Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Racist censor from Toronto Star receives free speech award

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. You know, I love those free speech awards. I love the free speech

00:00:04.580 organizations. But most of the time, I think they've been corrupted and perverted from the

00:00:09.800 inside. They've been taken over by their enemies. Case in point, Shri Paradkar, the censorious,

00:00:17.620 hateful, crazy lady at the Toronto Star, she just won the free speech award from Penn Canada. 0.77

00:00:25.000 Well, hang on. She's one of the most brutal censors around. I'll take you through it. 1.00

00:00:29.740 I'll show you the prize she won and the things she said that the Penn Canada people either missed

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00:01:04.720 Tonight, a leading censor and cancel culture advocate wins a free speech prize? George Orwell wouldn't

00:01:29.000 believe in himself. It's October 10th, and this is the Ezra LeVance Show.

00:01:33.080 You're ready for freedom!

00:01:36.040 Shame on you, you censorious bug!

00:01:39.100 I saw this news in the Toronto Star, naturally, the Red Star, as I sometimes call it. The headline

00:01:55.540 reads, Star Columnist Sri Paradkar Wins Penn Canada Prize for Advancing Freedom of Expression.

00:02:05.160 Now, I know a little bit about Penn Canada. I've actually been a member of it, I think,

00:02:09.420 for more than a dozen years. Sometimes I might have forgotten to renew, but I try whenever I can.

00:02:14.220 They were one of the very few free speech groups that, at least 15 years ago, was in favor of the

00:02:21.680 freedom to publish the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. That's what I did back then, and I was pleased to 0.99

00:02:27.000 see them at least make a tepid show of support for me, so I joined. I've been a member ever since,

00:02:32.120 but I was puzzled by this, because I know Sri Paradkar a little bit. I'm not a close follower

00:02:39.800 of hers. I don't know if anyone is. She just talks about racism all the time, and she talks about

00:02:46.420 racism from a reverse racism point of view. That is, she calls any white person racist. I think she

00:02:52.760 truly hates Canada, or at least everything that Canada is. She wants to transform it into something 1.00

00:02:59.860 else, which I find very odd for a new immigrant to this country. If you hate Canada so much, 0.98

00:03:05.780 why did you come here? So I've never really seen her write anything interesting, and I'm certain I

00:03:12.860 haven't seen her do anything to promote freedom of speech. Sort of the contrary. Let me read from

00:03:19.340 the story, though. Here's what her company says. I'm so proud of her. Paradkar won the prize after

00:03:25.800 being nominated by other journalists at the Star. Okay. For her work advocating for and mentoring

00:03:33.240 reporters from minority communities. Okay, I'm all for mentoring reporters from different communities,

00:03:41.180 black, white, red, whatever. What's that got to do with free speech? Freedom of speech is to stop

00:03:46.920 censorship of people, usually government censorship, but sometimes corporate censorship.

00:03:51.780 What's that got to do with the fact that she is an affirmative action hire herself, and wants

00:03:57.900 affirmative action for others? What's that got to do with it? I'll keep reading.

00:04:03.140 Toronto Star columnist Sri Paradkar has won Penn Canada's 2024 Ken Filko Prize for advancing freedom

00:04:11.320 of expression in Canada. Paradkar won the prize after being nominated by other journalists at the Star

00:04:16.740 and elsewhere for her work advocating for and mentoring reporters from marginalized and

00:04:21.960 underrepresented communities. Penn Canada told the Star on Wednesday, quote, her active and committed

00:04:28.400 support of young journalists of color is fundamental to expanding free expression for those who are often

00:04:34.380 excluded from the means to articulate marginalized experience of an unequal society. Penn Canada said in a

00:04:42.220 statement, quoting from the Ken Filko Prizes jury citation. Okay, can you do me a favor and just not call

00:04:50.640 it a free speech prize? You can call it anything else. You can call it a DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion

00:04:57.720 prize. You can call it an affirmative action prize. You can call it, you can phrase it positively. A prize for

00:05:04.560 bringing along minority reporters. Of course, they're not a minority anymore in Toronto. Toronto is now a

00:05:11.820 minority majority city. The minority in Toronto and Vancouver and soon other cities are white people.

00:05:19.420 So it's a little bit of chutzpah for someone in the year 2024 who just moved here from India to talk

00:05:26.100 about civil rights. There were some civil rights battles. I mean, Canada was always a hospitable place,

00:05:32.280 but it's a bit rich to call yourself a civil rights battler in 2024 for racial equality. We've had that here 0.69

00:05:39.940 for quite a while. It's a little bit of stolen valor by Sri Pradkar. Let me read just a little bit more.

00:05:48.740 According to Penn Canada, the prize is awarded to people or organizations who have advanced freedom

00:05:53.560 of expression at the expense of their own safety or reputation. The organization noted that Pradkar

00:05:59.620 has received death threats and harassment due to her work. Is that true? I mean, is it really true?

00:06:06.620 Has Sheree Pradkar been beaten up by Antifa or by Hamas thugs? Has she been arrested or jailed by

00:06:17.460 authorities? Or is it just mean tweets? Has she really faced death threats? I'm open to learning

00:06:23.420 the facts about it, but I've never heard that before. Were they serious enough that she reported

00:06:28.760 them to police and police investigated? Or are these just mean tweets? What a laugh.

00:06:34.900 So who exactly is Sheree Pradkar? I mean, she's the official racism reporter at the Toronto Star,

00:06:41.600 but that actually means it's not like she's calling out racism. It means that she's in charge

00:06:47.760 of racism, or at least the acceptable racism in 2024, which is basically defacing and defiling

00:06:54.240 anything from Canadian history. She would be the kind of person who would cheer the tearing down

00:06:59.420 of a statue. If you read her own columns and tweets, and I find them too tedious to read other

00:07:05.860 than the headline, it's just a hurricane of anti-white and anti-Canadian rants. Even though,

00:07:11.880 like I say, she came here as a new immigrant herself, but apparently she's an expert on the

00:07:15.940 way this country should be. And over the past year especially, it's basically like reading the

00:07:21.400 news feed of Al Jazeera or some other anti-Semitic state broadcaster. I mean, it's just nuts. I don't

00:07:27.740 know if she actually has a readership. But I thought I would sort of look into the kind of free speech

00:07:35.500 credentials that she has, starting with, for example, this story, quote, giving Maxime Bernier a platform

00:07:46.120 legitimizes his dangerous ideas. So this is her, a couple years ago, writing about how that her own

00:07:54.420 newspaper should never have allowed Maxime Bernier, who is a newsmaker, to meet with their editorial

00:08:01.060 board. Let me say that again. I mean, there are some people in the news who are good people, and

00:08:04.840 some people in the news who are bad people. Of course, opinions vary on who is in which category,

00:08:10.040 but all of them are newsworthy. And we don't just report on good news, and we don't just report on

00:08:16.280 people we like. I don't think that Maxime Bernier is evil or a bad person. He just has

00:08:22.260 firm reviews. I don't agree with him on all of them. But he's a newsmaker, and he was more of a

00:08:26.460 newsmaker several years ago. And apparently the editorial board of the Toronto Star thought he was

00:08:31.880 a newsmaker enough that they wanted to call him in, not to give him some award, but to ask him

00:08:37.040 questions. And that's what you do in journalism. But Sri Paragkar was outraged by it. Let me excerpt

00:08:43.460 from what she wrote. She said, platforming does not defeat ideas. If there is anything U.S. President

00:08:49.860 Donald Trump is shining example of, it is the danger of free speech arguments that validate hate speech

00:08:56.380 and the failure of the concept of sunlight as a great disinfectant of bad ideas. All platforming does

00:09:02.800 has legitimize the speaker. And when that speaker is polished or perceived by the audience as

00:09:07.440 authentic, the platform elevates their stature. Yeah, let's give this woman a free speech award. 1.00

00:09:13.760 Can you believe it? Penn Canada is such an embarrassment. Here she is. I'm just going to go

00:09:18.560 through some of these. This took me maybe five minutes on the Google machine to find these.

00:09:24.220 Here's Sri Paragkar, the new free speech award winner, trivializing that mass murder of the 0.81

00:09:31.420 journalists at that French magazine called Charlie Hebdo. I don't know if you remember, but several

00:09:36.920 years ago, their office was literally attacked by Islamic assassins, terrorists who murdered people

00:09:43.720 because they drew little cartoons of Mohammed. And here she is about that. She says, when I think of

00:09:50.520 the wall-to-wall coverage, the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the outrage in our newsrooms about the attack on

00:09:57.240 press freedom, wall-to-wall coverage of the tragedy, editorials, cartoons, and now radio, now radio

00:10:03.500 silence. Way to show what this is all really about. So she's talking now about the Gaza war. So she

00:10:11.220 thinks it was a bit excessive that people were so concerned about the murder of cartoonists. And where

00:10:17.300 are they now furious, drawing the equivalence with the Israeli defense forces response to the terrorist

00:10:24.520 attack? She's implying that we weren't really concerned or shouldn't have been concerned about

00:10:30.360 the murder of cartoonists because those same people who were concerned are not being noisy enough about

00:10:36.320 condemning Israel. So she's not really for free speech, but she is really anti-Semitic, isn't she? Here

00:10:41.820 she is promoting a SLAP lawsuit against politicians who say mean things. SLAP stands for strategic

00:10:48.360 litigation against political public participation. She says, new. Why, Sarah Jammah's libel notice to

00:10:55.440 Doug Ford is an act of courage that serves to break the silence around criticizing Israel and stands as a

00:11:01.540 de facto defense of dissent. Got it. So suing someone into silence is a defense of dissent. Got it, got it,

00:11:10.360 got it. Here she is objecting to a debater being allowed to go to a debate. I say again, this is a 0.53

00:11:18.020 debate, the monk debates. They're classic debates, two people versus two people. So guess what?

00:11:24.800 They're going to disagree. And if you care about the issue at hand, you might sympathize with the pro

00:11:29.840 and oppose the con or vice versa. No, no, no. The winner of Penn Canada's free speech award

00:11:36.340 doesn't like the fact that spicy and prickly people get to debate. Here's what she wrote.

00:11:41.920 Never forget that monk debates platformed Steve Bannon and Canadian media defended it because

00:11:48.860 apparently you can just debate people out of hate. What? What does that mean? Why don't you go and

00:11:55.820 crush Steve Bannon in a debate if he is so odious? I mean, aren't you happy that he's going to be

00:12:03.180 crushed? Or do you just want to have the conviction and sentence first and not even bother with the

00:12:09.560 trial? Can you believe this kooky woman won Penn Canada's prize? Here she is, Canada's worst 1.00

00:12:16.520 journalist, calling out Canada's best journalist, the late Rex Murphy. She said,

00:12:22.360 Rex Murphy getting a platform to air opinions on racism, a subject on which he has neither studied

00:12:28.780 nor experienced. While completely qualified, racialized people don't get jobs in newsrooms 1.00

00:12:34.520 is peak white privilege. Canadian media is so white. Hey, you know what? Canada is a largely white 0.72

00:12:41.700 country. If you hate that about us, why did you come here? But did you not know what Canada was like

00:12:50.260 that you would encounter the odd white person, including the owner of the Toronto Star? What a

00:12:56.040 racist bigot. And how bizarre to say that free speech only should be apportioned to those who

00:13:01.580 are the right color. What a racist bigot. What a censor. Even Dr. Seuss needs to be reined in,

00:13:09.460 she says. Look at this laughable tweet. If it's a given that to be an essential pillar of democracy,

00:13:16.200 free speech needs reasonable restraints. All debate occurs within the macro possibilities that reside in

00:13:21.800 that one word. Reasonable. What is reasonable? So she's even for censoring Dr. Seuss. What a loser. 1.00

00:13:30.440 I can't even believe Penn Canada gave her an award. I care about censorship. I care about free speech.

00:13:37.240 I do study it. I read it. I look at the laws. Sometimes I engage the laws with lawyers. And I look

00:13:42.360 at the civil liberties bonfire in this country over the last few years, especially ramping up. Now,

00:13:47.720 C-11, the law by which Trudeau took jurisdiction over the internet just with the wave of a wand,

00:13:54.200 including the right to order internet companies to boost or throttle things he likes or doesn't like.

00:13:59.520 C-18, which shakes out $100 million a year from Google and apportions it, but only to journalists

00:14:05.860 that Trudeau approves of through the QCJO, Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization.

00:14:10.920 And then C-63, which is in Parliament right now, which would include a life-in-prison jail sentence

00:14:18.140 for hate crimes and has $20,000 bounties payable to complainants if you take someone to the Human

00:14:25.220 Rights Commission for hurdy words. I haven't seen Shri Paradkar, and I did some searching today. I

00:14:29.920 didn't see her say a word about any of these. She didn't say a word when reporters were banned from

00:14:36.260 the leaders' debate, not a peep. Shri Paradkar is not a particularly compelling journalist.

00:14:44.200 She only talks about herself and racism she's found in the most pluralistic country in the world.

00:14:52.360 She's an anti-Semitic foreigner ranting in Canada's most subsidized newspaper. The Star gets more money 0.98

00:15:00.340 than any other paper. Oh, here she is. Collective punishment, ethnic cleansing, genocide. While

00:15:06.920 world sits and wrings its hands over labels, Israel's barbarity in Gaza continues. May all those 1.00

00:15:13.060 silent in the face of it and those cheering it on never know a day of peace. Got it. You little Jew 1.00

00:15:21.420 hater. Go back to whatever Jew-hating place you came from. You're not welcome in Canada, and you're

00:15:27.500 certainly not welcome to tell us we're not allowed to have free speech. She got the prize not because

00:15:33.200 she's ever stood up for free speech. As I've just shown you, on half a dozen occasions, she's failed

00:15:38.560 the test of free speech. She's called for the de-platforming of her enemies. What a deep embarrassment

00:15:44.580 to Penn Canada. You know, I don't think I'm going to bother renewing my membership to those frauds anymore.

00:15:50.720 Stay with us for more.

00:15:57.500 Ezra Levant here in sunny Venice Beach, California. I'm asking folks, who do you support?

00:16:08.800 Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? And why? Here's what they said. Who are you thinking of voting for

00:16:14.240 in this election? Trump or Harris? I'm not thinking of voting for Harris. I am voting for Harris.

00:16:19.120 Can I ask you why?

00:16:19.800 She believes in everything I believe in. Like what? Like, obviously, like, women's rights, 1.00

00:16:28.540 concern for poor people, higher taxes on the rich. I mean, you name it, and whatever it is,

00:16:38.400 platform, and I favor it. Today, I'd probably go Trump. What's that?

00:16:42.880 The VP debate. You watched that, eh? Yeah, I watched most of it. Concrete answers versus

00:16:51.340 kind of wishy-washy stuff, it sounded like. Who are you thinking of voting for, Harris or Trump?

00:16:56.600 Uh, Harris. Why's that? Because I don't like Trump. What do you don't like about him?

00:17:01.720 His policies. Like, can you give me an example?

00:17:04.960 Uh, building a wall. I don't like, there's no point for it.

00:17:08.600 You're not worried about, about mass immigration? Some people are. They say the border's out of

00:17:13.660 control. What do you think of that? Uh, I think they could do a better job at

00:17:17.380 keeping care of the border, for sure. But just not with a wall? No.

00:17:22.320 Like, with maybe a fence instead? I mean, not necessarily. Maybe more,

00:17:29.000 more guards on the border. So it's the physical wall you're against. It's not...

00:17:33.540 Yeah, I don't think we need to spend billions of dollars on a wall.

00:17:35.700 So it's a money thing? Yeah. Yeah. All right. That's... I haven't heard that one.

00:17:40.300 Do you guys, uh, plan to vote for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

00:17:43.600 Neither. I don't know. Neither? I think I'll choose the day of.

00:17:46.320 Really? Yeah. And what would you... I'm from a Trump family, so...

00:17:49.580 You do? And why is your family pro-Trump? Um, I don't know. My dad's a business owner.

00:17:55.780 Um, I don't know. I guess that's why. And are there any issues you care about?

00:17:59.980 Um, the way that he makes the country look, I guess. You know?

00:18:04.920 You know, that's sort of a neutral statement. That could be taken either way, right?

00:18:08.320 Yeah, yeah. What do you think?

00:18:10.820 No comment. No comment.

00:18:12.360 Who you like better, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

00:18:15.000 Kamala Harris. F*** Trump. 1.00

00:18:16.860 Why's that?

00:18:18.040 Oh, he's a prejudiced-ass white man.

00:18:19.960 Can I ask you who you're voting for in the election?

00:18:22.380 Uh, I'm not voting.

00:18:23.700 Can I ask you why? That's a decision in itself, right?

00:18:26.000 It's, it's a shit show anyways. It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's all smokescreen.

00:18:31.720 Is there any issue you care about?

00:18:33.980 Um, well, it doesn't matter what. It's because it's already, everything's already, uh, it's already dictated for, so...

00:18:41.200 You don't think Trump and Harris are pretty different?

00:18:43.600 Well, I think they're probably different, but they both don't give a shit, so...

00:18:47.540 Are you worried about anything? Like, what are the issues? Are you just sort of in your own zone and you don't pay attention, or do you follow it?

00:18:54.540 No, I think, I think the world's gonna go, just, basically, it's already controlled by the same people that run it.

00:19:02.180 Either way, they just try to make everyone think that each side fight each other, so, that's, uh, so that way they can do all the things they want to and have everyone fight each other when really, it's all, uh, they're already, they're already getting what they want anyways.

00:19:18.320 Anyways.

00:19:19.020 Uh, definitely, um, Harris.

00:19:22.120 Why's that?

00:19:23.560 Um, because I don't like Trump, mainly. Um, I think he's a real, a menace to society, um, for a number of reasons.

00:19:31.560 So it's not so much that you're pro-Harris, you're more anti-Trump.

00:19:34.100 Yeah, I would say so. I like her, though. I'm really, uh, supporting her, but, um...

00:19:39.140 What do you like about her?

00:19:39.840 Mainly, mainly, I don't like Trump, uh, but, um, no, I like, I like Harris, and I, I shouldn't say I don't like Harris, so, um, I'm gonna be a proud voter for her.

00:19:48.740 We're asking Americans who they're voting for.

00:19:50.520 Uh, Donald Trump.

00:19:51.460 I think, uh, the only good case that you have for Kamala Harris is for, uh, making the, uh, Supreme Court even.

00:19:59.300 So I think right now, with Trump getting in there, it does set up the Supreme Court to be, uh, centered around, you know, the right, which I think that there should be balance.

00:20:08.700 I don't like the two-party system in general, but if I had to choose one person, I would pick strength over, uh, lack of clarity.

00:20:15.600 And I think she's been a legislator, I mean, a, uh, litigator for her entire career.

00:20:21.400 So she says whatever she needs to say to win. That's her whole memorandum, right?

00:20:25.720 Can I ask you if you voted for Trump before?

00:20:28.060 I did.

00:20:28.880 Now, does that make you an anomaly here in California?

00:20:32.340 Um, I think.

00:20:33.840 To be honest, I'm not really a political person.

00:20:36.720 I don't really, uh, I don't know too much about politics, honestly, to give, like, a valid answer to you guys.

00:20:41.340 Fair enough. Do you have, would you call yourself liberal or conservative, or you're not that focused?

00:20:45.600 Definitely not a liberal. I'm more, like, in between, kind of.

00:20:50.480 I agree with some of the viewpoints of the liberals, but, and then I agree with some of the Democrats.

00:20:54.320 I'm just not, like, a hard left and a hard right.

00:20:56.880 I feel like people take politics too serious.

00:21:00.180 It's not that serious. Um, but yeah, that's pretty much it.

00:21:03.520 What is it about Trump that you don't like?

00:21:05.960 Everything. Seriously.

00:21:08.500 I, I don't, I don't think, I mean, I, I think he's very dangerous.

00:21:13.880 Can I ask you one tough question?

00:21:17.420 You can ask me.

00:21:19.620 I think back to the four years of Trump, and there were no wars.

00:21:23.900 No wars, there were wars.

00:21:25.660 There wasn't a war in Ukraine.

00:21:27.480 There was a war before and after Trump.

00:21:29.300 Trump didn't start any, and he did the peace deal in the Middle East.

00:21:32.920 And what Trump wants to do in Ukraine is give in to Putin.

00:21:36.760 And if, and, and, and, and, and you ask me a question, I'm going to give you the answer.

00:21:40.740 And if he gives, after, if he gives in to Putin, Putin is going to feel unbound by any fears of the United States.

00:21:47.940 And we're just going to have more wars.

00:21:49.800 If he's going to go into Poland, and he's going to go into other NATO countries.

00:21:53.560 So, yeah, I think it's dangerous. It's scary.

00:21:55.980 And can I ask you who you're voting for in this election?

00:21:58.140 Donald Trump.

00:21:59.100 Can I ask you why? Is there a policy or personality or what do you like about him?

00:22:05.320 I think he's a far more authentic person than Kamala.

00:22:08.040 I think the border is in big trouble.

00:22:10.040 I think we need somebody to clean that up on both ends, the north and the south.

00:22:13.520 You're not allowed to vote.

00:22:15.120 That's true. I'm actually Canadian, but I still have an opinion.

00:22:17.860 And I really think Trump needs to save this country.

00:22:21.660 It's in some serious trouble.

00:22:22.700 How about you? Do you have any views on Trump or Harris?

00:22:25.220 John 2024, baby.

00:22:26.400 And why do you disagree with your friend on that?

00:22:30.420 I think it was a better America when he was elected.

00:22:35.240 I think he's for the people, even though most people don't agree with that.

00:22:38.780 I can see where he doesn't like him.

00:22:43.460 I think that's just the news telling people that.

00:22:48.560 He gets put on the spotlight a lot more than other presidents have.

00:22:53.700 It's tough to come out for Trump.

00:22:56.760 There's a bit of peer pressure, isn't there?

00:22:58.400 Cancel culture, even.

00:22:59.660 Oh, yeah, for sure.

00:23:01.000 But you're not worried about saying that. How come?

00:23:03.600 I used to care, but I realize there's plenty of people out there like me.

00:23:08.520 And the culture wants you to not speak up.

00:23:11.580 But if you speak up, it's better.

00:23:13.160 Now, you're here in California, which is a Democrat place.

00:23:18.520 You don't seem to be shy about saying you're for Trump.

00:23:21.080 Is it easier to say you're for Trump now?

00:23:22.900 I would have thought it was socially difficult.

00:23:24.960 Well, to be honest, you're the first person I've talked to about it.

00:23:29.520 My friends don't really talk about politics.

00:23:32.500 Everyone just kind of keeps to themselves because, once again, it's just going to make you start butting heads.

00:23:37.480 And I don't really care who anyone votes for.

00:23:42.100 I really don't.

00:23:43.780 I don't want to say I don't care who wins, but I'm just living my life.

00:23:46.560 Harris or Trump?

00:23:48.960 We're British.

00:23:49.600 We're British.

00:23:49.820 We can't buy it.

00:23:50.480 Well, okay, let me ask it this way.

00:23:52.220 Who do you prefer?

00:23:53.040 Who would be better for the Brits, Trump or Harris?

00:23:56.600 I would say Harris.

00:23:57.700 Why is that?

00:23:58.400 Because she's weak and so the UK would be strong?

00:24:02.060 I don't know.

00:24:02.860 Can I ask you who you're voting for in the election?

00:24:05.920 Trump.

00:24:06.600 Why is that?

00:24:07.780 I like him more.

00:24:08.720 He supports Israel.

00:24:10.080 Is that important to you?

00:24:11.440 Yes.

00:24:12.100 Who are you thinking of voting for, Trump or Harris?

00:24:14.540 We're not from here.

00:24:15.180 We're tourists.

00:24:15.720 Well, if you had a preference, where are you from?

00:24:18.060 Germany.

00:24:18.380 Who would be better for Germany to be the president of the United States? 0.69

00:24:22.500 Kamala Harris or Donald Trump?

00:24:24.020 Probably Kamala Harris. 0.98

00:24:25.560 And why is that?

00:24:28.940 Give the answer.

00:24:29.900 Give the answer.

00:24:30.560 Do you like Trump or Harris?

00:24:31.740 I do.

00:24:32.280 Huh?

00:24:32.720 I'm not into politics.

00:24:34.200 Is there a reason why?

00:24:35.120 Is there something you like about her?

00:24:37.020 Trump is like too extreme.

00:24:41.140 On what?

00:24:41.960 With his opinions.

00:24:44.160 And that's why people probably don't like him.

00:24:46.700 Who are you thinking of voting for, Trump or Harris?

00:24:49.320 Oh, I'm French.

00:24:50.260 I don't vote here.

00:24:51.080 Okay.

00:24:51.880 If you had to choose which candidate you preferred, Trump or Harris, who do you like better?

00:24:56.360 I think Trump.

00:24:57.200 Why is that?

00:24:57.940 I think when Trump was president, there is no war.

00:25:02.360 So I think it's better for the world and the peace in the world.

00:25:05.080 From a UK point of view, who would be better for the Brits, Trump or Harris?

00:25:09.520 I think the majority prefer Trump.

00:25:12.000 And why is that?

00:25:14.480 Because he's not a politician.

00:25:15.940 He's just a businessman, which I think is a better thing.

00:25:18.900 Guys, who are you thinking of voting for, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

00:25:21.980 We're from Italy.

00:25:23.360 Oh, well, who would you prefer?

00:25:25.940 Il Trumpo or Kamala Harris?

00:25:28.400 Can I say?

00:25:29.900 I would say Trump.

00:25:31.280 Oh, Harris and Trump.

00:25:32.760 Now, why do you like Trump?

00:25:34.740 Why do you support Il Trumpo?

00:25:37.900 Because I think he's like modern entrepreneurs than politicians.

00:25:42.720 And like, you know, it's a state.

00:25:44.440 It's a big company at the end of the day.

00:25:46.600 Do you support Georgia Meloni?

00:25:48.280 Yeah.

00:25:48.780 How about you?

00:25:49.380 No, Georgia Meloni.

00:25:50.240 Not personally, but Elon Musk likes her.

00:25:52.080 I thought they were dating.

00:25:54.580 Yeah.

00:25:55.000 No, they were not.

00:25:56.400 That was just gossip.

00:25:57.840 Kind of.

00:25:58.740 And how about you?

00:25:59.340 You prefer Kamala Harris. 1.00

00:26:00.860 I'm a Democrat.

00:26:02.540 So I have the vision.

00:26:05.140 We have the same vision.

00:26:06.440 Who do you prefer?

00:26:07.300 Just as a French person, who would you prefer to have as president? 0.86

00:26:12.260 I think it's Kamala.

00:26:13.980 Can I ask why?

00:26:14.860 Is there something you like about her?

00:26:16.460 No, because Trump is, don't worry about Europe.

00:26:23.520 Is he a little bit mean to Macron?

00:26:25.780 Yeah.

00:26:27.040 You're voting for in this election, boss.

00:26:29.660 I'm English, so I'm not voting.

00:26:31.500 Do you have an opinion on who would be better for the UK?

00:26:33.740 I think, I have a feeling that Kamala Harris would probably be better. 1.00

00:26:42.140 Why is that?

00:26:44.340 Because she stands for a stronger Europe, because she's a supporter of NATO.

00:26:51.440 Although I kind of agree with Donald Trump that NATO countries should pay for their defense.

00:26:56.320 Because at least Kamala Harris is, in the bow, a defender of NATO.

00:27:01.280 You know, like him or hate him, Russia didn't start any wars when Trump was president.

00:27:06.700 I think they were maybe afraid.

00:27:08.300 North Korea, China, they all sort of watched their P's and Q's. 0.95

00:27:11.980 When Trump was president, the war started after he left.

00:27:14.300 What do you think of that?

00:27:14.880 Yeah, I think having a very reactionary president who makes decisions on the fly can be very off-putting for America.

00:27:29.460 For the bad guys.

00:27:30.500 Yeah, I agree.

00:27:31.680 So maybe you want Trump after all.

00:27:33.600 Maybe he actually makes the enemies think twice.

00:27:36.340 Well, you know, I'm a great believer in using alternative methods to bring peace.

00:27:43.420 Like saying, don't?

00:27:45.220 I think that's what Kamala Harris said to Iran, right?

00:27:47.540 Don't.

00:27:48.220 No, I'm more into things like we should be using, I tell you what, we should be using comedy.

00:27:54.900 We should be using...

00:27:55.700 You think the Ayatollahs care about comedy or Xi Jinping?

00:27:57.980 I don't think so.

00:27:58.520 I think we should definitely ban men from having any power anywhere near the Middle East. 0.99

00:28:04.660 That is the beginning of the only solution, because between religion and men... 0.98

00:28:11.420 Golden Bayeer and Benazir Bhutto running the place.

00:28:15.200 Yes.

00:28:15.920 Yeah, exactly.

00:28:17.000 If you put women in charge of everywhere, there would be a lot less war, a lot less carnage. 1.00

00:28:22.260 Let me ask you one last question.

00:28:23.360 I don't want to take up too much of your time.

00:28:25.100 You look like a cool dude.

00:28:26.440 You got a ponytail.

00:28:27.520 You're here on Venice Beach.

00:28:28.820 You sort of, contrary to the stereotype, I would have guessed, just based on appearances, you'd be a man of the left.

00:28:37.360 Well, the left has changed.

00:28:39.020 What was the left 20 years ago is not the left.

00:28:41.160 Now, I was considered very far to the left back then, but now I'm thought of as a right winger, and it's pretty crazy.

00:28:47.460 And my views really haven't changed.

00:28:49.440 It seems like everybody else's have.

00:28:51.020 I'm just a person of common sense, and I call it like I see it.

00:28:53.440 And I don't think that's happening today.

00:29:07.160 Well, as you can see, I'm back in our world headquarters in Toronto.

00:29:10.680 Yesterday, I was in San Francisco with Avi Amini launching his Avi Across America tour.

00:29:16.700 We've rented an RV, a recreational vehicle.

00:29:19.360 We've got a driver, Lyndon Dunkley.

00:29:21.440 We've got a videographer, Lincoln Jay, and Avi, the three of them, are going to take that RV across America going town to town.

00:29:29.260 And it's great.

00:29:29.800 Of course, they can live in the RV.

00:29:30.960 They can cook in it.

00:29:31.760 They can sleep in it.

00:29:32.800 So it's a fairly affordable way to spend a month on the road.

00:29:36.740 Their mission is to basically do a conservative reality show, going town by town to report on the state of America.

00:29:43.140 And I think it's going to be fun because Avi, of course, is Australian.

00:29:46.000 He's got a great sense of humor.

00:29:47.340 So I was with him yesterday in San Francisco to welcome him to this side of the ocean and get the lads all set up.

00:29:53.160 And we took him out for a nice lunch.

00:29:55.140 And I'm excited.

00:29:57.320 I'm sort of jealous.

00:29:58.240 Imagine a one-month road trip in America.

00:30:01.440 It's tough to do that, to take away that much time from your family and your home.

00:30:05.320 But I think they're going to give us great journalism.

00:30:07.020 I hope you think so, too.

00:30:08.040 Before that, as you know, we were in Los Angeles.

00:30:11.160 And it's great to be back in our home country.

00:30:13.340 Let me close with Avi's launch video for his reality show.

00:30:19.440 Take a look.

00:30:20.260 You will not believe where I am and who I'm with.

00:30:24.560 Ezra Levant.

00:30:25.600 Avi, great to see you.

00:30:26.600 You are one of the wonders of the world.

00:30:28.940 And behind us is another architectural wonder.

00:30:32.280 It's the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

00:30:35.440 This was the closest place for you to fly from Melbourne, Australia, to the United States.

00:30:40.640 Welcome to North America.

00:30:41.740 Thank you.

00:30:42.180 And I got in.

00:30:43.460 Can you believe it?

00:30:44.520 But for all the details, aviacrossamerica.com is the website designed to this exciting project.

00:30:52.020 And I'm genuinely excited.

00:30:53.580 I've been really excited about it for weeks.

00:30:55.360 I've kept tight-lipped about it because you know how the detractors love to get things like these cancelled.

00:31:01.800 What are we doing?

00:31:02.580 What's the plan?

00:31:03.140 Well, we've rented an RV, a recreational vehicle.

00:31:07.960 And you and videographer Lincoln Jay and master of the RV, Lyndon Dunkley, are going to go on a one-month tour across America, town by town, city by city.

00:31:20.520 It's sort of a reality show where you'll talk about America.

00:31:24.740 You'll discover it as an Australian fan of America.

00:31:28.680 And, of course, the backdrop behind it all is the U.S. election, perhaps the most momentous election in over a century.

00:31:35.120 You're going to get to know Americans in real life.

00:31:38.280 And politics might come up.

00:31:39.660 But it's going to be a travelogue.

00:31:41.700 It's going to be reality TV.

00:31:43.420 It's going to be a comedy.

00:31:44.740 It's going to be politics.

00:31:45.980 I think it's going to be amazing.

00:31:47.120 Ah, there you are.

00:31:51.300 Check out my home for the next month.

00:31:54.140 Just so you understand, there's three of us.

00:31:56.220 We've got Lyndon driving, Lincoln on the camera, and, of course, myself.

00:32:01.540 We've got, this is my bed.

00:32:02.640 We've got the office workspace here where it also converts into a bed.

00:32:10.140 And, because Lyndon is about triple my size, he gets the big bed.

00:32:15.840 But that's it.

00:32:16.420 We've got a little tiny, perfect for someone half a human size like me.

00:32:23.560 And this is going to be home.

00:32:26.240 This is how we're doing it.

00:32:27.720 This is how we're traveling the entire country to talk to everybody.

00:32:31.060 Middle America, anybody that has an opinion about politics or just about day-to-day life

00:32:37.920 here in America.

00:32:38.620 But remember, we cannot do this as budget as we're doing it without your help.

00:32:44.280 RVacrossamerica.com.

00:32:46.480 Please give what you can to help us fund this mission that I promise you will be unbelievable.

00:32:52.840 Something you've never seen before.

00:32:55.440 Now, we're starting here in San Francisco in what I'd argue is probably what America broadly

00:33:04.400 can expect if Kamala Harris wins across the country. 0.72

00:33:09.000 And we're going to land, at the end, in Miami, in Trumpville.

00:33:13.800 Yeah, it couldn't be more different.

00:33:16.000 San Francisco was actually where Kamala Harris rose to power, in part with her affair with 0.97

00:33:20.620 the mayor, Willie Brown.

00:33:22.480 She then moved to the Senate, now the vice presidency. 1.00

00:33:26.800 San Francisco has not had a Republican governor in 60 years.

00:33:30.100 And it shows the drug culture, the crime, the urban decay.

00:33:35.060 It's almost the personification of Kamala Harris.

00:33:38.820 Florida, the same thing for Donald Trump.

00:33:41.140 Free, strong, patriotic.

00:33:44.080 So we'll be moving from the dark to the light.

00:33:46.580 We'll be talking to people all throughout.

00:33:48.260 No, I won't be here for most of it.

00:33:51.020 You and Lincoln and Lyndon will be in this thing.

00:33:55.800 This will be your home for the next month.

00:33:57.700 There's so many amazing things you can discover about America when you go mile by mile, as

00:34:03.120 opposed to flying over it.

00:34:04.860 Yeah, 100%.

00:34:05.680 And I think, I guess the most exciting part for me in this mission is that we see so much

00:34:11.540 filtered media, like in Australia and around the world, I imagine, about this election

00:34:17.340 and about what people in America think.

00:34:19.280 I really want to get a feel for what the average person thinks.

00:34:21.960 What the average person's actual, as they say, lived experience is.

00:34:26.420 And where it's kind of guiding to get a feel for where are we really being, where are we

00:34:31.500 heading in this election?

00:34:32.420 I think one of the tools is what we call streeters or man on the street interviews.

00:34:38.100 You're great at it because you've got a sense of humor and you're friendly.

00:34:41.340 If this is a one month tour approximately, I don't doubt that you will personally say

00:34:46.720 hello to and give a mini interview to 1,000 real Americans.

00:34:52.760 And I think by talking to 1,000 real people you find randomly, big cities, small towns,

00:34:57.520 at a gas station, at a restaurant, at a sports event, whatever.

00:35:00.580 I think you'll probably get a better feel for real America than the regime media journalists 0.97

00:35:06.780 who never leave their offices.

00:35:09.080 So I'm looking forward to watching it for fun.

00:35:11.740 But I think everyone's going to learn a little bit about America.

00:35:15.100 I'm very excited.

00:35:16.460 Well, I want to thank you firstly for trusting me with this month mission.

00:35:21.020 And I want to thank the viewers in advance because obviously, yes, we're doing it as budget

00:35:25.660 as can be, we're in an RV.

00:35:29.020 We're not saying any fancy hotels or anything like that, but none of it is possible without

00:35:33.660 the viewer because we are viewer funded.

00:35:36.580 We've got minor sponsors that are helping us along the way, but we need your help.

00:35:41.040 RVacrossamerica.com.

00:35:43.280 If you can chip in a couple of dollars, if you believe in the mission, if you like the

00:35:47.560 content you're seeing here from the ground and there will be heaps of it, please consider

00:35:51.780 chipping in.

00:35:53.280 RVacrossamerica.com.

00:35:54.800 Bookmark it now and join us on the mission.

00:35:59.140 I don't know if you can tell, but I'm super excited about this mission.

00:36:02.460 So thank you for giving me the opportunity.

00:36:04.440 Go now to RVacrossamerica.com.

00:36:06.840 Bookmark it.

00:36:08.000 And if you believe in what we're doing, please consider chipping in now to help make it possible.

00:36:14.420 RVacrossamerica.com.

00:36:15.940 Bookmark it and join us on this journey.

00:36:19.180 Well, that's our show for today.

00:36:20.520 What do you think?

00:36:21.700 Until tomorrow, on behalf of all of us here at Rebel World Headquarters to you at home,

00:36:25.200 good night and keep fighting for freedom.

00:36:36.840 That's our show for today.

00:36:58.260 Thank you.

Rebel News Podcast - October 10, 2024

EZRA LEVANT ｜ Racist censor from Toronto Star receives free speech award

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