E99. David French Believes Hatred Will Bring About What You Fear

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🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

David French (The Dispatch, Time) stops in to talk about his latest book Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. He and Bridget cover how he sources his news, the liberation of shedding the partisan mindset and meeting in the wasteland of the center, the rise of journavism, being expelled from your tribe, taking precautions against being “swatted” by online trolls, and the times they wonder if it’s worth it. They discuss the differences between this election and 2016, take issue with the idea of voting for “the lesser of two evils” when the response should be “don’t vote for evil,” examine how our rage and hatred are what will destroy our country, and ask the question, what kind of country do we aspire to and how should I behave as a human being to try and reach this aspiration?

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production.
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0:08.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Petacy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Petacy, I'm Bridget Petacy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
0:25.0	the drill.
0:27.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals, whatever.
0:32.0	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you. your
0:33.0	feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.0	This week I'm excited to welcome friend and writer David French
0:40.0	David French is a senior editor at the Dispatch and a columnist for time.
0:45.0	A graduate of Harvard Law School and a constitutional lawyer, David most recently worked as a senior writer for National Review and a senior fellow at for National Review Institute.
0:55.6	He is a New York Times best-selling author and his most recent book is
0:59.3	Divided We Fall America's Secession Threat and how to restore our nation.
1:04.0	David is a former major in the United States Army Reserve.
1:07.0	In 2007, he deployed to Iraq with the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment
1:12.0	and was awarded the Bronze Star. I really love David.
1:15.4	He is a voice of reason and at the very least does his very best to evaluate all things from a perspective I really respect and I admire his
1:29.0	faith as well and just love him. It was a great conversation. I hope you enjoy. I'm with David French everyone.
1:36.0	Hello. Hi Bridget. I've never been on a podcast with a cast member of Curb your enthusiasm before?
1:42.6	That was one of the, that was maybe the peak of my life.
1:50.4	It's all been slowly, you know what? That was really the that was in 2019 and I think
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