The Matt Walsh Show - Ep. 1173 - Stop Cowering To The LGBT Extremist Cult

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.

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,

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,

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

00:20:38.680 features a number

00:20:39.300 of diversity programs

00:20:40.320 meant only for females

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?

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.

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,

00:26:23.020 white people debasing themselves,

00:26:24.820 white people are guilty,

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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,

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

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

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

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

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.

00:35:42.140 Okay,

00:35:42.480 so the Nazis

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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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00:47:30.040 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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

00:56:38.940 non-conforming models as they

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

The Matt Walsh Show - May 31, 2023

Ep. 1173 - Stop Cowering To The LGBT Extremist Cult

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