Teacher Risks Career to Teach Critical Thinking at College | Warren Smith

The Rubin Report

Emma Dog Productions

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.5 • 13.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Warren Smith, teacher and host of the Secret Scholar Society, about his viral video in which he calmly guided a student through a critical thinking exercise concerning the accusations of transphobia against J.K. Rowling; what the fallout has been since the video garnered hundreds of thousands of views; the backlash he has received from his employer, Emerson College; his concerns about the state of higher education; and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	So these guys want to talk about JK Rolling?
0:32.0	Is that, so what's going on with that? What do you want to talk about JK Rolling?
0:33.0	So what's going on with that?
0:34.0	What do you want to know?
0:35.0	She's had a pretty controversial past.
0:39.0	I just want to know like what are your thoughts on it?
0:41.0	Do you still like her work despite her bigoted opinions?
0:46.0	So let's get specific though and let's define bigoted opinions what opinions are bigoted.
0:52.0	We're going to treat this as a thought experiment I'm not going to say what's right or wrong or what way to think.
0:56.0	The whole point is to learn how to think, not what to think. So when you say big, you're starting with the conclusion that given her bigoted opinions.
1:04.4	Yeah, first let's start with does she have bigoted opinions.
1:07.6	So when you say big is?
1:08.8	She has had a history of being extremely transphobic I've heard.
1:13.0	And you've heard, so what, can you give me an example?
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