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“This is why I’m becoming more and more cynical every day. Because none of it is making any sense to me,” says Sam Jean, Michael’s friend, and frequent guest, about the constant hypocrisy and double standards practiced in the world today, by Republicans in particular. Republicans only need one example to paint all Democrats with the same brush, but the same rules never apply to them. Republican sex offenders in high political positions are the quickest to call other people sexual predators or dangerous to children. He discusses the double standards held by which white people and people of color are held to—including an example of Black families fleeing Ukraine only to be told to turn back.
Sam also considers that Trump supporters—separate from regular Republicans—meet the criteria for a cult. One major problem, he says, is many people only utilize one news source, particularly ones that are a feedback loop.
Join Michael and Sam to discuss why Sam was right about Dr. Oz, who makes Sarah Palin look like a Rhodes scholar, and the story behind the podcast’s name.
Quotes
• “I’m not sure if someone other than Will Smith had slapped someone, that they would have continuously played the slap over and over again.”(5:22-5:33 | Sam)
• “There’s also a lack of critical thinking going on. People are being told this is what’s happening, and they don’t even do the basics of trying to understand what it is they are claiming is happening.”(29:09-29:22 | Sam)
• “These people have been living under their version of the truth for so long that when the actual truth is revealed to them, they’re shocked.(30:11-30:20 | Sam)
• “It is now illegal for a pregnant woman to have an abortion, even in instances of rape in certain states. However, that same woman can easily purchase an assault rifle, carry a concealed pistol and pick her child up from a public school.”(55:17-55:33 | Michael)
• “The word ‘woke,’ most of the people who use it don’t even know where it came from… you don’t want to have a discussion about my position. That’s all.” (13:42-14:29| Sam)
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