RAHEEM KASSAM: For me, the content of the two of the videos -- the third we know wasn't entirely accurate -- but two of the videos, the content was entirely appropriate to be shared. And, in fact, he's done the world a great service by sharing them because these are the types of incidents and issues that otherwise get one column each on page six of The New York Times or of The Guardian. Christians persecuted in the Middle East. People persecuted for their religion, sexual preferences, whatever it is, that we don't talk about anymore because we're more interested in persecuting ourselves over not letting a man dressed up like a woman use a certain kind of bathroom.

Previously:

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