WEBVTT - Courage is Contagious

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Charlie Kirk. I run the largest pro

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<v Speaker 1>American student organization in the country, fighting for the future

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<v Speaker 1>of our republic. My call is to fight evil and

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<v Speaker 1>to proclaim truth. If the most important thing for you

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<v Speaker 1>is just feeling good, you're gonna end up miserable.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the most.

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<v Speaker 1>Important thing is doing good, you'll end up purposeful. College

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<v Speaker 1>is a scam, everybody. You got to stop sending your

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<v Speaker 1>kids to college. You should get married as young as

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<v Speaker 1>possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start

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<v Speaker 1>at turning point, you would say, college chapter. Go start

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<v Speaker 1>at turning point, you say high school chapter. Go find

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<v Speaker 1>out how your church can get involved. Sign up and

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<v Speaker 1>become an activist. I gave my life to the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>in fifth grade, most important decision I ever made in

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<v Speaker 1>my life, and I encourage you to do the same.

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<v Speaker 1>Here I am.

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<v Speaker 2>Lord, Use me.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, without further ado, we are going to welcome

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<v Speaker 2>up one of my favorite people, one of Charlie's favorite people.

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<v Speaker 2>She really she needs no introduction. Ali, Beth Stuckey, Hey, y'all. Hi,

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<v Speaker 2>and Mikey McCoy by.

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<v Speaker 3>The way, Hello, how are you doing, Mikey McCoy?

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<v Speaker 2>This is my first This is actually my first one

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<v Speaker 2>with Mikey. You've done some other ones with Yeah, this

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<v Speaker 2>is my first one.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, I really missed you.

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<v Speaker 2>We're so glad to have you.

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<v Speaker 1>You.

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<v Speaker 2>You are a crowd favorite, You have a huge platform,

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<v Speaker 2>and you are a wonderful Christian model of I would

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<v Speaker 2>say integrity of courage. How you've had a courageous last

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<v Speaker 2>couple months, I would say your whole career certainly, But

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<v Speaker 2>you have been a voice of truth, reason, facts, and

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<v Speaker 2>you've taken the slings and arrows. So whatever in that

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<v Speaker 2>intro that you want to get into the floor is yours.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been a model of courage though for.

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<v Speaker 3>So many Well, thanks, And courage is contagious, and courage

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<v Speaker 3>begets courage. And I think a lot of us fancied

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<v Speaker 3>ourselves as brave before Charlie died, but then something was

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<v Speaker 3>just triggered in all of us in a really good

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<v Speaker 3>way after we saw that, and any care that we

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<v Speaker 3>had about what the world thought of us, or really

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<v Speaker 3>what anyone thought of us. It just fell to the wayside.

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<v Speaker 3>I know that I felt like that. But even like

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<v Speaker 3>my nieces and nephews and people I know in my

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<v Speaker 3>life who weren't political before, and maybe they weren't really

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<v Speaker 3>digging into their Bible, they certainly weren't evangelizing, that has changed.

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<v Speaker 3>And I just want to remind everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>I know.

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<v Speaker 3>There's been a lot of noise, a lot of disagreement,

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<v Speaker 3>and it can feel very demoralizing, like is the revival

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<v Speaker 3>that we thought was going to happen? Is it already over?

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<v Speaker 3>It can feel like that until you talk to the

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<v Speaker 3>everyday person and the conversations that I have with people

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<v Speaker 3>that I work with, or my friends or people that

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<v Speaker 3>I know that I didn't know. We're interested in Christianity.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah I'm going to church now. Yeah I just got baptized.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah I heard the Gospel and I believed it. So

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<v Speaker 3>underneath all of the headlines like there is a revival

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<v Speaker 3>happening and the Holy Spirit is making people more courageous,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm just happy that we still get to be a.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of that. Yeah, well said. I want to encourage

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<v Speaker 2>everybody that maybe is asking those same questions. I've had

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<v Speaker 2>the exact same experience that you know, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>it reflects now in the polling. And still church attendance

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<v Speaker 2>is still surging, baptisms are still surging, and so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I think sometimes when the light shines the brightest, the

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<v Speaker 2>darkness tries to counter it. Yeah, one for one, it can't.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've said before that what God is unleashed, man

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<v Speaker 2>cannot stop. Like the trains left the station, good luck

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<v Speaker 2>stopping it. You can harass it, you can try and

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<v Speaker 2>throw sticks and stones in its tracks, but it's just

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<v Speaker 2>going to roll right over them. And so God's doing

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<v Speaker 2>a great work here. And I think we need to

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<v Speaker 2>have faith and let the process play out too, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, with the political commentators and the noise and

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<v Speaker 2>the debates, like, let it play out like something good

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<v Speaker 2>might just be happening underneath the surface, and we need

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<v Speaker 2>to let that. We need to trust the Lord that

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<v Speaker 2>he knows the next steps. But Mike get in here. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I also think it's really exciting though, and I keep

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<v Speaker 5>saying this over and over again, but because I mean it,

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<v Speaker 5>and it's so powerful that Charlie literally got murdered for

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<v Speaker 5>speaking truth and using his free speech, free speech that

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<v Speaker 5>oftentimes the left hated and then killed him for. And

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<v Speaker 5>you would think that when somebody is murdered for using

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<v Speaker 5>their free speech, it would make others kind of pause

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<v Speaker 5>and say, maybe I don't want to do that because

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<v Speaker 5>I too could get killed. But like here at anfest,

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<v Speaker 5>it's been so encouraging for me and for all of

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<v Speaker 5>us to see record breaking numbers of how many people

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<v Speaker 5>are here for the first time, eighty percent of which

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<v Speaker 5>this is the first TBOS event ever. But then these

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<v Speaker 5>students that are like five it up and it's like

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<v Speaker 5>the me next, and mentality like I'll be the next one,

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<v Speaker 5>like put me, put me on the stand.

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<v Speaker 4>Like I'm ready to go, because courage.

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<v Speaker 5>Is contagious, and like when you see that, it fires

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<v Speaker 5>you up for truth. And I think that the enemy

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<v Speaker 5>wants us to think that the revival was hijacked or over,

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<v Speaker 5>but in reality, it's it's playing out in different ways

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<v Speaker 5>that we don't even see behind the scenes. I mean

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<v Speaker 5>last week Andrew, we were like down bad, we were

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<v Speaker 5>down bad, yeah, and then being here this week it's

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<v Speaker 5>like just so.

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<v Speaker 2>Encouraging, super honest about it that on Thursday morning, when

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting ready to come down here, I was

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<v Speaker 2>I was not looking forward to it. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>just have to get through this and then I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be Then I can go be with my family and

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<v Speaker 2>watch them Christmas movies. That's like what I want to do, right. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>it's been a long year, Charlie would say. Charlie would

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<v Speaker 2>always say, it's been a it's been a long week,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, so, but anyways, so but then when I

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<v Speaker 2>got here and instantly felt it was it was kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like when we were at the memorial and you

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<v Speaker 2>step in there and it was just like boom. You

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<v Speaker 2>can just feel it. And that comes from all of

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<v Speaker 2>you guys. And I've been riding high ever since. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>this has been the most life giving couple of days

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<v Speaker 2>and that that I have experienced in a while. And

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm I'm completely encouraged. And I believe that the

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<v Speaker 2>reach and the ripple effects of Charter Charlie's martyrdom and

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<v Speaker 2>is the assassination we are so far reaching and so

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<v Speaker 2>unquantifiable that we're really on this side of attorney eternity

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<v Speaker 2>never really going to understand the reach and the impact

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<v Speaker 2>that Charlie has really had. And by the way, people

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<v Speaker 2>like you stepping into that shadow, which is my next question,

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<v Speaker 2>stepping out, but from behind that shadow, I should say, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you told me, you know, feel free. This is not

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<v Speaker 2>this is don't worry, this is not a livestream like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just you told me that you had an initial

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<v Speaker 2>reaction after Charlie was assassinated. Yeah, and then you transitioned to,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just say a more bold reaction. What was your

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<v Speaker 2>first reaction and then what changed in you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, my initial reaction. So I got a text from

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<v Speaker 3>my publicist. I was on my way to a doctor's appointment,

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<v Speaker 3>and she said, I just heard that Charlie Kirk has

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<v Speaker 3>been shot on college campus. And I was like, that's

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<v Speaker 3>not true. That is just she heard that through someone

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<v Speaker 3>and that's not true. But even if that is true,

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<v Speaker 3>godh she got shot in the arm and that'll be terrible,

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<v Speaker 3>but you know, it'll be okay, he'll be fine. It

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<v Speaker 3>just my mind couldn't even go to that spot. But

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<v Speaker 3>then I called one of our mutual friends, who was

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<v Speaker 3>crying understandably on the other side, and he said, it

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<v Speaker 3>is true. I went through all the things that you've

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<v Speaker 3>heard a lot he might make it, and then got

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<v Speaker 3>a text saying he didn't make it. And my first

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<v Speaker 3>reaction was like, I'm done. I'm not doing this anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not worth it. I thought we were in a

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<v Speaker 3>battle of ideas and we're not. We're bringing ideas and

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<v Speaker 3>they're bringing bullets. This is not a war of words,

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<v Speaker 3>like this is a hot war. They've declared war on us.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I talked to my dad. My dad, I

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<v Speaker 3>talk to him every day and he's a wealth wisdom

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<v Speaker 3>for me. But he said, you know, when all of

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<v Speaker 3>this clears and like the emotions kind of settled down,

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<v Speaker 3>you do have to ask yourself what would Charlie say

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<v Speaker 3>to you? Like what would he say to you? And

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I know what he would say. What he

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<v Speaker 3>would say to any of us in the movement, and

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<v Speaker 3>all of us are so blessed with like different encouraging

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<v Speaker 3>texts that he would send to so many people over

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<v Speaker 3>the years, And one of them I got. I had

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<v Speaker 3>this negative article written about me in the Atlantic, and

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<v Speaker 3>I was all anxious about it. But of course Charlie

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<v Speaker 3>texted me and he said, huge honor. Keep slugging. And

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<v Speaker 3>my audience has heard me tell this story. And so

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<v Speaker 3>now like whenever they can tell I'm feeling discouraged, they

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<v Speaker 3>just say, keep slugging, keeps luck and keep slugging. It's

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<v Speaker 3>almost become a motto like that. And now that's how

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<v Speaker 3>I feel. Now I'm like, okay, like he didn't die

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<v Speaker 3>for nothing. Like he he would say to all of us,

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<v Speaker 3>keep slugging, do not back down. This is actually the

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<v Speaker 3>very last thing you should do.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone has a perspective shaped by what they've lived, what

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<v Speaker 2>they've learned, and what they believe. Charlie always appreciated TikTok

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<v Speaker 2>because it shared our values of connecting and building community.

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<v Speaker 2>On TikTok, you can find a teacher discussing math in

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<v Speaker 2>a way that makes it click, a dad sharing a

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<v Speaker 2>lifetime of knowledge with his viewers, or a gardener showing

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<v Speaker 2>how patience and care can turn a patch of dirt

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<v Speaker 2>into something alive, ordinary people doing extraordinary things and showing

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<v Speaker 2>others how it's done. TikTok is a space where voices

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<v Speaker 2>can find each other, and no voice is too small.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what's really special about TikTok. Even the quiet voices

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<v Speaker 2>can hold great wisdom. Unexpected voices can make a big

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<v Speaker 2>difference finding them and sharing your own voice. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>builds a community, because when everyone has a voice, we

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<v Speaker 2>can all learn something. And when we all keep learning,

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<v Speaker 2>we can all move forward. On TikTok, you can find

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<v Speaker 2>voices worth hearing in Stories worth Sharing.

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<v Speaker 1>Portions of our program are sponsored in part by TikTok.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. And you know, it's funny because a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>people have their their charlieisms, you know, like Steve Dais's

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<v Speaker 2>go Max, you know, or go Hard's funny, but you

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<v Speaker 2>know it is true. I mean this, I think this

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<v Speaker 2>is like a hard for some people to probably hear.

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<v Speaker 2>But like the night that Charlie was assassinated, there was

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<v Speaker 2>a few of us in the hotel in Salt Lake

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<v Speaker 2>City and we're sitting there, you know, stun silence, and

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<v Speaker 2>somebody just kind of had to like break the silence

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<v Speaker 2>because you know, what do you say in this moment?

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<v Speaker 2>And somebody's like, you know, Charlie'd be really upset that

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<v Speaker 2>we're not streaming right now, and I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>probably it's probably true. Yeah, I mean, you know, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>that wasn't the XT and it was a joke, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was it was a kind of a hat tip

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<v Speaker 2>to the way Charlie was wired, and the way Charlie

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<v Speaker 2>was wired, he would run right into the story, he

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<v Speaker 2>would run right into the battle that was in front

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<v Speaker 2>of you, and he just had this endless energy. And

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<v Speaker 2>so when we ended up doing this stream on Friday

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<v Speaker 2>that I guess got seen over thirty five million times

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<v Speaker 2>or something insane, we knew we had to do that

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<v Speaker 2>because it had to be us that honored Charlie, that

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<v Speaker 2>like spoke up for him in that moment. And you

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<v Speaker 2>have done that as well. You had this moment where

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Charlie was giving you encouragement about your Jubilee debate,

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<v Speaker 2>and that happened right after right, Yep, it.

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<v Speaker 3>Was two weeks after he died. It was the day

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<v Speaker 3>before the memorial.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and you struggled with whether or not you should

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<v Speaker 2>keep that commitment.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean the last place I wanted to be

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<v Speaker 3>was surrounded by a circle of liberals and that moment.

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<v Speaker 3>Just to be honest, we had a lot of security

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<v Speaker 3>conversations before walking into this, but honestly, yeah, like Charlie's

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<v Speaker 3>wisdom was so vital. Holy Spirit was present one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 3>But also to the credit of my opponents. They were

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<v Speaker 3>twenty liberal Christians and one Christian Conservative. And I got

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<v Speaker 3>to make four claims and defend those claims, and all

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<v Speaker 3>twenty of them came up and tried to deconstruct it.

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<v Speaker 3>But and so I was nervous, and but the oh,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you, thank you. But the first guy came up

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<v Speaker 3>to me, this like flamboyant gay man and he came

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<v Speaker 3>up to me. And it's so tense in there. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know if they tell the cast not to smile.

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<v Speaker 3>No one is smiling. It is hot. They don't have

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<v Speaker 3>any air conditioning. They stop every thirty seconds to turn fans.

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<v Speaker 5>It's holie, it's so really hot.

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<v Speaker 3>It is so hot, and it's like and I watched

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<v Speaker 3>Charlie's before and they were so mean to Charlie. I

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<v Speaker 3>was expecting that. And so this guy he sits down,

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<v Speaker 3>and Charlie told me he said, ask them all their

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<v Speaker 3>name because it throws them off, and so I did.

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<v Speaker 3>But then he stopped and he said, I am so

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<v Speaker 3>sorry about your friend, Charlie, and that just I can't

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<v Speaker 3>take credit for that. Like that completely melted the tension.

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<v Speaker 3>They didn't actually show that in the final cut of

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<v Speaker 3>the debate, but three or four of them stopped and said,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so sorry about Charlie. And honestly, like even in death,

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<v Speaker 3>Charlie kind of made peace in that situation that could

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<v Speaker 3>have been really contentious. The tension kind of melted away.

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<v Speaker 4>I know, the tension of that room.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, which Mikey just walking around the hood.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah exactly, Well you look like you're from the hood.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah you do, Charlie that one. Maybe he's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just on the street all the time.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, did you have a question?

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<v Speaker 5>No, I just I mean you you opened up kind

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<v Speaker 5>of talking about how we were going to watch this

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<v Speaker 5>play out. But I think it's really interesting to see

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<v Speaker 5>all the different personalities that are speaking at Anfest.

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<v Speaker 4>And Erica said it.

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<v Speaker 3>The other night amfes.

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<v Speaker 2>See were acting like this is the first time we've

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<v Speaker 2>ever had like, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>Disagreement, shade being thrown from stage. No, never, not an amphest.

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<v Speaker 5>But Erica came out yesterday and she was like, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>you can say a lot about Amfest, you can't say

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<v Speaker 5>it is it is boring.

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<v Speaker 4>And she was like, it's like it's like Thanksgiving dinner

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<v Speaker 4>with the family members, you know, working.

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<v Speaker 2>Out the family business.

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<v Speaker 5>You're working out the family business. But I do want

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<v Speaker 5>to kind of talk about Tucker said his speech.

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<v Speaker 4>He said, if my brother goes on.

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<v Speaker 5>A drug related murder spree, I will not denounce him,

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<v Speaker 5>and that I was like thinking about that all night

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<v Speaker 5>last night and then again this morning, because I love

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<v Speaker 5>my family and I'm super close with my family. But

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<v Speaker 5>then I'm also very invested in my morality and my values.

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<v Speaker 5>And I was like, Oh, Ali, Stucky's coming. I'll just

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<v Speaker 5>ask her which she thinks about it. Would you denounce

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<v Speaker 5>me if I went on a drug related murder spring,

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<v Speaker 5>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>What, I would denounce you for a lot less than that. Oh, definitely.

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<v Speaker 3>At that point, we're denouncing my keys standards. There's standards, okay,

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<v Speaker 3>So I guess we could get into the semantics of

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<v Speaker 3>what do you mean by denounce. Of course, you still

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<v Speaker 3>love someone in your life, like if your spouse, especially

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<v Speaker 3>the person that you're one person with, Like it would

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<v Speaker 3>take a lot for you to publicly condemn them, but

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<v Speaker 3>you would, like you, you would still love them and

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<v Speaker 3>want what's best for them and all of that. But

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<v Speaker 3>you also want justice and you want truth just because

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<v Speaker 3>we you know, we subscribe to something that is higher

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<v Speaker 3>than interpersonal loyalty, and that is loyalty to the word

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<v Speaker 3>of God, even when it's really difficult. So yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>thought that was strange. I don't think I can get

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<v Speaker 3>on board with that. Hopefully his brother doesn't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, let's hope nobody. Because we don't recommend drug related

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<v Speaker 2>murder spreechs. We don't that need to be said disavowed.

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't sure where you stood.

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<v Speaker 2>On that thing. You people are asking questions, so so,

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<v Speaker 2>but when we when we when we when we talk

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<v Speaker 2>about these disagreements within the movement, though, let's let's keep

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<v Speaker 2>them more within Okay, not murder, but with you know,

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<v Speaker 2>foreign policy, disagreements about Israel, disagreements about h one B's,

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<v Speaker 2>disagreements about all of the care healthcare. What do you

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<v Speaker 2>how do you navigate these issues? You know, Charlie was

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<v Speaker 2>a big proponent of something he you know, that we

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<v Speaker 2>call prudence, and so how do you prudently choose to

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<v Speaker 2>navigate the most contentious issues of the conservative movement of

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<v Speaker 2>our day?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's a good question. You know, I don't really

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<v Speaker 3>talk that much about foreign policy, but if you listen

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<v Speaker 3>to some of my critics, I am like the biggest

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<v Speaker 3>Israel stand out there, like it really doesn't matter what

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<v Speaker 3>you say. Sometimes to some of these critics, they will

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<v Speaker 3>say that, you know, they'll just put they'll project what

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<v Speaker 3>they think about you onto you, no matter what you say.

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<v Speaker 3>So you have to just ignore that. Okay, that's part

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<v Speaker 3>of prudence, and I'm sure that Charlie was really good

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<v Speaker 3>at that of ignoring the people that are going to

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<v Speaker 3>say what they're going to say, no matter what the

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<v Speaker 3>truth is. And my only question is what is true,

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<v Speaker 3>what's factually true, but most importantly, what's biblically true? And

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<v Speaker 3>if I really don't know the answer to that, then

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<v Speaker 3>I don't always wait into those waters. And if I

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<v Speaker 3>don't think it's a salvation issue, if I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>it's an existential issue, then I'm going to do my best,

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<v Speaker 3>like I did an episode, for example, when Tucker Carlson

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<v Speaker 3>and Ted Cruz had their battle over Israel, and I

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<v Speaker 3>just kind of navigated that here's what I think the

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<v Speaker 3>Bible says about Israel, here's what I think as a Christian,

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<v Speaker 3>and here's what I think our obligation is. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it kind of pleased no one, but that's okay. And

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<v Speaker 3>I don't have to pretend. Here's what I never do.

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<v Speaker 3>I never pretend that I'm an expert on something that

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not an expert on. But if I know how

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<v Speaker 3>to navigate something, if I feel like the Word of

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<v Speaker 3>God is clear on something, then I'm going to go

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<v Speaker 3>all in. Because Charlie and I we are last conversation

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<v Speaker 3>on the podcast was about he loved to talk about

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<v Speaker 3>woke pastor. That was like his favorite thing to ask me.

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<v Speaker 3>It was about woke pastors.

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<v Speaker 2>He had a special place for them and.

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<v Speaker 3>In his content, yes, And we talked about this concept

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<v Speaker 3>of pastors thinking that they're nicer than God, just believing

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<v Speaker 3>that they know better than God, that they're wiser than God,

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<v Speaker 3>that they're more compassionate than God. And he was like,

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<v Speaker 3>that has to be the title of your next book.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good at this kind of thing. That needs to

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<v Speaker 3>be the title, which is probably true. But the truth

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<v Speaker 3>is is that the most loving thing that we can

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<v Speaker 3>do in all things is agree with God. And if

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<v Speaker 3>I can find a way to agree with God when

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<v Speaker 3>it comes to my politics or my cultural views, certainly

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<v Speaker 3>my theology, then I'm going to do that as loudly

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<v Speaker 3>as I can and try to help other people do

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<v Speaker 3>that too.

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<v Speaker 2>But when it comes to the politics of it all,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know that you tend to be faith forward,

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<v Speaker 2>politics downstream of your faith, which is I think the

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<v Speaker 2>proper order. But when we're talking about the politics of

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<v Speaker 2>it all, the coalition build of it all, the Trump

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<v Speaker 2>and jd vance of it all, does this sort of

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<v Speaker 2>fight that we're seeing play out in a public way

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<v Speaker 2>of this family business because it's different, right, we all

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<v Speaker 2>know that, like you know, trans and kids is bad. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>we all know that, like these ones are the easy ones,

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<v Speaker 2>it gets harder when it's when you're sort of so

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<v Speaker 2>called shooting inside the tent. So what do you make

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<v Speaker 2>of that? Do you think this is healthy for the movement?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think this is just a sign of a

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<v Speaker 2>healthy immune system and the antibodies fight. Do you think

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<v Speaker 2>this is where? Do you think this is a sign

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<v Speaker 2>of a lack of health. Do you think this is dysfunction?

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<v Speaker 3>You know what, it's hard to say exactly what my

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<v Speaker 3>rule is and wading into these conflicts, so we can

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<v Speaker 3>just say, like when it comes to the Ben and

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<v Speaker 3>Meghan disagreement, like, I'm not probably going to wait in

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<v Speaker 3>and say, well, like I'm on this side. I'm on

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<v Speaker 3>this side. Both of these people are my friends, and

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<v Speaker 3>I don't see something within that disagreement that I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>Ali Stucky has to speak up on that or else

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<v Speaker 3>she's a coward. Now I might if it comes to

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<v Speaker 3>that or if things evolve, but when it came to this,

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<v Speaker 3>is members only right. Like when it came to the

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<v Speaker 3>Candice thing, I you know, put that off for a

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<v Speaker 3>while for a lot of different reasons. I didn't want

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<v Speaker 3>to say anything. But then she started talking about Mikey

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<v Speaker 3>and that really bothered me. But then she also started

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<v Speaker 3>speaking about things that I had personal knowledge about, like

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<v Speaker 3>how turning point events work and things like that, and

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<v Speaker 3>I felt an obligation to my audience, who was constantly

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<v Speaker 3>asking me, what do you think about this? A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of them watch her and love her. Of course she's

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<v Speaker 3>super entertaining and popular, but they're like, what do you

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<v Speaker 3>think about this?

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<v Speaker 2>Well?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you give me some clarity on this? And I've

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<v Speaker 3>always said clarity is kindness, and if I am purposely

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<v Speaker 3>not offering clarity, where I know my audience needs it,

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<v Speaker 3>then I am probably being cowardly, which is why I

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<v Speaker 3>ended up trying to speak up about that. So I

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<v Speaker 3>guess it's my case trying.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you succeeded in speaking well.

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<v Speaker 3>I you know, I said what I said, and I totally.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand by it.

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<v Speaker 3>I totally stand by it. And yeah, yeah, in nuindo

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<v Speaker 3>is non investigation, and that's where I stand.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I should have I shouldn't have interrupted you.

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<v Speaker 2>In nuendo is not investigation. Yeah, And I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>an instance where, you know, I said this to somebody

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<v Speaker 2>just moments ago that what I actually think is happening

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<v Speaker 2>in the movement is two parallel tracks. I think there's

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<v Speaker 2>an idea, a lot ideological debate that's unfolding. But I

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<v Speaker 2>also think it's you know, you have to understand how

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<v Speaker 2>we got to this moment where we had media that

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<v Speaker 2>was contained for so long in this country inside the

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<v Speaker 2>legacy box, right, you know, we had CNN, ABC, NBCCBS

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<v Speaker 2>and then eventually Fox and that was kind of it, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and then it exploded out of that. We have independent creators.

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<v Speaker 2>We have independent minded YouTubers and streamers and podcasters, and

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<v Speaker 2>they are getting a bigger and bigger, bigger chunk of

0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:49.120
<v Speaker 2>the pie. But it's sort of the wild West. Still,

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<v Speaker 2>there's no established rules, right, Washington Post has to publish

0:22:52.320 --> 0:22:55.840
<v Speaker 2>its editorial controls and the standards and ethics that it's

0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:59.120
<v Speaker 2>going to well, you know it's going to abide by right,

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<v Speaker 2>and same with New York Times, same with Fox News.

0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:05.240
<v Speaker 2>In the world of online content creation, there are no

0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:07.720
<v Speaker 2>standards or ethics, and you've seen sort of the platforms

0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:11.360
<v Speaker 2>try and impose those. There was a massive backlash against censorship.

0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:14.520
<v Speaker 2>It's hate speech, whatever that is. And so what you're

0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:19.240
<v Speaker 2>actually having is this debate is raging because there's not

0:23:19.320 --> 0:23:22.840
<v Speaker 2>an agreement about how to responsibly create content online, especially

0:23:22.840 --> 0:23:25.520
<v Speaker 2>when you when your platforms become huge, right, And there's

0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:27.720
<v Speaker 2>certain people that think you need to apply certain standards

0:23:27.720 --> 0:23:31.040
<v Speaker 2>and ethics to facts an innuendo, and there's certain people

0:23:31.080 --> 0:23:32.919
<v Speaker 2>that think, well, we're you know, it's all kind of

0:23:32.920 --> 0:23:35.359
<v Speaker 2>free game. So that I think is actually the thing

0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:38.600
<v Speaker 2>that needs to settle. That is the sifting that is

0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:42.000
<v Speaker 2>also happening underneath what you think is this debate against

0:23:42.080 --> 0:23:44.480
<v Speaker 2>he said she said, or I'm friends with this person,

0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:46.679
<v Speaker 2>so I'm not going it's actually deeper than that, and

0:23:46.720 --> 0:23:48.960
<v Speaker 2>it's a more structural problem in my opinion. I don't

0:23:48.960 --> 0:23:49.960
<v Speaker 2>know if you agree with that or.

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<v Speaker 3>Not, but yeah, I think those are really good points.

0:23:52.280 --> 0:23:54.120
<v Speaker 3>I think the issue that we have on the left

0:23:54.160 --> 0:23:55.959
<v Speaker 3>and the right and now the right, is that our

0:23:56.000 --> 0:23:59.879
<v Speaker 3>disagreements have become very fundamental. We're asking questions like what

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<v Speaker 3>as an American, which I think is a really good

0:24:02.000 --> 0:24:04.600
<v Speaker 3>thing to debate. We have to define our terms, but

0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:07.359
<v Speaker 3>we're also debating like what is truth? What is truth?

0:24:07.440 --> 0:24:07.520
<v Speaker 6>Like?

0:24:07.560 --> 0:24:10.040
<v Speaker 3>How do we seek truth? What counts is truth? And

0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:12.600
<v Speaker 3>it looks like we've got different definitions, not only on

0:24:12.600 --> 0:24:14.639
<v Speaker 3>the right and the left, but even within what is

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<v Speaker 3>considered the right. And I do think the only way

0:24:17.440 --> 0:24:20.320
<v Speaker 3>is to hammer that out and hash that out. But

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<v Speaker 3>it'll be interesting to see how that shapes up.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you want to do some cuman it or do

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<v Speaker 2>you have a question?

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<v Speaker 4>No? No, no, you guys you said it great.

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<v Speaker 5>I would just also add, I mean under the Biden

0:24:28.560 --> 0:24:33.480
<v Speaker 5>administration we kind of unified under you know, if you

0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:35.679
<v Speaker 5>would trip, you know, we would all go on social

0:24:35.720 --> 0:24:38.000
<v Speaker 5>media and talk about it at length. But I think

0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:40.600
<v Speaker 5>now we've kind of been broken into like three factions.

0:24:41.240 --> 0:24:44.080
<v Speaker 5>Is you have the administration who's really focused on just

0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:47.960
<v Speaker 5>everything they're doing in the government foreign policy and everybody

0:24:48.000 --> 0:24:50.960
<v Speaker 5>who's really hyper analyzing that. And then you have the

0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:55.560
<v Speaker 5>greater populist movement on the right who's still debating these ideas.

0:24:55.920 --> 0:24:59.040
<v Speaker 5>And then you have to also remember that the audience

0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:03.399
<v Speaker 5>who likes to ask questions is these are people like

0:25:03.600 --> 0:25:06.320
<v Speaker 5>even me, you know, who came out of California during

0:25:06.560 --> 0:25:08.879
<v Speaker 5>you know, the COVID lockdowns and my dad was going

0:25:08.960 --> 0:25:11.920
<v Speaker 5>to be arrested for opening his church. These people I've

0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:13.760
<v Speaker 5>been lied to about the election, They've been lied to

0:25:13.760 --> 0:25:16.879
<v Speaker 5>about COVID, and so they are looking for somebody to

0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:18.640
<v Speaker 5>ask questions about everything.

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:21.080
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and so there's an audience for that as well.

0:25:21.600 --> 0:25:24.080
<v Speaker 4>So there's we're all separated right now.

0:25:24.160 --> 0:25:26.760
<v Speaker 5>Because we're all separated, there's tons of infighting because we

0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:29.840
<v Speaker 5>don't have a unified enemy right now, and so right

0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:31.920
<v Speaker 5>now we're just kind of focusing on fighting each other

0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:33.560
<v Speaker 5>instead of focusing on a unified enemy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, governing's hard. Yeah, clap for that. I totally agree. Yeah,

0:25:37.400 --> 0:25:40.919
<v Speaker 2>very wise, the you know, the hope is that when

0:25:40.960 --> 0:25:42.920
<v Speaker 2>we get to twenty twenty six, and especially in twenty

0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:46.480
<v Speaker 2>twenty eight. A lot of these the infighting. Hopefully we'll

0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.359
<v Speaker 2>you know, fade away because you know we're going to

0:25:49.440 --> 0:25:54.280
<v Speaker 2>be having to defeat AOC nominee or Jazzmine Crockett.

0:25:53.880 --> 0:25:59.000
<v Speaker 3>Or Yeah, that content that will come, I.

0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:01.640
<v Speaker 2>Mean it's going to be that will be a crystallizing

0:26:01.680 --> 0:26:04.720
<v Speaker 2>moment for everybody, very clarifying moment for everybody. Let's do

0:26:04.760 --> 0:26:08.240
<v Speaker 2>some and for ali. Emma's got the mic.

0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:09.520
<v Speaker 3>Hi.

0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:13.200
<v Speaker 7>My name is Amanda. I have listened to Rush since

0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:16.960
<v Speaker 7>I was in the womb, and I once rushed past

0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:19.480
<v Speaker 7>I didn't have a home, found the Charlie Kirk Show.

0:26:20.400 --> 0:26:22.840
<v Speaker 7>So thank you guys for continuing. I really appreciate it.

0:26:23.240 --> 0:26:26.880
<v Speaker 7>My question, I'm a nurse and a mom and I'm

0:26:26.880 --> 0:26:29.000
<v Speaker 7>just sitting here watching you guys, and I worry about

0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:31.439
<v Speaker 7>you guys as people. How can I be praying for

0:26:31.560 --> 0:26:31.840
<v Speaker 7>you all?

0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:36.280
<v Speaker 3>That's very sweet. Well, thank you so much, and just

0:26:36.720 --> 0:26:39.720
<v Speaker 3>thank you for being a light in a dark world.

0:26:39.760 --> 0:26:44.359
<v Speaker 3>The medical system, unfortunately, you know, isn't always the brightest place,

0:26:44.400 --> 0:26:45.960
<v Speaker 3>so thank you for doing what you do.

0:26:47.160 --> 0:26:47.400
<v Speaker 2>Well.

0:26:47.480 --> 0:26:50.480
<v Speaker 3>You know, I can't speak for everyone, but pray, yes,

0:26:50.560 --> 0:26:53.240
<v Speaker 3>of course, for protection and things like that. We're always

0:26:53.320 --> 0:26:56.280
<v Speaker 3>praying for that, but also just pray for courage to

0:26:56.400 --> 0:26:59.040
<v Speaker 3>do the next right thing. That's all any of us

0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:00.880
<v Speaker 3>are ever trying to do. You do the next right

0:27:00.920 --> 0:27:03.480
<v Speaker 3>thing in faith, with excellence and for the glory of God.

0:27:03.520 --> 0:27:05.560
<v Speaker 3>That's the model that I try to live by. And

0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:08.960
<v Speaker 3>sometimes that takes courage. There's not a lot of courage

0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:11.800
<v Speaker 3>and being complacent and going with the flow. But all

0:27:11.840 --> 0:27:14.000
<v Speaker 3>of us in this droom have decided that going with

0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:15.800
<v Speaker 3>the flow got us to a really bad place, and

0:27:15.840 --> 0:27:19.120
<v Speaker 3>swimming upstream can be hard. So pray for courage, not

0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:22.479
<v Speaker 3>only for us, but for people like you too, because

0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:26.119
<v Speaker 3>we have a job to say the things that we

0:27:26.160 --> 0:27:27.560
<v Speaker 3>say and do the things that we do that are

0:27:27.600 --> 0:27:30.440
<v Speaker 3>considered controversial. You could lose your job for doing that.

0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:34.600
<v Speaker 3>So really my respect goes to you for the sacrifices

0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:36.399
<v Speaker 3>you make for the truth. So thank you.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. Wow, how you guys doing.

0:27:44.160 --> 0:27:44.360
<v Speaker 3>Hi.

0:27:44.840 --> 0:27:47.679
<v Speaker 6>My name's E and I'm from North Idaho, and I

0:27:47.720 --> 0:27:49.320
<v Speaker 6>just want you to kind of elaborate more on how

0:27:49.359 --> 0:27:51.480
<v Speaker 6>we don't have a common enemy when Charlie Kirk was

0:27:51.480 --> 0:27:55.480
<v Speaker 6>shot by a leftist trans loving person, Like, how is

0:27:55.520 --> 0:27:57.679
<v Speaker 6>that not a common enemy right now? When they literally

0:27:57.680 --> 0:27:59.880
<v Speaker 6>shot him for talking.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I didn't say that.

0:28:01.200 --> 0:28:04.600
<v Speaker 6>We don't have I know, I'm saying, how can we

0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:08.280
<v Speaker 6>elaborate on that? Like how we don't have a common enemy,

0:28:08.280 --> 0:28:10.159
<v Speaker 6>I guess is what I was.

0:28:09.640 --> 0:28:12.399
<v Speaker 3>Hoping to find on Oh, are you saying that some

0:28:12.440 --> 0:28:14.800
<v Speaker 3>people are asserting that or you believe that we don't.

0:28:14.560 --> 0:28:15.040
<v Speaker 4>Have a comment.

0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:16.359
<v Speaker 6>I believe we have a common enemy.

0:28:16.920 --> 0:28:19.080
<v Speaker 3>And it's like, yes, I agree, I actually.

0:28:18.800 --> 0:28:20.760
<v Speaker 2>Think we are all saying we have a common enemy.

0:28:20.800 --> 0:28:24.240
<v Speaker 2>It's about how we're getting distracted by the things we

0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:28.360
<v Speaker 2>disagree about amongst the coalition on the right, the larger coalition,

0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:30.760
<v Speaker 2>and so it's not it just doesn't feel maybe as

0:28:30.800 --> 0:28:33.479
<v Speaker 2>prominent to some people because all I guess what, all

0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:35.639
<v Speaker 2>the clickbait, all the stuff people are clicking on and

0:28:35.640 --> 0:28:38.480
<v Speaker 2>posting about is like infighting. So it just doesn't it's

0:28:38.520 --> 0:28:40.520
<v Speaker 2>just not as prominent. But when when I think, when

0:28:41.080 --> 0:28:44.680
<v Speaker 2>the calendar of the election comes into more focus for people,

0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:49.120
<v Speaker 2>that will probably be a clarifying moment. It will refocus

0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:55.120
<v Speaker 2>people that are currently distracted. I'm not distracted. We're not distracted, guys, aren't. No, no, no, no,

0:28:55.120 --> 0:28:57.680
<v Speaker 2>no no no. We're mission mission mission around here, like

0:28:57.720 --> 0:29:00.760
<v Speaker 2>we do we do our level best to stay focused

0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:03.760
<v Speaker 2>on the mission at hand, and that's midterms, midterms, midterms,

0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:06.960
<v Speaker 2>no transing our kids, mass migration.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, let me just encourage you just for a second,

0:29:09.160 --> 0:29:12.280
<v Speaker 3>because I know that the distractions in the division is demoralizing.

0:29:12.680 --> 0:29:15.360
<v Speaker 3>But I like to use this analogy. On the left,

0:29:16.200 --> 0:29:18.720
<v Speaker 3>when your goal is just destruction, you don't have to

0:29:18.760 --> 0:29:21.040
<v Speaker 3>agree on the tools that you use. Anyone can pick

0:29:21.120 --> 0:29:22.840
<v Speaker 3>up a hammer, a mallet, it doesn't matter. As long

0:29:22.880 --> 0:29:24.600
<v Speaker 3>as you're destroying. You can all do it. You don't

0:29:24.600 --> 0:29:26.440
<v Speaker 3>have to agree. But on the right, we're trying to

0:29:26.480 --> 0:29:28.840
<v Speaker 3>build something. And when you're trying to build something, you

0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:31.240
<v Speaker 3>have to agree on the foundation, the materials and the

0:29:31.240 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 3>tools you use, who's using it and when and where

0:29:34.360 --> 0:29:38.120
<v Speaker 3>that takes work. And sometimes it takes these clarifying moments

0:29:38.120 --> 0:29:40.440
<v Speaker 3>for us to say, hang on, who are we and

0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:43.360
<v Speaker 3>what are we doing? What is our common enemy? That's

0:29:43.400 --> 0:29:45.560
<v Speaker 3>the moment that we're in right now because we lost

0:29:45.600 --> 0:29:48.200
<v Speaker 3>our main coalition builder and the guy that was holding

0:29:48.320 --> 0:29:51.640
<v Speaker 3>us together and somehow holding back the crazy, all the crazies,

0:29:52.280 --> 0:29:55.360
<v Speaker 3>it's come out, and so we're just having a redefining

0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:58.560
<v Speaker 3>moment so that we can win the midterms. And twenty

0:29:58.600 --> 0:29:59.040
<v Speaker 3>twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 9>So I have a question because after Charlie crookud Die,

0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:53.880
<v Speaker 9>I feel one of two ways. A lot of us

0:31:53.960 --> 0:31:56.360
<v Speaker 9>wanted to speak out and a lot of us wanted

0:31:56.360 --> 0:31:59.920
<v Speaker 9>to hide. I'm caught in the middle where it's I

0:32:00.120 --> 0:32:03.160
<v Speaker 9>want to speak out, but there's also fear. So my

0:32:03.320 --> 0:32:06.160
<v Speaker 9>question for you is, how do you get rid of

0:32:06.200 --> 0:32:10.080
<v Speaker 9>that fear of wanting to speak out and like just

0:32:11.160 --> 0:32:16.400
<v Speaker 9>like push forward through it, because like I'm really I

0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:18.840
<v Speaker 9>really try to fight people pleasing, but I can find

0:32:18.920 --> 0:32:22.680
<v Speaker 9>myself in it where it's like not that I'll say

0:32:22.720 --> 0:32:24.760
<v Speaker 9>what people want to hear, but I'll just keep my

0:32:24.760 --> 0:32:27.440
<v Speaker 9>thoughts to myself because I'm just like, well that I

0:32:27.480 --> 0:32:33.760
<v Speaker 9>know that'll like piss them off basically, and so like

0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:37.400
<v Speaker 9>I'll try to like either put it out or just

0:32:37.520 --> 0:32:40.360
<v Speaker 9>like put it brush it under the rug. But I

0:32:40.400 --> 0:32:44.720
<v Speaker 9>really want to, Like with Charlie dying, like, yeah, it

0:32:44.760 --> 0:32:47.440
<v Speaker 9>was very encouraging for me because it was like he

0:32:47.520 --> 0:32:50.959
<v Speaker 9>did for my generation what a lot of people wouldn't

0:32:50.960 --> 0:32:53.960
<v Speaker 9>have done. Yea, And he put his life literally on

0:32:54.040 --> 0:32:58.320
<v Speaker 9>the line for our generation. And it's just encouraging that

0:32:58.520 --> 0:33:01.480
<v Speaker 9>like he did that for us, and so I want

0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:05.360
<v Speaker 9>to step up like he did. Yeah, and finally starts

0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:09.120
<v Speaker 9>speaking out about things. Especially it's scary because I live

0:33:09.160 --> 0:33:12.200
<v Speaker 9>in Illinois, so like it's very blue, and when you

0:33:12.240 --> 0:33:15.880
<v Speaker 9>speak out about politics, you're hated for it because Chicago

0:33:16.080 --> 0:33:18.880
<v Speaker 9>is not a safe place. I worked for public safety

0:33:19.000 --> 0:33:22.480
<v Speaker 9>on my campus. Yeah, and so I've heard what goes

0:33:22.520 --> 0:33:27.040
<v Speaker 9>on in the city and even in like on the news,

0:33:27.080 --> 0:33:30.680
<v Speaker 9>you just see all of the horror that is caused

0:33:30.680 --> 0:33:33.800
<v Speaker 9>by that, and so just kind of, yeah, what's your

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:36.400
<v Speaker 9>advice for like pushing past them?

0:33:36.480 --> 0:33:40.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Would y'all say that Charlie got more courageous over

0:33:40.520 --> 0:33:41.800
<v Speaker 3>the last five years? Oh?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>And how would you say that he became more courageous.

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<v Speaker 5>I think part of it was getting married and then

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<v Speaker 5>also having kids. Yeah, yeah, and he realized that he

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<v Speaker 5>had something bigger.

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<v Speaker 4>To defend than just himself. Yeah, the future for his children.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I don't beat yourself up about struggling with fear

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<v Speaker 3>and people pleasing. That is part of being human, but

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<v Speaker 3>it is something to fight against. We don't want to

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<v Speaker 3>live in a world or lead a life in which

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<v Speaker 3>people are begging. God is small and people's opinion of

0:34:11.520 --> 0:34:14.359
<v Speaker 3>us loom large role. God's opinion is really a lot

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<v Speaker 3>smaller to us, and so it takes practice. That's the thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if Charlie would say the same thing,

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<v Speaker 3>But people ask me, are you nervous when you do

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<v Speaker 3>X y Z, Well, not as much anymore. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>not because of some like magic or anything, it's because

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<v Speaker 3>I practiced it. But you have to practice courage, and

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<v Speaker 3>that means taking a risk. That means saying the thing

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<v Speaker 3>even when you don't really know what to say and

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<v Speaker 3>it's not perfect. So courage takes practice. But courage is

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<v Speaker 3>also contagious. So when you step out and courage, other

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<v Speaker 3>people do too, and then it makes it less scary.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. And by the way, the number one verse that

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<v Speaker 2>people have sent me, I don't know if I said

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<v Speaker 2>this earlier, but it's worth saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Is just saying hi to the photographer.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you say make this? Verse two? Is uh Joshua

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<v Speaker 2>one nine. Yeah, be strong and courageous. And I have

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<v Speaker 2>literally hit my knees multiple times since Charlie died, and

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<v Speaker 2>just asking God to give me more courage and give

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<v Speaker 2>me more wisdom. So it's okay if it's hard, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what courage is. It has to be. If it

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't hard, it wouldn't be courage. So yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>But also, in like a world that's evil and filled

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<v Speaker 5>with lies, If if the world's constantly agreeing with you

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<v Speaker 5>and affirming your behavior, that means you are living a

0:35:33.680 --> 0:35:36.800
<v Speaker 5>life of lies and darkness and evil because it's affirming

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<v Speaker 5>the actions that it desires, affirming the actions of the world.

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<v Speaker 4>That that it's in. So when you actually do.

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<v Speaker 5>What's right and are a bright light in the dark

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<v Speaker 5>world and actually bringing truth to lies, that's not a

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<v Speaker 5>very popular thing.

0:35:51.000 --> 0:35:53.800
<v Speaker 4>Well yeah, I mean, rejoice in your stuffy Charlie.

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie was a prophet and what do they do to profits? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that's that's a bitter pill to swallow. But

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie has a really big throne and really big mansion

0:36:05.640 --> 0:36:09.000
<v Speaker 2>in heaven right now. I gotta believe it. And and Charli,

0:36:09.000 --> 0:36:11.959
<v Speaker 2>there's that clip where Charlie said, you know, he's called

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<v Speaker 2>to confront the lies with the truth and proclaim the truth,

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<v Speaker 2>and he wanted to be known for courage for his faith.

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<v Speaker 2>So Charlie's a guy that said yes to the Lord

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<v Speaker 2>and like went all the way.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 10>Next question, Hi, So I read your book Toxic Empathy,

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<v Speaker 10>and one of the things I'm noticing is social work

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<v Speaker 10>as an organization is probably evil at this point where

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<v Speaker 10>they're all brainwashed. So I was a social work student

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<v Speaker 10>and I had asked Charlie, you know, for some advice,

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<v Speaker 10>and I heard many social work students ask him for

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<v Speaker 10>the same advice and he told me to you know,

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<v Speaker 10>stand up, you know, tell the truth.

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<v Speaker 2>And I did that and I was kicked out for it.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, and so my you know, we're fighting the trans

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<v Speaker 10>in the kids movement, we're fighting the universities, but I

0:37:00.360 --> 0:37:02.799
<v Speaker 10>don't see much of fighting the social work because they're

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<v Speaker 10>in their universities. They're the police departments, and they're by

0:37:07.480 --> 0:37:11.640
<v Speaker 10>themselves dcfs in Illinois, California. I know for sure if

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<v Speaker 10>you don't use your child's pronouns, they can take your

0:37:14.680 --> 0:37:15.200
<v Speaker 10>kids from you.

0:37:15.480 --> 0:37:15.800
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 10>And I just don't hear that many people talking about

0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:21.719
<v Speaker 10>social work and how ingrained that this is. And so

0:37:21.760 --> 0:37:25.160
<v Speaker 10>I was wondering, you know, can you guys all give

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<v Speaker 10>it a platform and what we can do to fight

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<v Speaker 10>the organization.

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<v Speaker 3>Social workers, teachers, nurses, and therapists attract the best people

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<v Speaker 3>in the world and the worst people in the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And it is because it involves vulnerable people. And there

0:37:42.520 --> 0:37:45.759
<v Speaker 3>are two kinds of people that are attracted to the

0:37:45.880 --> 0:37:48.160
<v Speaker 3>vulnerable person, and that's the person that wants to help

0:37:48.200 --> 0:37:50.360
<v Speaker 3>them and the person that wants to hurt them. And

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<v Speaker 3>so that's what we see in those helping professions. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's not to say that all those progressives that go

0:37:56.040 --> 0:37:59.279
<v Speaker 3>into social work have bad intentions. They don't realize they're

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<v Speaker 3>being led to support the idea of a child being

0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:07.120
<v Speaker 3>born in the wrong body. But you're right, we do

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<v Speaker 3>need to speak up about that. And don't think that

0:38:09.760 --> 0:38:12.680
<v Speaker 3>your speaking up for the truth was for not just

0:38:12.800 --> 0:38:16.399
<v Speaker 3>because you got kicked out. You have no idea how

0:38:16.480 --> 0:38:19.719
<v Speaker 3>God used that courage. What seed do you planted who

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<v Speaker 3>heard you that initially hated you, But fifty years from now,

0:38:23.840 --> 0:38:26.680
<v Speaker 3>God could use that moment that cheer you're not even

0:38:26.719 --> 0:38:29.400
<v Speaker 3>thinking about anymore in someone else's life when they remembered

0:38:29.719 --> 0:38:32.080
<v Speaker 3>that person stood up for that and he was right.

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<v Speaker 3>God uses those seemingly unseen and unsung moments in eternity,

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<v Speaker 3>and you will only see when you get to the

0:38:39.239 --> 0:38:43.200
<v Speaker 3>other side of glory how that moment of courage where

0:38:43.200 --> 0:38:45.720
<v Speaker 3>you felt like you were risking everything worked into someone

0:38:45.719 --> 0:38:50.960
<v Speaker 3>else's testimony. So don't look at the world's affirmation of

0:38:51.000 --> 0:38:55.080
<v Speaker 3>you as like a meter for your success, right because

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<v Speaker 3>obviously they crucified Jesus, they stoned see even and the

0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:03.799
<v Speaker 3>world is going to reject reject us, and that is

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<v Speaker 3>actually a sign that we're doing something right. Jesus said,

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<v Speaker 3>woe to you when all people speak well of you. Wow,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm doing great, We're all doing we're all doing great.

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<v Speaker 2>Then just remember that we got we got to wrap

0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:22.720
<v Speaker 2>up Ali because she's got places to go and people

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<v Speaker 2>to see and great things to I'm going to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Prove me wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to love that. I can't wait, so everybody, Ali,

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<v Speaker 2>Beth Stucky.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you so much much.

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