How To Fight The Dangerous Myths Of Identity Politics (Heather Mac Donald Interview)

The Rubin Report

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Heather Mac Donald, Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Diversity Delusion. Heather gives her thoughts on everything from Trump to secular conservatism. Heather also shares evidence of how laws with the best intentions pushed by social justice activists may actually be increasing crime. Heather also thinks that a better defense of capitalism and meritocracy must be made to save Western Civilization from the threat of identity politics. Heather thinks that the social justice arguments concerning systemic discrimination can only be defeated by countering the myths concerning bias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Dave Rubin and unless I've been impeached by a completely partisan vote, this is
0:08.2	still the Rubin report.
0:09.9	As always, a quick reminder to click the subscribe bell so you guys have a small chance of seeing
0:14.3	our videos right here on the YouTube.
0:16.6	And more importantly, joining me today is an author, political commentator and fellow
0:20.7	at the Manhattan Institute.
0:22.8	Heather McDonald, welcome back to the Rubin report.
0:24.6	It's such an honor, Dave.
0:25.6	Thank you so much for having me on.
0:26.8	I'm glad to have you back.
0:28.2	I've been on about a year ago and the people they love you, that's what I learned.
0:33.1	That's what I learned in the YouTube comments, actually.
0:35.0	It's just the aura being in your presence, you know.
0:37.9	It's so much love coming at you that are little spills over it.
0:40.6	All right, well, you're killing it in the scarf game today.
0:42.6	So I feel like I have to be very sharp.
0:44.3	Oh, thank you.
0:45.3	I'm so too brilliant.
0:46.3	So here we go.
0:47.3	So one of the things I wanted to start with here is something that we discussed briefly
0:50.6	about five or ten minutes in our last interview.
0:53.0	You are a secular conservative.
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