WEBVTT - Introducing Knowledge Fight Country

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Dan Friesen, and for the last 10 years,

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<v Speaker 1>I've hosted a podcast about Alex Jones and InfoWars called

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<v Speaker 1>Knowledge Fight. The show started as an exercise of sincere curiosity,

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<v Speaker 1>where I wanted to know what Alex Jones was talking

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<v Speaker 1>about and give his ideas a fair shake. But over time,

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<v Speaker 1>that became difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to talk to Pastor Brown and a few

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<v Speaker 2>other pastors I trust about this first, before.

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<v Speaker 3>I do it. Catholics can pray the rosary and things

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<v Speaker 3>like that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, focus on God. But I personally am strongly

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<v Speaker 3>considering praying for the angel of death. So that's where

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<v Speaker 3>we're at.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. When I watched thousands of hours of Alex's show,

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<v Speaker 1>what I saw was a raving lunatic who had basically

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<v Speaker 1>zero meaningful political positions and people were mistakenly categorizing in

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<v Speaker 1>that field. Over my time doing that show, I discovered

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<v Speaker 1>that one of the most powerful tricks that con men

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<v Speaker 1>have at their disposal is playing games with context. If

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<v Speaker 1>you do a three-hour show and say something horribly inflammatory

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<v Speaker 1>an hour into it, you get to dodge any questions

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<v Speaker 1>about the horrible things you said, as Alex Jones did

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<v Speaker 1>repeatedly under oath.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so Sandy Hook is a synthetic, completely fake, with actors,

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<v Speaker 2>in my view, manufactured. I couldn't believe it at first.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought

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<v Speaker 2>they killed some real kids. And it just shows how

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<v Speaker 2>bold they are. You're not questioning anything here. You're saying

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<v Speaker 2>they clearly used actors, right?

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<v Speaker 3>I have to see the full context of that video.

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<v Speaker 3>I've tried to find the full context. Maybe you have it.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have the full context of it? Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 3>gave it to me. I can't answer this. It's not

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<v Speaker 3>in context. I don't know what you're showing me. It's

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<v Speaker 3>under edited tape. I don't know the context. Sure. That

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<v Speaker 3>is an out of context clip. I can't even respond

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<v Speaker 3>to something like that. Let me get this straight.

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<v Speaker 1>These videos we just watched today, you're proud of those videos?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud of the compendium of my work, not small

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<v Speaker 3>clips taken out of context. And I'm a good person.

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<v Speaker 1>The very dumb premise of this podcast is built on

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<v Speaker 1>pretending that Alex is being serious, that you really do

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<v Speaker 1>need to see his whole show to get the context

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<v Speaker 1>for the horrible things he said. Is that context exonerating,

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<v Speaker 1>or does it make things even worse? Knowledge Fight was

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<v Speaker 1>an exercise of jumping over barrels, making our way up

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<v Speaker 1>a single scaffolding where Alex Jones sat at the top

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<v Speaker 1>as a big angry ape. He'd kidnapped context and was

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<v Speaker 1>holding her hostage, and hammers were somehow involved. Knowledge Fight

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<v Speaker 1>Country now opens up to the larger world. There are

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<v Speaker 1>new biomes and challenges to take on, and so many

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<v Speaker 1>different mini-bosses. Like Necky. You remember Necky? That big weird vulture? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he'll be in here somewhere. Join me and a rotating

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<v Speaker 1>crew of guests as we venture out to seek to

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<v Speaker 1>find all the bananas, which in this case are context. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>I admit this metaphor is a little bit strained, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to fit the context into a short trailer.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess you'll just have to listen to the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to Knowledge Fight Country on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

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<v Speaker 1>or wherever you get your podcasts.