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Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

HATE SPEECH OR FOOLISH SPEECH? THINKING ABOUT FREE SPEECH FROM A BIBLICAL POV

Wretched Radio with Todd Friel

Fortis Institute

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Segment 1



• Todd and Dr. Greg Gifford discussing mental health and transformation at KSU.



• Free speech vs. foolish speech—where’s the line?



• Jimmy Kimmel suspended—raises questions about consistency in “hate speech” rules.



Segment 2



• Campus reactions to the Charlie Kirk assassination.



• Free speech protects almost everything short of inciting violence—but misuse of it is rampant.



• Where should Christians stand when free speech clashes with biblical wisdom?



Segment 3



• Don Lemon labels the Charlie Kirk memorial “Christian Nationalism.”



• What actually is Christian Nationalism, and was the memorial an example?



• Agreeing on essentials unites us—but should secondary differences divide us?



Segment 4



• Todd jokes about being a “fool”—but what kind?



• Quick guide: explaining free speech and Christian Nationalism simply.



• Ilhan Omar spreads false claims about Charlie Kirk.



• Erika Kirk: she doesn’t want the sole decision on the murderer’s death penalty.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ritchard Radio begins in three, two, one.

0:09.1

What is the Bible?

0:10.2

Who wrote the Bible?

0:11.2

The church will continue to be even more irrelevant when it quotes letters from 2,000 years ago.

0:16.6

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so, is where our trouble began.

0:21.6

This sounds to me like the voice of someone who really has an appalling ignorance of what the Bible says about itself and what Jesus said about it.

0:29.9

It's time for Rretched Radio with Totefriel.

0:33.2

Let me be perfectly ambivalent.

0:38.9

Say what, but this is Rretched Radio.

0:42.4

That's right, I'm going to be perfectly ambivalent.

0:45.0

Why?

0:45.6

Because Jimmy?

0:47.1

Yes.

0:47.7

Do I sound like the bass singer from the Oak Ridge Boys?

0:50.6

A little bit.

0:51.5

I was wondering.

0:51.9

Well, we were up kind of late last night.

0:54.7

We were at Kennesaw State University and, you know, it got a little late.

0:59.9

So, sorry.

1:02.1

Sorry if I sound like J.D. Sumner.

1:05.6

And if you got that, then you like Elvis too much.

1:09.8

Speaking of Elvis, when is that epic movie going to come out?

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