The Matt Walsh Show - May 31, 2023


Ep. 1173 - Stop Cowering To The LGBT Extremist Cult


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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, The Struggle Sessions are ramping up in preparation for Pride Month, a professional baseball player grovels and apologizes for publicly supporting a boycott, and we need to start calling this kind of cowardice out. Also, Chick-fil-A goes woke. Actually, they went woke years ago. I ll explain.

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00:00:00.080 Today on the Matt Walsh Show, the struggle sessions are ramping up in preparation for Pride Month.
00:00:04.200 Yesterday, a professional baseball player groveled and apologized for publicly supporting the Target boycott.
00:00:08.920 It's one of the most pathetic caves we've seen recently, and we need to start calling this kind of cowardice out.
00:00:13.400 Also, Chick-fil-A goes woke. Actually, they went woke years ago.
00:00:16.100 I'll explain. Disney now has men in princess dresses at their theme parks.
00:00:20.160 And MSNBC explains why boycotting left-wing companies is a form of terrorism.
00:00:24.220 All of that and more today on the Matt Walsh Show.
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00:01:40.700 If you lived in China in the mid-20th century, you would be very familiar with the concept of struggle sessions.
00:01:47.360 During these displays of ritual humiliation, those judged to be enemies of the regime were publicly denounced and shamed.
00:01:54.540 A Wall Street Journal op-ed a few years ago described these ceremonies, quote,
00:01:58.260 In the struggle sessions, the accused, often teachers suspected of lacking proletarian feeling, were paraded through streets and campuses, sometimes stadiums.
00:02:06.180 It was important always to have a jeering crowd.
00:02:08.460 It was important that the electric feeling that comes with the possibility of murder be present.
00:02:13.660 Dunce caps, sometimes waste baskets, were placed on the victim's head, and placards stipulating their crimes hung from their necks.
00:02:21.500 The victims were accused, berated, assaulted.
00:02:24.100 Many falsely confessed in the vain hope of mercy.
00:02:26.340 Were any guilty, it hardly mattered.
00:02:28.760 Fear and terror were the point.
00:02:30.400 A destroyed society is more easily dominated.
00:02:33.760 Now, an important feature of the struggle session is that friends and colleagues and spouses and children were set against the person who'd been accused.
00:02:42.300 Those closest to the class enemy had to show their loyalty to the regime by betraying their friends or even their own blood.
00:02:49.560 The point behind all this was to get the alleged wrongdoer to confess and repent.
00:02:55.020 Whether they were guilty of any crime or not.
00:02:58.060 Like I said, it hardly mattered whether they were guilty.
00:03:00.700 Sometimes, though, it took a lot of persuading.
00:03:02.940 And the Wall Street Journal article offers a vivid anecdote of what was sometimes involved in this.
00:03:07.580 Quote, the Chinese Catholic Margaret Chu, a medical lab assistant, was dragged into the office of her labor camp in 1968 and made to answer invented charges.
00:03:16.380 Quote, their real motive was once and again to force me to admit all my alleged crimes.
00:03:20.460 She wrote decades later, I did not commit any crimes, I asserted.
00:03:24.400 She was accused again, roughed up.
00:03:26.140 She denied her guilt.
00:03:27.500 Quote, immediately two people jumped on me and cut off half my hair.
00:03:30.400 She was tortured, left in handcuffs for 100 days, and in prison for years.
00:03:34.760 While being tortured, she sometimes prayed for death so her suffering would stop.
00:03:39.460 Now, that was a struggle session in Maoist China in the 1960s.
00:03:44.860 But you've probably heard the phrase used to describe circumstances in Western society in the year 2023.
00:03:50.120 And we do indeed have our own version of these humiliation rituals.
00:03:53.860 In our case, the methods used to disgrace and humiliate the accused will often be less violent, often less violent, not always.
00:04:03.740 But in many ways, that only makes the humiliation worse in the end.
00:04:09.100 I mean, it's one thing to fold after weeks of physical torture.
00:04:12.320 Almost anyone would.
00:04:14.140 It's another thing to fold after a few hours of mean comments on the Internet.
00:04:18.740 But for many people, that's all it takes.
00:04:20.900 The Post Millennial reports on just the latest example of this.
00:04:25.360 Quote, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass apologized on Tuesday for sharing a social media post that explained why Christians should participate in boycotting companies like Target and Bud Light,
00:04:35.640 who have been at the height of national scrutiny over their failed marketing campaigns chocked full of LGBTQ propaganda. 1.00
00:04:41.860 Bass briefly shared the faith-based video to his Instagram stories on Monday evening,
00:04:46.200 which called on Christians to stop patronizing U.S. companies that go against biblical teachings,
00:04:51.300 but then quickly deleted it following backlash.
00:04:53.960 According to USA Today, the original video that Bass shared took aim at those companies, saying,
00:04:57.860 quote,
00:04:58.480 Here's the reason, biblically, why I believe Christians have got to be boycotting Target, Bud Light, 0.90
00:05:02.820 and any other corporation that's pushing the things they're pushing.
00:05:05.540 This is evil.
00:05:06.300 This is demonic.
00:05:07.080 We won't stand for it.
00:05:08.240 We're not going to go to the stores anymore, and we're not going to give you our money.
00:05:12.120 That's what the video said.
00:05:13.020 Despite the post only being up for a brief amount of time,
00:05:16.320 it was long enough for the outrage mob to come after Bass, who claims to be a devout Christian.
00:05:21.660 Now, that very mild Instagram video, which just points out, just says what's happening,
00:05:29.480 we're not going to go to the stores anymore, calls it demonic, which it literally is.
00:05:34.100 I mean, Target was actually selling satanic merchandise.
00:05:37.160 That's what they did.
00:05:38.040 Posted for only a brief period of time was enough to provoke outrage from the left,
00:05:44.240 and it was helped along by Bass's own team, throwing him under the bus, of course.
00:05:49.180 The Blue Jays put out a statement clarifying that, quote,
00:05:51.820 individual player sentiments are not representative of the club's beliefs.
00:05:55.960 And then the team went on to explain that, quote,
00:05:57.640 The Blue Jays bring millions of fans together across Canada
00:06:00.680 and are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming experience for all.
00:06:05.080 The Blue Jays are proud to celebrate LGBTQ2S Plus Pride Month,
00:06:09.540 including a special fourth annual Pride Weekend at the ballpark, June 9th and 10th,
00:06:13.960 and demonstrations of allyship all month long around the ballpark.
00:06:18.380 That's what the team said.
00:06:19.860 And then Bass followed a short time later with his own groveling statement.
00:06:24.360 Watch.
00:06:24.700 I recognized yesterday, I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community,
00:06:30.820 which includes friends of mine and close family members of mine,
00:06:34.680 and I am truly sorry for that.
00:06:37.540 I just spoke with my teammates and shared with them my actions yesterday,
00:06:42.240 and I apologized with them.
00:06:43.960 And as of right now, I'm using the Blue Jays' resources to better educate myself,
00:06:47.780 to make better decisions moving forward.
00:06:50.020 The ballpark is for everybody.
00:06:51.300 We include all fans at the ballpark, and we want to welcome everybody.
00:06:56.000 That's all I have to say.
00:06:57.220 Thank you.
00:06:58.800 I made a post.
00:07:00.120 I made a post that was hurtful.
00:07:01.680 It was a hurtful post.
00:07:04.060 The ballpark's for everybody.
00:07:05.280 What did he say that would contradict that?
00:07:07.380 When did he ever imply that the ballpark isn't for everybody?
00:07:10.460 Did Anthony Bass say that gay people aren't welcome at the Toronto Blue Jays' stadium?
00:07:17.540 Is that what he said?
00:07:19.740 Did he say that if he sees a gay person that stands, he's going to throw a line drive right at their face?
00:07:23.900 I mean, is that what he said?
00:07:25.900 He didn't say anything about gay people.
00:07:27.600 He was talking about Target and Bud Light.
00:07:33.340 Are there fans that would hear that Anthony Bass supports boycotting Bud Light and Target
00:07:38.700 and then interpret that as they aren't welcome in the stadium because they're gay or whatever?
00:07:45.700 Are there fans who would interpret it that way?
00:07:47.040 If they would interpret it that way, that's their problem.
00:07:51.360 Okay, if you're that stupid and that sensitive that you feel like you're not even welcome in a stadium
00:07:57.380 because one guy on the field has a point of view that you disagree with, that's your problem.
00:08:03.720 It's not anybody else's problem.
00:08:06.880 Now, as we know, the left loves nothing more than to castrate people, especially children.
00:08:11.640 But not every castration is performed medically.
00:08:13.380 What you just witnessed is more of a spiritual and emotional castration.
00:08:18.720 That was a man utterly debasing himself, sacrificing his dignity and his masculinity on the LGBT altar, 1.00
00:08:26.700 giving up everything, forfeiting his good name, his self-respect, all in exchange, once again, for nothing.
00:08:35.460 The LGBT mob, as always, demands total acquiescence, absolute submission. 1.00
00:08:40.780 You must give up your values, your beliefs, your sense of right and wrong, your common sense, your faith,
00:08:47.320 your understanding of basic biological reality, your soul.
00:08:51.860 And in return, they give you nothing.
00:08:56.560 That's the deal.
00:08:57.620 They say to you, like they said to Anthony Bass, you give us everything and we will give you nothing.
00:09:05.780 Nothing but more demands and more accusations.
00:09:09.500 Because nothing is ever good enough.
00:09:11.960 That's why the activist media responded to this apology by demanding that Anthony Bass still be fired.
00:09:18.780 Yahoo Sports published an article by Nick Ashbourne with this headline,
00:09:21.780 Blue Jays can't roster Anthony Bass and keep his views at arm's length.
00:09:27.560 Ashbourne goes on to explain that, quote,
00:09:29.380 when Bass shared a video to his Instagram story that strongly endorsed boycotting Target due to the company's pro-LGBTQ2S plus initiatives,
00:09:38.080 he took the step from controversy into bigotry.
00:09:40.580 As long as he's wearing a Blue Jays uniform, that's a stain the club can't scrub out.
00:09:47.260 He's a stain.
00:09:49.660 Referring to a person as a stain.
00:09:52.880 And he then spent several paragraphs demanding that the baseball player's career should come to an end
00:09:59.180 and warning that his team better not stand by him, quote, in any way, shape or form.
00:10:05.480 His team has received this message, by the way, loud and clear.
00:10:08.300 The Blue Jays manager told the media yesterday that, quote,
00:10:11.500 we're not going to pretend like this never happened.
00:10:13.560 We're not going to pretend like it's the end and move on.
00:10:16.500 There are definitely more steps that we're going to have to follow.
00:10:21.460 This is what Anthony Bass gets for bowing before the LGBT cult 1.00
00:10:25.060 and apologizing for daring to have his own point of view.
00:10:29.520 The consequence that he was trying to avoid will likely happen regardless.
00:10:34.380 See, the left, they take hostages, they make demands,
00:10:39.080 and then they receive the ransom, and they execute the hostage anyway.
00:10:44.140 This is how it goes every single time.
00:10:47.320 And yet somehow their ransom demands are still met every single time.
00:10:53.080 Or almost every time.
00:10:55.320 Keep in mind also that Anthony Bass is 35 years old.
00:10:58.860 He's a multimillionaire.
00:11:00.260 He's near the end of his baseball career anyway.
00:11:04.060 What would he really lose by simply standing by his own words?
00:11:07.560 What is actually at stake for him?
00:11:11.820 Now, there are some who want to make excuses for Anthony Bass
00:11:17.000 and all the Anthony Basses of the world.
00:11:19.600 All the other people who are the cowards
00:11:21.800 who cave to the slightest pressure from the left.
00:11:23.860 And they say that we can't know what it's like to be in their position.
00:11:27.680 It's easy to judge from a distance.
00:11:31.840 Well, I can tell you that I am not judging from a distance.
00:11:35.840 Okay?
00:11:36.720 I'm in the thick of it too.
00:11:38.840 And I can say that, yes,
00:11:41.400 you know, the average person doesn't fully understand,
00:11:44.400 nor do they anticipate,
00:11:45.580 the level of outrage they will encounter
00:11:47.800 if they wade into these waters.
00:11:49.380 They do not realize
00:11:50.500 just how vicious and personal and ruthless
00:11:53.520 the LGBT cult can be 0.99
00:11:55.700 when you dare to disagree with them publicly.
00:11:58.300 The moment you cross them,
00:12:00.500 you have unpersoned yourself in their eyes.
00:12:03.360 You are not a human anymore.
00:12:05.760 You are some sort of animal
00:12:07.260 to be caged and tranquilized
00:12:09.360 and maybe put down.
00:12:11.360 They will try to beat you down.
00:12:13.200 They will rip you to shreds.
00:12:15.000 They will absolutely set out to destroy your life
00:12:17.800 and the lives of anyone close to you.
00:12:19.280 I have tried to explain this many times, okay?
00:12:22.860 I have talked about my own experiences,
00:12:25.280 how my opposition to the LGBT agenda
00:12:27.480 and trans ideology
00:12:28.480 has led to me being doxed and hacked
00:12:30.620 and threatened and smeared relentlessly
00:12:32.580 and without end every day.
00:12:36.920 When I say, for instance,
00:12:38.080 that my family needs 24-hour armed security
00:12:40.920 in our home,
00:12:42.460 I am not saying that for dramatic effect.
00:12:45.460 It's literally true.
00:12:46.900 And the reason that I share these experiences,
00:12:51.120 though I haven't even told you the half of it,
00:12:52.960 trust me,
00:12:53.840 is that I want people to be prepared
00:12:57.840 for the fight that they're getting themselves into.
00:13:00.380 I don't want them to be blindsided.
00:13:02.940 That's why I talk about this.
00:13:05.680 And yet people still don't know what it's like
00:13:08.600 until they see it up close.
00:13:10.720 They just don't know until they see it.
00:13:14.760 Okay?
00:13:15.320 Because it's true.
00:13:15.940 So if you stand off at a distance
00:13:17.220 and you've never really gone up against this mob
00:13:20.240 in any kind of substantive way,
00:13:22.220 and then you hear from people who have
00:13:23.980 and they try to tell you what it's like,
00:13:25.140 it's easy to say,
00:13:25.840 oh, you're exaggerating.
00:13:26.340 It's not that bad.
00:13:27.040 Come on.
00:13:27.360 You're exaggerating.
00:13:29.320 And then the letters start coming to your home
00:13:31.780 from anonymous senders
00:13:33.280 making threats against your family.
00:13:35.460 Like once that happens,
00:13:36.480 you realize,
00:13:36.980 oh, okay,
00:13:37.820 this is serious.
00:13:38.880 But no matter how many times
00:13:41.660 we've warned about this,
00:13:44.560 invariably,
00:13:45.300 people are shocked
00:13:46.140 and many turn around
00:13:47.440 and run for the hills.
00:13:49.260 So,
00:13:50.080 as someone who knows very well
00:13:52.720 just how fierce and merciless
00:13:54.780 the backlash can be,
00:13:56.000 I still say 0.62
00:13:57.620 that there is no excuse
00:13:59.820 for this kind of cowardice.
00:14:01.760 We have made too many excuses
00:14:04.460 for too long.
00:14:06.440 Yes,
00:14:06.840 it is difficult
00:14:07.700 to withstand the pressure.
00:14:09.060 Yes,
00:14:09.720 the leftist mob
00:14:10.680 is vicious
00:14:11.320 and deranged.
00:14:14.120 Okay,
00:14:15.540 so what?
00:14:17.620 Sometimes you simply
00:14:19.160 have to just
00:14:20.060 do the difficult thing.
00:14:22.780 Sometimes you have to
00:14:23.920 give the mob
00:14:24.660 the middle finger
00:14:25.440 and let the chips fall
00:14:26.940 where they may.
00:14:28.600 For years and years,
00:14:30.260 very few people
00:14:30.940 have been willing
00:14:31.380 to do that
00:14:31.880 which has only
00:14:32.560 emboldened the left
00:14:33.700 and given them
00:14:34.340 the power
00:14:34.840 that they now wield.
00:14:36.660 And now the cowards
00:14:37.540 want to use
00:14:38.160 that power imbalance
00:14:39.140 as an excuse
00:14:40.080 for continuing
00:14:41.340 to be cowards.
00:14:43.180 No,
00:14:43.660 it doesn't work that way.
00:14:46.220 If you're a coward,
00:14:47.200 it's your fault
00:14:47.940 we're in this position
00:14:48.960 in the first place.
00:14:50.080 You don't get to hide
00:14:50.720 behind the consequences
00:14:51.680 of your own actions
00:14:52.740 or inaction in this case.
00:14:55.720 Enough hiding.
00:14:57.780 Stand up straight
00:14:58.740 for a change
00:14:59.460 and let yourself
00:15:00.380 be counted
00:15:01.140 among the sane
00:15:02.400 and the decent.
00:15:04.000 Do the right thing
00:15:05.220 and stick by it
00:15:06.380 no matter what happens.
00:15:10.320 And if you're not
00:15:11.080 willing to do that
00:15:11.740 by the way,
00:15:12.220 then just shut up
00:15:12.980 and don't say anything.
00:15:15.600 You know,
00:15:15.800 that's the other alternative.
00:15:16.800 It's not good.
00:15:17.520 It's not a good alternative.
00:15:18.900 But I prefer for you
00:15:19.860 to say nothing.
00:15:20.820 If you can't stand
00:15:22.040 by what you say,
00:15:23.340 then shut your mouth 0.80
00:15:24.560 and don't open it
00:15:25.640 to begin with.
00:15:26.600 Just stay silent
00:15:29.580 like everybody else.
00:15:32.000 Once you speak up,
00:15:33.400 you have an obligation
00:15:34.300 to stand by it.
00:15:36.860 And if you don't,
00:15:38.820 you're just as bad
00:15:39.800 as the mob
00:15:40.340 you're caving to.
00:15:41.280 You're just as bad.
00:15:42.940 I have just as much
00:15:44.200 contempt for you
00:15:45.180 as I do for them.
00:15:46.960 Actually,
00:15:47.540 you're worse. 0.53
00:15:48.540 You're worse
00:15:49.180 because you're a traitor
00:15:50.140 and a weakling.
00:15:51.020 In fact,
00:15:53.160 because you surrender
00:15:54.160 to the mob,
00:15:55.200 you deserve the treatment
00:15:56.620 that you get from them.
00:15:59.460 They're going to try
00:16:00.400 to ruin your life anyway
00:16:01.880 and so be it.
00:16:03.660 You are not worth defending
00:16:05.380 if you won't even
00:16:07.480 defend yourself.
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00:17:16.640 We should acknowledge
00:17:18.880 that there are
00:17:20.100 a few bright spots
00:17:21.020 in professional baseball.
00:17:21.860 Yesterday while Anthony Bass
00:17:23.200 was groveling
00:17:24.040 on his hands and knees
00:17:26.120 pleading for a mercy
00:17:28.160 that he will never receive,
00:17:30.420 there were other
00:17:31.500 baseball players
00:17:32.620 who actually came out
00:17:33.360 and did,
00:17:34.720 well,
00:17:35.560 they said the right things.
00:17:36.620 Whether they stand by it
00:17:37.740 remains to be seen,
00:17:38.740 but let's hope they do.
00:17:39.960 Trevor Williams,
00:17:40.800 a pitcher for the
00:17:41.460 Washington Nationals,
00:17:42.520 put out a statement
00:17:43.040 blasting the L.A. Dodgers
00:17:44.620 for inviting
00:17:45.480 the satanic drag nuns 1.00
00:17:47.080 for their upcoming
00:17:47.900 Pride Night festivities.
00:17:49.740 He called the decision
00:17:50.640 grossly disrespectful
00:17:52.100 and wrong,
00:17:52.980 which of course it is.
00:17:54.480 He's right about that.
00:17:55.740 And then a few players
00:17:56.400 on the Dodgers
00:17:57.180 have also spoken up,
00:17:58.260 starting with the team's
00:17:59.140 pitcher, Clayton Kershaw.
00:18:00.860 Soon another pitcher,
00:18:01.980 Blake Trennan,
00:18:03.160 followed suit,
00:18:05.300 warning that the inclusion
00:18:06.360 of the drag nuns 1.00
00:18:07.240 will have the effect
00:18:08.160 of, quote,
00:18:08.760 disenfranchising
00:18:09.580 a large community
00:18:10.280 and promoting hate
00:18:11.400 of Christians
00:18:11.960 and people of faith.
00:18:13.040 And he's right
00:18:14.080 about that, obviously.
00:18:15.800 There are at least
00:18:17.940 some men with spines
00:18:19.460 who still are
00:18:21.460 in the professional
00:18:22.060 sports world,
00:18:22.980 but not nearly enough.
00:18:24.740 And that's the point.
00:18:26.840 But there are enough
00:18:27.820 to at least shame
00:18:29.020 the cowards.
00:18:30.280 And that's what
00:18:30.780 you have to think about
00:18:31.520 if you're ever too afraid
00:18:33.400 to speak out
00:18:34.280 and too afraid
00:18:35.020 to do the right thing
00:18:35.960 and take a stand
00:18:36.600 and all that.
00:18:37.080 Look at the people
00:18:37.880 who have
00:18:38.500 and ask yourself
00:18:40.580 why you can't
00:18:41.840 if they can.
00:18:43.580 So if Clayton Kershaw
00:18:45.260 and Trevor Williams,
00:18:46.260 if they can take a stand,
00:18:48.020 then why can't
00:18:48.940 Anthony Bass?
00:18:50.520 Any excuse
00:18:51.520 about why he can't
00:18:52.660 do it
00:18:52.980 goes out the window
00:18:53.820 in the face of people
00:18:55.060 who have done it.
00:18:57.520 And this, you know,
00:18:58.400 this is generally
00:18:59.580 a good rule for life.
00:19:01.220 This is a good rule
00:19:01.840 of thumb in life.
00:19:03.200 Don't say that
00:19:03.920 you can't endure something
00:19:05.520 if other people
00:19:07.100 have endured it.
00:19:08.900 There's no reason
00:19:09.540 why you can't
00:19:10.360 if other people have.
00:19:11.140 It's like
00:19:11.520 all the young adults
00:19:13.920 who don't want
00:19:14.360 to move out of the house
00:19:15.160 and don't want
00:19:15.600 to move out of their parents' house.
00:19:16.720 They don't want
00:19:17.060 to live on their own
00:19:18.260 and pay for their own bills
00:19:19.380 and support themselves
00:19:20.300 because they'll be deprived
00:19:21.880 of the luxuries
00:19:23.040 and comfort
00:19:23.640 and the safety net.
00:19:25.400 And they don't want
00:19:26.020 to do that.
00:19:26.420 And they say,
00:19:26.800 well, I can't do that.
00:19:27.860 I can't do that right now.
00:19:30.000 I can't.
00:19:30.920 You know,
00:19:31.100 I'm only 27.
00:19:32.520 I can't be expected
00:19:33.440 to live on my own.
00:19:34.820 Well, what do you mean
00:19:35.460 you can't?
00:19:37.040 Millions of people
00:19:38.100 have done
00:19:39.020 exactly what you say
00:19:40.480 you can't do.
00:19:41.660 So why are you
00:19:42.520 a special case?
00:19:43.380 What do you mean
00:19:43.640 you can't do it?
00:19:45.640 That's a different topic,
00:19:46.860 but the principle
00:19:48.300 remains the same.
00:19:50.520 So just because
00:19:51.420 someone else
00:19:51.980 does something
00:19:53.640 doesn't mean
00:19:53.980 you can do that
00:19:55.300 depending on what it is,
00:19:56.420 right?
00:19:58.400 But if someone,
00:20:01.080 if people can endure
00:20:02.460 something,
00:20:03.140 they can endure it,
00:20:04.200 then you need
00:20:06.420 to think about
00:20:06.860 whether your excuses
00:20:08.460 make any sense.
00:20:09.600 And they probably don't.
00:20:11.660 Daily Wire has this report.
00:20:12.840 Fast food restaurant
00:20:13.660 chain Chick-fil-A
00:20:14.680 received backlash
00:20:15.500 on social media
00:20:16.380 as conservatives
00:20:17.080 learned that the
00:20:17.700 firm's corporate office
00:20:18.780 advances a number
00:20:19.680 of diversity initiatives,
00:20:21.060 a revelation which came
00:20:21.940 as brands such as
00:20:22.680 Bud Light and Target
00:20:23.320 faced criticism
00:20:23.960 for embracing
00:20:24.580 woke ideology.
00:20:26.060 Social media users
00:20:26.740 noted that Chick-fil-A,
00:20:27.740 which has a longstanding
00:20:28.440 reputation as a firm
00:20:29.380 run on the basis
00:20:30.000 of conservative
00:20:30.520 and Christian principles,
00:20:31.860 hired Eric Reynolds
00:20:32.960 as vice president
00:20:34.060 of diversity,
00:20:35.140 equity,
00:20:35.460 and inclusion
00:20:36.000 two years ago.
00:20:37.760 Chick-fil-A prominently 0.96
00:20:38.680 features a number
00:20:39.300 of diversity programs
00:20:40.320 meant only for females 0.96
00:20:41.300 and members of racial
00:20:42.060 minorities on a DEI
00:20:43.420 segment of its website,
00:20:44.820 which surfaced in the
00:20:45.560 days after Target
00:20:46.320 and Bud Light witness
00:20:46.960 sales and market
00:20:47.760 capitalization hits.
00:20:49.560 Beyond collaborations
00:20:50.700 with various national
00:20:51.900 diverse professional
00:20:52.760 development organizations
00:20:53.740 such as the Women's
00:20:54.740 Food Service Forums,
00:20:55.920 the National Black
00:20:56.820 MBA Association,
00:20:58.540 and the Association
00:20:59.180 of Latino Professionals
00:21:00.380 of America,
00:21:00.860 the restaurant chain
00:21:01.820 offers community groups
00:21:02.720 such as Women in Business,
00:21:03.940 the Black Employee
00:21:04.760 Resource Group,
00:21:06.180 and the Chick-fil-A
00:21:06.980 Green Team.
00:21:08.480 The company also seeks
00:21:09.260 to develop, quote,
00:21:10.100 mentorship, development,
00:21:11.760 and partnership opportunities
00:21:12.760 for minority-owned businesses
00:21:14.100 to strategically engage
00:21:15.320 with their supply chain.
00:21:17.780 Chick-fil-A additionally
00:21:18.600 includes sexual orientation,
00:21:20.020 gender identity,
00:21:20.700 and gender expression
00:21:21.680 in its employment
00:21:22.580 non-discrimination statement
00:21:23.800 alongside race,
00:21:24.720 sex, religion,
00:21:25.960 and veteran status.
00:21:26.940 Now, first of all,
00:21:29.580 as others have pointed out,
00:21:30.680 this is no surprise
00:21:31.760 from Chick-fil-A.
00:21:34.040 They didn't go woke
00:21:35.220 just now.
00:21:37.480 If there was a specific moment
00:21:39.580 when they went woke,
00:21:40.580 or at least when it became
00:21:41.520 apparent to the public
00:21:42.600 that they went woke,
00:21:43.320 that was back,
00:21:44.160 and I think this was in 2020,
00:21:46.180 when Dan Cathy,
00:21:47.400 the CEO of the company,
00:21:48.960 a couple years ago,
00:21:50.540 on stage
00:21:51.440 at some kind of event,
00:21:53.020 got on his knees
00:21:54.940 and shined the shoes
00:21:57.180 of a black man
00:21:58.660 on stage
00:21:59.440 as a show
00:22:00.400 of racial submission.
00:22:02.420 So it was another
00:22:03.300 struggle session,
00:22:05.080 ritual humiliation,
00:22:06.240 that he willingly engaged in.
00:22:08.840 And this was the CEO
00:22:09.880 of Chick-fil-A.
00:22:10.960 So after this moment,
00:22:12.800 if you still had any notion
00:22:13.940 that Chick-fil-A wasn't woke,
00:22:15.240 well, I don't know
00:22:15.620 where you got that idea from.
00:22:17.200 Let's go back
00:22:17.720 and watch that again.
00:22:18.520 Here it is.
00:22:19.980 A story that was
00:22:21.000 shared with me
00:22:22.360 by a dear friend
00:22:23.640 who shared with me
00:22:24.920 about a revival
00:22:25.640 that was taking place
00:22:26.660 at a church in Texas.
00:22:28.720 And at that revival
00:22:30.020 on the front seat
00:22:30.840 was an older African-American
00:22:32.120 young,
00:22:33.020 older African-American
00:22:34.620 man that was sitting there.
00:22:37.040 And this young man
00:22:38.080 got up
00:22:39.020 that was there
00:22:40.800 in that service
00:22:41.560 and he'd been
00:22:42.640 so gripped
00:22:43.860 with conviction
00:22:44.600 about the racism
00:22:46.260 that was in that
00:22:46.920 local community
00:22:47.740 in a small town
00:22:48.820 in Texas
00:22:49.320 that he took
00:22:51.380 a shoe brush
00:22:52.820 and he walked over
00:22:54.700 to this elderly gentleman
00:22:56.060 and he knelt on his knees
00:22:57.240 and began to shine his shoes.
00:22:59.640 And tears began to flow
00:23:01.280 in that service.
00:23:03.800 It was an attitude
00:23:05.080 of conviction.
00:23:07.440 So I invite folks
00:23:08.900 just to put some words
00:23:10.860 to action here.
00:23:12.360 And if we need
00:23:13.320 to find somebody
00:23:14.260 that needs to have
00:23:15.200 their shoes shine,
00:23:16.220 we need to just go
00:23:17.120 right on over
00:23:17.660 and shine their shoes.
00:23:20.660 And whether they got
00:23:22.000 tennis shoes on or not,
00:23:23.660 maybe they got sandals on,
00:23:25.620 it really doesn't matter.
00:23:27.820 But there's a time
00:23:29.180 at which we need to have
00:23:30.100 some personal action here.
00:23:33.600 Maybe we need to
00:23:34.160 give them a hug too.
00:23:36.340 And some stock
00:23:38.100 in Chick-fil-A.
00:23:38.740 But I bought
00:23:44.440 about 1,500 of these
00:23:45.840 and I gave them
00:23:46.480 to all our Chick-fil-A
00:23:47.280 operators and staff
00:23:48.400 a number of years ago.
00:23:50.260 And so any expressions
00:23:52.380 of a contrite heart,
00:23:54.980 of a sense of humility,
00:23:56.520 a sense of shame,
00:23:58.060 a sense of embarrassment,
00:24:00.100 began with an apologetic heart.
00:24:03.360 Well, certainly
00:24:04.440 you get embarrassment
00:24:05.200 out of that.
00:24:06.240 So if he has a sense
00:24:07.280 of embarrassment,
00:24:08.360 if you have a sense
00:24:09.220 of embarrassment
00:24:09.880 while bending down
00:24:11.440 to shine a black man's shoes
00:24:13.580 as a show of white guilt,
00:24:17.160 the sense of embarrassment
00:24:17.980 is not from the fact
00:24:19.180 that you're white,
00:24:19.780 it's from what you are doing.
00:24:21.520 You are embarrassing yourself.
00:24:23.060 And did I hear that right?
00:24:23.980 Because I've seen
00:24:24.380 that clip before.
00:24:25.060 I think I,
00:24:26.540 maybe I never watched
00:24:27.660 that clip all the way
00:24:28.340 to the end
00:24:28.760 because it's unbearable.
00:24:30.640 Although I just made you,
00:24:31.700 I made you bear it just now.
00:24:33.280 But did he say
00:24:35.940 at the end there
00:24:36.440 that he gave
00:24:37.400 shoe shining kits
00:24:38.480 to his employees
00:24:40.660 in case they come across
00:24:42.320 any black people
00:24:43.300 whose shoes they want to shine? 1.00
00:24:45.020 Did I get that right?
00:24:46.060 I think I did.
00:24:49.880 So yes,
00:24:51.220 Chick-fil-A is woke.
00:24:53.060 And even putting aside
00:24:54.520 the pathetic display
00:24:55.420 that we just watched there,
00:24:56.740 the diversity, equity,
00:24:59.260 and inclusion stuff
00:25:00.500 is always left-wing indoctrination.
00:25:03.380 It's always woke.
00:25:06.160 And I've heard some people
00:25:07.120 say that,
00:25:07.880 hey, just because
00:25:08.500 they have a DEI initiative
00:25:09.660 doesn't automatically mean
00:25:11.060 they're kowtowing to the left.
00:25:13.760 Yes, it does.
00:25:15.680 That's what these initiatives are.
00:25:18.540 Like, there's no such thing
00:25:19.860 as a DEI initiative
00:25:21.220 that is conservative
00:25:22.740 or is neutral.
00:25:25.700 It is all born
00:25:27.020 from left-wing ideology.
00:25:30.500 All of it.
00:25:33.060 And automatically,
00:25:35.560 if it's a diversity,
00:25:37.540 equity, and inclusion program,
00:25:39.520 they mean diversity,
00:25:42.020 equity, and inclusion
00:25:43.260 in the way that the left means it.
00:25:46.960 That's automatically
00:25:48.000 how it's meant.
00:25:48.700 like, there are,
00:25:53.800 there can be a context
00:25:55.780 where you can use
00:25:57.140 the word diversity
00:25:58.040 and it's not a bad thing
00:25:59.680 or a left-wing thing. 0.53
00:26:04.620 Right?
00:26:05.140 But if it's in this context,
00:26:08.080 then the left owns that.
00:26:10.760 And so,
00:26:11.620 they mean diversity
00:26:12.900 in the way that the left means it.
00:26:15.160 And how does the left mean it?
00:26:16.420 They mean it exactly
00:26:17.160 in the way that we just saw there
00:26:18.580 from Dan Caffey.
00:26:20.980 Which is anti-white, 0.97
00:26:23.020 white people debasing themselves,
00:26:24.820 white people are guilty, 0.96
00:26:25.920 white people have to apologize,
00:26:28.320 fingers pointed at white people,
00:26:29.780 it's all your fault. 0.74
00:26:30.440 That's how they,
00:26:30.900 that's what they mean.
00:26:32.400 That's what diversity,
00:26:33.380 we talked about this last week,
00:26:34.260 that's what diversity always means.
00:26:36.080 Diversity means anti-white 1.00
00:26:37.540 when it's coming from the left.
00:26:40.840 If Chick-fil-A
00:26:41.800 has diversity initiatives,
00:26:43.540 that means it's an anti-white initiative.
00:26:45.220 And that's why they're,
00:26:46.260 well, they have programs
00:26:47.120 to help minority-owned businesses.
00:26:49.120 Well, what about,
00:26:49.740 what,
00:26:50.180 or women-owned businesses. 0.99
00:26:51.400 So white males don't,
00:26:53.020 they don't need your help?
00:26:56.460 It really,
00:26:57.200 it's horrific.
00:26:59.140 It's wrong.
00:27:00.140 It's evil.
00:27:01.840 It is evil
00:27:02.800 to go out
00:27:03.480 as a,
00:27:04.280 you know,
00:27:04.760 a wealthy corporation
00:27:05.740 and say,
00:27:06.120 we're going to help all the women 0.99
00:27:07.260 and minority-owned businesses.
00:27:09.580 You know,
00:27:10.000 there are a lot of white males
00:27:10.980 out there
00:27:11.480 who own businesses
00:27:12.580 and they're serving
00:27:13.480 their communities
00:27:14.100 and they're struggling
00:27:15.060 and they could really
00:27:17.080 use the help too.
00:27:19.000 So to skip over somebody
00:27:21.380 because they're a white male
00:27:23.100 is disgusting.
00:27:24.640 It's awful.
00:27:26.520 We should condemn it
00:27:28.100 for the same reason
00:27:30.960 everybody would condemn it
00:27:32.240 if it was a diversity initiative
00:27:34.240 where we're going to help
00:27:35.120 all the business owners
00:27:36.060 except for black women. 1.00
00:27:38.420 Can you even imagine that?
00:27:39.780 Can you imagine
00:27:41.300 any sort of initiative,
00:27:42.980 any kind of program
00:27:44.280 that any corporation
00:27:46.760 or any government entity
00:27:47.840 endorsed
00:27:48.400 where we're going to go out
00:27:50.400 and we're going to find
00:27:50.860 business owners
00:27:51.480 and we're going to help
00:27:52.580 all the business owners
00:27:53.460 except if you're a black woman. 1.00
00:27:54.800 We're not going to help you.
00:27:58.080 And it wouldn't,
00:27:58.540 it wouldn't,
00:27:59.000 then everybody would say,
00:28:00.180 well, that's,
00:28:00.640 that's incredibly racist
00:28:02.360 and sexist.
00:28:04.000 And, you know,
00:28:05.120 it wouldn't do any good
00:28:06.980 to say,
00:28:07.520 well, no, it's not.
00:28:08.300 It's not nothing
00:28:09.480 against the black women. 1.00
00:28:10.520 What do you mean?
00:28:10.960 You're specifically
00:28:11.880 excluding them.
00:28:12.860 Of course,
00:28:13.220 it's something against them.
00:28:15.100 Well, no.
00:28:15.800 I mean,
00:28:15.980 just because we have a program
00:28:17.040 to help everybody
00:28:18.100 except this one group
00:28:19.760 that we've singled out
00:28:21.140 doesn't mean it's anything,
00:28:22.400 nothing personal against them.
00:28:23.860 Well, then why aren't
00:28:24.460 you helping them?
00:28:25.940 Why not have a program
00:28:26.980 to just help everybody?
00:28:28.020 Why not help any business owner?
00:28:31.140 Here's a crazy idea.
00:28:32.820 What about looking
00:28:33.720 at the actual businesses
00:28:35.040 themselves
00:28:35.800 and making your judgment
00:28:37.560 based on that?
00:28:39.520 Finding the businesses
00:28:40.280 that are especially struggling,
00:28:41.960 finding the ones
00:28:42.420 that are especially important
00:28:43.820 to their communities,
00:28:44.660 whatever.
00:28:46.220 So, yeah,
00:28:46.640 this is woke.
00:28:47.480 This is,
00:28:48.180 it's not just left wing.
00:28:49.280 It is far left.
00:28:50.560 It is gross and disgusting
00:28:51.940 and we should condemn it.
00:28:53.040 And I don't want to hear from it.
00:28:54.200 There have been some conservatives,
00:28:55.280 even ones that I respect,
00:28:57.080 who have said,
00:28:57.600 well, look,
00:28:58.420 we don't want to,
00:28:59.480 you know,
00:28:59.940 we don't want to,
00:29:00.440 the perfect is the enemy
00:29:02.300 of the good
00:29:02.760 and all that
00:29:03.300 and Chick-fil-A
00:29:04.480 is generally on our side,
00:29:05.980 so let's not go after them.
00:29:07.320 Yeah, they have a DEI initiative,
00:29:08.600 but who cares?
00:29:09.100 Yeah, they're,
00:29:09.460 they're, you know,
00:29:10.140 doing programs
00:29:10.860 to help everybody
00:29:11.540 except for white men.
00:29:12.620 They're singling white men.
00:29:13.620 White men, 0.98
00:29:14.020 get on your knees
00:29:14.520 and shine the shoes
00:29:15.480 of a black man.
00:29:16.120 We're not going to help you.
00:29:17.020 Yeah, they're doing all that,
00:29:17.840 but otherwise they're good.
00:29:20.180 No, I mean,
00:29:20.800 it's a,
00:29:21.160 it's a tired slogan
00:29:22.100 at this point,
00:29:22.720 but it is true to say
00:29:23.820 this is why we lose.
00:29:25.720 It's because of that
00:29:26.420 kind of attitude.
00:29:27.380 We got to stop
00:29:28.140 making exceptions.
00:29:28.880 We have to stop
00:29:30.420 extending grace
00:29:31.540 to these people
00:29:32.220 that will never
00:29:32.820 extend it back to us.
00:29:34.960 Like, call things
00:29:36.420 what they are
00:29:37.800 and, uh,
00:29:39.560 and let's just be,
00:29:40.880 and have zero tolerance,
00:29:42.380 okay?
00:29:42.920 Zero tolerance policy.
00:29:44.880 As conservatives,
00:29:45.980 we should have
00:29:46.480 a zero tolerance policy
00:29:47.880 for any DEI,
00:29:49.220 any diversity initiative,
00:29:51.020 anything anti-white,
00:29:52.440 anything that pushes,
00:29:53.820 um, that, that, that,
00:29:55.020 that pushes
00:29:55.700 the trans agenda.
00:29:58.280 Pride,
00:29:58.880 flags,
00:29:59.440 all of that
00:30:00.280 is far left
00:30:01.700 extremism.
00:30:05.140 It is harmful.
00:30:06.760 It is poisonous
00:30:07.800 to society,
00:30:08.560 all of it,
00:30:09.440 and we should have
00:30:09.920 zero tolerance
00:30:10.960 for all of it.
00:30:13.260 That's the only way.
00:30:14.500 It is the only way
00:30:15.520 because the other way
00:30:16.500 we've tried.
00:30:18.500 So if you're one
00:30:19.240 of the people
00:30:19.560 that says,
00:30:20.020 well, let's,
00:30:20.600 you know,
00:30:20.880 let's, uh,
00:30:21.720 we don't have to
00:30:22.240 throw it all out.
00:30:23.060 Let's try to be
00:30:23.760 a little bit more,
00:30:24.540 you know,
00:30:25.260 um,
00:30:25.920 find a middle ground.
00:30:26.860 If you're one
00:30:27.980 of those people,
00:30:28.700 you are representing
00:30:30.140 the viewpoint.
00:30:30.800 That's not a new idea.
00:30:32.100 This is,
00:30:32.820 this has,
00:30:33.120 that has been
00:30:33.780 the strategy
00:30:34.580 up until now.
00:30:37.980 Has it worked?
00:30:40.120 It's worked for the left.
00:30:41.880 Has it worked well
00:30:42.640 for us?
00:30:44.920 We only started
00:30:45.980 making real progress
00:30:47.040 in the culture
00:30:47.660 as conservatives
00:30:48.660 when we drew
00:30:49.700 a hard line,
00:30:50.680 okay?
00:30:51.740 Not a line in the sand,
00:30:52.780 a line in the cement
00:30:53.980 that is not going
00:30:55.200 to move.
00:30:57.440 When we started
00:30:58.120 drawing the hard lines,
00:30:59.780 that's when we started
00:31:01.080 making progress.
00:31:04.000 When we started,
00:31:04.820 when we started
00:31:05.460 to look at
00:31:06.000 entire categories
00:31:07.140 of things
00:31:07.960 and said,
00:31:08.620 all of that is wrong.
00:31:09.700 We don't want any of it.
00:31:10.400 We have no tolerance
00:31:11.220 for it.
00:31:11.600 Get rid of all of it.
00:31:13.420 Okay,
00:31:13.840 the transing of kids.
00:31:16.340 Finally,
00:31:16.960 the right draws
00:31:17.560 a hard line
00:31:18.120 and says,
00:31:18.600 all of that is terrible.
00:31:19.560 I don't want any of it.
00:31:21.060 Don't bring the trans stuff 1.00
00:31:22.700 around kids,
00:31:24.080 period.
00:31:24.720 None of it.
00:31:25.840 Don't put it on
00:31:26.400 a baby onesie.
00:31:27.700 Don't put it on,
00:31:28.540 you know,
00:31:28.960 don't put it in the
00:31:30.420 front of your store
00:31:32.280 so kids can see it.
00:31:33.500 Don't put it in the schools.
00:31:34.840 Don't put it in the textbooks.
00:31:37.340 And when we said that,
00:31:38.420 we finally started
00:31:39.000 making progress.
00:31:40.080 But only then.
00:31:42.580 It's the same thing
00:31:43.360 with all this LGBT pride stuff 0.77
00:31:44.840 and the DEI stuff.
00:31:47.960 There is no way to like,
00:31:49.400 well,
00:31:49.620 we'll take,
00:31:49.940 we want little pieces
00:31:50.940 of it that are okay.
00:31:52.220 You know,
00:31:52.940 we'll get rid of the bad stuff.
00:31:54.300 The only way is
00:31:55.360 push all of it aside.
00:31:58.980 Make all of it toxic.
00:32:01.680 And punish,
00:32:03.060 punish the people 1.00
00:32:04.960 who promote it
00:32:06.340 and engage in it.
00:32:07.620 That's the only way.
00:32:09.880 All right,
00:32:10.300 if you want to know
00:32:11.200 how bad
00:32:12.060 it's gotten at Disney,
00:32:13.660 here's what
00:32:14.060 is happening
00:32:14.960 at their California
00:32:16.060 theme park.
00:32:16.740 This is the,
00:32:18.640 I guess,
00:32:19.100 their princess boutique
00:32:20.340 where little girls
00:32:21.280 go to buy princess outfits
00:32:22.560 and they are
00:32:23.800 helped by
00:32:24.620 princesses who work there.
00:32:27.400 And here's one of the
00:32:29.300 quote unquote
00:32:29.800 princesses.
00:32:30.620 So my name's Nick.
00:32:35.640 I'm going to carry
00:32:36.100 on the list of princesses.
00:32:37.100 I'm here to shop you around
00:32:38.040 and make all your selections
00:32:38.960 for the day.
00:32:43.000 Okay,
00:32:43.500 so you saw there
00:32:44.620 and as,
00:32:45.420 as if to,
00:32:46.160 to prove my point,
00:32:47.920 you know,
00:32:49.260 that's what I,
00:32:50.280 that's exactly
00:32:50.740 what I'm talking about.
00:32:52.460 That's why we need
00:32:53.160 to reject all of this.
00:32:54.260 Okay,
00:32:56.760 this is,
00:32:58.100 when,
00:32:58.120 when Disney,
00:32:58.620 when Disney
00:32:59.300 starts going woke
00:33:00.400 and they start introducing
00:33:02.040 the LGBT pride stuff
00:33:04.760 and the,
00:33:05.540 the trans stuff,
00:33:06.460 when they start doing this,
00:33:08.360 that's where it leads.
00:33:11.000 The only way
00:33:11.900 it doesn't lead there
00:33:13.140 is if they reject
00:33:14.220 all of it.
00:33:15.620 But it leads to
00:33:17.020 a man,
00:33:17.880 a grown man
00:33:18.560 with a mustache
00:33:19.200 in a princess outfit
00:33:20.600 standing there
00:33:22.640 and talking to
00:33:23.340 a confused little girl
00:33:24.300 who's just trying
00:33:25.640 to go buy a princess dress.
00:33:27.360 Okay,
00:33:27.900 she doesn't need
00:33:28.800 to be wrapped up
00:33:29.840 into your confusion.
00:33:32.520 Okay,
00:33:33.060 and the little game,
00:33:34.360 this guy,
00:33:35.120 this game he wants to play
00:33:36.760 because it makes him feel good
00:33:38.260 for whatever reason
00:33:39.860 to dress up that way
00:33:41.560 and present himself that way
00:33:42.600 makes him feel good.
00:33:44.500 Well,
00:33:44.940 that little girl
00:33:45.340 doesn't need to be involved
00:33:46.200 in that.
00:33:48.520 Okay,
00:33:48.980 you want to go
00:33:49.700 to your own home
00:33:50.840 and wear the princess outfit
00:33:53.160 in your own home
00:33:53.760 where no one else
00:33:54.200 can see you?
00:33:55.020 Well,
00:33:55.740 you know,
00:33:56.780 there's nothing anyone
00:33:57.980 will say about that
00:33:59.100 because we don't know.
00:34:01.760 You know,
00:34:02.140 what everyone always says
00:34:02.880 or what people do
00:34:03.600 in the privacy
00:34:04.040 of their own home
00:34:04.580 is none of your business.
00:34:06.300 Well,
00:34:06.680 that certainly
00:34:07.140 is not always the case.
00:34:08.120 There are plenty of things
00:34:08.640 you could do in your home
00:34:09.200 that are our business.
00:34:10.260 But yeah,
00:34:11.500 if you actually are
00:34:12.400 in your own home
00:34:13.040 dressed like that,
00:34:13.600 nobody would know.
00:34:14.520 I wouldn't know.
00:34:15.120 Nobody would know.
00:34:16.680 You come out
00:34:17.340 in public that way,
00:34:18.240 especially go to Disneyland
00:34:19.440 that way,
00:34:20.980 talking to kids that way.
00:34:22.120 Well,
00:34:22.540 now it is everybody's business
00:34:24.180 and you're trying
00:34:25.220 to involve them.
00:34:28.600 And this is always
00:34:29.720 where it leads
00:34:30.280 to exactly that.
00:34:33.000 All right,
00:34:33.600 two things here
00:34:34.040 that are related.
00:34:34.720 This is from the Post Millennial.
00:34:35.700 A new report
00:34:36.200 from the Media Research Center
00:34:37.260 has revealed
00:34:37.820 that Biden's
00:34:38.680 Department of Homeland Security
00:34:39.760 has associated
00:34:40.380 Turning Point USA,
00:34:41.580 PragerU,
00:34:42.340 and other conservative organizations
00:34:43.840 with terrorist
00:34:44.580 and Nazi groups.
00:34:46.240 The targeted
00:34:47.020 violence and terrorism
00:34:47.860 prevention grant program
00:34:48.880 under the Biden administration
00:34:49.960 gave a total of 80 grants
00:34:51.180 costing taxpayers
00:34:51.920 just under $40 million
00:34:52.720 per the report
00:34:53.600 by Louis Cornelio
00:34:54.660 and Tim Kilcullen.
00:34:57.200 One of these grant recipients
00:34:58.440 was the University of Dayton,
00:34:59.840 which MRC stated
00:35:00.760 was among the most
00:35:01.600 radical grantees
00:35:02.680 and was awarded
00:35:03.140 $352,000
00:35:04.200 to create
00:35:04.940 the Prevent OHS program,
00:35:07.280 which promised
00:35:07.800 to draw on the expertise
00:35:08.940 of the University of Dayton
00:35:10.200 to fight domestic
00:35:12.280 violent extremism
00:35:13.220 and hate movements.
00:35:15.220 The university's
00:35:16.220 grant application
00:35:16.880 approved by
00:35:17.340 the Department of Homeland Security
00:35:18.080 contained a graphic
00:35:19.200 placing Turning Point USA,
00:35:21.020 the Make America Great Again movement,
00:35:23.080 Quillette,
00:35:23.900 PragerU,
00:35:24.640 and the Heritage Foundation
00:35:25.800 on a pyramid
00:35:27.000 of far-right radicalization.
00:35:29.960 Organizations such as
00:35:30.720 Turning Point
00:35:31.180 were placed
00:35:31.820 one level lower
00:35:32.700 than Nazis 0.78
00:35:33.420 with Fox News,
00:35:34.840 the National Rifle Association,
00:35:35.940 and the RNC
00:35:37.280 at the bottom
00:35:37.840 of the pyramid.
00:35:39.340 So lower than Nazis. 0.83
00:35:42.140 Okay,
00:35:42.480 so the Nazis 0.55
00:35:43.040 are the most extreme
00:35:43.900 and then you've got
00:35:45.360 like Turning Point USA
00:35:46.260 who are almost Nazis 0.79
00:35:48.020 and then you have Fox News
00:35:48.760 who are on them
00:35:49.180 not to continue.
00:35:50.400 I have to say
00:35:51.280 I'm
00:35:52.380 and I'm just skimming
00:35:53.880 through this
00:35:54.320 because maybe I missed it
00:35:55.340 but no,
00:35:57.020 it looks like I didn't.
00:35:58.080 The fact that
00:35:58.860 we didn't make
00:36:00.320 the pyramid,
00:36:01.200 you know,
00:36:01.340 the Daily Wire
00:36:01.760 didn't make the pyramid,
00:36:02.620 I'm not on it,
00:36:03.400 I take that,
00:36:04.780 I mean,
00:36:04.940 congratulations
00:36:05.540 to Charlie Kirk
00:36:06.380 and Turning Point USA.
00:36:08.040 You guys deserve
00:36:09.300 the accolades as well
00:36:11.000 but I am
00:36:12.940 I'm a little upset
00:36:14.300 about that.
00:36:14.700 I mean,
00:36:14.800 it's been well established
00:36:15.820 that we are also terrorists,
00:36:17.820 okay,
00:36:18.080 and we're also Nazis,
00:36:19.360 we've been told that
00:36:20.220 and so I think
00:36:22.160 we deserve to be
00:36:23.040 on the pyramid.
00:36:25.820 You can get,
00:36:26.440 I mean,
00:36:26.700 the fact that they still
00:36:27.620 put Fox News,
00:36:29.400 they're still classifying
00:36:30.680 Fox News
00:36:31.520 as this extremist organization,
00:36:35.180 Nazi terrorist extremism,
00:36:38.300 when as we've reviewed
00:36:39.800 recently,
00:36:40.480 Fox News,
00:36:41.280 I mean,
00:36:41.560 they do,
00:36:42.220 they put together
00:36:43.560 packages and reports
00:36:45.300 promoting the transing 1.00
00:36:47.140 of kids.
00:36:48.760 They have a 100% rating
00:36:50.400 from the human rights campaign.
00:36:53.480 They let men 0.99
00:36:54.600 use the women's room
00:36:55.600 in their own studios
00:36:56.860 because they're
00:36:59.820 full-on proponents
00:37:00.880 of gender ideology
00:37:01.780 and yet they still
00:37:03.680 get labeled terrorists
00:37:04.620 which only shows again
00:37:06.740 why there's no point
00:37:07.760 in surrendering
00:37:08.860 to the left
00:37:09.400 or,
00:37:09.760 you know,
00:37:10.060 giving them an inch
00:37:10.760 at all
00:37:11.180 because even when you do,
00:37:13.220 you can give them an inch,
00:37:14.020 you can give them a mile
00:37:14.760 and you can give them
00:37:16.720 everything
00:37:17.080 and you're still
00:37:18.160 going to be a terrorist. 0.70
00:37:20.500 A guest on MSNBC
00:37:21.800 also raised
00:37:22.620 this issue of terrorism
00:37:23.860 and he says that,
00:37:25.080 you know,
00:37:26.120 the terrorism problem
00:37:27.040 on the right
00:37:27.600 is much broader
00:37:28.460 than this
00:37:29.000 because anybody involved
00:37:30.760 in the boycott
00:37:31.860 of Bud Light
00:37:33.860 or Target
00:37:34.380 is also a terrorist.
00:37:36.260 He explained.
00:37:36.860 Let's watch.
00:37:38.380 When Target
00:37:39.280 caves into this,
00:37:40.760 then it says
00:37:42.080 that the moment
00:37:42.800 you threaten
00:37:43.480 the employees
00:37:44.160 of even a very
00:37:45.280 large corporation,
00:37:47.260 you get to control
00:37:48.420 its policies.
00:37:49.600 This is
00:37:50.180 economic terrorism,
00:37:52.040 literally terrorism,
00:37:53.600 creating fear
00:37:54.560 among the workers
00:37:55.680 and forcing
00:37:56.660 the corporations
00:37:57.500 to sell
00:37:58.540 the things you want
00:37:59.500 and not sell
00:38:00.140 the things you don't.
00:38:03.140 Economic terrorism.
00:38:04.700 if you
00:38:06.580 stage a boycott.
00:38:09.800 If you participate
00:38:10.480 in a boycott,
00:38:11.140 then you are
00:38:11.660 committing
00:38:12.260 economic terrorism.
00:38:15.140 Now,
00:38:15.760 I haven't checked.
00:38:17.060 I don't even know
00:38:17.420 who this guy is.
00:38:18.580 Didn't get his name.
00:38:20.640 But I am still
00:38:21.540 going to go out
00:38:22.240 on a limb.
00:38:22.800 I'm going to go out
00:38:23.320 on a limb
00:38:23.760 and assume
00:38:25.240 that in no other
00:38:27.300 context
00:38:28.020 has he ever said
00:38:29.040 that a boycott
00:38:30.000 is economic terrorism.
00:38:31.440 I'm going to assume
00:38:34.180 that.
00:38:36.040 Especially when the left
00:38:37.060 is boycotting someone
00:38:38.140 they have never called
00:38:39.300 it economic terrorism.
00:38:41.120 The boycott of Chick-fil-A,
00:38:42.760 which was an abysmal failure.
00:38:45.520 An abysmal failure,
00:38:46.740 the left went after.
00:38:47.680 I mean,
00:38:47.820 they took their best.
00:38:48.820 Now I'm getting
00:38:49.160 distracted,
00:38:50.240 but I'm back
00:38:51.660 on Chick-fil-A again.
00:38:52.700 The left took
00:38:53.340 their best shot
00:38:54.400 at Chick-fil-A
00:38:55.160 and it failed
00:38:57.100 spectacularly.
00:38:59.240 And still,
00:39:00.340 Chick-fil-A
00:39:00.740 surrenders to them
00:39:01.420 anyway.
00:39:03.540 I mean,
00:39:03.880 it's one of
00:39:04.540 the few examples
00:39:05.740 of the left
00:39:06.420 going after a corporation.
00:39:08.080 A corporation
00:39:08.660 doesn't back down.
00:39:11.800 In fact,
00:39:12.380 what happens is
00:39:13.020 people end up
00:39:13.620 rallying around
00:39:14.720 Chick-fil-A.
00:39:16.620 I mean,
00:39:16.880 I still remember
00:39:17.400 years ago
00:39:18.000 when the Chick-fil-A
00:39:19.200 boycott first started.
00:39:21.520 And like a day later,
00:39:24.700 I went to go
00:39:25.480 to Chick-fil-A
00:39:26.120 because I wanted
00:39:27.420 a chicken sandwich
00:39:28.000 and it's delicious,
00:39:28.680 but also I wanted
00:39:29.180 to support them.
00:39:30.100 And I was in line
00:39:30.940 for like an hour,
00:39:32.280 which is saying a lot
00:39:32.960 for Chick-fil-A
00:39:33.400 because we know
00:39:33.840 that they moved
00:39:35.040 that line along.
00:39:36.000 But I was in line
00:39:36.620 that long
00:39:37.100 because there were
00:39:37.520 so many people.
00:39:39.020 I mean,
00:39:39.220 it was like blocks
00:39:40.440 and blocks of people
00:39:41.580 who were there
00:39:43.560 just to support Chick-fil-A.
00:39:44.440 So it backfires
00:39:45.340 tremendously.
00:39:47.300 And yet,
00:39:48.060 they still,
00:39:48.700 they still give them
00:39:49.980 everything they want
00:39:50.600 in the end.
00:39:51.900 Anyway,
00:39:52.460 I'm going to guess
00:39:54.140 that that guy
00:39:54.920 never said
00:39:55.500 that the Chick-fil-A
00:39:56.160 boycott is economic
00:39:57.000 terrorism
00:39:57.460 against Chick-fil-A.
00:39:59.960 It only works
00:40:00.660 on this end.
00:40:02.500 And you know what?
00:40:03.300 I'm fine with it
00:40:04.100 if that's what
00:40:04.520 you want to call it.
00:40:05.820 I mean,
00:40:06.060 obviously it's absurd,
00:40:07.380 but I'm not going
00:40:07.860 to spend any time
00:40:08.720 explaining or defending
00:40:09.960 us against that charge.
00:40:11.880 We're not terrorists.
00:40:13.540 No,
00:40:13.780 let me prove to you
00:40:14.440 why we're not terrorists.
00:40:17.060 Whatever.
00:40:17.960 If that's how
00:40:18.460 you want to see it,
00:40:19.280 you know,
00:40:19.460 if you're terrified,
00:40:21.160 because that's what
00:40:22.040 he's saying
00:40:23.140 is that it's terrorism
00:40:24.800 because he is scared.
00:40:27.440 He's scared
00:40:28.180 on behalf of Target
00:40:29.980 and Bud Light,
00:40:30.660 the poor corporations,
00:40:32.080 the poor conglomerate
00:40:33.280 multinational corporations.
00:40:34.820 Won't someone
00:40:35.160 think of them finally?
00:40:37.240 And so he's scared
00:40:38.340 and that means
00:40:38.760 that we're terrorists
00:40:39.380 and all right,
00:40:40.300 fine.
00:40:40.860 If that's what you mean,
00:40:41.800 if by terrorists
00:40:42.900 do you mean
00:40:43.340 that we strike fear
00:40:44.560 into your heart deeply
00:40:46.120 because we're actually,
00:40:48.280 some of us anyway,
00:40:49.140 are taking a stand
00:40:50.220 and making progress
00:40:50.800 and you're afraid of that,
00:40:52.020 then good.
00:40:52.580 I'm glad you are.
00:40:53.460 Yeah,
00:40:53.600 fine.
00:40:53.820 Call us whatever you want.
00:40:55.340 It doesn't matter to me.
00:40:56.460 It just means you're scared
00:40:57.440 and I'm glad you are.
00:40:59.980 All right,
00:41:00.480 here's something
00:41:00.980 I got to show you,
00:41:02.160 maybe not quite as serious,
00:41:03.280 but this account on Twitter
00:41:04.320 called Daily Loud
00:41:05.600 tweeted a video
00:41:06.660 that went very viral,
00:41:08.640 20,000 retweets,
00:41:09.780 150,000 likes,
00:41:11.380 lots of comments.
00:41:12.860 The caption of this video
00:41:14.100 is, quote,
00:41:15.700 incredible moment
00:41:16.600 captured on video
00:41:17.440 as a shark
00:41:18.360 takes an injured sea turtle
00:41:19.840 to humans on a boat
00:41:21.020 so they can help save it.
00:41:22.460 And then they posted
00:41:24.080 the video of a shark
00:41:25.260 supposedly rescuing
00:41:26.560 a sea turtle
00:41:27.240 and bringing it to humans
00:41:28.600 on a boat to help
00:41:29.600 because it had like
00:41:30.180 a rope around its neck
00:41:30.960 or something.
00:41:31.880 And let's just play,
00:41:32.880 let's play a little bit
00:41:33.460 of this video here
00:41:34.040 so you can see it.
00:41:35.460 Oh my God.
00:41:36.980 Look,
00:41:37.600 a shark is carrying
00:41:38.580 a turtle on the sea,
00:41:39.980 riding the wind and waves.
00:41:41.500 After seeing human ships 1.00
00:41:42.540 from afar,
00:41:43.300 the shark worked hard
00:41:44.240 to escort the turtle over.
00:41:45.620 With the assistance
00:41:46.260 of the shark,
00:41:47.300 the turtle struggled 0.58
00:41:48.080 to pounce
00:41:48.600 on the steps
00:41:49.160 of the ship.
00:41:49.320 Jaws has turned
00:41:49.900 a new leaf.
00:41:50.440 This incredible scene
00:41:50.760 happened to be discovered
00:41:51.780 by the boy on the ship
00:41:52.720 after confirming
00:41:53.640 the discovery
00:41:54.320 of sea turtles
00:41:55.100 by humans.
00:41:55.960 The shark turned around
00:41:56.960 and left gracefully.
00:41:58.000 The boy believes
00:41:58.660 that the turtle
00:41:59.220 must need help
00:42:00.020 when it actively
00:42:00.680 approaches humans.
00:42:01.760 The shark?
00:42:02.420 So he caught the turtle
00:42:02.740 out of the water.
00:42:03.860 So this turtle,
00:42:04.840 oh there he is,
00:42:05.340 he's got the rope
00:42:05.880 around his neck.
00:42:07.380 Originally,
00:42:08.320 the turtle's neck
00:42:09.000 was a racist attack.
00:42:10.980 Warm hearted boy
00:42:11.720 carefully examined
00:42:12.700 the turtle's wound.
00:42:13.760 Just lightly stroked
00:42:14.600 the turtle's neck.
00:42:15.560 The turtle immediately
00:42:16.380 began to struggle in pain.
00:42:16.580 Some dolphins got him
00:42:17.480 so this is MAGA country.
00:42:18.540 He put the rope
00:42:18.900 around his neck.
00:42:20.600 Anyway,
00:42:21.040 all right,
00:42:21.640 we can turn it off.
00:42:23.020 So that's what happened.
00:42:24.360 The turtle was struggling
00:42:26.500 in the water.
00:42:27.020 The shark saw the turtle
00:42:28.080 and then saw the boat
00:42:30.280 and said,
00:42:30.680 I got to do something
00:42:31.240 about this.
00:42:31.980 You know,
00:42:32.260 this poor turtle
00:42:32.960 and I don't have,
00:42:34.060 and I would take the rope off
00:42:35.140 but I only have fins
00:42:37.440 and flippers
00:42:37.940 so I can't do it.
00:42:39.220 And then the shark said,
00:42:40.260 oh there's humans.
00:42:41.080 They have opposable thumbs.
00:42:42.720 Let me bring the shark over
00:42:44.240 and then he did.
00:42:44.720 Now that video is,
00:42:47.780 I mean,
00:42:47.980 obviously,
00:42:49.180 I hope I don't have to tell you
00:42:50.160 is of course totally fake
00:42:51.640 and they spliced together
00:42:53.840 two different videos actually
00:42:55.060 and then edited it
00:42:56.140 to make it look like
00:42:57.060 the shark brought
00:42:58.240 the turtle in for help
00:42:59.400 when in reality
00:43:00.460 in the actual real world
00:43:02.100 the fisherman
00:43:02.740 rescued the turtle
00:43:04.500 from a shark
00:43:05.620 that was about to eat it. 0.96
00:43:06.420 That's what actually happened
00:43:07.360 which by the way
00:43:08.780 that doesn't make any sense
00:43:10.100 and I don't like
00:43:11.100 these videos that you see.
00:43:11.980 Like the real video
00:43:12.960 I don't like either
00:43:14.440 where you see these videos
00:43:16.020 of people
00:43:16.320 they're rescuing an animal
00:43:17.740 from a predator
00:43:18.440 so the shark is going to starve
00:43:20.640 because you happen to think
00:43:21.800 the turtles are cuter
00:43:22.900 or something.
00:43:23.800 You have this weird hierarchy
00:43:25.900 that you've established
00:43:26.680 in your own head
00:43:27.360 about animals
00:43:27.920 and so you're going to take
00:43:28.920 food away from the shark.
00:43:31.220 Rescuing an animal
00:43:32.260 from being eaten
00:43:33.360 is another way of saying
00:43:34.960 that you're forcing
00:43:35.980 another animal
00:43:36.900 to starve
00:43:37.680 or you're just ensuring
00:43:39.620 that a different animal
00:43:41.100 will get eaten.
00:43:42.180 So you took that food
00:43:42.880 away from the shark
00:43:43.420 he's just going to go
00:43:43.900 and eat some other animal
00:43:44.740 that wouldn't have died
00:43:45.980 if you hadn't intervened.
00:43:48.460 But that's not really the point.
00:43:50.300 My point is that
00:43:51.440 thousands and thousands
00:43:52.420 of people
00:43:53.020 actually took this video
00:43:54.580 seriously
00:43:55.240 and they retweeted it
00:43:56.500 and left there
00:43:56.840 all these comments
00:43:57.660 saying oh my gosh
00:43:58.480 that's so heartwarming.
00:44:00.820 Taking it at face value.
00:44:02.740 Really believing
00:44:03.620 that a shark
00:44:04.680 rescued a turtle
00:44:07.040 and this is the problem.
00:44:09.580 This is what we're dealing with
00:44:10.580 in society.
00:44:11.380 Not only are people
00:44:13.420 incredibly gullible
00:44:14.740 and stupid 0.84
00:44:15.620 and willing to believe anything
00:44:17.560 and I think there's research
00:44:19.420 that shows this as well
00:44:20.440 the decline in IQ scores
00:44:21.820 it's a real thing.
00:44:24.060 Idiocracy
00:44:24.620 will go down
00:44:27.200 as one of the most
00:44:27.940 prophetic works of fiction
00:44:29.520 probably ever made.
00:44:32.140 And we are getting dumber
00:44:33.500 as we actually are.
00:44:35.180 So it's not your imagination.
00:44:36.160 When you look around
00:44:37.040 and it seems like
00:44:37.500 wow people are really stupid
00:44:39.100 these days.
00:44:40.100 You're not imagining it.
00:44:41.120 That's actually happening.
00:44:42.800 And it's not just
00:44:43.940 a phenomenon online.
00:44:46.240 If you go on the internet
00:44:47.220 you see it.
00:44:48.660 You know you're able
00:44:49.200 to encounter stupidity
00:44:50.460 but it doesn't just exist there.
00:44:53.140 So that's part of the problem
00:44:54.440 is that people are very stupid
00:44:55.360 and will believe anything.
00:44:59.120 And then also
00:44:59.960 adding to that
00:45:01.160 is that in our society
00:45:02.340 we have this insanely
00:45:04.140 anthropomorphized
00:45:05.700 Disney-fied view
00:45:07.320 of animals.
00:45:08.560 We think of animals
00:45:09.640 as these rational creatures
00:45:11.080 who engage in reasoning
00:45:12.460 like we do
00:45:13.320 and have emotions
00:45:14.340 like we do
00:45:15.160 and we can't wrap our heads
00:45:16.740 around the fact
00:45:17.480 that that's
00:45:18.440 that's not the case.
00:45:21.300 People are different.
00:45:23.200 We are distinct.
00:45:24.920 And there's a reason
00:45:25.700 why people have
00:45:26.580 civilizations
00:45:27.260 and cities
00:45:28.220 and art
00:45:28.860 and poetry
00:45:29.460 and governments
00:45:30.160 and you know
00:45:30.600 even if the left
00:45:31.280 is trying to destroy
00:45:31.940 all that
00:45:32.300 we still have
00:45:33.360 all of that
00:45:33.860 for now
00:45:34.340 and none of that
00:45:35.760 exists among sharks
00:45:37.220 or pigeons
00:45:37.800 or lions
00:45:38.680 or you know
00:45:39.460 dogs or whatever
00:45:40.420 because we are
00:45:42.320 we are different
00:45:43.060 and we can think
00:45:45.200 that way
00:45:45.640 so we will see
00:45:46.680 you know
00:45:47.140 a struggling animal
00:45:48.180 and we'll say
00:45:49.140 oh we want to
00:45:49.660 I have to help
00:45:50.880 that animal.
00:45:53.920 Animals don't think
00:45:54.860 that way.
00:45:56.600 So
00:45:57.080 just wanted to
00:45:58.220 establish that
00:45:58.820 it's very important
00:45:59.500 and debunking
00:46:01.140 a little bit
00:46:01.500 of misinformation
00:46:02.140 is also I think
00:46:03.240 an important thing
00:46:04.000 to do.
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00:46:07.680 fly off the handle
00:46:09.020 with rage?
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00:47:30.040 Kabir says
00:47:30.780 Matt is right
00:47:31.400 about the
00:47:31.700 feminization of
00:47:32.520 man.
00:47:33.080 That is an
00:47:33.580 issue.
00:47:33.960 But his
00:47:34.200 obsession about
00:47:34.860 kids is a
00:47:35.460 bit tiring.
00:47:36.260 I married at
00:47:36.740 25 and me
00:47:37.560 and my wife
00:47:38.000 had two kids
00:47:38.660 because we
00:47:39.080 simply couldn't
00:47:39.620 handle more.
00:47:40.340 It's okay.
00:47:40.960 We are very
00:47:41.360 happy with two.
00:47:42.560 Yet he says
00:47:43.060 people just have
00:47:43.780 one or two kids
00:47:44.480 because they
00:47:44.920 marry too old 0.92
00:47:45.620 and can't have
00:47:46.160 more and he
00:47:46.640 presents it like
00:47:47.180 if you're crazy
00:47:47.820 if you just have
00:47:48.480 one or two.
00:47:49.480 He's forgetting
00:47:50.000 that some people
00:47:50.660 simply do not want
00:47:51.580 six kids like him.
00:47:52.520 Not everybody has
00:47:53.180 to be a clone
00:47:53.680 of himself to be
00:47:54.740 okay.
00:47:55.560 In India we have 0.93
00:47:56.180 a huge problem
00:47:56.700 with overpopulation.
00:47:58.100 Having kids just
00:47:58.800 for the sake of it
00:47:59.520 creates poverty
00:48:00.720 and a lot of
00:48:02.300 unhappiness.
00:48:04.000 Well, you say
00:48:05.420 that you're happy
00:48:06.200 with only two kids
00:48:07.020 and I don't know
00:48:09.280 you so I have
00:48:10.820 no reason to think
00:48:11.620 that that's not the
00:48:12.380 case.
00:48:12.700 The only reason I
00:48:13.380 have to think
00:48:13.840 that's not the
00:48:14.320 case is that you
00:48:14.900 feel the need to
00:48:15.540 justify it to me
00:48:16.340 when I never said
00:48:18.040 anything to the
00:48:18.560 contrary.
00:48:19.540 I never said that
00:48:20.400 everyone has to
00:48:20.860 have six kids.
00:48:22.520 Of course not.
00:48:25.840 And, you know,
00:48:26.600 we also, we did
00:48:27.880 like the two for
00:48:28.720 one deal twice.
00:48:29.840 So we kind of,
00:48:31.260 I was going to say
00:48:31.880 that we got to
00:48:32.380 six kids the easy
00:48:33.220 way but I'm not
00:48:34.020 going to say that
00:48:34.500 having two twins
00:48:35.180 is the easy way.
00:48:36.640 But, I mean,
00:48:37.560 the efficient and
00:48:38.440 quick way.
00:48:39.180 And that's also
00:48:40.040 not something we
00:48:40.920 engineered.
00:48:41.560 It just sort of
00:48:42.040 happened that way.
00:48:43.560 So, obviously,
00:48:46.220 I don't think,
00:48:46.820 like if we didn't
00:48:47.400 have multiples,
00:48:48.680 then we would have
00:48:50.040 four kids right now.
00:48:50.840 So, obviously,
00:48:52.040 I'm not saying
00:48:52.360 that everyone
00:48:52.640 has to have six
00:48:53.160 kids.
00:48:53.380 That would be
00:48:53.600 an absurd point
00:48:54.240 of view.
00:48:55.460 I do think that
00:48:56.200 all married couples
00:48:56.780 should be open
00:48:57.380 to life and
00:48:57.820 should be open
00:48:58.140 to having kids.
00:48:59.900 My point about
00:49:01.120 the number of
00:49:03.960 kids, a couple
00:49:05.520 of points.
00:49:07.420 One, in the
00:49:08.680 monologue yesterday,
00:49:09.500 was like, first
00:49:10.620 of all, establishing
00:49:11.440 that this is
00:49:12.000 happening, that
00:49:13.960 the number of
00:49:14.940 kids people have
00:49:15.720 is decreasing.
00:49:17.420 The number of
00:49:18.160 kids that couples
00:49:18.780 have is decreasing.
00:49:20.020 And it may be
00:49:22.460 the case for
00:49:23.040 you that you
00:49:23.840 got married at
00:49:24.520 25 and only
00:49:25.340 had two kids.
00:49:26.720 But the average
00:49:28.300 age of marriage
00:49:29.240 is going up.
00:49:31.500 And for men,
00:49:32.020 now it's 30.
00:49:32.820 And for women,
00:49:33.340 I think it's like
00:49:33.760 28, 29, pushing
00:49:35.120 30.
00:49:35.920 And with no signs
00:49:37.220 of that trend
00:49:37.740 stopping.
00:49:38.360 So, we are going
00:49:39.800 to get to the
00:49:40.280 point where the
00:49:41.340 average age of
00:49:42.220 marriage is like
00:49:43.320 in the 30s.
00:49:46.160 And that's a big
00:49:47.260 part of the reason
00:49:47.980 why people are
00:49:48.700 having fewer kids.
00:49:50.820 You get married
00:49:51.740 later, there's
00:49:52.540 less time to
00:49:53.240 have kids, that
00:49:54.840 fertility window is
00:49:56.220 closing as you
00:49:57.140 get married later,
00:49:57.800 and so you end
00:49:58.180 up having fewer
00:49:58.640 kids.
00:49:59.840 That's part of the
00:50:00.560 way that we
00:50:00.820 explain the trend.
00:50:02.260 And you're doing
00:50:02.700 this thing,
00:50:03.260 Kabir, where
00:50:03.780 people, where,
00:50:04.720 you know, I'm
00:50:05.100 talking about, I'm
00:50:05.960 talking in general,
00:50:06.980 about general
00:50:07.540 principles, and
00:50:08.760 you're saying, well,
00:50:09.500 I'm an exception to
00:50:10.340 that general principle,
00:50:11.200 therefore you're
00:50:11.680 wrong.
00:50:11.980 Well, okay, then
00:50:12.480 you're an exception.
00:50:14.000 Like, the fact that
00:50:14.660 you're at 25 and
00:50:15.520 you only had two
00:50:16.020 kids doesn't prove 1.00
00:50:18.280 that there's no
00:50:19.520 connection between
00:50:20.300 later marriage and
00:50:21.840 having fewer kids.
00:50:23.000 You see what I'm
00:50:23.340 saying?
00:50:24.840 And I, here's the
00:50:26.620 thing, Kabir, and I
00:50:27.620 don't, I'm not trying
00:50:28.580 to pick on you, but
00:50:29.240 you, this is something
00:50:30.800 that just frustrates
00:50:31.420 me.
00:50:31.580 I need to be able to
00:50:34.640 speak in general terms
00:50:36.300 about societal
00:50:37.080 problems, and the
00:50:38.680 reason for that is
00:50:39.560 because I don't know
00:50:40.880 every single person on
00:50:42.180 earth, okay?
00:50:42.840 I don't know you.
00:50:43.640 I've never met you.
00:50:44.380 So I can't talk about
00:50:45.740 you specifically.
00:50:46.880 I can only talk in
00:50:47.820 general terms about
00:50:49.620 things that are
00:50:50.520 happening in society.
00:50:52.040 And it's not just me.
00:50:52.980 That's like anyone.
00:50:54.540 When you're talking
00:50:55.220 about things happening
00:50:56.340 is that you're talking
00:50:56.900 in general terms, and
00:50:58.600 there are always going
00:50:59.080 to be exceptions, and
00:50:59.820 there are going to be
00:51:00.040 outliers, and all of
00:51:00.900 that, and then we get
00:51:02.140 bogged down in the
00:51:03.420 exceptions and outliers
00:51:04.200 because people, for
00:51:04.820 some reason, are
00:51:05.300 incapable of thinking
00:51:06.140 in the abstract about
00:51:07.740 general things, and all
00:51:09.080 they can ever do is
00:51:09.700 say, well, I'm an
00:51:10.160 exception, I'm an
00:51:10.760 outlier, and then we
00:51:11.260 just get distracted
00:51:12.700 dealing with all of
00:51:13.580 these outlier scenarios.
00:51:16.680 And it's annoying.
00:51:19.380 And when it comes to
00:51:19.880 the number of kids, so
00:51:20.640 there's two points, I
00:51:21.820 said.
00:51:22.240 One is that people are
00:51:23.660 having fewer kids, and
00:51:25.160 part of the reason is
00:51:26.280 that people get married
00:51:26.920 later.
00:51:28.620 And it's also true that
00:51:29.920 on a general societal
00:51:31.380 level, it is a
00:51:33.240 problem for people to
00:51:34.780 have only one or two
00:51:36.120 kids.
00:51:36.900 And the reason why it's
00:51:38.060 a problem is because
00:51:39.600 now we're below
00:51:40.620 replacement level.
00:51:42.480 And that's when you
00:51:42.920 start having
00:51:43.400 population, that's when
00:51:44.380 populations decline and
00:51:46.100 get older, and they
00:51:47.740 become top-heavy.
00:51:49.260 And eventually you end
00:51:50.180 up with a lot of old
00:51:51.320 people and not a lot of
00:51:52.820 young people, which
00:51:54.000 means there aren't
00:51:55.260 enough people to care
00:51:56.200 for the old people.
00:51:57.320 There aren't enough
00:51:57.740 young people to do 0.80
00:51:58.560 all of the things we
00:51:59.600 need done in society
00:52:00.900 to keep it moving and
00:52:02.020 functioning.
00:52:03.240 And so to have a
00:52:03.840 declining, old, top-heavy
00:52:05.960 population is bad.
00:52:07.600 It is never good.
00:52:09.180 That is always a sign
00:52:10.520 that things are not
00:52:11.240 going well.
00:52:15.320 And that's why,
00:52:17.100 speaking in general
00:52:17.920 terms, it is not good
00:52:21.060 for population, for
00:52:22.300 the reproduction to be
00:52:24.000 below replacement level,
00:52:25.140 clearly.
00:52:25.400 And when I say that
00:52:26.920 I'm against, that I
00:52:29.460 don't want our
00:52:30.460 reproduction rate to be
00:52:32.460 below replacement
00:52:33.000 level, what I'm really
00:52:33.700 saying is I don't want
00:52:35.140 the human race to go
00:52:36.420 extinct.
00:52:37.580 That is my provocative
00:52:39.380 point of view here.
00:52:42.120 Deeper Exegesis says,
00:52:43.380 I feel like an alien in
00:52:44.440 America when I act like
00:52:45.420 my normal man-self in
00:52:46.840 America.
00:52:47.240 I even lost a little
00:52:48.020 muscle mass because I
00:52:49.000 got tired of being seen
00:52:50.160 as a monster.
00:52:51.580 Well, you shouldn't feel
00:52:52.440 that way, but that is
00:52:53.140 precisely the goal, is
00:52:55.860 to make normal people,
00:52:57.240 especially normal men,
00:52:58.120 but normal women too, 1.00
00:52:59.320 feel like monsters and
00:53:00.840 freaks.
00:53:01.540 To be normal is
00:53:02.800 monstrous.
00:53:03.380 That's exactly how they
00:53:04.100 want you to feel, and
00:53:05.020 you should not give them
00:53:06.560 what they want.
00:53:08.480 Obsessed Zendaya
00:53:09.560 fanatic, apparently we
00:53:11.680 have some of those
00:53:12.160 watching the show, said,
00:53:13.500 did Matt Walsh do a
00:53:14.300 review of The Little
00:53:14.860 Mermaid as an excuse to 1.00
00:53:16.060 bash Burger King?
00:53:17.040 LOL.
00:53:17.800 I did spend a lot of
00:53:19.280 time on The Little
00:53:19.720 Mermaid topic talking
00:53:21.020 about Burger King.
00:53:21.640 I didn't originally
00:53:22.200 plan it that way, but
00:53:23.620 I don't need any
00:53:24.200 excuse to bash Burger
00:53:25.320 King.
00:53:25.580 Nobody needs an
00:53:26.080 excuse.
00:53:27.460 You don't need, any
00:53:28.720 time is a good time to
00:53:29.600 bash Burger King.
00:53:31.440 And finally, Curtis
00:53:32.500 says, Awkwafina has
00:53:33.780 ruined everything she's
00:53:34.920 been in.
00:53:36.360 What a horrific human
00:53:37.480 being.
00:53:38.980 So she's been in other
00:53:40.060 things?
00:53:41.100 What do you mean?
00:53:42.220 This person has been in
00:53:43.320 other stuff?
00:53:44.040 Like other films?
00:53:45.840 She hasn't been in
00:53:46.520 other songs, has she?
00:53:48.180 Please don't tell me,
00:53:48.920 when you say she's ruined 0.69
00:53:50.360 everything she's been
00:53:51.320 in, please don't tell
00:53:53.060 me that that means you're
00:53:54.020 talking about songs,
00:53:54.920 that she's actually, so
00:53:55.960 she's responsible for that
00:53:57.820 Little Mermaid song, which
00:53:58.540 was potentially the worst
00:53:59.540 song ever made.
00:54:00.700 And I hope you're not
00:54:01.780 informing me that she has
00:54:03.000 other songs out there, that
00:54:04.400 she actually does this
00:54:05.380 professionally, and that's
00:54:07.120 what she came up with.
00:54:09.260 I prefer not to believe
00:54:10.360 that, so I'm just going to
00:54:11.180 ignore that.
00:54:12.080 You can never start
00:54:12.940 thinking about Father's
00:54:13.820 Day gifts too early, and a
00:54:15.180 gift of Jeremy's Razors is
00:54:16.300 dual purpose.
00:54:16.960 Not only are you helping
00:54:17.660 your dad look his best
00:54:18.660 each day, you're also
00:54:19.500 kicking woke out of his
00:54:20.860 bathroom.
00:54:21.300 There is no other razor
00:54:22.260 that can do that.
00:54:23.400 Shaving is not just about
00:54:24.320 grooming, it's about
00:54:24.940 embracing masculinity, and
00:54:27.580 I don't know, shaving off
00:54:29.620 your beard is embracing
00:54:30.340 masculinity.
00:54:31.000 Well, anyway, we'll go with
00:54:33.000 it.
00:54:33.500 And feeling like a real
00:54:34.580 man.
00:54:35.000 Saving 30% off on Jeremy's
00:54:36.640 Razor select bundles and
00:54:38.020 razor starter sets as part of
00:54:39.780 our Father's Day sale.
00:54:40.800 You can go to
00:54:41.080 jeremysrazors.com today and
00:54:42.520 help dad kick woke out of
00:54:44.120 his bathroom.
00:54:45.100 Now let's get to our daily
00:54:46.080 cancellation.
00:54:47.660 On the show the other
00:54:51.500 day, we talked about the
00:54:52.820 problem of plummeting
00:54:53.920 testosterone levels in
00:54:55.040 young men.
00:54:55.540 This is something that no
00:54:56.660 major political figure in
00:54:57.720 the country ever talks
00:54:58.580 about, and with only one or
00:54:59.740 two exceptions, no media
00:55:00.800 outlet covers it either.
00:55:02.360 This is a potentially
00:55:03.440 civilization-ending
00:55:05.140 disaster unfolding in
00:55:06.540 slow motion, and it's
00:55:07.300 getting basically zero
00:55:08.300 attention.
00:55:09.180 You're just not supposed to
00:55:09.800 think about it.
00:55:11.000 Reproduction, as we just
00:55:12.200 discussed, is fundamental to
00:55:13.800 the survival of the
00:55:14.440 species, but no one in
00:55:16.160 power seems to care about
00:55:17.380 it.
00:55:18.380 Whatever your position is
00:55:19.360 concerning testosterone
00:55:20.080 levels and all the studies
00:55:21.500 on it, maybe you're really
00:55:22.320 troubled by the data, maybe
00:55:23.360 you secretly want
00:55:24.300 civilization to die out,
00:55:25.840 whatever it is, that total
00:55:27.740 lack of interest is pretty
00:55:28.820 remarkable if you think
00:55:29.780 about it.
00:55:30.060 A core part of what makes
00:55:31.220 us human, namely the
00:55:32.560 ability to have children and
00:55:33.680 raise a family, is in
00:55:35.360 jeopardy, and it's just being
00:55:36.520 ignored across the board.
00:55:37.720 It's incredible, really, but
00:55:39.200 it is happening.
00:55:40.620 And given that it's
00:55:41.240 happening, it's not hard to
00:55:42.400 wonder what other issues,
00:55:43.640 which directly relate to the
00:55:44.820 human condition and our most
00:55:46.280 fundamental basic desires
00:55:47.980 are off-limits or being
00:55:50.200 ignored.
00:55:51.080 What else aren't we
00:55:51.740 supposed to talk about?
00:55:52.840 Well, I mean, there's a lot
00:55:53.760 in that category.
00:55:55.040 We'll talk about one of them
00:55:55.960 now.
00:55:56.680 If you've had the
00:55:57.360 misfortune of watching one
00:55:58.880 of the big award shows
00:55:59.700 recently, or you've paged
00:56:01.120 through a clothing catalog at
00:56:03.020 any point in the past few
00:56:03.920 years, you probably already
00:56:05.160 know the answer to that
00:56:06.020 question, but in case you're
00:56:06.920 not sure, here's a little
00:56:08.220 thought experiment.
00:56:09.720 I want you to take a look at
00:56:10.560 this advertisement.
00:56:11.300 It's from Calvin Klein, and
00:56:13.000 it was just written about a
00:56:14.140 few days ago in the New York
00:56:14.920 Post.
00:56:15.640 Here it is, and you can see
00:56:17.120 it there.
00:56:18.600 Stare at that image for a few
00:56:20.120 seconds.
00:56:20.640 Take it all in.
00:56:21.600 Look closely at the fat rolls
00:56:23.740 and everything else if you can
00:56:26.020 bear it.
00:56:27.020 Remember, this is an
00:56:28.120 advertisement that's going to
00:56:29.040 sell you, trying to sell you
00:56:30.180 on buying Calvin Klein underwear.
00:56:32.960 But what's your response to
00:56:34.460 what you're seeing?
00:56:35.340 How do you feel looking at
00:56:36.540 these obese, globular, gender 1.00
00:56:38.940 non-conforming models as they 1.00
00:56:40.460 desperately try to seduce you
00:56:42.500 through the screen, hopefully
00:56:43.460 to no avail?
00:56:44.680 What's your first reaction to
00:56:46.540 what you're looking at?
00:56:47.980 Now, you make a mental note of
00:56:49.040 that reaction, whatever it is.
00:56:50.180 In the meantime, why don't you
00:56:51.440 also look at this.
00:56:52.160 Here was the New York Post
00:56:52.960 headline for a story covering
00:56:54.320 this particular advertisement
00:56:55.700 from Calvin Klein.
00:56:56.660 Quote, Calvin Klein ad with
00:56:58.300 trans men wearing bra sparks 1.00
00:57:00.200 comparisons to Bud Light.
00:57:02.200 And the Post goes on to report
00:57:03.400 that the ad, which features a
00:57:04.560 quote, bearded transgender man in
00:57:06.240 a sports bra, has quote, gone
00:57:08.040 viral.
00:57:09.160 There's a few quotes in the
00:57:10.120 article about how Calvin Klein
00:57:11.820 is going woke and now they're,
00:57:13.220 you know, going broke, etc.
00:57:15.200 Calvin Klein's really stepped
00:57:16.860 in it now, reports the Post.
00:57:18.760 Well, all right.
00:57:20.040 Now, compare that New York
00:57:21.040 Post description to what you
00:57:22.440 were thinking when you first
00:57:23.300 saw those obese models.
00:57:24.900 How does the Post article match
00:57:26.080 up to your initial impression
00:57:27.200 of the ad?
00:57:27.840 When you stare at that image,
00:57:31.020 were you thinking about Bud
00:57:31.800 Light?
00:57:32.520 Were you pondering the existence
00:57:33.600 of transgender men, quote,
00:57:35.060 unquote?
00:57:35.240 Were you thinking about going
00:57:36.140 woke and going broke and the
00:57:37.320 inevitable hit to Calvin Klein's
00:57:38.980 stock price?
00:57:39.560 Probably, yes, you're thinking
00:57:40.400 about some of that.
00:57:41.780 But you were also thinking
00:57:43.080 what a lot of people
00:57:44.300 intuitively think, which is
00:57:45.300 that the models in that
00:57:47.220 picture are grotesque.
00:57:49.860 I mean, they're revolting.
00:57:50.720 It's ugly.
00:57:52.100 That's not a judgment of their
00:57:53.440 worth as human beings.
00:57:54.320 It's not an attack on them
00:57:55.360 personally, really.
00:57:56.220 It's just true.
00:57:57.800 It's an aesthetic observation.
00:58:00.160 It's really difficult to look at.
00:58:02.820 Now, we could focus on the
00:58:04.040 non-binary trans stuff in the ads,
00:58:05.660 but there's another point worth
00:58:07.380 pondering, which is that those
00:58:09.180 models are ugly.
00:58:10.600 And worse than that, they're part
00:58:12.540 of a much larger effort, something
00:58:13.960 we've talked about on this show
00:58:14.940 before because it's important,
00:58:16.580 even if it's not discussed very
00:58:18.220 many other places.
00:58:19.320 And that is the effort to make
00:58:20.920 everything ugly.
00:58:22.900 And you see this effort at scale.
00:58:25.680 This is a widespread phenomenon.
00:58:28.280 And it's okay to admit it.
00:58:29.840 And once you do admit it, you quickly
00:58:31.320 realize there are many examples of
00:58:33.280 this phenomenon across a variety
00:58:35.120 of industries.
00:58:36.380 It's just never talked about.
00:58:37.340 You see it a lot in architecture.
00:58:39.260 You walk around the streets of
00:58:40.240 Chicago, then take a trip to
00:58:41.500 Budapest.
00:58:41.980 It's not much of a comparison.
00:58:44.040 As a country, we're not even
00:58:45.080 trying anymore.
00:58:46.640 That's especially clear when it
00:58:47.520 comes to popular music, where
00:58:48.660 ugliness reigns supreme.
00:58:49.840 And I'm not just talking about
00:58:50.860 Lizzo, though I am also talking
00:58:52.220 about her.
00:58:52.920 So much of it is ugly.
00:58:53.900 The music itself is often ugly.
00:58:55.500 Sam Smith, the self-described
00:58:56.840 non-binary Satanist, is another 1.00
00:58:58.620 example.
00:58:59.720 Yeah, Sam Smith showed up to the
00:59:00.880 Grammys with a red leather suit
00:59:02.300 along with his hat, the hat
00:59:03.640 featuring protruding horns.
00:59:06.180 Yes, his backup dancers wore
00:59:07.500 devil costumes.
00:59:08.300 That's all been well documented.
00:59:09.920 Seen a lot of coverage of all of
00:59:11.500 that.
00:59:12.500 He did it precisely to attract a
00:59:13.760 lot of media coverage,
00:59:14.620 obviously.
00:59:15.460 The content and the messaging is
00:59:17.040 all obnoxious and degenerate, but 0.76
00:59:19.040 it's also very ugly.
00:59:20.860 This has been kind of a third
00:59:22.240 rail for a long time.
00:59:23.220 People don't want to talk about
00:59:24.200 what they know is true, which is
00:59:25.280 that ugliness is now pervasive in
00:59:27.200 this country.
00:59:28.220 People find indirect ways to
00:59:29.540 complain about it instead.
00:59:31.260 A few years ago, for example,
00:59:32.500 Abercrombie posted this image on
00:59:34.960 their Instagram, and the
00:59:36.960 Instagram replies and the media
00:59:39.540 articles on all of this complained
00:59:42.500 that Abercrombie was normalizing
00:59:43.960 obesity.
00:59:45.900 Now, in truth, that's not all that
00:59:47.180 Abercrombie is normalizing.
00:59:48.820 They're promoting ugliness, and it's
00:59:52.180 okay to say that because it's true.
00:59:53.960 Now, what explains that?
00:59:55.360 Why is ugliness now ascendant?
00:59:57.160 In the past, I've offered various
00:59:59.520 theories, and I think all of them
01:00:01.120 tell part of the story, but I think
01:00:03.200 there's something happening on a
01:00:04.740 psychological level that we need to
01:00:06.360 think about.
01:00:07.700 Maybe we've gotten rid of beauty 0.56
01:00:09.180 because beauty is aspirational.
01:00:12.320 We used to revere beauty as the
01:00:14.260 ideal.
01:00:14.940 We admired it.
01:00:15.800 We like to look at beautiful things
01:00:17.920 and people, and this gave way to lots
01:00:20.560 of complaints about unrealistic beauty
01:00:22.480 standards.
01:00:23.080 That was the thing people complained
01:00:23.940 about in the 90s, that beauty
01:00:25.300 standards were unrealistic.
01:00:27.320 But those complaints missed the
01:00:28.600 point.
01:00:29.680 Beauty is not meant to be realistic
01:00:32.080 necessarily.
01:00:33.000 It's an ideal, and it's good to have
01:00:35.080 an ideal.
01:00:35.600 A Michelangelo sculpture is realistic
01:00:38.780 in the sense that out of stone he
01:00:40.440 managed to carve figures that look
01:00:41.820 like real human beings, so it's
01:00:43.260 realistic in that sense, but it's
01:00:44.700 unrealistic in the sense that most
01:00:47.060 people could never take a stone and
01:00:49.220 turn it into that.
01:00:50.840 It is unrealistic.
01:00:51.820 Michelangelo sets an unrealistic
01:00:53.740 standard for what constitutes
01:00:56.180 artistic beauty, and that is why
01:00:58.700 it's great art.
01:00:59.780 That is why it's beautiful.
01:01:01.520 The same goes for human beings.
01:01:02.920 We used to admire great beauty in
01:01:04.700 people, the kind of beauty that will
01:01:07.200 be unattainable for most of us.
01:01:08.840 Most of us are not going to be, like
01:01:10.320 most of us, when you see us, you're
01:01:12.860 not going to think, well, that's an
01:01:13.620 extremely beautiful person.
01:01:15.360 But now we prefer to elevate
01:01:18.460 mediocrity and ugliness.
01:01:22.140 We find models who are overweight, 1.00
01:01:25.200 obese, and obesity, by the way, is
01:01:27.740 always ugly because it is self-destructive.
01:01:31.160 You know, when you're looking at
01:01:32.820 someone who is morbidly obese, you're
01:01:34.200 looking at someone who's destroying
01:01:35.300 themselves, and if you call that
01:01:37.260 beautiful, you're calling their
01:01:38.460 self-destruction, their suicide,
01:01:42.400 essentially.
01:01:42.800 You know, it's slow-motion suicide,
01:01:45.260 and you're looking at that and
01:01:46.280 calling that beautiful.
01:01:49.560 But that's what we find.
01:01:50.660 Our sculptures and our paintings are
01:01:52.440 junk.
01:01:52.940 It's all dreary and hideous.
01:01:54.820 But it's attainable.
01:01:57.500 Anybody can be a model now.
01:01:59.400 Anyone can be an artist.
01:02:01.400 The beauty standard has been lowered
01:02:02.880 all the way to the floor and beneath
01:02:04.240 it.
01:02:04.980 You barely have to raise your foot to
01:02:06.400 get over the bar anymore.
01:02:08.520 Again, there are many things
01:02:09.560 motivating this assault on beauty,
01:02:10.960 but I think the most prominent and
01:02:12.220 powerful motivation is that potent
01:02:14.620 modern combination of laziness and
01:02:17.200 narcissism.
01:02:18.360 We celebrate mediocrity because it
01:02:21.360 makes us feel better about
01:02:22.440 ourselves.
01:02:23.480 I think it really is as simple as
01:02:24.860 that in so many cases.
01:02:26.700 Everything now is filtered through
01:02:28.020 the lanes of self-perception, and the
01:02:30.800 value of something is determined
01:02:32.160 entirely based on how it makes us
01:02:33.780 feel.
01:02:35.100 That's the only thing we think about.
01:02:37.060 And not just how it makes us feel,
01:02:38.780 but how does it make us feel about
01:02:40.220 ourselves?
01:02:42.040 That's how we judge everything.
01:02:44.140 You look at it.
01:02:45.180 How does it make you feel about
01:02:46.800 yourself?
01:02:49.240 Not how does it make you feel about
01:02:50.400 the world?
01:02:51.020 How does it make you feel about, you
01:02:52.020 know, how does it make you feel about
01:02:52.980 life?
01:02:53.360 How does it make you feel?
01:02:54.500 How does it make you feel about
01:02:55.440 yourself?
01:02:57.840 And things are good if they make you
01:02:59.580 feel good about yourself, and they're
01:03:00.800 bad if they make you feel bad about
01:03:01.900 yourself.
01:03:02.240 And that's how we end up in this
01:03:03.060 inverted world where we find models
01:03:05.840 who are obese and ugly because they
01:03:08.740 make you feel better about yourself.
01:03:11.640 Supermodels, the old-fashioned ones 0.99
01:03:13.180 anyway, made us feel inferior, so we
01:03:15.840 prefer fat and ugly instead.
01:03:18.200 If there was ever a sign that we're on
01:03:20.060 the wrong track, that our collective
01:03:21.320 ideology is failing, it's this.
01:03:23.520 You can judge cultures by what they
01:03:25.120 produce.
01:03:26.000 It's always been true.
01:03:27.440 And we're not producing beauty
01:03:28.480 anymore.
01:03:29.380 We're not even trying.
01:03:30.220 We're producing the opposite, and we're
01:03:31.400 doing it on purpose.
01:03:33.520 And that is why, once again, the
01:03:35.200 intentional uglification of society is
01:03:38.420 and will always be canceled.
01:03:41.500 And that'll do it for the show today.
01:03:43.520 Have a great day.
01:03:44.400 Talk to you tomorrow.
01:03:45.360 Godspeed.
01:03:45.720 Have a great day.
01:03:55.920 Have a great day.
01:03:58.680 I'll see you tomorrow.
01:04:03.220 Bye.
01:04:03.740 Bye.
01:04:04.200 Bye.
01:04:05.760 Bye.
01:04:06.420 Bye.
01:04:07.880 Bye.
01:04:09.040 Bye.
01:04:10.240 Bye.
01:04:11.500 Bye.
01:04:12.900 Bye.
01:04:13.760 Bye.
01:04:14.280 Bye.
01:04:15.420 Bye.