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Cognitive Dissonance

Episode 378: Family Mode

Cognitive Dissonance

Tom Curry

Comedy

4.84.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Stories covered in episode: Abstinence-only education doesn't work. We're still funding it. 'F*ggots will burn in hell': Bible-thumping WV deputy investigated for bullying gay teen on school bus Conservative preacher claims he stopped Hurricane Irma with prayer Benham Brothers Claim God Used Hurricanes On 9/11 To Tell Us To Repent For LGBTQ Rights Pope Francis persuades acid attack victim not to go through with euthanasia Woman attacks Sikh politician for 'supporting Sharia Law'. His response is flawless David Barton: White People Don't Get Enough Credit For Ending Slavery

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of Cognitive Dissonance is brought to you by our patrons, you fucking rock.

0:05.6

Hey guys, it's Emma from Colorado.

0:08.8

So I'm an RPCB.

0:10.6

I return Peace Corps volunteer from Ghana.

0:12.8

And there are a couple things on my mind when I was listening to that segment.

0:16.4

So first off, the Peace Corps is paid for by the government.

0:20.8

So if you're upset about these docket kids supposing all of your taxes for whatever it

0:26.1

is, do you think they're nefariously using it for?

0:28.8

You probably shouldn't then send them off to another country in the Peace Corps because

0:33.7

you know, taxpayers pay for that and Congress approves it.

0:36.6

So one, that's not how money works.

0:39.6

Two, Peace Corps service, like you guys said, is a volunteer.

0:44.0

You can't force people to join it just because you don't like them.

0:47.2

And there isn't Peace Corps in every single country because countries, believe it or

0:51.2

not, can actually decide not to have the Peace Corps in it.

0:54.8

And countries are a little too dangerous for the Peace Corps and we would rather not send

0:58.4

our kiddos off and pay for it with tax dollars just to think they're going to get trouble.

1:03.0

Third, if anybody deserves to go, you know, force service and talk about how great America

1:09.3

is and why, it's probably all these MAGA ideas.

1:12.8

They can all go, I don't know, earn their citizenship, learn about voting and how it works

1:18.1

in other countries, maybe serve somebody else for a while other than sells in the mirror.

1:23.3

It's not like missionary work, it's insulting that they would think that, it's insulting

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