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  • @themidnightbanshee5927
    @themidnightbanshee5927 Місяць тому +1132

    "A really enthusiastic walk"
    That's a fucking Hellsing ultimate abridged reference

    • @shadowunifer
      @shadowunifer Місяць тому +32

      I love that

    • @ALX-xl7fr
      @ALX-xl7fr Місяць тому +21

      Yes, yes it was. Loved it

    • @Chris_Troxler
      @Chris_Troxler Місяць тому +10

      It's sooooo good

    • @That.Lady.withtheYarn
      @That.Lady.withtheYarn Місяць тому +16

      Team four star!

    • @nickolausanker4571
      @nickolausanker4571 Місяць тому +14

      I had that thought at first too then went "noooooooooo, it has to be something else" But you guys are confirming it

  • @BenLJudy
    @BenLJudy Місяць тому +3175

    HLC commenting on current events without making jokes wasn't on my bingo card. Then again, neither was attempted Trump assassination, so I guess we're full of surprises this week.

    • @shortwave737
      @shortwave737 Місяць тому +31

      Yeah, pretty slow news week overall amirite?

    • @Leostar-Regalius
      @Leostar-Regalius Місяць тому

      it was going to be biden or trump, I'm just surprised it wasn't biden first with how much hate, BS and projection trump throws his way, it wasn't a question of if only "when"

    • @OverTheVoids
      @OverTheVoids Місяць тому +57

      He has done this before, so it's not extremely surprising to see for those who have followed his content for long enough.

    • @SteveInLava
      @SteveInLava Місяць тому +68

      What wasn't on my bingo card was his face gradually getting bigger and as he kept talking about it.

    • @awesam2399
      @awesam2399 Місяць тому +9

      And it's only Monday

  • @chrisfenske3578
    @chrisfenske3578 Місяць тому +72

    My God, your acting, sir. When America is panicked trying to find something else to talk about instead of acknowledging what UK was obviously going to talk about got me choked up. You absolutely parked the characters emotions on this. Bravo sir.

  • @liamhanley73
    @liamhanley73 Місяць тому +25

    Australian watcher here. Even though I have absolutely no connection to American politics. I can recognize the guts it takes to have a non biased view on an event like this. Props to you HLC for being a calm voice in a moment of chaos

  • @Joker-ny7jh
    @Joker-ny7jh Місяць тому +2772

    I'm convinced Franklin will become immortal and pilot a future upgraded Buff alongside a certain group called the Guardians of the Galaxy

    • @JosephAAmara
      @JosephAAmara Місяць тому +20

      Well said. Thank you.

    • @Heretowatchstuff
      @Heretowatchstuff Місяць тому +27

      So the tree the kid keeps peeing on…

    • @26th_Primarch
      @26th_Primarch Місяць тому +29

      Grandpa Buff is technically old enough to run for president...
      Eagle as well.
      Buff for President with Eagle as VP.

    • @mandi8345
      @mandi8345 Місяць тому +5

      But...Buff isnt a galaxy....

    • @jamesares509
      @jamesares509 Місяць тому +16

      Plz make this cannon. Franklin as Rockets relative would be the shit.

  • @mapletouqe
    @mapletouqe Місяць тому +426

    As a Canadian resident who hears about the event, we are extremely saddened to hear about the event. We will stand with you America, as brothers in arms 🇨🇦🤜🤛🇺🇸

    • @HistoryNerd808
      @HistoryNerd808 Місяць тому +18

      Thanks, sis. Knew we could count on y'all. Want some cheese fries?

    • @mapletouqe
      @mapletouqe Місяць тому +18

      @@HistoryNerd808 Sure, thanks for the offer. Do you want some more maple syrup? We have more than enough to share!

    • @BrokensoulRider
      @BrokensoulRider Місяць тому +12

      @@mapletouqe can you pass the poutines over to me please. I need comfort food.

    • @Mrsmokesalot727
      @Mrsmokesalot727 Місяць тому

      @@HistoryNerd808nah you yanks need timmies

    • @TheDeadman419
      @TheDeadman419 Місяць тому

      you have my gratitude, you big-eyed war criminal you

  • @drklain
    @drklain Місяць тому +37

    Well said. Retired Navy here and I’m as horrified by last Saturday’s events as I was by January sixth. Our country is better than this and we need to stand up for what is right.

    • @sprolyborn2554
      @sprolyborn2554 27 днів тому +1

      The issue is, they can't both be wrong. If J6 was wrong, then the assassin was fighting for what's right. If J6 was fighting for what's right, then the assassin was in the wrong. Coming together isnt always the answer. Even if it sounds the nicest.

    • @SamT-h7w
      @SamT-h7w 26 днів тому

      ​@sprolyborn2554 So what you're saying is, they cancel each other out??🤷

    • @sprolyborn2554
      @sprolyborn2554 26 днів тому +1

      @@SamT-h7w nope. Only one of those two situations can be correct. The only way they cancel is if they're both wrong and well, they can't both be wrong. Just like how they can't both be in the right. Like, that's just not a thing.

    • @SamT-h7w
      @SamT-h7w 26 днів тому +3

      @sprolyborn2554 finally, I meet someone who knows jan6 wasn't all wrong.

    • @sprolyborn2554
      @sprolyborn2554 26 днів тому

      @@SamT-h7w ironically, the closest thing we've seen to an actual insurrection would be the powers that be within washignton getting together to oust Biden from running despite him having won his primary. That was some actual Soviet tier shenanigans of turning the "buro" against a leader.

  • @waynecampeau4566
    @waynecampeau4566 Місяць тому +11

    Thank you for the PSA. It's nice to hear a breath of sanity in the wild.

  • @SchneeflockeMonsoon
    @SchneeflockeMonsoon Місяць тому +282

    "Very enthusiastic walks."
    Alucard flying an F-22 would be the ideal timeline.

    • @chrisbuttonshaw2088
      @chrisbuttonshaw2088 Місяць тому +9

      ideal..... pants-shitting scary.... same thing

    • @inyobase127
      @inyobase127 Місяць тому +11

      Let's not forget he rode a blackbird, close,but agreed that the raptor would make for a better time line

    • @e-train765
      @e-train765 Місяць тому +14

      I can literally hear the Kid saying "DO YOU EVEN READ MY CHRISTMAS LIST!?"

    • @SchneeflockeMonsoon
      @SchneeflockeMonsoon Місяць тому +9

      @@e-train765
      USA: “Okay Kid, you can take a quick lap around the Earth. Who’s your babysitter? No, it can’t be the 35, he’s impressionable.”
      The Kid: “The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. An advanced, long-range, strategic reconnoissance vehicle capable of Mack 3 and an altitude of 85,000 ft.!”

    • @OddlyIncredible
      @OddlyIncredible Місяць тому +9

      Soundtrack: "Party Party Party!" by Andrew W.K.

  • @miafiolekova5817
    @miafiolekova5817 Місяць тому +407

    As someone from Slovakia, where we had this exact thing happen 2 months ago, you have my condolences USA. I hope this does not become a standard practice in both our countries.

    • @KOTM97_
      @KOTM97_ Місяць тому +18

      I hope the world heals 1 day, but first we must heal our wounds. We also must atleast get along and find common ground to start healing.

    • @HistoryNerd808
      @HistoryNerd808 Місяць тому +14

      ​@@KOTM97_Well put. We need to tone things done and remember that we're all Americans, regardless of how strongly we disagree.

    • @saucywench9122
      @saucywench9122 Місяць тому +1

      Thank you

    • @Pr3Va1L
      @Pr3Va1L Місяць тому +3

      @@KOTM97_ There are too many people/organizations/countries that want the USA divided, IMO, for that to be possible these days.

    • @KOTM97_
      @KOTM97_ Місяць тому

      @@Pr3Va1L ik but they are just to focus on destorying the usa, but they dont know there screwing themselves over by not focusing there issues in there countries.

  • @wrksteele9234
    @wrksteele9234 Місяць тому +81

    One of my favorite parts of the Kevin Costner version of "Swing Vote" was at the end when both campaign managers came together and agreed to focus on the issues instead of doing smear campaigns and fake promises

  • @tommiegirl2441
    @tommiegirl2441 Місяць тому +18

    The best comedians understand that sometimes, there's just no joke to be made. You're right, HLC, I hope we aren't too obsessed with political hatred as a country to realize it. Well done. ❤

  • @atrane365
    @atrane365 Місяць тому +2230

    Enthusiastic walks? Just as Alucard intended

  • @razgriz1258
    @razgriz1258 Місяць тому +2030

    Well said Mr. HLC, we all need to take s step back, a deep breath and a look at ourselves and how we treat others... God bless America and all she stands for

    • @TheGhostOfRazgriz23
      @TheGhostOfRazgriz23 Місяць тому +28

      I wholeheartedly agree.

    • @jeffslote9671
      @jeffslote9671 Місяць тому

      He was completely wrong. Only one side is painting Trump as a threat to America and it’s people

    • @AlexSh789
      @AlexSh789 Місяць тому +36

      American values and institutions do not revolve around any individual person. We formed our country 248 years ago to break away from King George III (so that we wouldn't have a king or monarch)*, but nevertheless: God, not Man, is King.

    • @Ironknuckle100
      @Ironknuckle100 Місяць тому

      As your psychotic hat neighbour to the north I wish you luck on your endeavours.

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому

      Starting with conservatives and their treatment of women, LGBT, and workers, right? Right?

  • @ggriesenauer
    @ggriesenauer Місяць тому +56

    HLC has a great message about what happened. I've thought for a while now that our politics has gone from a "loyal opposition" mentality to a "enemy across the aisle" and it is sad.
    And I agree our own media outlets and social media don't help matters. We need to do better!

    • @carlyar5281
      @carlyar5281 Місяць тому

      What really gets me is that social media (and foreign adversaries information operations) exploit and amplify these divisions for their own gain.

    • @user-xd1ze4jf6e
      @user-xd1ze4jf6e Місяць тому

      Except that’s not at all true. That’s just what it’s like on your side of the aisle and you assume the other side is doing the same.

  • @RAWms
    @RAWms Місяць тому +12

    Kudos HLC, stated with the emotion of a true patriot who wants to see the best of America and Americans.

  • @jorgebarreto5111
    @jorgebarreto5111 Місяць тому +372

    Thank you, I needed to hear that, I have fallen victim to all this b.s. way too much. I served in the Marine Corp with a green card, my dad did the same in the 60s before needing to return home to raise his siblings because his father died. He always told me to stay away from politics because he lived through political violence as a young man back in the home country and it would only make you crazy. I asked him one day why we came to the U.S. The old man simply said, there is something about this country I love, no matter what these politicians do, or tragedies unfold. The people in this country always figure it out, which we really always seem to do. I am still a proud Naturalized American Citizen, and I still love my country. The politicians, maybe not so much. Thank you for this channel.

    • @america8706
      @america8706 Місяць тому +34

      Glad to have you here, and I'm proud to call you an American.

    • @lmfaook.7971
      @lmfaook.7971 Місяць тому

      If they don't want trump. You need to ask yourself why. Why do you think trump didn't start any wars? And I'm not on that trump trian. But I'll say this. The economy and world prospered under him.

    • @RaggedyAndi1
      @RaggedyAndi1 Місяць тому

      well sometimes its warranted.

    • @therayven3147
      @therayven3147 Місяць тому +23

      You came to this country legally, that I respect. You laid down your rights next to ours and fought to protect them, THAT I respect even more... you are the immigrant type we welcome with open arms...
      Love and respect to you...

    • @unamless9229
      @unamless9229 Місяць тому +15

      @@RaggedyAndi1 assassination attempts and violence is warranted? Please explain

  • @ssgevo
    @ssgevo Місяць тому +169

    That message there towards the end. THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN. Not only do you serve our country, you understand the values you fight for. That is what it means to be a patriotic American.
    None of this political bullcrap of never ending mudslinging, instead of doing what's right for the people, is helping anyone but the elites (media companies in particular) that profit off of it.

    • @DJRockford83
      @DJRockford83 Місяць тому

      Trouble is one side forgot that for a decade

  • @Nyssa56
    @Nyssa56 Місяць тому +57

    Well said, HLC. I'm not American, I'm Australian, but that was just wonderfully put. You are right, more people need to hear that, thank you for putting your jokes aside for one video to address something very important not just to you and your countrymen, but to the western world at large. You earned a lot of respect today, please keep up the good work, and keep us laughing.

  • @Kempkept
    @Kempkept Місяць тому +2

    I 100 percent agree with you on this. This is the reason I enjoyed your channel you factual and informative and respectful kept up the good work

  • @Khobotov
    @Khobotov Місяць тому +233

    Who would have thought that years of nurturing division and hate may have consequences?

    • @rebeccaspellmeyer5761
      @rebeccaspellmeyer5761 Місяць тому +29

      The ones that said never let a good crisis go to waste

    • @jimkeats891
      @jimkeats891 Місяць тому

      Think about it. This "kid" has been hearing "Trump is practically Hitler" since he was 12.
      Heartbreaking.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Місяць тому +2

      @@rebeccaspellmeyer5761 Winston Churchill?

    • @haloplayerII7
      @haloplayerII7 Місяць тому +11

      I mean. George Washington was against having political parties in the first place. He knew for sure it would cause turmoil, but I believe he'd never think it'd reach this level.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Місяць тому +6

      @@haloplayerII7 he likely thought it could be way worse. Keep in mind in large parts of history and even today some parties have their own militaries. In many countries its not unusual for parties to be on racial, tribal, or ethnic lines with your party depending on your group. The SS for example started off as the Nazi party guard back when they were more of a gang then a polticial party. Parties were sometimes just based on whatever noble you were under. Not really voters but even during Washington's time a large part of some states voting power was based off slaves and women which would have translated to a large part of a parties voting block

  • @jobanh7ify
    @jobanh7ify Місяць тому +375

    Well said man, people will take advantage of this situation to divide us more, but at the end of the day we are all Americans, let’s not forget that.

    • @ArielMurrayDrakonslayer777
      @ArielMurrayDrakonslayer777 Місяць тому +11

      Hell ya brother🫡

    • @dra6o0n
      @dra6o0n Місяць тому +6

      Probably Blackrock

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому

      Republicans will continue pushing their agenda of hate against minorities, the LGBT, and women, not to worry.

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому

      Republicans have been trying to divide us for years. They've convinced half the country to hate women, the LGBT, minorities, and poor people.

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому

      The GOP has been dividing us for years by pushing for hate and vilifying women who want bodily autonomy, LGBT people, minorities, and poor people.

  • @ragorimitternacht4593
    @ragorimitternacht4593 Місяць тому +11

    Well said. It is sad what politics have become. Still Canada's line was perfect!

  • @KnawedOne
    @KnawedOne Місяць тому +4

    Thank you HLC for pausing and asking us all to pause, take a step back and look at ourselves, to reflect on recent events, to find the things that bring us together.

  • @donovanmclaughlin4830
    @donovanmclaughlin4830 Місяць тому +845

    As an American, it pissed me off. As an American I have no one to blame but those who have made it their agenda to put is against each other.
    Damn it, UNITED WE STAND! DIVIDED WE FALL!

    • @jamesmckenzie3532
      @jamesmckenzie3532 Місяць тому +33

      And We The People said "AMEN". Thank you.

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому

      There can not and will not be any unity with a right that pushes for hate against women, LGBT, minorities, and poor people.

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому +1

      Okay, then tell Republicans to stop pushing for violence and hate, to stop criminalizing being LGBT, to stop vilifying being LGBT, to stop vilifying minorities, to stop trying to replace our government with Project 2025.
      This is an entirely one-sided equation of wrongdoing.

    • @kreiner1
      @kreiner1 Місяць тому +96

      I'm a pro military Democrat, I won't vote for trump. But I want to stand with you as an American against violence. I'm not saying who you're voting for or anything like that. But I am expecting this might not go over well. But I'm hoping that seeing someone from the left who loves this content and is pro military, maybe we can find things in common instead of things to hate about each other. 😢😢

    • @chrisoffersen
      @chrisoffersen Місяць тому +58

      @@kreiner1Lots of folks in the military are pro-left. But we (of any political stripe) know how much those kinds of differences mean in situations that matter: not at all. And we stick together no matter what. That’s the America I know.

  • @VolcanixAquatix
    @VolcanixAquatix Місяць тому +501

    "whatta doing here?"
    "Oh you know, just flyin around"
    "Flyin around?"
    "Flying around."
    "Thwartin my plans?"
    "Thwartin your plans?"
    "ARE YOU"
    "No?"
    "Good, cause that'd be bad"
    "How bad?"
    "I'd have to x.x you"
    "Oh thats bad."
    "Indeed..."
    -TFS: DBZA
    "I take REAL enthusiastic walks."
    -TFS: Hellsing abridged
    Side note; I have so much respect for you. Thank you.

    • @Falcun21
      @Falcun21 Місяць тому +15

      "VERY enthusiastic walks."
      And it's "thwartin' my plans."

    • @Ashy-TheAshen
      @Ashy-TheAshen Місяць тому +5

      I've only seen DBZA but respect on references.

    • @Broadpaw_Fox
      @Broadpaw_Fox Місяць тому +10

      @@Ashy-TheAshen - Oh, you REALLY should watch Hellsing Abridged. It's just as good as the last episodes of DBZA. Epic hilarity. 🤣

    • @VolcanixAquatix
      @VolcanixAquatix Місяць тому +2

      @@Falcun21 oh you right 😆 I just watched it 2 weeks ago I should've remembered that

    • @Ashy-TheAshen
      @Ashy-TheAshen Місяць тому +4

      @@Broadpaw_Fox Added to the must watch list

  • @mitchellbailey7030
    @mitchellbailey7030 Місяць тому +5

    HLC: You are a modern day GOD SEND!!!! You covered that BEAUTIFULLY 👍🏻🇺🇸🫡🙏

  • @xboxnube
    @xboxnube Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for speaking on thsi, HLC. Hearing you speak earnestly straight to your viewers and from the heart *as America* hit me harder than I was really prepared for.

  • @maxxod1
    @maxxod1 Місяць тому +45

    I’m not even American and that pissed me off.
    “War is the failure of diplomacy” -Napoleon Bonaparte.

    • @PFCDIEBELS
      @PFCDIEBELS Місяць тому +4

      Or a failure of economics.

    • @alexconn7473
      @alexconn7473 Місяць тому +6

      ​@PFCDIEBELS at worst it's a failure of both

  • @greed15good
    @greed15good Місяць тому +524

    the kid pulling up like Alucard, pray he doesnt get lost because hes on the verge of eating his own wings to keep himself tame

    • @skechij5856
      @skechij5856 Місяць тому +35

      That scene where the coffin cracks open and basically every character still alive instantly *feels* how completely screwed they all are.

    • @retaliaterguitar2
      @retaliaterguitar2 Місяць тому +8

      I was wondering who was gonna catch that 😂

    • @Gigaknight1
      @Gigaknight1 Місяць тому +16

      I legitimately was sitting beside my fiancee, and said "Yo, the kid is getting very Alucard right now!"

    • @ScarleSimpMikaelOre
      @ScarleSimpMikaelOre Місяць тому +9

      The difference is unlike Integra, we will be screaming YEEEEEEEEEEEEES

    • @extremchiller410
      @extremchiller410 Місяць тому +5

      and then "alucard" gets out for a walk

  • @anjhindul
    @anjhindul Місяць тому +6

    This isn't a democracy, this is a Constitutional Republic. Other then that, great episode.

    • @Kymberlee_W
      @Kymberlee_W Місяць тому

      Sigh. It's both.

    • @queenofvermin
      @queenofvermin Місяць тому +1

      Its We The People, not us the powerful and nobody else

    • @queenofvermin
      @queenofvermin Місяць тому +1

      Of the people, For the people!

    • @cbargainer
      @cbargainer 28 днів тому +1

      The word you want is "than," not "then." Other than that, I'm with @Kymberlee_W.

    • @Kevinm1025
      @Kevinm1025 12 днів тому

      @@Kymberlee_W no, no it's not. Democracy isn't mentioned once in the constitution and historic records of multiple founding fathers have ALL said this isn't a democracy it's a republic if we can keep it

  • @jimpett8802
    @jimpett8802 Місяць тому +5

    As a Canadian, our politics have gravitated to the same extremism. That event could just as easily happened here. I do hope that your leaders are sincere in wanting to reel it back and focus on real issues affecting your people. I hope my country has the sense to take what happened in your country as a warning to back off with the personal attacks and focus on real issues.

  • @HalfTangible
    @HalfTangible Місяць тому +121

    You are correct that there are people who need to hear this.
    Unfortunately, those people are not listening.

    • @hangnailh.9659
      @hangnailh.9659 Місяць тому +27

      They haven't been listening for a very long time. Couldn't hear anything over their own self righteous cult like opinions.

  • @Taubinator
    @Taubinator Місяць тому +410

    "When the sorry stops the war crimes starts" God I love my Canadian friends your all crazy enough for me lol and I'm sorry you even had to make this video as your right should've NEVER taken place my sympathy to those caught in the crossfire of this debacle

    • @ChadMcFarland_CanadaEHTeam
      @ChadMcFarland_CanadaEHTeam Місяць тому +3

      🫡

    • @lyallarblaster3416
      @lyallarblaster3416 Місяць тому +3

      🇨🇦🍻

    • @Maxislithium
      @Maxislithium Місяць тому +3

      Ya know... Long nights in the snow can drive a man to do... Terrible things.
      Oh Canada! Our home and native land. With true patriot love, my all Thy Son's command!

    • @DeeegerD
      @DeeegerD Місяць тому +3

      We say sorry afterwards 🇨🇦😁

    • @RaggedyAndi1
      @RaggedyAndi1 Місяць тому

      You reap what you sow.

  • @timscott520
    @timscott520 Місяць тому +2

    Thanks! We need to hear more people speak like this. God bless you bro! I love your content.

  • @LordStrell
    @LordStrell Місяць тому +9

    Was that a hellsing abridged reference with the “real enthusiastic walks.” Because i am here for it 😂😂😂

    • @prymus141
      @prymus141 Місяць тому

      Second one actually. First one was in clip called: "Go for a walk" :D

  • @wendystone6350
    @wendystone6350 Місяць тому +21

    You handled this beautifully. Thank you for your humor and your thoughtful insight. With folk like you, we can and will do better.

  • @LighthawkTenchi
    @LighthawkTenchi Місяць тому +27

    On a serious note, you’re absolutely right. This system is broken, from the politics, to the media, to how we get our information. It’s all part of the problem, but I don’t see an easy solution for this, not without all of us taking several hard looks at things

  • @wadebonhomme2142
    @wadebonhomme2142 Місяць тому +2

    Very well said brother, this one just shows how very intelligent you are, glad to have you ❤️

  • @5500somerandomdude
    @5500somerandomdude Місяць тому +3

    Excellent point HLC. Its time to stop having politicians vilify each other and start having them talk about what they will do to help people, all over the world. I also say that we need to stop looking at the others across the aisle as enemies, but as people.

  • @aaronbosen6743
    @aaronbosen6743 Місяць тому +345

    Unfortunately, the people who need to hear it most of all wouldn't be willing to listen to begin with.

    • @irrelEvant5352
      @irrelEvant5352 Місяць тому +29

      it sucks. logic and reasoning doesn't appeal to everyone sadly

    • @nancy.dave.williams
      @nancy.dave.williams Місяць тому

      They have been told.
      Look, I hate Trump. I find it difficult that people still believe him. His incompetence was staggering.
      Also, I don’t live in the USA, I live in Canada. Before you go with it’s not my business, it is. I am American, a veteran of the USN.
      However this attempt to assassinate is bad for everyone. Mostly the American people. Tensions are rising, and MAGA freaks are saying crazy crap like Biden sent the order. It’s laughable to listen them

    • @boyscouts83712
      @boyscouts83712 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@irrelEvant5352 logic and reasoning are things that are engraved into our heads at a young age and change over time. Unfortunately for some, logic and reasoning and be twisted into what one side believes to be right and then told that anyone who disagrees with them is wrong.

    • @Pr3Va1L
      @Pr3Va1L Місяць тому

      @@boyscouts83712 Even worse than this, the powerful have managed to convince a sizable portion of the US that logic and reasoning is BAD.
      The demonization of education and of the educated of the past few decades is going to ruin the US.

    • @irrelEvant5352
      @irrelEvant5352 Місяць тому

      @@boyscouts83712 ☝️🤓

  • @TheAbzolution
    @TheAbzolution Місяць тому +43

    British fan here. Very well said! Your love for your country always shows through in your videos. But this speaks to humanity itself. Keep up the good work 👏

  • @dhunter1133
    @dhunter1133 Місяць тому +89

    To quote Stephen the Irish from Braveheart, "Nice speech." But after so many YEARS of hearing that half the country is worse than Yahtzees, this is something that's going to take more than coming together in the moment to fix. If any good comes from this, it'll be that the purveyors of these sentiments learn that words have consequences, so use free speech wisely.

    • @Becker89101
      @Becker89101 Місяць тому +8

      Thank you for saying this, everyone is all "good speech". Words are wind

    • @GadsdenGunGuy
      @GadsdenGunGuy Місяць тому

      💯 they been pushing for something like this to happen for the last 8 god-damned years now there shocked that something happened.

    • @brandond2768
      @brandond2768 Місяць тому +18

      Thank you for writing what i wanted to better than i could have.
      I'll "come together" when I'm not being called a yahtzee for perfectly reasonable beliefs that literally half the country holds.

    • @GadsdenGunGuy
      @GadsdenGunGuy Місяць тому +4

      @@brandond2768 you put it better than me.

    • @capthappy8884
      @capthappy8884 Місяць тому +5

      Something I'm noticing, word for word what you said doesn't strictly apply to only 1 side or the other, and I'm seeing that more now than ever!
      Imo, if you're bitter at ONLY 1 side, you're only half way to the truth. HONEST self reflection isn't so much what the country needs, as every individual. Sadly, the older I get, the more positive I am that many(often thru no direct fault of their own) are incapable/unwilling to engage in that kind of honestly.

  • @coreyhill84ify
    @coreyhill84ify Місяць тому +1

    Not crossing any lines there HLC well said well put GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🙏 MY deepest condolences to Corey Compentore and his family HE IS A TRUE HERO as a father I would have done the same...thank you for your public service and u wavering fatherhood ❤

  • @danyalreza8050
    @danyalreza8050 Місяць тому +55

    I really appreciate your stance in this and the political neutrality. HLC is the American I grew up to admire when I was little: the cool big brother of the free west. Some say that doesn’t exist or is a lie, I say look at people like HLC.

    • @thewhitewolf58
      @thewhitewolf58 Місяць тому +10

      Honestly I do like him, I feel like I know his politics because I watch him enough but he does not slam his politics too much so I like that. Even watched some streams and I could honestly be his friend.

    • @danyalreza8050
      @danyalreza8050 Місяць тому +2

      @@thewhitewolf58 here’s the thing: not everything has to be political.
      And HLC shows that. That’s why I love his jokes and respect him, especially when he does get serious. I wish more people were like that.

    • @thewhitewolf58
      @thewhitewolf58 Місяць тому +2

      @@danyalreza8050 honestly thats why I like him. Also his approach that the usa is flawed but good and needs to protect the world is a golden standard. I have seen right wing and left wing channels that scream about the state of the usa. They made me stressed out before I unsubbed. Ignorance is bliss at times. Though despite my politics the military is cool because like or hate war, it tends to be the mother of innovation. Also its funny watching russia go from the 2nd greatest army to a paper tiger that struggles against a rebel army with the old toys of a super power.

  • @jayburn00
    @jayburn00 Місяць тому +333

    I really wish our politics were more about voting on ideas to make the nation better, but instead it seems we are stuck with two parties saying the other is evil.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Місяць тому +43

      That's why you need to look at what they do and what tools they use to see who's lying and projecting, and that, is only one side.

    • @djphat94
      @djphat94 Місяць тому +10

      This is exactly why I hate politics

    • @Kaiquintos
      @Kaiquintos Місяць тому +24

      Sadly this issue isn't just over there with you guys. I genuinely despise that modern day politics are effectively nothing but a glorified popularity contest at the expense of the regular people.
      And it's unfortunate that can't trust politicians and their words. But rather you must spent a lot of your own free time to research what work your elected officials has done and plans to do.

    • @Bluecatte
      @Bluecatte Місяць тому

      except one IS actually fucking evil. go read Project 2025.

    • @lloydgush
      @lloydgush Місяць тому +17

      One side has explicitly said there's only power, oppressor and victim, and those are only accessed through identity politics.

  • @bugztwoviolentinc.1650
    @bugztwoviolentinc.1650 Місяць тому +3

    Great speech , equals great respect. You have mime.

  • @xxmaddcadderxx
    @xxmaddcadderxx Місяць тому +3

    God damn it, this one hit hard. Never stop being who you are. Thank you! 💯

  • @thomasrose4523
    @thomasrose4523 Місяць тому +14

    Very well put! I was raised to not to see the world as black and white, one side or the other. Focus on what unites us, not what divides us.
    We might not always see eye to eye, but yes: we're better than this. Even the people that don't like him, seeing them say this was completely uncalled for? Restored some of my faith in humanity.

  • @DanBacksIide
    @DanBacksIide Місяць тому +309

    They’re always great when they open with Britain saying “American” in a concerned

    • @Longhauler85
      @Longhauler85 Місяць тому

      The UK yelling at her "child" again, lol. Love the UK.

  • @countrybyfire4770
    @countrybyfire4770 Місяць тому +1

    Sir. . . . You said it perfectly. Like 100% agree. Thank you, good sir!!!!!!!

  • @DaedricPrinceOfSmash
    @DaedricPrinceOfSmash Місяць тому +9

    Good point. Too many people on both sides would rather spend time dehumanizing and vilifying one another than to focus on what can make America better.
    It's supposed to be the UNITED States of America, not the Divided States. People are caught up in a fog that clouds their vision.

  • @drtracernum20
    @drtracernum20 Місяць тому +10

    @Habitual Linecrosser You're a great man, we need people like you in the media I swear. Make the news worth watching again. Not something to fear or vang our heads against the wall for the stupidity of it all. Take care.Rock of the Marne

  • @Fadaar
    @Fadaar Місяць тому +39

    if HLC has legitimately not seen Hellsing Ultimate Abridged.... he needs to

    • @mndlessdrwer
      @mndlessdrwer Місяць тому

      "Give that bitch a cannon. Bitches love cannons"

  • @samueltaylor4910
    @samueltaylor4910 28 днів тому

    That last line brother. I felt that in my soul

  • @NateRiversforRever
    @NateRiversforRever Місяць тому

    Solid good speech over the humor all day every day. I love your jokes, love your channel; never apologize for taking the time to spread awareness. Solid delivery, thank you Habitual Line Crosser.

  • @Registered_Google_User
    @Registered_Google_User Місяць тому +35

    This is why your type of content remains to be my current favorite. You are a great individual with a solid mindset and we need more people like you to actually be out there

  • @CarolinaMouse
    @CarolinaMouse Місяць тому +13

    Here, here!! Well said! We need to come together as the United States of America.

  • @TitanRL1
    @TitanRL1 Місяць тому +1

    HLC: "look, I can't make a joke out of this"
    AC: "hold my beer, we're doing an emergency meme review"

    • @404_VipersBite
      @404_VipersBite Місяць тому

      Damnit. I was trying to be serious but when you put it like that I can't think of a good response

  • @forrestwentworthii1321
    @forrestwentworthii1321 Місяць тому +1

    This is not something that can continue. This is not something that should have happened. AMEN and PREACH!!!!

  • @rabitwarior2
    @rabitwarior2 Місяць тому +19

    LOL "a really enthusiastic walk" love the Hellsing Ultimate Abridged reference

  • @shinraset
    @shinraset Місяць тому +44

    Thank you!
    Thank you for your honest speech and may all your endeavors be blessed.

  • @TheRandyGr
    @TheRandyGr Місяць тому +1

    Bless you HLC!!! Perfect message 100%!!!

  • @WildGooseGuy
    @WildGooseGuy Місяць тому +2

    A bit of comedy to help the heart felt, and much needed words of wisdom be received with hopefully an open mind. To those out there in the USA. The best way to make change is get out there, and vote, volunteer, show empathy. If you don't like or do like the candidate that was voted in last time, politely, and respectfully debate with others. Voting is the best way to show a politician they are doing the right thing / they messed up.

  • @LinJen2
    @LinJen2 Місяць тому +13

    Very well said. We are better than this. We have forgotten who we are and what we stand for. This cannot continue. We have to remember what this great nation stands for. Thank you for what you said. You are spot on.

  • @saxtus697
    @saxtus697 Місяць тому +111

    Japanese Proverb: Don't Touch the Boats!

    • @jackclark1994
      @jackclark1994 Місяць тому +5

      honest to god i thought that's where he was going with it 😂

    • @saxtus697
      @saxtus697 Місяць тому

      @@jackclark1994 Yeah, it is really where my mind went right away. :D

  • @OurRightspluslife321
    @OurRightspluslife321 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you! People need to hear this.

  • @davidmunroe6707
    @davidmunroe6707 Місяць тому

    Well said. Well said! And the part about a prosthetic leg. Priceless

  • @kartoffel9552
    @kartoffel9552 Місяць тому +163

    Great message at the end, more people should listen to it and, most importantly, follow it

    • @DJxD3vZ
      @DJxD3vZ Місяць тому

      Starting with the conservatives pushing hate against marginalized groups.

    • @lloydgush
      @lloydgush Місяць тому +2

      Biden's back to calling trump an existential threat.
      Jack black just told his audience he wants the next guy to not miss for birthday.

    • @callsignapollo_
      @callsignapollo_ Місяць тому +1

      ​@lloydgush that was the other guy, not jack.

    • @lloydgush
      @lloydgush Місяць тому

      @callsignapollo_ sorry, got confused.
      Still...

  • @keithcraig506
    @keithcraig506 Місяць тому +6

    That was one of the most balanced, measured and logical responses I've seen come out of all this.
    Well said, well played and well done, sir. o7

  • @colin3737
    @colin3737 29 днів тому

    Bro, that was a damn solid speech!!! Extremely well put, and more importantly, it is genuinely what so many people need to hear right now.

  • @shadownerd9701
    @shadownerd9701 Місяць тому

    Your message at the end resonated with me and made me reevaluate where I stand on the people I disagree with politically. Thank you.

  • @pandanolivefre3166
    @pandanolivefre3166 Місяць тому +30

    There is so much good in USA, the land of freedom, never forget it, always cherish and protect it.
    God bless America 🇺🇸🗽
    From France, with love ❤🇫🇷

    • @chrisd9700
      @chrisd9700 Місяць тому +4

      Merci beaucoup, mon ami!

    • @x-Phoenix_.A
      @x-Phoenix_.A Місяць тому +3

      we love you too 🇺🇸❤🇫🇷

  • @justinperry3791
    @justinperry3791 Місяць тому +12

    😂😂 " franklin..ur supposed to get me the keys u have little people hands" 😂😂

  • @adventurouswind2030
    @adventurouswind2030 Місяць тому +2

    Saying facts even without the jokes. HLC is saying what us true patriots are thinking. The eagle flies on both wings not one.

  • @crusader4904
    @crusader4904 Місяць тому +7

    There was a headlines on Forbes saying will Trump use this as a excuse to get more black voters because they dodge bullets all the time.

    • @j4m3sii
      @j4m3sii Місяць тому +3

      Yeah and what about the democrat news outlets (99% of US news) that said it was a “loud noise” and that he “fell down and needed assistance from the SS”

    • @peekaboopeekaboo1165
      @peekaboopeekaboo1165 Місяць тому

      ​@@j4m3sii
      New York Post saying the shooter was a "Chinese" !
      New York Post still refuse to retract what they "reported" !

    • @crusader4904
      @crusader4904 29 днів тому

      Yes consider all this is an absolute farce considering we were millimeters away from another jfk.

  • @ianrollinson7959
    @ianrollinson7959 Місяць тому +47

    Sending love from across the pond! ✌

    • @sleepycandle2642
      @sleepycandle2642 Місяць тому +2

      Cheers mate. Let’s all do our part to fix things.

  • @bluemule5150
    @bluemule5150 Місяць тому +5

    Bravo! Well said!! My feelings on this are as follows....left wing or right wing,it's still We the people of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! let me reiterate, left wing or right wing, we are still connected to the same bird!!!

  • @iloveplasticbottles
    @iloveplasticbottles Місяць тому +1

    Fun fact: US Army researchers found a way to listen in on all frequencies a few years ago

  • @DavesMx6
    @DavesMx6 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you HLC, I just lost a Marine friend and this is the last thing he would want. Politics aside, we are Americans and we need to be strong. E Pluribus Unum

  • @TheGiggleMasterP
    @TheGiggleMasterP Місяць тому +61

    HLC delivering the message everyone needed to hear. We are all Americans and united we stand, divided we fall. Extremism has gotten too extreme.

    • @theghostofthomasjenkins9643
      @theghostofthomasjenkins9643 Місяць тому

      yeah, no. that's acting like both sides are to blame. no. only 1 side has been pushing this "threat to democracy" crap and that this who is SOLELY responsible.

    • @MrSGL21
      @MrSGL21 Місяць тому +13

      the problem is......for one side its not extremism. and all of this "we are americans and united we stand!" is meaningless to them.

    • @theghostofthomasjenkins9643
      @theghostofthomasjenkins9643 Місяць тому +8

      it's not a good message. it's a wussy message that avoids calling out those responsible. it's nonsense and a waste of time. i expected better from HLC.

    • @kentdesrochers4052
      @kentdesrochers4052 Місяць тому +1

      AMEN!

    • @fiddlemenuts7155
      @fiddlemenuts7155 Місяць тому +4

      ​​@@MrSGL21the sad reality is that both sides of the spectrum this applies
      Division and paying attention to the extremist minority of both sides has just become the norm of modern political discourse
      Black and white
      Us or them

  • @bert5376
    @bert5376 Місяць тому +8

    Thank you HLC, thank you for saying what NEEDS to be said.

  • @wraith3920
    @wraith3920 Місяць тому +1

    Well said buddy. Your sentiment is exactly how I felt. I realized the first thing everyone was asking was political affiliation. I realized I didn’t care about that and only wanted to see an end to the irrational behavior. “A house divided cannot stand.” We all must do better. Whether to be the example for others to follow or be the example of the standard which we hold others too.

  • @mxochimera
    @mxochimera Місяць тому +4

    As a non-american, worried about the future, it brings me a little bit of hope to hear someone say this. Thank you.

  • @Ani-da-Padawan
    @Ani-da-Padawan Місяць тому +19

    "Where'd you get the prosthetic leg" YES FRANKLIN SHALL NOW AND FOREVER BE KNOWN AS ROCKET

  • @berniemadoff7837
    @berniemadoff7837 Місяць тому +1

    I can be just as incompetent as the Secret Service.
    Maybe I should get a cushy government paycheck.

  • @andrewpotter9613
    @andrewpotter9613 Місяць тому +4

    HLC is my favorite person and what he has to say about things is great!
    United we stand divided we fall everyone needs to understand that!!

  • @vanDaalstad
    @vanDaalstad Місяць тому +19

    Excellent ending, but don't you think you can sneak that Hellsing Ultimate Abridged quote by me that easily

  • @JamesKintner
    @JamesKintner Місяць тому

    Well done HLC. Needed to be said, and I'm glad I heard it.

  • @OiSqueakArt
    @OiSqueakArt Місяць тому

    As a fellow American with military ties(father and mother both USAF) I agree with your words and sentiment, I would say this as well, people need to get educated again, because we are suffering through the things Ike warned us about. When we stopped caring for our brothers and sisters we became strangers to them. We must do better.

  • @Changeling
    @Changeling Місяць тому +10

    Enthusiastic walks...I'm sensing a Hellsing Abridged reference here...

  • @Twitchy_McExorcism
    @Twitchy_McExorcism Місяць тому +105

    Remember The Iron Giant? How Hogarth tells it "You are who you choose to be," and it chooses not to be a gun?
    Be like the Iron Giant. Maybe you won't be Superman, but you don't have to be a gun.

  • @dakotasnay4372
    @dakotasnay4372 Місяць тому

    I dont usually give upvotes but you sir earned one with your great wisdom on the touchy subject of American politics.

  • @Calbeck
    @Calbeck Місяць тому

    It needed to be said. I'd like to see the news media listen.

  • @jamesbaggett7223
    @jamesbaggett7223 Місяць тому +19

    HLC using Hellsing 4-Star references is golden

  • @thedarcbird
    @thedarcbird Місяць тому +11

    As an Anglo-American, all I can say is Bravo HLC, Bravo.

  • @tallonmetroids271
    @tallonmetroids271 Місяць тому

    The Hellsing Ultimate Abridged refeence is absolutely what I needed right now.
    Next, the Kid is gonna get his first air-to-air kill and say "Whoops! Dod ai just accidentally a war?"

  • @ramonjimenez3315
    @ramonjimenez3315 Місяць тому

    Thank you HLC for saying that. I appreciate your sincerity and well-spoken stance.
    May God continue to bless you, your family and our country.

  • @Vhailor_Mithras
    @Vhailor_Mithras Місяць тому +223

    The first time America has ever said "Let's not talk about me."

    • @jeremysorejian
      @jeremysorejian Місяць тому +3

      There have been others

    • @wanderer10k
      @wanderer10k Місяць тому +1

      It’s capitalism. Rage bait makes money.

    • @shanedaley6236
      @shanedaley6236 Місяць тому +2

      I thought he would go a different way before that beautiful message at the end but great as always

  • @PRFrenchy
    @PRFrenchy Місяць тому +3

    EVERYONE needs to hear this. You are spot on. Thank you for putting it so succinctly.