrant and have lived in this US over 40 years. Thank you Ms Falco and your parents. I lived as a child in a Chicago neighborhood with men who fought in the Pacific and Normandy and they were decent men who shared their love with all.

    • @toninatoli
      @toninatoli Před 4 měsíci +1

      FYI, Falco didn't write the letter. She's reading it. Letters Live is the event where actors read these.

    • @CognitiveDissident.
      @CognitiveDissident. Před 4 měsíci +2

      And they were all God-fearing and Conservative by today's standards. None of them trivialized terms like Nazi or Fascist to shout down people who disagreed with them. Those people would be appalled at how weak, dishonest and manipulative America has become.

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@@CognitiveDissident.They would know the dog whistle of what crud you are spouting and the generalizations you spew in an attempt to sound wise. I grew up with the loss of a relative who fought in that war. He would recognize your dog whistle from miles away.

    • @CognitiveDissident.
      @CognitiveDissident. Před 4 měsíci

      @@IMeMineWho No, they'd see right through your manipulative nonsense, and tell you to read the Bible, more than likely.
      I lived among those generations, you pretend to understand them and reinvent them to resemble you.
      They weren't "woke", they didn't think in buzzwords and fallacy like you.
      There were no "dog whistles", people didn't tiptoe around trying not to offend, they just simply said what they meant.
      Lots of us lost friends and family to wars of the past, that doesn't make you special, or a moral authority.
      Your generations are so desperate to feel important that you trivialize real atrocity into a casual insult, and presume to speak about a culture you never experienced.

    • @MrHate444
      @MrHate444 Před 4 měsíci

      A dog whistle or words that resonate truth of facts just hiding your head in the sand to fascism and racisms does not hide the facts that it exist! @@IMeMineWho

  • @mikes5637
    @mikes5637 Před 5 měsíci +338

    This should be broadcast on national TV at a peak time and shown in EVERY junior high school.

    • @nostalgia46
      @nostalgia46 Před 5 měsíci +12

      Agree, every day! The Dominian lawsuit against Fox should have included showing this clip daily in their settlement. 😂

    • @larryborsa4396
      @larryborsa4396 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Too "woke" for many it seems.

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci

      @@larryborsa4396 Woke =mentally unhinged. How many genders are there?

    • @tygrahof9268
      @tygrahof9268 Před 5 měsíci

      @@larryborsa4396The real meaning of "woke" is a GOOD thing. Republicans are repelled by good things.

    • @rodneyoneil-kb1xk
      @rodneyoneil-kb1xk Před 5 měsíci +4

      YUP, I’m ABSOLUTELY. With you 1000. Percent!!!

  • @kathyeyesopen4078
    @kathyeyesopen4078 Před 5 měsíci +303

    THIS is PERFECT and should be posted in every newspaper and every notice boards! Well done Edie! ❤

    • @spanqueluv9er
      @spanqueluv9er Před 5 měsíci +4

      ^”in… every notice boards”? Also- you realize she didn’t write this, yeah?🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @ecstanton8385
      @ecstanton8385 Před 5 měsíci +4

      ​@@spanqueluv9eryou disagree with the letter's contents?

    • @CutUSoBaD
      @CutUSoBaD Před 5 měsíci +7

      ​​@@spanqueluv9erWhy does it matter that she didnt write it? That doesnt negate the message. Are you butthurt that the letter addresses you and your kind?

    • @marcilynn2943
      @marcilynn2943 Před 5 měsíci

      @@spanqueluv9erCry harder, big ot. 🤮

  • @vudu8ball
    @vudu8ball Před 5 měsíci +93

    Good Work Edie! My dad fought in WW2 and i made a solemn vow at twelve years old that I personally that I would never allow what happened in Germany happen in America. And now it is happening. I will be true to my pledge even as an old man. The nazis will never see me coming.

    • @John-mu2js
      @John-mu2js Před 4 měsíci

      This has always happened in America. Hitler learned his mess from white supremacy here. America is fascist and chattel slavery is the stamp of it. Now Israel is being inducted into the genocide club and white Evangelicals are their biggest cheerleaders with a Catholic POTUS handing them weapons and money to get the job done and allowing them to engage in apartheid in the West Bank to top the carnage off.

    • @Smiley_Face_Killer
      @Smiley_Face_Killer Před 4 měsíci +5

      That makes two of us.

    • @nghtwtchmn129
      @nghtwtchmn129 Před 4 měsíci +2

      What did your dad think of Affirmative Action quotas?

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@nghtwtchmn129Nice look you faketriot goading a patriot like him.

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Před 4 měsíci +3

      Unfortunately it did..in Madison Square Gardens around that time. But thank you for standing up in the fight against tyranny!

  • @user-pc5ww8fh6d
    @user-pc5ww8fh6d Před 5 měsíci +67

    Amazingly done. Consider me standing and applauding.

  • @stevene.874
    @stevene.874 Před 5 měsíci +248

    This letter should be read on the floor of the House of Representatives so the fascists there can hear it. Then read it on the floor of the Senate.

    • @marcilynn2943
      @marcilynn2943 Před 5 měsíci +5

      GREAT idea.

    • @stoneymcneal2458
      @stoneymcneal2458 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Democrats have somehow managed to redefine the pre-existing definition of fascism for the purpose of name called. Are there any grown up Democrats remaining?

    • @HistoricLife
      @HistoricLife Před 5 měsíci +9

      @@stoneymcneal2458 Actually it is the right who does not understand fascism. You guys mix it up with totalitarianism all the time. Fascism is a right wing, it is a combination or authoritarianism and nationalism. The republican part is constantly flirting with it right now. Texas ranks 50th in person freedom on Cato's freedom ranking system.

    • @stoneymcneal2458
      @stoneymcneal2458 Před 5 měsíci

      @@HistoricLife Only in modern day American political thought, would the claim of fascism make any sense. It is similar to all of those Americans, conservative and liberal alike, who have often used the “Hitler” label when attempting to besmirch the reputation of another. It is lazy thinking. It is stage one thinking, and for those with a preconceived set of beliefs, it is easy to make facts fit their narrative. There are actual communists in this nation who espouse age old communist ideologies, and yet, you most likely have no objections to this fact. Lastly, if the best you have is to cite the obviously left wing Cato Institute as your source, then you are not a serious person. I suggest that you start with the definitional meaning of fascism. Follow that up with an examination of Italian fascism. Then get back to me with specific comparisons in support of your claim for their being a link between Texas Republicans and fascism, or for that matter, any American political party and fascism. Good luck, you’ll need it.

    • @HistoricLife
      @HistoricLife Před 5 měsíci

      @@stoneymcneal2458 Ever heard of the Godwin's Law? Well Godwin himself said Trump is sounding a lot like Hitler in the 1930s just within the last few weeks.
      There are no commies in power. Zero.
      Cato is a right leaning libertarian group. They gave us trickle down.
      You are a loon and are making my point for me. You don't understand the political spectrum for sure.

  • @noahjuanjuneau9598
    @noahjuanjuneau9598 Před 5 měsíci +47

    I am of Northern European heritage and I APPROVE THIS message.
    .

  • @Perchpole
    @Perchpole Před 4 měsíci +23

    Excellent letter. We must never take democracy for granted. It must be constantly nurtured and cultivated. I hope Americans will step back from the brink.

  • @user-kt2on3zc1t
    @user-kt2on3zc1t Před 5 měsíci +590

    It’s amazing. A letter expressing outrage at white supremacy and indiscriminate hate and political posturing brings out the bigots and hate mongers. We live in a sick, anti-human world.

    • @imandan1966
      @imandan1966 Před 5 měsíci +46

      99% of the comments here support the letter

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci

      "I think you're being dramatic about an intentionally (and continually) overblown problem propped up by progressive governments because it's been their default scape goat/boogey man for last... 20 years."
      "YOU'RE A HATE MONGER AND I'VE JUST LOST MY FAITH IN HUMANITY."
      "Case in point."

    • @AdultThirdCultureKid1971
      @AdultThirdCultureKid1971 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​​@@imandan1966 Count mine in, please. Sincerely, A Gen Xer.

    • @melainewhite6409
      @melainewhite6409 Před 5 měsíci

      What's amazing, at least to me, is only being outraged at race supremacy depending on...race. Amazingly you proudly chest-beating racists aren't opposed to Supreme Court appointments based on race...depending on which race.

    • @Detrumpificator4377
      @Detrumpificator4377 Před 5 měsíci +34

      Being of Native American descent I completely agree and would strongly recommend you educate yourself about what to do to stop it.

  • @brendanaderifar2462
    @brendanaderifar2462 Před 5 měsíci +30

    Thank you for this. I ask the same question over and over"what is wrong with you?"

  • @sarge420
    @sarge420 Před 5 měsíci +48

    This 29yr USAF Veteran lost numerous friends too. Thank you for your parents Honorable Service. 🇺🇸

  • @timatkinson9291
    @timatkinson9291 Před 4 měsíci +34

    My sentiment exactly. Well written and well said. Needs to be shouted in every microphone and rooftop. Vote blue in 2024 and let’s continue to save our democratic way of life.💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙

  • @timk800
    @timk800 Před 4 měsíci +7

    "aligning yourself with two lost causes just labels you as profound losers" GOLDEN

  • @lorrainevanlelyveld8065
    @lorrainevanlelyveld8065 Před 5 měsíci +57

    I STAND with you!! hatred and evil will not win if we all stand together

  • @brendarolph-teisan4085
    @brendarolph-teisan4085 Před 5 měsíci +27

    STANDING OVATION. WELL SAID.

  • @russgrant512
    @russgrant512 Před 5 měsíci +19

    That letter carries more weight and exudes more power than any politician has in years.

  • @basdebruin2355
    @basdebruin2355 Před 5 měsíci +19

    From my European side of view (Dutch), I applaud you and bow for you. You are spot on!!!
    👏👏🏿👏🏼👏🏾👏🏻👏👏🏿👏🏼👏🏾. Your speech and point of view, for me, is insanely sane.

  • @patriciaburns1033
    @patriciaburns1033 Před 5 měsíci +307

    I love a soliloquy that is succinct and witty and profoundly truthful and shared willingly with us in this way, Bravo!

    • @user-tr8fs7lm8r
      @user-tr8fs7lm8r Před 5 měsíci +3

      I'm a rich white lady and my life is easy, so every white persons life must be easy. Yeah, real deep.

    • @johnstewart2143
      @johnstewart2143 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@user-tr8fs7lm8r she wasn't reading a letter to white people, the letter was written to white supremacists.

    • @patriciaburns1033
      @patriciaburns1033 Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-tr8fs7lm8r How old are you, grow up and stop assigning sweeping statements of nonsense elsewhere

    • @GerryNelson-kc8yq
      @GerryNelson-kc8yq Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@user-tr8fs7lm8r wow silly girl back to your banjo

    • @lucillesanders3865
      @lucillesanders3865 Před 5 měsíci

      How do you know the writer of the letter is rich, or that she has an easy life? Just because it was read well by Edie Falco? Some of us who are white and have challenging lives due to illness and relative economic poverty feel exactly the same way as the writer of the letter. My dad fought. My mom was in the Civil Service during the war. We honor all they fought (they fought against the White Supremacy of Hitler) for by fighting for justice for everyone today. Not deep; just the right way to live. @@user-tr8fs7lm8r

  • @annab9994
    @annab9994 Před 5 měsíci +209

    Well said 👍🏻
    And I gladly support each word of it!

  • @mtnviewpottery
    @mtnviewpottery Před 5 měsíci +30

    Edie, please say this for every one of us! I honor your parents and I appreciate you expressing our feelings!❤

    • @ixchelkali
      @ixchelkali Před 4 měsíci

      Edie did a good job reading the letter, but they weren't her parents. The letter was written by Jonna Ramey of Salt Lake City, not Edie Falco.

  • @todddavis240
    @todddavis240 Před 5 měsíci +59

    I have a ribbon from my great great grandfather. Who received it for surviving Andersonville prison. This fascist rise will be defeated again....and again, it's the American way, thank you Edie

  • @CatsJP
    @CatsJP Před 5 měsíci +130

    And yet……some people have not learned a thing in 2023 either.

    • @user-fz9tw2fb4x
      @user-fz9tw2fb4x Před 5 měsíci +3

      Brilliant

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +5

      Just another informed cable news viewer, being worldly and wise.
      XD

    • @Palindrome78
      @Palindrome78 Před 5 měsíci

      They are controlled by hate and insecurity...

    • @micawoodburn1912
      @micawoodburn1912 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@user-dl2iy5yv2k the privilege you have to say that is crazy.

    • @user-dl2iy5yv2k
      @user-dl2iy5yv2k Před 5 měsíci

      @@micawoodburn1912 like I said ….CHRONIC
      raised from cradle to grave being told by everyone around them that they are victims
      Racist, fatherless victims
      This 13% of our population is responsible for 85% of violent crime (per the CDC or FBI website statistics ).
      the same website statistics will show that nearly 80% are born directly in the bastardization
      It is the race that cries wolf, while living in a den
      They do as I say, not as I do group. The for me, but not for thee group. And we all know that always works.

  • @darcy5823
    @darcy5823 Před 5 měsíci +490

    Amazing. I will always think of this letter when I encounter white supremacy anytime in the future. I'm used to my country being the butt of jokes, but damn, this letter writer made me feel proud, like the arc of justice is (slowly) still going in the right direction.

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +1

      "when I encounter white supremacy"
      'Cuz it's never been more topical, right?
      (Y'know how you know you're at war with a hollow straw man? Because it's *fashionable* for women like you to come to comments sections like this and soapbox about how much you dislike it. That is THE social litmus test for whether or not a movement has traction.)

    • @moorek1967
      @moorek1967 Před 5 měsíci

      What is white supremacy?
      Is it a President who says black people don't know how to use the internet?
      Is it a President who says black people don't know how to get IDs?
      Is it a President whp equates black children with roaches?
      Is it a media network that calls Native Americans as something else?
      Is it a President and former Secretary of Sate saying their best friend and mentor was a KKK member and recruiter in the KKK?
      Is it Malcolm X who said the white liberal Democrat is the black man's worst enemy?
      Is it a Senator who says that he does not want his children growing up in a racial jungle?
      When you say you encounter white supremacy, do you tell black people that you have to do all their thinking for them when they ask you to shut up and stop thinking you have to speak for them?
      Is Candace Owens a white supremacist?
      Is Ben Shapiro a white supremacist?
      Are any conservertive blacks white supremacist?
      When you say you encounter white supremacy, exactly what do you mean by white supremacy? You voted for it, so why do you have a problem with it?

    • @pendrag2k
      @pendrag2k Před 5 měsíci +22

      It's worth remembering, when you want to slip into disappointment about America (which has been often the last few years) that a lot of people share that disappointment with you- a lot of your fellow Americans are outraged, offended, baffled, etc- which does speak to the fundamental character of this nation.

    • @melainewhite6409
      @melainewhite6409 Před 5 měsíci

      Huh? The assertion is White supremacy is everywhere, the nation's biggest threat. So why would you be still waiting to encounter it "in the future"? It's been a day, have you encountered any yet? Oh, and what is your take on black supremacy?

    • @melainewhite6409
      @melainewhite6409 Před 5 měsíci +5

      ​@@pendrag2k If this is true, about a lot of Americans, then why is there still Affirmative Action? Why is appointing a Vice President and Supreme Court Justice on the basis of race embraced?

  • @Tully241
    @Tully241 Před 4 měsíci +6

    This is what our mainstream media should be shouting from the mountain top! Edie you should run for office.

  • @Izettmikel
    @Izettmikel Před 5 měsíci +21

    This person has guts she speaks the truth

  • @jonathanconnor7920
    @jonathanconnor7920 Před 4 měsíci +6

    _"Aligning yourself with two lost causes just labels you as profound losers."_
    Spot-on, Edie.

  • @danmiller6462
    @danmiller6462 Před 5 měsíci +12

    Great speech. We need more people like her.

    • @ixchelkali
      @ixchelkali Před 4 měsíci

      To give credit where it's due, the letter is from Jonna Ramey of Salt Lake City, not Edie Falco. Edie Falco is the reader.

  • @douglasalan5783
    @douglasalan5783 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Powerful, beautifully written letter read with authority. I’m a 70-year-old white man who agrees with the sentiments expressed 100%.
    Thank you, Jonna Ramey for writing it. Thank you, Edie Falco, for reading it.

  • @user-lw1dl5pq6x
    @user-lw1dl5pq6x Před 4 měsíci +9

    Most of them won't read it and if they do they don't get it. Thank you so much for such a great message. God bless you in Jesus name. Amen !🙏 ❤

  • @vidvictor
    @vidvictor Před 5 měsíci +30

    Bravo 👏🏼. Love this Letters Live! Thank you!

  • @howlingwind1937
    @howlingwind1937 Před 5 měsíci +54

    This letter should be in schools everywhere! Its to the point, what a fantastic find letters alive! Congradulation on digging this letter up from the archives, if it wasn't archived then congrads to whoever wrote it.

  • @Incognito-vc9wj
    @Incognito-vc9wj Před 5 měsíci +10

    100%. Haven’t met a supreme human being in my life, unless we’re talking about supreme stupidity.

  • @chochonero3419
    @chochonero3419 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Aligning yourselves with two lost causes…..one of the best lines ever heard.

  • @deborahhoward7822
    @deborahhoward7822 Před 5 měsíci +27

    I'm still applauding.👏🏽👏🏽

  • @mzmscoyote
    @mzmscoyote Před 5 měsíci +166

    Great letter! You know, babies do not come into this world hating other people - they learn it. They are taught it. What kind of parents teach their children to hate others at all, let alone to hate based upon DNA governed traits!

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci +5

      People form tribes. It happens everywhere and has happened throughout history.
      Blacks, whites, jews, asians, everyone. Then there are the sub-tribes, clans and then families. That's just the way it works.

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot Před 5 měsíci

      I don't hate any races. Or dislike any races. I just hate white woke leftists, but I know they won't find that racist because I can't be racist towards white people.

    • @CarolPilkington
      @CarolPilkington Před 5 měsíci +2

      Yes, indeed @@TheRonster1957

    • @melainewhite6409
      @melainewhite6409 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Where do they learn it? From race-based hiring mandates, race-based educational institutions, race-based government appointments and race-based preference in medical treatment? Or is it race-based Congressional groups, race-based professional groups, or the countless others? Just what could it be.

    • @brucestaples4510
      @brucestaples4510 Před 5 měsíci +9

      @@melainewhite6409 It seems everything you want to blame happens to people later in life...teens and up. In reality, their first exposure (or lack of) to racism happens with family.

  • @pegjessen1572
    @pegjessen1572 Před 5 měsíci +34

    Outstanding letter! My father and father in law both saw action during WW11. They would have liked your letter too. Kudos.

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci +1

      How would they have liked race based hiring and open borders?

    • @HardPen-jj5nl
      @HardPen-jj5nl Před 5 měsíci

      World War Eleven?! Cripes, what did I miss?

    • @pegjessen1572
      @pegjessen1572 Před 5 měsíci

      @@HardPen-jj5nl whoops

    • @nghtwtchmn129
      @nghtwtchmn129 Před 4 měsíci

      @@TheRonster1957 Or BLM and Antifa vandalizing every old white man statue they could find, even of men who fought for the Union?

    • @IMeMineWho
      @IMeMineWho Před 4 měsíci

      To Ronster: ​Be gone troll.

  • @bridgetmchale3194
    @bridgetmchale3194 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Amen to that !!❤

  • @paulgray2484
    @paulgray2484 Před 5 měsíci +18

    Brilliant, gems of decency hiding in the often dark pit of the internet.

  • @joemc2529
    @joemc2529 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I wish I could press the like button more than just once

  • @yvettecardieri6373
    @yvettecardieri6373 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Love it❣️. United we stand 🙏

  • @earlgreco8636
    @earlgreco8636 Před 5 měsíci +3

    A lady to be commended. We need her.

  • @deejayk5939
    @deejayk5939 Před 5 měsíci +46

    Wonderful letter! Thank you

  • @RAV1953
    @RAV1953 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I could not AGREE more with this (very) intelligent lady!!!

  • @propman3523
    @propman3523 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Bravo!

  • @jeankroeber2481
    @jeankroeber2481 Před 5 měsíci +21

    Bravo! Well said...I couldn't agree more. My father also fought in WWII to get rid of Nazism...I can't understand why anyone wants to bring it and/or Fascism back.😍🎄🙏💙🇺🇦🌊📚

    • @marvinmartin4692
      @marvinmartin4692 Před 5 měsíci +3

      They have a deeply seated need to blame someone for their own shortcomings. Rather than look inwards it’s much easier to find a scapegoat. Trouble is, that only works for a short while!

  • @zoecunningham3019
    @zoecunningham3019 Před 5 měsíci +23

    BRAVO Jonna Ramey (Salt Lake City)👏. Thank you

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +1

      So stunning and so avant-garde that she got a government funded TV show overseas to echo her statements to a live audience of clapping seals.
      (It sure is easy being brave for progressives. It seems mostly to consist of going to venues filled with your own fanbase and talking smack about people who aren't present, then waiting for applause.)

    • @SheilaR.08
      @SheilaR.08 Před 5 měsíci +1

      ​@@ephraimwinslowYawn.

    • @aftonair
      @aftonair Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@ephraimwinslowevery accusation truly is an admission of guilt with you fascist maniacs, isn't it?

    • @snuffcore9686
      @snuffcore9686 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@ephraimwinslow Have you heard Drumpf speak? 😂

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci

      @@snuffcore9686
      Do you have any idea how BORING people like you are to the rest of the world?
      You've had ONE answer to everything for a DECADE now. Bring up orange man.
      NO ONE CARES ANYMORE.

  • @petesong7146
    @petesong7146 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Wow. Took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you John from Salt Lake.

  • @skyrocketcoast219
    @skyrocketcoast219 Před 5 měsíci +6

    This letter is epicly correct.

  • @lamdao1242
    @lamdao1242 Před 5 měsíci +2

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. Wonderful!

  • @thomandstacieverroad8417
    @thomandstacieverroad8417 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Preach it sista!

  • @person2463
    @person2463 Před 5 měsíci +47

    This is beautiful, very direct, and as subtle as a sledgehammer. I love it.

  • @jasonm1827
    @jasonm1827 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!! 👏

  • @bbonds7849
    @bbonds7849 Před 4 měsíci +4

    And the cherry on the top is having this very to the point and factual letter read aloud by an acting great such as Edie Falco.

  • @MybestLucky
    @MybestLucky Před 5 měsíci +5

    You go Edie!

  • @bettycoffin4206
    @bettycoffin4206 Před 5 měsíci +5

    You go girl!

  • @jonperusquia9386
    @jonperusquia9386 Před 5 měsíci +2

    INDUBIBDIDLY SUPERB!! BRAVO!! WELL SAID!!

  • @viclizardi6152
    @viclizardi6152 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Thanks Edie
    We need all the people to pull together to succeed

  • @Demetri450
    @Demetri450 Před 5 měsíci +26

    This letter needs to read again and published many times over!

    • @aftonair
      @aftonair Před 5 měsíci +10

      ​​​​​​​​​@@elhior23you are wrong.
      This letter is intended for the people who are surrounded by those who say the nazis were right.
      It's meant for people who know that the ignorance and hate they find themselves surrounded by is 100% wrong.
      They know it in their very souls.
      That is who this letter is for.
      This letter is a declaration of support and solidarity to all those brave enough to stand against fascism.

    • @elhior23
      @elhior23 Před 5 měsíci

      @@aftonair Yea I am sure a lot of Nazi's are watching this. This is the type of thing they watch.

    • @TheRonster1957
      @TheRonster1957 Před 5 měsíci

      @@aftonair But the west is now supporting actual nazis in Ukraine, so really, nazis are only bad when the authorities tell us they are bad.

    • @snuffcore9686
      @snuffcore9686 Před 5 měsíci

      ​​​​​​@@aftonair Your comment is a bit confusing. EVERYONE should hear it: racists and non-racists.

    • @aftonair
      @aftonair Před 5 měsíci

      @snuffcore9686 you don't have great reading comprehension skills, do you?

  • @KPC1967
    @KPC1967 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I love that letter!

  • @Scarlet99977
    @Scarlet99977 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Your stance makes you a monumental human being. Thank you for speaking out.

    • @Scarlet99977
      @Scarlet99977 Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you. Now if we could only come together and refuse to tolerate injustice, it is a capital idea.

  • @juwannorah9118
    @juwannorah9118 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Salute to Edie. 👍🏾👊🏾

  • @smokeytbear1082
    @smokeytbear1082 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Outstanding!
    Well said thank you! 👏

  • @sandradcampbell
    @sandradcampbell Před 5 měsíci +6

    Thank U for speaking the truth. We need to work with each other not against each other.

  • @loveFFKamloops
    @loveFFKamloops Před 5 měsíci +4

    Wow❤❤❤❤

  • @avavincent9481
    @avavincent9481 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Right on!!!!✌️

  • @kelleysimonds5945
    @kelleysimonds5945 Před 5 měsíci +56

    I have always been very fond of this woman and now, even more...

  • @melaniescott2714
    @melaniescott2714 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Beautifully said!!😊

  • @barbaragalliera9846
    @barbaragalliera9846 Před 5 měsíci +6

    You go Edie, you go girl!

  • @KatherineUribe-1
    @KatherineUribe-1 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I love her! And I love this particular letter. Bravo!

  • @katherinelunagate157
    @katherinelunagate157 Před 5 měsíci +89

    What a thorough letter, kudos to this lady, she speaks for all of us.

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +3

      All of us being: the people who are happy to pay the BBC licensing fee.

    • @jesseredden7123
      @jesseredden7123 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@ephraimwinslowlet me guess, you are a white supremacist and felt threatened by this somehow?

    • @vermiliongamboge155
      @vermiliongamboge155 Před 5 měsíci +24

      @@ephraimwinslow You're watching this on CZcams. There's no licensing fee.

    • @ephraimwinslow
      @ephraimwinslow Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@vermiliongamboge155
      Say you're on the spectrum without sayin' it.

    • @ratholin
      @ratholin Před 5 měsíci +12

      @@ephraimwinslow aww the little baby is butthurt because his stupidity was pointed out. So hilarious.

  • @sharons5714
    @sharons5714 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Excellent letter.

  • @TheRealGLW
    @TheRealGLW Před 4 měsíci +2

    I really didn't see this coming from Miss Falco.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 ❤Her4It NEVER judge a book....

  • @chrisbrown3441
    @chrisbrown3441 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This lady is good speaks the truth so clearly!!

  • @larrysnyder2273
    @larrysnyder2273 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Amen sister! 100%

  • @WilliamHunterII
    @WilliamHunterII Před 5 měsíci +6

    Well done, Edie! Bravo!

  • @marilynsammons4771
    @marilynsammons4771 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I totally agree with that letter, it was well written and was humorous while getting the point over!

  • @javiergonzalez9077
    @javiergonzalez9077 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Thank you Edie. Matter of fact it was a hard day, I know I wont fall asleep for at least an hour for the pain in my joints. Thank you for the courage you've shown in saying what's REAL.

  • @aftonair
    @aftonair Před 5 měsíci +11

    Thank you! ❤
    My sentiments exactly.

  • @user-wh7pc3so7j
    @user-wh7pc3so7j Před 5 měsíci +8

    Well said!!!

  • @lindaj171
    @lindaj171 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I'm a 67 year old Canadian white woman and I totally agree with everything Jonna has written in her wonderful, witty letter. My family has grown by birth and marriage over the years and now includes wonderful Jewish, Chinese, Pakistani, Vietnamese and African Canadian members. When you add my friends to the mix, it's like a mini United nations. As my Grandmother always said "Variety is the Spice of Life." Celebrate diversity, get out, travel, try different foods, come to Winnipeg, Canada for Folkorama in the summer. You'll love it! 🎊🥰🎉🌈

  • @rebeccariefberg4226
    @rebeccariefberg4226 Před 4 měsíci +1

    💯 ❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢. This is not the America I grew up in.🙏🙏🙏 ALWAYS SPEAK UR MIND!!!!!

  • @lindajackson2382
    @lindajackson2382 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Excellent read Edie!

  • @jamescondron8266
    @jamescondron8266 Před 5 měsíci +15

    Most excellent, honest and true.

  • @Mervyn001
    @Mervyn001 Před 4 měsíci +1

    What a refreshing letter, if every European believes in what it said, this world would be a better place to live!!!!! Well done👏🙏

  • @adamfindlay7091
    @adamfindlay7091 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Amen, thank you vastly, Edie.☮️