558 - 9/11 Era, Pt. 1: The Pussification of the Western Male (9/14/21)

Chapo Trap House

News

4.6 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We celebrate 20 years of 9/11 by taking a 2-part look at the political and cultural insanity of the era immediately following the attacks. Today, we look at the hysterical jingoism, veneration of idiotic leaders, politically enforced censorship, and the seminal war-blogger classic “The Pussification of the Western Male” We’ll continue on Thursday’s ep with looks at TV, Film and Culture from the era, plus another canonical 9/11 reading series. Stay tuned!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series
0:08.7	of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.
0:11.7	What do you make of the statement that Iraq has no weapons of God's destruction and is
0:16.1	not developing it?
0:17.1	They're lying.
0:18.1	You're the weather sheer with the enemy.
0:19.9	That's clear.
0:20.9	I think we should actually level six countries.
0:27.1	I'll name it.
0:30.1	You're one and his regime will stop it nothing until something stops me.
0:34.1	Say it, Mr. Bush.
0:36.1	Say it.
0:37.1	States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an access to the first American
0:43.1	to be killed in a deliberate amphatic.
0:45.1	I love you.
0:46.1	And I'm sure you must have been.
0:47.1	Don't even try it.
0:48.1	You got to do that.
0:49.1	I'm not a seductive.
0:50.1	I'm not a seductive.
0:51.1	You have no idea what you're getting yourself into here.
0:54.1	Unpreach innable.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chapo Trap House, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chapo Trap House and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.