Bridging Divides: Why I Chose to Talk with Tucker Carlson

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

Politics, News, News Commentary

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🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Chris Cuomo elaborates on the importance of engaging in conversations with those holding differing opinions, amidst criticism for talking to controversial figures like Tucker Carlson and Jackson Hinkle. Chris argues that current divisions and siloed thinking have led to a dysfunctional status quo, stressing that conversation, not censorship, is key to finding common ground and addressing shared concerns. Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, this is a tough one.
0:02.0	Why do you speak to people you don't agree with?
0:05.0	Why do you speak to people that say things that you shouldn't like?
0:10.0	Well, here's a very simple answer.
0:12.0	What works? Well, here's a very simple answer.
0:12.7	What works?
0:15.2	What is working for us right now?
0:18.1	What isn't working for us right now?
0:20.7	Yeah, but Tucker Carlson, Bill O'Reilly, Jackson-Hinkle, Trump supporters.
0:29.8	There is a growing number of people who come after me for having conversations that they
0:35.7	believe imply some kind of conversion. Really the opposite is true. It's not that I
0:41.7	have sympathies for people on the far right.
0:45.0	It's that I see that all of the rules and notions that have been applied
0:51.0	to siloed thinking and picking your team and your tribe and the division and
0:57.8	de-platforming and the censorship and the moderation of content which is another way of saying censorship, has all led us to where
1:04.9	we are right now and where we are sucks, and nothing changes if nothing changes. Yeah, but if you want things to change for the better
1:15.4	should you be doing things that are worse? Well that's where you and I need to
1:21.1	have a conversation because I believe that conversation is the cure.
1:26.3	Now this is going to be a one-sided conversation because it's just me talking at you but
1:31.0	allow it to be food for thought. I will tell you why that I did conversation,
1:37.8	that I do conversation, that I will continue to have conversation with a lot of people that you may not like or agree with. I am Chris Cuomo.
1:56.0	I am Chris Cuomo. Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project. Thank you for subscribing and following and I'll tell you why.
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