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Today on the Matt Wall Show, a professor at UCLA is concerned that fire departments are

not inclusive enough. Also, a Hollywood actor is trying to appease the Meetumob, not a smart

move. And I had an encounter with a hilariously pretentious, self-appointed parenting expert,

and I need to tell you what I learned from that exchange. It's great. I trust me. So we'll

talk about that today on the Matt Wall Show.

I want to say something very briefly here at the top before we get going. Andrew Klaven

here at the Daily Wire has been growing a beard recently. And as I'm sure you've noticed,

if you watch this show, which I hope you do. And I've heard through the grapevine, and

that is through Twitter, that there has been a campaign among some people within the

company to try to convince him, pressure him, to shave his beard. Now, I'm not going to

name any names. Ben Shapiro. Ben Shapiro. Okay, I missed that. Let me just say this. I stand

with Klaven and his beard. As a fellow beard's man, I have myself experienced beard-related

harassment and abuse. You could not possibly understand the persecution that our community

faces, because of our faces, unless you've been there. Because of my beard, I have been told

that I look like a hobo, a Yeti, an unemployed lumberjack, a desert island cast away. I've

been called unkempt and disheveled. And this is just my wife talking. Okay, you could only

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