Fireside Chat Ep. 142 — How to Defeat the "America Is Racist" Lie

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🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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EVERYTHING and every kind of person and belief exist in America. That racists do exist here—just like they exist everywhere—says nothing about the country as a whole. Because this is so important: Here are Dennis Prager's 5 arguments against the biggest lie of our time—that America is a racist society. In our fast-paced world, it’s tough to make reading a priority. At least it used to be. At Thinkr.org, they summarize the key ideas from new and noteworthy nonfiction, giving you access to an entire library of great books in bite-size form. Read or listen to hundreds of titles in a matter of minutes: start your free trial today at https://thinkr.org/ 0:00 Routine Is Critical 2:25 This Episode Is Sponsored By Thinkr 3:23 Arguments Against “America Is Racist” 4:21 Argument #1: Race Hoaxes 6:45 Argument #2: Slavery 8:04 Argument #3: Lies About Race 10:48 Argument #4: Microaggressions 11:51 Argument #5: Immigration To The U.S. 12:52 All Whites Are Racist? 14:07 A Response To White Privilege 17:46 Gay And Conservative? 19:42 Otto Break 21:16 If It Bleeds, It Leads 24:19 Defining Freedom 25:11 The Most Basic Freedom 27:18 Thoughts On The Chilean Rugby Team 29:32 Dennis On Not Losing Hope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello my friends Dennis Prager here in my home my dog my fireplace the fireside chat
0:06.2	This is unrehearsed unscripted which is by the way a drop
0:12.0	Dangerous
0:13.2	Because I talk about very sensitive matters and it's it would be easier to read from a teleprompter for example
0:19.6	But I really want it to be as authentic and as heartfelt as possible
0:25.4	So what is this about a 145 what what are we up to?
0:28.9	142 142
0:31.6	142 fireside chats you know when I started I didn't even think this would go to like four
0:37.7	Like figure that I give it a try
0:40.0	142
0:42.4	By the way, there's a very interesting lesson to be learned before I officially begin so to speak
0:50.6	What you do regularly
0:53.6	Really mounts up
0:56.4	That's a very important lesson you don't have to do a massive amount
1:01.3	You just have to do something regularly
1:05.9	Whatever a good ob I'm referring to something good obviously in your life
1:11.5	But it works if you write a little every day
1:17.5	If you write for 20 minutes every day
1:20.8	You will be stunned at how good you get it writing how expressive of yourself
1:25.2	I mean even the diary or just thoughts
1:28.5	Anything that's done regularly so this this is once a week but already there are 142 of them
1:35.5	And that's once a week for a half hour that's not every day 20 minutes
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