My Chat with Anti-Critical Race Theory Activist Christopher Rufo (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_307)

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🗓️ 22 October 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Topics covered include critical race theory, white supremacy, idea pathogens, identity politics, the honey badger mindset, victimhood, Collective Munchausen, Justin Trudeau, campus lunacy, diversity, inclusion, equity, feeling versus thinking, Aristotle's golden mean, Socrates, whistleblowers, purpose and meaning in life, truth, freedom, and the Mediterranean culture. Note: My apologies for the echo stemming from Chris around the halfway mark of the chat. Not sure why this happened but it's too late to fix now. Also apologies for the frozen segment around the 29:22 to 29:35 mark. These stochastic technological glitches are out of my control! _______________________________________ Christopher Rufo is a documentarian, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor at City Journal. He is a leading activist in the fight against the spread of critical race theory. His investigative reporting garnered the attention of President Donald Trump, which led to an executive order banning critical race theory from being promulgated by federal agencies. _______________________________________ This chat was posted earlier this summer on PodTV's platforms. However, since terminating our contract by mutual consent, the rights to this clip revert back to me, and hence I'm now posting it on my platforms. _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This chat was posted earlier today (October 22, 2021) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1323: https://youtu.be/-b3SUXjYRKw _______________________________________ The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now. https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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0:00.0	Hey guys another honey badger for you today last Friday I had Professor Amy Chua on
0:08.0	the show is not up yet this is followed by another honey badger in a slightly different domain but with equal testicular fortitude.
0:16.5	Today we've got Christopher Rufo who is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor at City Journal and someone
0:24.6	who's become the nemesis of all folks who love critical race theory.
0:28.2	How you doing, Christopher?
0:29.2	Very well, thanks for the good intro.
0:31.6	Well, it's really nice to finally meet you I think we've followed one another for a
0:37.8	while on Twitter maybe we can start with I mean the conversation of course today will center quite a bit on critical race theory, but critical race theory is a manifestation of a more general set of problems which we can get into.
0:51.0	But maybe we could start with how did you become
0:54.0	the central repository of all things CRT?
0:58.2	Yeah, it's like a lot of things in life.
0:59.7	A bit by accident.
1:01.6	It kind of happened inadvertently really. I was reporting on a number of issues
1:07.2	in West Coast cities, so homelessness, addiction, crime, urban disorder. I got an anonymous tip from someone who said,
1:14.4	hey, you really need to do a records request
1:16.3	on the city of Seattle Office of Civil Rights.
1:18.9	They're putting employees through internalized
1:21.2	white supremacy training where they have to get up and
1:23.5	apologize you know for their inborn traits and it's really a mess you should check it out so
1:29.0	that was the story that started at all and then then, you know, as a, my background
1:33.6	is a documentary filmmaker and as a journalist, as a writer,
1:37.4	sometimes you find yourself just catching something
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