WEBVTT - How Can Queers for Palestine Possibly Exist? 

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<v Speaker 1>Newly released drone video shows Palestinian militants pretending to be

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<v Speaker 1>workers from the world's Central Kitchen. They travel in two cars,

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<v Speaker 1>one marked with the flag of the Humanitarian Organization before

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<v Speaker 1>they're hit by IDF airstrikes.

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<v Speaker 2>WCK in real time were able to verify that vehicle

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<v Speaker 2>was not connected to the organization in any way, which

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<v Speaker 2>means those tears were using that as a disguise for

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<v Speaker 2>their terror activity inside Gaza.

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<v Speaker 1>Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple areas of the enclave over the

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<v Speaker 1>past twenty four hours, killing dozens of Palestinian civilians.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so in spite of that, it's absolutely documented, undeniable

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<v Speaker 3>that Hamas guys were masquerading as food relief guys. NBR

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<v Speaker 3>considers it completely impossible that they would impersonate journalists, or

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<v Speaker 3>at least that's what they're saying in this sence, and

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<v Speaker 3>those views are supported practically to a person by the

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<v Speaker 3>American left, a lot of the left in a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of the Western world. What the hell is going on?

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<v Speaker 3>To quote Eli Lake, who's a brilliant writer in the West,

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<v Speaker 3>the politics of the Gaza War feature a strange marriage

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<v Speaker 3>between political Islam and the twenty first century Western left,

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<v Speaker 3>for instance, the Democratic Socialists of America. This is Mumdani's

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<v Speaker 3>crew simultaneously support making New York a national hub for

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<v Speaker 3>transgender medicine and want to globalize the Intifada.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that is a good point.

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<v Speaker 3>It supp it supports the bleeding edge of social progressive

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<v Speaker 3>values while throwing its full support behind the fanatic fascists

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<v Speaker 3>who filmed their mass murder of Jews and probably posted

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<v Speaker 3>the videos to Telegram and Lake. In an absolutely fabulous

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<v Speaker 3>piece that will post I think you might get paywalled,

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<v Speaker 3>but maybe not. Talks about how the what's called the

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<v Speaker 3>red Green alliance among people who think about this sort

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<v Speaker 3>of thing, how it came up, and it really came up,

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<v Speaker 3>And yes.

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<v Speaker 4>He was red in who's green here?

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<v Speaker 3>Reds is and communists in green, the color of Hama

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<v Speaker 3>and radical Islam and various thank you for asking for

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<v Speaker 3>the clarification to hit for the room. Anyway, A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of this arose during Iran's Islamic Revolution nineteen seventy eight

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<v Speaker 3>and seventy nine. And he goes into and it's so

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<v Speaker 3>interesting the details of how Ayatola Komaney, who is in

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<v Speaker 3>exile in France, started giving all sorts of really carefully

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<v Speaker 3>controlled interviews to American and European media outlets, and how

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<v Speaker 3>they're on this pr campaign to convince the West that

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<v Speaker 3>he's a reasonable fellow. In fact, he's really for democracy,

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<v Speaker 3>and Lake is writing. Anybody who spent ten minutes looking

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<v Speaker 3>into Komane knew that he was a hardcore is Lomist monster.

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<v Speaker 3>You didn't even have to try to figure it out.

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<v Speaker 3>But the left of American journalism, in Western journalism, and

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<v Speaker 3>some folks like in the Carter administration became completely convinced

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<v Speaker 3>and touted in the face of all of this that no,

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<v Speaker 3>he was actually a really good guy. Richard Falk, a

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<v Speaker 3>Princeton professor of international law who met with Comane during

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<v Speaker 3>his exile outside of Paris. Andrew Young, Jimmy Carter's ambassador

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<v Speaker 3>to the United Nations, told reporters that the Iotola will

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<v Speaker 3>eventually be regarded as a saint like this fulk the

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<v Speaker 3>Princeton professor, And because people were saying there were some

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<v Speaker 3>on the right who said, look, this guy's a reactionary

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<v Speaker 3>and a terrorist. And he said, to suppose that Iotola

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<v Speaker 3>Comane is disassembling seems almost beyond belief. His political style

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<v Speaker 3>is to express his real views defiantly and without apology,

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<v Speaker 3>regardless of consequences. Blah blah blah. Thus the depiction of

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<v Speaker 3>him as a fanatical reactionary and the bearer of crude

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<v Speaker 3>prejudices seemed certainly and happily false. I know. Is also

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<v Speaker 3>encouraging is that as entourage of close advisors is uniformly

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<v Speaker 3>and composed of moderate progressive individuals.

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<v Speaker 4>I know you and Eli Lake are about to explain

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<v Speaker 4>to me why. But is it just as simple as

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<v Speaker 4>the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and my

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<v Speaker 4>enemy is me the United States. So somebody who doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>like us is good to.

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<v Speaker 3>I like, right there. There's more to it than that,

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<v Speaker 3>but yeah, the very short version of it is essentially,

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<v Speaker 3>wait a minute, you want to overthrow Western civilization. I

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<v Speaker 3>want to overthrow Western civilization. You want to impose Islamism,

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<v Speaker 3>but I want to impose Marxism. Well, I tell you what,

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<v Speaker 3>how about we work together and then when the civilization's overthrown,

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<v Speaker 3>will peacefully cooperate and divide the spoils. Then, of course,

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<v Speaker 3>like in every revolution, they kill each other as fast

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<v Speaker 3>as they can. But there's one more factor.

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<v Speaker 4>You got jihad in my queer studies. You got queer

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<v Speaker 4>studies in my jihad. Two great tastes. It tastes great together.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh that's beautiful anyway. So this brings us to the

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<v Speaker 3>connection between something I have been harping about for a

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<v Speaker 3>very long time, as has James Lindsay and other folks.

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<v Speaker 3>If there is one Western progressive who illuminates the emergence

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<v Speaker 3>of the Red Green alliance, it is the French philosopher

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<v Speaker 3>Michelle Foucaut. Well I've mentioned several times. In nineteen seventy eight,

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<v Speaker 3>fouc was absolutely the peak of his influence. He was

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<v Speaker 3>the postmodernist who is revolutionizing universities with his withering critique

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<v Speaker 3>of the Western Enlightenment and values that underpin modern liberalism.

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<v Speaker 3>Fucaut is literally anti Enlightenment, and he is the father

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<v Speaker 3>of all critical theory. Okay, And I think people have

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<v Speaker 3>a tendency to think, all right, Getty and Lindsay are

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<v Speaker 3>paranoid or whatever, or their conspiracy theorist. I had a

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<v Speaker 3>friend in high school who was Indian. His parents had

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<v Speaker 3>emigrated from India and they were Hindus, and in visiting

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<v Speaker 3>his house and hanging out with his family, so it

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<v Speaker 3>became clear to me that there were figures in Hinduism

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<v Speaker 3>that were known and revered to billions of people around

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<v Speaker 3>the world who I'd never heard of. I would suggest

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<v Speaker 3>to you my friends, and you are my friends. Fuko

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<v Speaker 3>is that for the Neomarxists, for those who would overthrow

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<v Speaker 3>Western civilization. He is a godhead to them. And you

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<v Speaker 3>don't know his name, but trust me what I tell you.

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<v Speaker 3>It's incredibly important that you understand. So, this guy was

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<v Speaker 3>incredibly influential in the universities in the seventies, and in

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventy eight he was commissioned by two Italian newspapers

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<v Speaker 3>to report on the Iranian Revolution. And like one of

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<v Speaker 3>those you know Left East you know Time magazine guys

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<v Speaker 3>who were visiting the Soviet Union and one of their

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<v Speaker 3>Potempkin villages back in the forties, say or fifties, he

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<v Speaker 3>couldn't stop gut gushing about how great the Itola was,

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<v Speaker 3>and he was going to get rid of the oppression

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<v Speaker 3>of Western politics and Zabadabadu. So, and this gets a

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<v Speaker 3>little complicated, but I'll get to the simple part. Fuco

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<v Speaker 3>was a major intellectual influence on the late Columbia University

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<v Speaker 3>of Professor Edward Sayd's Orientalism Now a postcolonial Ism study Bible,

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<v Speaker 3>which critiqued how Western imperial writers made Arabs, Muslims and

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<v Speaker 3>Easterners objects in their narratives and impose their own agenda

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<v Speaker 3>on their histories. Here is the great postmodernist celebrating Ayatola

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<v Speaker 3>Komany overthrowing the Western government, even though Komane would would

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<v Speaker 3>execute Fuco and his company the first chance they got.

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<v Speaker 3>But that was the birthplace of it. And until you

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<v Speaker 3>understand that postmodernism thing, you don't get critical theory. You

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<v Speaker 3>don't understand what DEI is and what it's trying to accomplish.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't understand queer theory, radical gender theory, all the

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<v Speaker 3>confused adolescent girls getting their healthy breasts removed because they're

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<v Speaker 3>momentarily confused by you know, adolescents and puberty and the

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<v Speaker 3>rest of it. This is all straight back to Fuco

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<v Speaker 3>and critical theory.

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<v Speaker 4>Clearly, this theory is true in that it is happening.

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<v Speaker 4>I still don't get how you're not argued out of

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<v Speaker 4>that position very quickly. If somebody says to you, you

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<v Speaker 4>realize if you're in Iran, they would they would murder

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<v Speaker 4>you immediately. Well, yeah, so I guess I'd better pick

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<v Speaker 4>a different group to work with.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, right, a different philosophy. Here's the thing, and

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<v Speaker 3>these people are smart. I mean they're insane, but they're smart.

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<v Speaker 3>They convince you completely of their premise that Western society

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<v Speaker 3>what was that phrase, uh, have made all other people

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<v Speaker 3>objects in their narratives and impose their own agenda on

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<v Speaker 3>their histories. The key philosophy of critical theory is that

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<v Speaker 3>there is no objective truth there.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't even seek it, it doesn't exist.

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<v Speaker 3>All there is is narratives, and narratives come from your culture,

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<v Speaker 3>and since Western culture is dominant, it has created a

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<v Speaker 3>narrative that says the Iyatola Komene is a monster, but

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<v Speaker 3>that's just because they're threatened by him, so they're racists,

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<v Speaker 3>they're othering him. And once you have that down to

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<v Speaker 3>your bones, then you can't be argued off of it

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<v Speaker 3>on the basis of me saying they torture and then

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<v Speaker 3>kill anybody who's gay or transgender because I'm a Westerner

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<v Speaker 3>trying to lie to them using my narrative.

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<v Speaker 4>So they don't believe that jihadis would murder gay people,

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<v Speaker 4>or they think jihadis only murdered gay people because of

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<v Speaker 4>the position we've put them in.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh yeah, indirectly, Yeah, the first part, one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 3>And or we have so dominated them and crushed their

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<v Speaker 3>spirits and oppressed them that they're acting out in ways

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<v Speaker 3>that they won't anymore when the enlightenment comes, when the

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<v Speaker 3>Marxist revolution comes. I mean, like excusing the crimes of

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<v Speaker 3>October seventh. You saw that directly. Look, they're under oppression.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you expect them to do?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Believe they raped and killed babies. No, they just fought

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<v Speaker 3>back against the oppressor self solution.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a scary thing to be up against. There's way

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<v Speaker 4>too many people to believe it.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, and they're in our schools, folks, our elementary schools,

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<v Speaker 3>our high schools, and our colleges and our grad schools.

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<v Speaker 3>That is one of the dominant philosophies, if not the

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<v Speaker 3>dominant philosophy in our educational complex. Which is why I'm

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<v Speaker 3>always saying it's the most important problem that faces America.

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<v Speaker 3>In China, it's the center street jihadism than man well,

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<v Speaker 3>post Marxism, but cultural Marxism, postmodernism, neo Marxism, whatever you

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<v Speaker 3>want to call it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's interesting because back then, when Mitt Romney is running

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<v Speaker 4>for president and after nine to eleven, jihadism did seem

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<v Speaker 4>like the biggest problem in the world. And it's a problem,

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<v Speaker 4>no doubt. But I'm more worried about Neo Marxism in

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<v Speaker 4>the foothold it's got in the United States and Western

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<v Speaker 4>culture than I am about ji Hotism.

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<v Speaker 3>By a lot, right, right, Yeah, my final word, and folks,

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<v Speaker 3>I apologize in advance. I'm gonna use a bad letter

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<v Speaker 3>here if you think I don't know that seems kind

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<v Speaker 3>of paranoid. These efing people wrote efing books, Their efing

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<v Speaker 3>names are on the efing spines, and they fing describe

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<v Speaker 3>precisely what they're efing going to do, and they're doing

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<v Speaker 3>it precisely as they effing do described. End of screen.

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<v Speaker 3>Troubling societies are brought down by their own decadence.

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<v Speaker 4>If you're interested in this stuff, man, go to YouTube

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<v Speaker 4>and just type in James Lindsay. He's got some unbelievable

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<v Speaker 4>YouTube videos about this that are so damn interesting, And

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<v Speaker 4>a great

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<v Speaker 3>Place to start is for the one hundredth time, his

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<v Speaker 3>book with Helen Pluckrose Cynical Theories it's great,