Is it fair to call them stupid?
TheThinkingAtheist
The Thinking Atheist
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🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Beyond the bigotry, how much of today's MAGA movement represents more than ignorance. Are the rest of us paying for American stupidity?
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, here we got. Stand by. Three, two, one. |
| 0:04.6 | The thinking atheist, it's not a person. It's a symbol. An idea. |
| 0:10.6 | The population of atheists in this country is going through the room. |
| 0:14.0 | Rejecting faith. Pursuing knowledge. Challenging the sacred. |
| 0:18.6 | If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth. |
| 0:22.4 | Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish. |
| 0:25.7 | And working together for a more rational world. |
| 0:29.0 | Take the risk of thinking for yourself. |
| 0:31.0 | Much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way. |
| 0:35.6 | Assume nothing. |
| 0:37.3 | Question everything. And start nothing. Question everything. |
| 0:39.4 | And start thinking. |
| 0:42.2 | This is the Thinking Atheist podcast, hosted by Seth Andrews. |
| 1:01.7 | Well, we all knew that Venezuela was on Trump's literal radar. |
| 1:03.3 | Call me naive. |
| 1:12.2 | I did not have U.S. bombs Venezuela and abducts President Maduro and his wife to stand trial on American courts while Trump goes after land and oil on the global stage. I did not have that on my 2026 bingo card, at least |
| 1:18.9 | for January. Now, of course, I'm not a foreign policy expert. Most of us aren't, but I think we do |
| 1:25.5 | know this. Whatever's going on. |
| 1:32.4 | No matter how awful President Madero has ever been, and we know he's been awful. |
| 1:38.5 | If he needed to be removed and prosecuted for the heinous deeds that he has done, |
| 1:47.9 | Donald Trump is not doing what he is doing for the benefit of Venezuelans. This is not a human rights campaign. |
| 1:53.2 | I get a friend or an associate rather from Venezuela living in the United States, |
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