The Conservative Case for Censorship—A Provocative Conversation with Michael Knowles
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.6 • 65.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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On an exciting, action-packed episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, Charlie is joined by a good friend and American national treasure, Michael Knowles—author of the best selling new book, 'Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds,' for an in-depth discussion on the current state of so-called "Cancel Culture," free speech, the thought police, Big Tech oligarchy, and much more. In a Devil's Advocate-Laden interview, mixed evenly with genuine curiosity as well as agreement, Charlie and Michael get to the bottom of what the conservative movement should look like moving forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Today, my exclusive conversation with Michael Knowles, it's provocative. It is going to make you think deeply about what's happening in our country and when it comes to the regulation of speech. Should we become the censors? Michael Knowles says yes. I play along and ask some fun and lighthearted questions. |
| 0:21.7 | It actually has triggered some thoughts in the episode since, |
| 0:25.4 | where I want to have him come back and dive into this deeper as I was listening to what he was saying, |
| 0:31.3 | and then I thought about it more. |
| 0:32.8 | But it definitely, in my opinion, is one of the most important conversations I've had recently, which is, |
| 0:38.9 | should there be limitations on speech? Should we shut down drag queen story hour, for example? |
| 0:45.0 | A very important conversation brought to you advertiser free. If you want to support our program, |
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| 1:00.0 | Point USA Summit in Tampa, Florida, go to tpUSA.com slash sas. TPUSA.com slash SAS. Michael |
| 1:09.4 | Knowles is here. Buckle up. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job. |
| 1:28.4 | Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. |
| 1:33.0 | We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. |
| 1:42.0 | That's why we are here. |
| 1:44.3 | Hey, everybody, welcome to this episode of the Charlie Kirk Show. |
| 1:46.8 | With us today as a national treasure. |
| 1:48.7 | I believe it so firmly I wrote it on the back of his book. |
| 1:53.1 | Michael knows, His Excellency, Your Majesty, the Wizard of Nashville. |
| 1:58.5 | His Excellency, Your Majesty, a friend of mine, the Wizard of Nashville, Michael |
| 2:02.7 | Knowles. Michael, welcome back to the Charlie Kirk Show. Thank you, Charlie, but I was hoping for a more |
| 2:07.3 | flattering introduction. I mean, thank you. It's nice to be here, but come on, can't you give me a |
| 2:11.7 | compliment or two? Yeah, you know, I seek to underwhelm. That is the ethos of the Charlie Kirk Show program. |
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