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Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

Fireside Chat Ep. 243 — Is It Offensive To Ask "Where Are You From?"

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

4.85.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Dennis reacts to a tweet about the “offensiveness” of asking someone, “Where Are You From?” He also answers questions on complex topics including hate, identity, and LGBTQ influence on children. Remember, the one freedom no one can take away from you is how you choose to react! Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate

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0:00.0

Hi everybody, Dennis. Prager Fireside Chat number 243. I'm cheating. I asked the

0:06.4

Megan to begin with. There is no auto in the auto bed and there's a reason.

0:14.5

Auto is underwent a surgery today. It's not it's necessary. It was on his leg, but

0:23.7

it's not serious. He's fine, but he needed the surgery. So we try to have

0:31.2

Snoopy in his bed and no matter how much I placed a moral imperative into him, it

0:42.0

had no impact. What are you gonna do? But normally there is a wonderful America

0:50.3

and world famous bulldog in their name. Oh, hopefully he'll be back. Yeah, I think I should

0:56.4

think he would be in bed next week. That's the hope. Anyway, hi everybody. I'm Dennis

1:01.8

Prager, the Fireside Chat is an opportunity to talk to you about what's on my mind. It's

1:05.4

completely unrehearsed. And I also take questions from you. So let me begin with

1:13.0

something. Megan, the possessor of America's most famous arm, which you will now see again.

1:23.3

Now may I say that the second I saw this, what was this on a tweet? Somebody tweeted it

1:34.0

out. So somebody somebody took a picture of this sign in an Uber, right? So okay, you

1:42.9

could see it on screen. So dear passenger, exclamation point, please do not ask me where

1:49.2

are you from? Question. The where are you from conversation makes me sick, frustrated

1:57.7

and uncomfortable. Thanks for your understanding. Now, let me say that the level of contempt

2:05.0

I have for this message is so great that I have to control myself. In fact, I think

2:12.8

it's so stupid and so narcissistic and mean, I might add. And so it's mean that I find

2:21.4

it almost hard to believe that it's a real picture. But it's hard to imagine somebody

2:27.5

made it up as well. It does appear to be hanging from something. And let's put it this way.

2:38.9

Now somebody put it up. I want to even say her name, but a person.

2:44.3

She's a journalist. Oh, really? A journalist? Oh, that would figure journalism does not

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