1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Up next, how woud for Gianno called well part of 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: the gig which as Democrats continue to embrace an increasingly 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: radical agenda. There's only one man, I said, only one 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: man who can save the left from itself. But whether 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: liberals heat his warnings or continue their descent and too 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: woke madness remains an open question. This is Outlive with 7 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: Gianno Caldwell. Welcome back to Outow with Gianno called Blow. 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: I've got an amazing show for you guys this week 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: that's a little different than usual. I'm going to SELLO 10 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: this episode because I really want to focus on someone 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: who have concluded is the only person who can save 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: the left from completely and perhaps irreversibly going off the 13 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: rails into wokeness and progressiveness. But before I tell you 14 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: who it is, I want to play for you a 15 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: clip of earlier this month pointing liberals to something they 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 1: need to be made more aware of. They have a 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: bad case of progressive phobia. That's the phrase coined by 18 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: Stephen Pinker to describe a brain disorder that strikes liberals 19 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: and makes them incapable of recognizing progress. It's like situational blindness, 20 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: only what you can't see is that your dorm in 21 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: is better than the South before the Civil War. If 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: you think America is more racist now than ever, more 23 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: sexist than before women could vote in, more homophobic than 24 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: when blow jobs were a felony, you have progressive phobia 25 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: and should adjust your mask because it's covering your eyes. 26 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure some of you recognize that voice, and you're like, 27 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:54,560 Speaker 1: that cannot be who I think it is. It actually is. 28 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: That was none other than liberal comedian, I said, liberal 29 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 1: comedian Bill maher given a monologue on this HBO talk show. 30 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: You know, it's It's interesting to me because I've been 31 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: watching Bill Maherr fairly closely these last several months, and 32 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: I happen to find myself agreeing with the number of 33 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: things that he's been saying. Now, that doesn't mean I 34 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: agree with everything that he says, because I think he's 35 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: still wrong on a number of issues. But what I 36 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: can appreciate it's his consistency and willingness to call out 37 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: his side when he believes they're going in the wrong direction. Now, 38 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I had an opportunity to meet Bill 39 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: maher I was actually called by someone that you all 40 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: may know, some of you may love some of you 41 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: may not love her, but and Colter called me up 42 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: one day while I was in l A at my 43 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: home and she said, hey, Bill says that he's available 44 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: for dinner on Friday at the Polo Lounge. And I 45 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: immediately said Bill who, And she said, Bill Maher, he 46 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: can come have dinner with us after for his show. So, man, 47 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 1: that's interesting. You know, obviously seen Bill Maher on television. 48 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: I'm interested in his point of view, and I was 49 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: more so looking forward to a robust conversation, a debate, 50 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,839 Speaker 1: if you will, the talk of politics, culture, and see 51 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: where he's coming from beyond the TV screen, because some 52 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: people are totally different than they are on television. And 53 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: I found Bill Maher to be a very reasonable guy 54 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: on a number of issues. So I was kind of 55 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: surprised by that, especially considering how polarizing he's seemed to be. 56 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: And he sometimes makes them really uh, I mean to 57 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: put it lightly, some wrong predictions on things. He talked 58 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: about Russia Gate as an example of something that Trump 59 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: he colluded with Russia and later admitted that it was wrong. 60 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: He called it erroneous reporting. So he's made some statements 61 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: He's talked about faith in a negative way, and we're 62 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: talking about uh, anybody believing because he's an atheist. But 63 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: then on some of these political issues I find him 64 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: to be in some cases correct. You know. It's it's 65 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: interesting that he talked about the progressive phobia. He talked about, 66 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: you know, talking about race and how people feel as 67 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: though we've not made any progress to a more perfect union, 68 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: which I think that is a lie. The notion in 69 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: America has made no progress towards a more perfect union 70 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: is absurd. It's a false narrative. And just to just 71 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: to give you a little bit of a fact right here, 72 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: according to Pew Research Center, of all US newlyweds had 73 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: a spouse of a different race or ethnicity, compared to 74 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: just three in n seven. You can talk about the 75 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: fact that being accused of racism as a social death 76 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: sentence these days, or rather, I mean that, let's be clear, 77 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: maybe being accused of racism on the right as a 78 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: as a death sentence, because people like Senator white House, 79 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: who we recently discovered belongs to a whites only club, 80 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: is what the report things said. He belongs to a 81 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: white only club, And it's been reported and I've not 82 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: seen any condemnation from the Democratic Party. I've not seen 83 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 1: anything from the White House. You talk about Hunter Biden, 84 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: I mean he's been accused of racism, and rightfully, so 85 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 1: you see him and I've talked about it on this episode, 86 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: on an episode of this podcast before. If you haven't 87 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: listened to it about Hunter Biden, take a listen. He 88 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: in word in word in word, Hennessy rates in words 89 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: is what is what he told his attorney. He used 90 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: the actual in word over text message. It has been reported, 91 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: no condemnation from the Democratic Party, no statement from the 92 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: White House. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden himself now has the ability 93 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: to sell art pieces for fifty thousand or hundreds of 94 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: thousands of dollars since that incident has occurred. If it 95 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: was a Republican I don't have to tell you what 96 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: what it would be at this point. I think you 97 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: already know that. We got a very bunch of very 98 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: smart people listening to me right now, so you understand that. 99 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: But it's not even about that your side or my 100 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: side per se. It's not about that in the sense 101 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: that right should be right and wrong should be wrong. 102 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: And that's why I can appreciate the sentiment from Bill Maher. 103 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: We got a black vice president, y'all, we had a 104 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 1: former president that was African American. A number of counties 105 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 1: supported Barack Obama. A lot of people were inspired by 106 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: Barack Obama. Even Republicans have admitted that we have made 107 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: tremendous progress in this country. That doesn't mean we're done. 108 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: I think there's some issues that need to be taken 109 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 1: care of them. Talking about police reform, I think that's 110 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: an issue, and we just found out that Tim Scott 111 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: has come to a deal with some Democrats for bipartisan 112 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: framework for police reform. So we're not done, by no measure. 113 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: But to say that things are so bad and they're 114 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: so just out of control, it's a lie. And I 115 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: think we need to just admit that to ourselves. We 116 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: made a lot of progress. There's more work to be done, 117 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: but we made a lot of progress. You know. I 118 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: think two reasons why the Democratic Party will continue to 119 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: push this the notion that things are so bad, and 120 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: I think it's it's important for us all to understand 121 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: the why of it. I think back when I was 122 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: growing up and I was on the South side of Chicago, 123 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: and we would see the politicians that would come into 124 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: our neighborhoods on a pretty uh, inconsistent basis. So when 125 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: I say that, I'm talking about the only time you 126 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: really saw them was around election time. And they make 127 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: all these promises. They would make all these promises, how 128 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: they're gonna fix this, fix that, do this, just give 129 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: them a chance to reelect them, whatever the case, and 130 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: you look around, nothing gets done. You don't see him 131 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: again into the next election. And with people they go 132 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: at them. And I'm talking about the constituents in the 133 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: neighborhood who challenged them and say, well, you said this 134 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: was gonna happen, and it didn't happen. What would they do. 135 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: They would blame racism on their own party. Mind you. 136 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: They would say the politicians, which were the senior Democrats, uh, 137 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 1: were white that were in the areas of downtown in 138 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: the North Side, which is in areas where you mostly 139 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: see white residents or constituents. They would say, they're giving 140 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: them all the resources. They don't care about us. They're 141 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: racist people, these white politicians. And then you look and 142 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: you say, man, y'all belong to the same party. You're 143 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: comfortable being in the party with these racist people who 144 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: seemingly don't keep their promises and are withholding resources from 145 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: your community. Yeah, that's what they would say. And you 146 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: know what the truth of the matter is, especially on 147 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: the national level, they keep the lie going and I 148 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: can call it the big lie if you will, because 149 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: they want to lock in a permanent base of voters. 150 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: They're called African Americans, who they know are people who 151 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: care a lot about racism because we've experienced these policies 152 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: of racism. We've experienced what the Democrats done in terms 153 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: of Jim Crow. We've seen that, we've seen slavery, we've 154 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: seen even Uh died Frank Uh. Something passed under the 155 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Obama administration which really put the same standards of these 156 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: major banks like JP Morgan Chase Bank of America on 157 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: small community banks that were black owned, random out of 158 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: business they couldn't afford to keep up. So now we 159 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: have less black banks. We're talking about banks in which 160 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: African Americans who may not have had the best credit profile, 161 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: they might not have had it, those banks were more 162 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: willing to lend than the JP Morgan shakes in the 163 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: Banks of America. They were much more willing. This is 164 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: what democratic policies, policies have done to the African American community, 165 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: and they keep up the narrative of racism, which does exist. 166 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that it doesn't exist, so I don't 167 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: want anybody to misunderstand me here. It does exist, but 168 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: they need to get things set straight in their own 169 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: house before they do anything. But it's not just the politicians. 170 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: Mara even goes after fellow comedian Kevin Hart, who is 171 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: arguably the biggest star in the business. There is a 172 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: recurrent theme on the far left that things have never 173 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 1: been worse. Kevin Hard expressed a view many hold when 174 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: he told The New York Times, You're witnessing white power 175 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 1: and white privilege at an all time high. This is 176 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: one of the big problems with wokeness, that what you 177 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: say doesn't have to make sense or jibe with the facts. 178 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: Wherever be challenged, lest the challenge itself be conflated with racism. 179 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: But saying white power and privilege is at an all 180 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 1: time high, it's just ridiculous. Higher than a century ago, 181 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: the year of the Tulsa race massacre, higher than the 182 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 1: years when the KKK rode unchecked and Jim Crow went unchallenged, 183 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: higher than the nineteen sixties when the Supremes and Willie 184 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: Mays still couldn't stay in the same hotel as the 185 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: white people they were working with higher than during slavery, 186 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: and I mean actual slavery, not Prince doesn't like his 187 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: record contract slavery. Racism is still, unfortunately still with us. 188 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: We have the footage in policing, housing, job discrimination, segregated schools, 189 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: wealth inequality. The legacy of injustice sadly lives on and 190 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: demands remedial action. I understand as best I can how 191 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: racism sends a person's soul so much that they might 192 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: see it everywhere, but seeing clearly is necessary for actually 193 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: fixing problems. And clearly racism is simply no longer everywhere. 194 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: It's not in my home, and it probably isn't in yours, 195 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: if I read my audience right, and I think I do. 196 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: For most of the country, the most unhipped thing you 197 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: could ever be today is a racist. Even Derek shaw 198 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: And was not backed up by his fellow officers, and 199 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: that never used to happen. The low point of race 200 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 1: relations wasn't Kim Kardashian wearing corn rows, even though it 201 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: happened on Snapchat, and George Wallace standing in the doorway didn't. 202 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: Because here's the thing, kids, there actually was a world 203 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: before you got here. Again, I'm pretty sure you're scratching 204 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: your head saying Bill Maher said that. Yes, folks, Bill 205 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: Maher said that, I'm sure a lot of you are shocked. 206 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna be honest, I've been shocked. I've been 207 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: watching on a weekly basis. I've been seeing some of 208 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:41,559 Speaker 1: the things that you've been saying. I mean, attacking a 209 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: fellow comedian, uh, someone who you know, arguably is the 210 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: most successful comedian in the business. Kevin Hard is everywhere, 211 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 1: and it's so shocking. With as much success as um, 212 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: Kevin Hard is game for him to say that white 213 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: supremacy is at all time high. Now, this isn't a 214 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: defense of white supremacists, because they exist. I want to 215 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 1: be clear about that. But you and I damn well 216 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: know that that cannot be true. Bro, You're in every movie. 217 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: This guy is in every movie he's directing, he's producing, 218 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: They're throwing money at him. If white supremacy was supremacy, 219 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: was it all time high? You could not be in 220 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: a position to even make that comment with it actually 221 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: getting a response. Come on, Kevin Hart, Come on, bro, 222 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: do better. Don't jump on the woke bagwagon's because it 223 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: seems to be a lot of media light there. Let's 224 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: speak truth. We can be consistent and our values. We 225 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: can tell the truth because there's enough messed up stuff 226 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: going on out here that you can be honest and 227 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 1: consistent and you can say, man, you know things, uh 228 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: may not be exactly how I would want to see him. 229 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of progress to be made, 230 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: but certainly there's been a lot of progress. Had Remember 231 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: Jada Pickett Smith when she said Hollywood all white. I 232 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: don't know if y'all remember that. Jada Pickett Smith, her 233 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: husband is Will Smith. She said, you know, everybody who's 234 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: winning an award is all white. Hollywood is all white. 235 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 1: Where's the black actress and the actors? And and this 236 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: thing really really moved. It became a trending topic, I 237 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: think on Twitter, but certainly on social media. Everyone was 238 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: talking about it. It was all a buzz. Now you 239 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: see these awards show. You see all these black actors 240 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: that are winning awards, directors, producers, etcetera, etcetera. And Kevin 241 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: Hard is one of those people. So how could you 242 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: say white supremacy is at an all time high. What 243 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: sense does that make? This is where we are now 244 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: in our country. Whatever makes it's gonna make the most noise, 245 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: gets the most attention. Saying white supremacy is at an 246 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: all time high gets the most attention. It's gonna get 247 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: the most headlines. That's what people are doing these days. 248 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: Is not based in truth. It's not factual, and the 249 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: left needs to hear bier Mar's message. They need to 250 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: hear it. Now. This wasn't Bill Maher's first time attacking 251 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: his own side. Back in April, he sounded an awful 252 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 1: lot like a conservative while discussing COVID, the media and 253 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: the less irrational alarmist approach to the pandemic. Don't spend 254 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: me when it comes to my health. Over the past year, 255 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: the COVID pandemic has prompted the medical establishment, the media, 256 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: and the government to take a scared straight approach to 257 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: getting the public to comply with their recommendations. Well, I'm 258 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: from a different school, giving me straight, doc because in 259 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: the long run, that always works better than you can't 260 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: handle the truth. Um now, I get it. Doctors tell 261 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: people lies because they don't trust you to finish the 262 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: antibiotics after your dick starts feeling better. And media, well, 263 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: I think we all know if it bleeds, it leads. 264 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: The more they can, the more they can get you 265 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: to stay inside and watch their panic porn, the higher 266 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: the ratings. Researchers at Dartmouth built a database recently monitoring 267 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: the COVID coverage of the major news outlets across the 268 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 1: world and found that while other countries mixed the good 269 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: news in with the bad, the US national media reported 270 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: almost bad news, and even as things were getting better, 271 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: the reporting remained negative. Trust and traditional media has declined 272 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: to an all time low, and many news professionals are 273 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: determined to do something about it. Right They're not. They're 274 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: really not. Now, I'll tell you by the numbers. For 275 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: the first time ever, fewer than half of all Americans 276 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: um have trust and traditional media. According to some data 277 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: that came out of Americans agree with the statement of 278 00:16:54,600 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: journalists and reporters are purposely trying to miss lead people 279 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: by saying things they know are foss or gross exaggerations. 280 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: Fifty six percent of Americans I didn't say, fifty six 281 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: percent of Republicans I said, fifty six percent of Americans 282 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: believe the journalists and reporters are lying to us. This 283 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: was in January. This came out and Axios. This wasn't 284 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: in a right wing blog. This came out in Axios. 285 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 1: Fifty eight percent of Americans think that most news organizations 286 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: are more concerned with supporting an ideology or political position 287 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: than with informing the public. Fifty eight percent feel this way. Now, 288 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: if you don't believe there's been media amount practice when 289 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: it comes to COVID and just about any other issue, 290 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: let's go back to Hunter Biden in an N word. 291 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: If it were someone else, Now, let's let's not even 292 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: say if it was Don Junior, Donald Trump Junior, or 293 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: a Republican forget, I don't even don't even think about that. 294 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,199 Speaker 1: Let's let's not even talk about the political parties and 295 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: how it would have impacted them. If it was a 296 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: sixteen year old girl. New New York Times I believe 297 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: it was. The New York Times did a piece on 298 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: the sixteen year old who used the INN word profusely, 299 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: and they reported on her and she lost all kind 300 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: of uh college opportunities. You can mention anybody, just a 301 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: regular person, be the manager at Hooters now I did 302 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: use the word Hooters. I actually enjoyed their chicken wings. 303 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: I had something yesterday. I usually get the chicken wings, 304 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: curly fries, barbecue sauce hot on the side, and bread it. 305 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: So I I enjoyed the food the food. Let's let's 306 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: just imagine if it was Hooters for a second. If 307 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: the manager of Hooters sent text messages like Hunter Biden 308 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 1: and someone saw that, it would have one likely made 309 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 1: the local news to probably became a national story. Three 310 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: he would have been fired the same day, and everyone 311 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: will be talking about how bad racism is in America. 312 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: The President of the United States, his son, Hunter Biden, 313 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: did the N words at the N word profusely, unchecked, 314 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:16,479 Speaker 1: no condemnation, so no media holding him to account. I mean, 315 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 1: there were some outlets that reported in Fox News reported it, um. 316 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: I think the Hell might have did something on it. 317 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: There was a New York Post did something on it. 318 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: I know that for sure. There were some outlets, but 319 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: we're talking about the range of New York New York Times. 320 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: I didn't see anything, and it's still to this day, 321 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: haven't seen anything about it. Not seeing anything in the 322 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: Washington Post, not seeing anything in these major publications that 323 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: oftentimes talk about these issues. It's media malpractice at all 324 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: time high. And we see people do not trust the 325 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: media anymore, and for good reason, and for absolute good reason. 326 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: Now there's some good news organizations out there. There are 327 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: some great journalists out there there do their job without 328 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: fear of favor to any political party. They just do 329 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: their job, and we respect those folks, and our hats 330 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: goals off to them. But I'll tell you there needs 331 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: to be more of this truth telling. And I'm liking 332 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,479 Speaker 1: what Bill Martins saying. Let's roll that next clip. And 333 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: politicians they lie because it's their nature to cover their 334 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: ass they don't get blamed if things goes badly, and 335 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: also to keep in practice. But when all of our 336 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: sources for medical information have an agenda to spin us, yeah, 337 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,679 Speaker 1: you wind up with a badly misinformed population, including on 338 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: the left. Liberals often mocked the Republican misinformation bubble, which 339 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,719 Speaker 1: of course is very real. Ask anyone who works at 340 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 1: Hillary's pizza parlor. And we do know conservatives have some 341 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: loopy ideas about COVID, like the third of Republicans who 342 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: believe it couldn't be spread by someone showing no symptoms. 343 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: But what about liberals? You know the high information by 344 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: the science people. In a recent Gallop survey, Democrats did 345 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: much worse than Republicans and getting the right answer to 346 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: the fundamental question, what are the chances that someone who 347 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: gets COVID will need to be hospitalized? The answer is 348 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: between one and five of Democrats thought it was over 349 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: another put the chances at so almost of Democrats are 350 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: wildly off on this key question, and also have a 351 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: greatly exaggerated view of the danger of COVID two and 352 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:45,360 Speaker 1: the mortality rate among children, all of which explains why 353 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: today the states with the highest sheriff of schools that 354 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: are still closed are all blue states. So if the 355 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: right wing media bubble has to own things like climate 356 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: change denial, shouldn't liberal media have to answer for how 357 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,959 Speaker 1: did your audience wind up believing such a bunch of 358 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: crap about COVID. A new report in the Atlantic says 359 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: the media won't stop putting pictures of the beach on 360 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: stories about COVID, even though it's looking increasing like the 361 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 1: beach is the best place to avoid it. Sunlight is 362 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: the best disinfected, and vitamin D is the key to 363 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: a robust immune system. Texas lifted its COVID restrictions recently, 364 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: and their infection rates went down in part because of 365 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: people getting outside. Bill Maher is saying, hey, liberals, why 366 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: aren't you following the science, the same thing conservatives have 367 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: been saying since the start of a pandemic. If you 368 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: look at the numbers, if you look it folks, the 369 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: like Rhondo Santiz, who clearly followed the science in his state, 370 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 1: if you look at people like Gavin Newsom, and let's 371 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: be honest, folks, I want to tell you I lived 372 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles since last year, and uh may, I 373 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 1: couldn't do it anymore. I could not be locked in 374 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: my house. I was locked in the house for two months. 375 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: Couldn't go anywhere. I lived in this really fancy building 376 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: downtown l A. I couldn't use any of the manise. 377 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't go to the pool. And I'm not trying 378 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: to say that I'm so good, but yeah, it was 379 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: a great building. I worked hard. I'm glad to have 380 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: lived in that building. But I couldn't use anything. Paying 381 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 1: the same amount of rent all of this other stuff, 382 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 1: and you couldn't use anything. And Gavin Newsom and the 383 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: politicians there seemingly didn't have it figured out because they didn't, 384 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: and it took me all of a week to figure out, 385 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,359 Speaker 1: maybe I should move to a place where this freedom. 386 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: That was after two months trying to see what was 387 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: going on with COVID, I said, man, you know what, 388 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: Florida's open, Miami's open. And it took me two weeks 389 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 1: to move there where people seemingly by did by the science, 390 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: they followed the rules. And then we saw the distinction 391 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: between places like California and Florida, where California a very 392 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: large state, Florida very large state. You saw California completely 393 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: shut down, Florida open. What was the difference the numbers 394 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: of COVID infections through the roof in California and not 395 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: so much in Florida, an open state. Think about that 396 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: for a minute, an open state, less infections. There was 397 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: one group that followed the science and the other one 398 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: didn't it and jeopardize their population even more. Bill Maher, 399 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: he shocked people when he defended Republican Governor RHN de 400 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: Santis from the attacks of the media and the Democratic Party. 401 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: And I want you to listen very closely to this 402 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: next clip, which he makes almost exactly my point. Should 403 00:24:56,359 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: let the sun and wind do their thing. But but 404 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 1: too many liberals that can't be right because Texas and 405 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 1: beach loving Florida have Republican governors. But life is complicated. 406 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: I've read that the governor of Florida reads I know, 407 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: we like to think of Florida as only middle school 408 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: teachers on bath salts having sex with their students in 409 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: front of an alligator. But apparently the governor is also 410 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,400 Speaker 1: a voracious consumer of the scientific literature, and maybe that's 411 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: why he protected his most vulnerable population, the elderly, way 412 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 1: better than did the governor of New York. Those are 413 00:25:53,880 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 1: just facts. I know it's irresponsible for me to say them. Look, 414 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: here's what I'm saying. I don't want politics mixed in 415 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: with my medical decisions. And now that everything is politics, 416 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: that's all we do. If their side says COVID is nothing, 417 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: our side has to say it's everything. Trump said it 418 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: would go. We look a miracle, and we said it 419 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: was World War Z. Trump said we should ingest household disinfectants, 420 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: and we laughed, as we should, of course, And then 421 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: it turned out of America was literally drenching the fruit 422 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: in Clorox, and now, of course we find out that 423 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 1: all that paranoia about surfaces will bullshit. Anyway, I knew 424 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: that I needed to do an episode on Bill Maher 425 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: because I don't know. At some point, I'm sure he's 426 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: going to go extremely left and wrong, So so we'll 427 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: get the good out of him while we while we can. 428 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: This is stating the hypocrisy of those who are supposed 429 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: to be the party of science. Remember that Democrats are 430 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: supposed to be the party of science. Republicans are supposed 431 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: to be the looney tombs. They're supposed to be out 432 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: of the looney band. Don't believe anything with regards to science. 433 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: That has been a working narrative. That's the idea that 434 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: people have capitulated to in the media and in political parties. 435 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: That's been what has been said. But then we find 436 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: out that the one that they crowned king you're talking 437 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: about a New York Times bestseller. We're talking about governor 438 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: of New York State. Y'all know who I'm talking about. 439 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,959 Speaker 1: Andrew cmo He was the one that wasn't following the 440 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 1: science and he wrote a book about how he saved 441 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: New York. Is a lot like who does this? Who 442 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: does this and get away with it? Apparently some folks 443 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:54,679 Speaker 1: and particular political parties they do. That seems to be 444 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,439 Speaker 1: the case. Again. Mar is a staunch liberal, but he 445 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: recognized this and is unafraid to call out the excesses 446 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: of wakeness. Marmade other comments that I won't even play 447 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: for you, I'll just read them to you. He talked 448 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: about free college. He said that I know that free 449 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 1: college is a left wing thing, but is it really 450 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: liberal for someone who doesn't go to college and makes 451 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: less money to pay for people who do go and 452 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: make more, especially since colleges have turned into giant luxury 453 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 1: daycare sentence, were overpaid babysitters anxious to indulge in every 454 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:33,400 Speaker 1: student whim. And let's not forget about the fact that 455 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: those are his comments and I agree with that, But 456 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: let's not forget about the fact that college has increased 457 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: in value and it seems to be that the degree 458 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: doesn't mean as much as it used to. And also 459 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: this pushing of this this elitist narrative that you have 460 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: to go to college in order to be successful. Mindre, 461 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: I went to college. I have a b s. In psychology. Great, 462 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: but at the same time, those who choose to go 463 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: to trade schools. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing 464 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: wrong with someone who wishes to just go to high 465 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: school and then go take on a trade That's absolutely fine. 466 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: You can be incredibly successful, you can be a multimillionaire. 467 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: You can even be a billionaire. It doesn't matter. It 468 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: really doesn't matter. It's about following your passion and doing 469 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: what's best for you. So I can appreciate and applaud 470 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: him for going after the left, people like Bernie Sanders 471 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: who have been using this mantra we gotta pay. Let's 472 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: be clear about it. Joe Biden has made the progressive 473 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: stance on free college his own. During the election, he's 474 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: talked about that, but now that he's in office, you're 475 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: not seen anything about any free college. He's like, let 476 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: them come up with their own bill. And he's really 477 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: Biden his time because he realizes that at some point, 478 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 1: soon enough, the Republicans are going to take over the House. 479 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: He's not gonna get much of any of his policies passed, 480 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: and then he's gonna say, hey, I was all for it. 481 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: It was the Republicans that came and stepped in away 482 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: and we weren't able to pass anything. Right, How condigned 483 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: of him to say that it's all the Republicans fault. 484 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: That's what they do, just like his old ball us 485 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: is all the Republicans fault. And I'm talking about, of course, 486 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: Barack Obama. You may wonder why Marr has taken such 487 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: a turn against his party in the media. Here's one answer. 488 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: He's staunchly politically incorrect. Indeed, in an interview which I 489 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: encourage you all to see, he had an interview with 490 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: Jordan Peterson. If you don't know Jordan Peterson, really smart 491 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: guy out of Canada. He's grown a very, very large 492 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: following because he was so against political correctness. Now, in 493 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: a conversation with Bill Maherr, Bill maher said, political correctness 494 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: is the elevation of sensitivity over truth, the elevation of 495 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: sensitivity over truth. We can be sensitive, we can be 496 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: racially sensitive, but we also have to be honest. We 497 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: shouldn't be in a position where we're just lying about things. 498 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: Just tell the truth. Just like Kevin hard, White supremacy 499 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: is at all time high. Really really is it all 500 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: time high? Okay, So again, the elevation of sensitivity over truth. 501 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: I really hope the left is listening. And I know 502 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: that some of you all who are listening to this podcast, 503 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: your Democrats, I know. I get your messages, I get 504 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:19,479 Speaker 1: your your Instagram, d m s, I get the you know, 505 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: the Twitter, even some emails people saying I know that, 506 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: and I respect you just as much. But you gotta 507 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: understand that the people on your side in a lot 508 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 1: of cases seemingly are lying to you. They're lying. Now 509 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: be honest too. There's some Republicans that lie that. I'm 510 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: not gonna I'm not gonna defend any of that because 511 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,959 Speaker 1: it happens on both sides, but there seems to be 512 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: one side there's really pushing outrageous narratives. And that's why 513 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: somebody who's his liberal as b Omer is speaking out 514 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: against it and passionately so. And to me, he seems 515 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: to be the only major voice on the left that 516 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: still believes in common sense on multiple issues, even in 517 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: the face of cancel culture. What which he rightly views 518 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: is ridiculous and stupid. Now I'm gonna tell you, because 519 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm wrapping up the show right now, we're the place 520 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: in a time in this country where we must be 521 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: more about truth than the narrative of the moment, than 522 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: the narrative of the moment. We have to be honest. 523 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: We have to be honest, and that goes for both sides, 524 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:40,479 Speaker 1: because Republicans in some cases are pushing lives to um 525 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna tell you, you know, especially and this 526 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,240 Speaker 1: may anger some people, but I think about what happened 527 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: with the capital on January six. Now. I know there's 528 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: been various viewpoints on this particular issue. I remember when 529 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: I got the news. I was actually in Brazil with 530 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: my then girlfriend and we were on a ferry going 531 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: somewhere and I got a message saying the capital has 532 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: been attacked, and I'm like what. It didn't make any sense. 533 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, what capital? Because it obviously and clearly couldn't 534 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 1: be the U. S. Capital. Now, I want you to 535 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 1: take a moment and just think for those who may 536 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: be Trump supporters there, you know, staunch conservatives, And I 537 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,480 Speaker 1: thank you for joining me, and I thank you for 538 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: listening on a consistent basis, And the numbers look great, 539 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: and I appreciate your listenership, and I encourage you to 540 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: continue to listen. But I'm going to be honest with 541 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,000 Speaker 1: you I'm gonna give you my point of view from 542 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: my lens, and I will be honest, So take it 543 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: for what it is. Just imagine this was January and 544 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 1: the House and Senate was certifying the election for Trump's 545 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: win in Black Lives Matter and Natifa stormed the capital 546 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: and they were really disrupting the process. I don't care 547 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: what what the situation. Maybe you store in the capital, 548 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: you're going to building that you're not supposed to be 549 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: in at that particular time, and I get it. It's 550 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: the people's capital, but the people's business is going on 551 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: at the same time. And Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA 552 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: did that. What would we be calling them? We would 553 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: be calling them domestic terrorists because that's what they did. 554 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 1: Violated the law, and rightfully so. Black Lives Matter and 555 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: members of Black Lives Matter and the TIFA burned courthouses 556 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 1: down to the ground, rioting, looting, committing all kinds of 557 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: criminal acts. We saw that. We saw peaceful protests, and 558 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: then we saw others who took advantage of a of 559 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: a very sensitive moment. What do we call those people? 560 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: We call them criminals because that's what they were. I 561 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,839 Speaker 1: don't care how you what you know what the moment is. 562 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 1: It gives you no right to go violate someone's business 563 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 1: or property, no matter what the situation is, and those 564 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: people should be held to account um. And certainly we've 565 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: not really seen that with a lot of these county prosecutor, 566 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 1: as are prosecutors in general, who have been dropping cases 567 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: um like flies on honeyes. They're just dropping cases left 568 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,360 Speaker 1: and right against the folks who really went and destroyed 569 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: property over a billion or billions of dollars in damage. Now, 570 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: if we can call folks on that side criminals, if 571 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: we can say if they would have gone into the capital, 572 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: they would be domestic terrorists. We have to be consistent. 573 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: The Trump supporters that went into the capital on January six, 574 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: they violated the law. It was a domestic terrorist act 575 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: in my view. I've said it on air um and 576 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: I get pushed back. 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