@andrewklavan@benshapiro@michaeljknowles@JeremyDBoreing@MattWalshBlog My greatest critique of American liberalism is that American liberals are not truly โAmericanโ liberals. Liberalism is meant to be a partial critique within a larger love for the country and its culture, a way to reform what is unjust while preserving what is good. All too often in our present moment, โAmericanโ liberals treat everything American as suspect or contemptible; they attack not just unjust laws, but the very โessenceโ of the nation. They target its history, its faith, and even its fundamental values and morality. If we are to be honest, what we find in large portions of the left is no longer liberalism. Instead, what we observe is a kind of self-destructive nihilism masquerading as progress. We are witnessing the rise of Americaโs beast, the same force that has plagued and devastated Western civilization in Europe, the Ouroboros of America.
Appreciate the thoughtful response. My aim in that post was not to defend Candace or Tucker, but to avoid writing off all of their audiences as hopeless.
I agree there is a subset of people who seem completely uninterested in critical thinking and who contradict themselves constantly (Ouroboros) . That is real and it is a problem.
I also think many people who end up in those spaces are there because outrage driven content and foreign or anti American narratives exploit emotional reactions more than raw intelligence. Those people are still reachable if we lower the level of insult and raise the level of evidence and patient argument.
My โIQ testโ line was trying to point to that difference. The question is not โare you smart,โ but โare you willing to slow down, fact check, and be persuadable by reality instead of viral clips.โ
And just to be clear, I am critiquing the dynamic from the outside. I am not placing myself in that camp, and I am trying not to treat everyone who watches them as if they are.
@politicalsteam I agree! When I saw he was a guest on PBD again, on a one on one interview, I made sure to watch it. Jeremy is a brilliant man, not just gifted with intelligence but gifted with a prophetic eye and a pure heart. I appreciate his candor in what he could share.
@andrewklavan@SpencerKlavan Iโm almost annoyed I waited this long to watch #KlavansOnTheCulture, but I suspect this was an act of divine mercy, allowing for the rationing Klavan content so I might survive a week that would otherwise collapse into existential ruin.
@JeremyDBoreing Mr. Boreing,
would you be able someday perhaps come up with a book reading list of the books you found most influential in your faith and in years in leadership as a CEO/entrepreneur that could share with your listeners?
Sincerely,
A devoted follower
@JeremyDBoreing If Iโm not mistaken itโs comes out at 5am EST? If so Iโll be tuning in. Work night shift at the hospital and Iโll be up and on the lookout! God bless you sir ๐ซก
@JeremyDBoreing@jon_lewis_ So happy to have your voice back on the airwaves! I look forward to anything you have to say! Youโre my political and cultural pastor ๐
@andrewklavan thank you for plugging โThe Memoirs of St. Peterโ by @MichaelPakaluk a few weeks back on your show. It has been to a tremendous benefit to my faith journey! So much so that I stumbled into his other works on Matthew and John and have ordered them and suggested them for reading in my menโs group! God bless you Both!
@patrickbetdavid Wow, as a father and son, this perspective speaks volumes of wisdom. We are called to honor our father and mother. Fatherhood is an institution that is designed to instill a moral code. Our Heavenly Father is the greatest example of righteous virtue, morality, and godliness.
@TheOfficerTatum I donโt think Charlie would hate, but very much have a strong dislike for her treatment of Erica and though I know heโd forgive her and pray for her as an enemy. Truly disgusting stuff I hope she repents from this grift.
@GrahamAllen I do not agree with anything sheโs been up to since leaving DW. I believe her current thing is truly disgusting and abhorrent, but she may seek forgiveness before judgement. I pray that this would be the case for her mortal soul, and that she abandons this grift with the algo!