- So I'm still in some
serious deep thought
about my conversation last
night with Dennis Prager.
We had him on the show,
streamed it over on the
Digital Freedom Platform,
and, you know, I've also been
listening to James Lindsay,
who was a guest recently
on the Joe Rogan podcast.
He's gonna be on our show on Monday.
And just talking about how kind of,
how too far we've come when
it comes to this Civil War
we seem to be in between
the left and the right.
And it was interesting
talking to Prager last night,
because he spent time in Russia
back in the '60s and '70s
and saw what the real left looks like,
what kind of Marxist
looks like, or Marxism.
And he said, the left wants
to destroy everything.
They wanna rip it all
apart and start anew.
And we see things like
this, with this CHAZ
or this CHOP that happened in Seattle
or this concept to defund the police
or just rip everything out
and start all over again,
and it just seems to be the wrong idea.
And they want to create chaos,
because in chaos comes
potentially a new structure.
So if it means ruining the
economy or ruining institutions,
well, so be it, because that's kind of
the way forward in their minds.
And Dennis was very clear
to separate liberals
from the left.
He said, "I appreciate liberals,
"they have great discussions,
"I have liberal ideas,
"but when it comes to the left,
"it's about tearing things down."
And we saw yesterday, this letter
that was published in Harper's Magazine
and signed by 140 different people
from recent guests like
Noam Chomsky to JK Rowling
to people from what's considered
liberal and conservative,
saying we've gone too far
with this cancel culture.
We've gone too far with
the social media backlash,
with the censorship, with the,
you know, cancelling someone
for something they said 30
years ago in a different time,
for ripping down a monument,
for being a slave owner
when everybody else
was a slave owner at the time.
And it just, it's a backlash
to what they see the left doing.
Of course, that letter was immediately,
you know, cancelled when it was put out.
But these are important
discussions to happen.
And I highly encourage you to listen
to my conversation with Prager last night.
You can watch it at
freedomplatform.tv/Prager.
And he went deep into really questioning,
is there institutional racism,
really questioning what's happening
with Black Lives Matter,
really questioning what's happening
with monuments being pulled down,
with concepts of white privilege,
with all sorts of things,
and it was it was pretty fascinating
to talk about what is actually going on.
And the role that everything plays in it,
from government, to
religion, to education,
to everything that's been
happening for the last 50 years.
So, it's powerful stuff.
Again, it's a man that doesn't
mind speaking his mind.
He's also done, you know,
extensive research on this stuff.
And, you know, he said, "Brian, as a Jew,
"you know, I also see
different perspectives
"than just say, anybody else would
"when it comes to discrimination
"and when it comes to just being aware
"of a lot of these issues."
So, Prager used a fascinating company.
They've got three and a half
billion views of their videos.
They try to distil down lessons
on economics, philosophy,
women's rights, et cetera,
and it was just a really
powerful discussion.
And I'm just wondering if we are
in a civil war right now, you know?
Why we're fighting against each other,
oftentimes, digitally,
you know, over things that
are just taken too far.
And he said, "Brian, when you can't say
"A man doesn't menstruate,
something's wrong.
"You know, when I'm having to counsel
"girls in high school that have to compete
"against biological men and lose,"
he says, "something's wrong here."
And sometimes it does feel like
we're in this strange fiction movie.
And it's preposterous.
And I'm in London.
Imagine if I was back in my
home state of California,
or in New York City, where
it seems to have gone
really, really far.
So, look, I don't know.
But what I do know the answer
could be as a discussion,
an honest debate, people
coming together and talking
and trying to figure out solutions,
as opposed to cancelling each other
and smearing each other and
doing it all over digital media.
So, perhaps we can find
a way to come together.
But of course, we can't,
with social distancing and lockdown.
So, I'm not a conspiracy theorist,
but this is all very convenient
for what's happening round right now.
And as David Icke would say,
"When we're divided, we're not strong."
As Tim Kennedy would say,
"When we're divided, we're not strong."
And I'm very concerned about that.
So we're gonna keep pushing forward
and having uncomfortable conversations.
I think it's important.
I think it's important
you engage with debate,
get out of your echo chamber,
get out of the people you hang out with,
because they're telling you the same thing
you're thinking about,
and try to engage with some other people,
and I'm gonna try to do the same thing.
So, that's the plan forward.
Wishing you lots of goodwill.
And yeah, just keep an open mind.
And I'm confident we can figure this out.
In the meantime, we're
gonna keep broadcasting,
because I am emphatic on these ideas
and that is that we will not be silenced
and we will not be censored
and we will not be stopped.
So, we're gonna keep pushing forward.
More broadcasts happening, more ideas,
and I appreciate the support of you
and London Real Army,
and let's go to this.
