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Hi everybody dennis prager here welcome to my home for our virtually weekly box of virtual has a different meaning of I just realize this is real this is not virtual but virtually every week we do this the fire side chat no matter what month it is we have a fire side going great to be with you talk about everything in life really in these times it's I really enjoy this apparently of The number of you do too which I'm very grateful for I don't wanna remind you you can support prayer you which is entirely based on support to non profit Organization and it's all donations and we are a think having a good impact a lot of people's lives and help us click on the donate link in this post so I usually start off with something that's on my mind what's that's on on my mind is many things but particularly I sent out a tweet last Thursday I'm not a big twitter man And the last thing I expected was for it to be any different from my previous tweets which have a limited number of people who react I don't know how many people see them but if I have a thought in my mind that I think is worth putting within a hundred and 40 characters I send it out and then I forget about it more a less I could forget about this one this is the tweet round the world this tweet How many did it end up with a billion 800000 whatever it is it's unbelievable I couldn't believe it myself and it was the subject of the calls all over the Internet I don't mean little blogs I mean big Internet sites and it was the subject of an entire column in today's New York times this was the tweet the news media in the West post a far greater threat hoops far greater danger to Western Realization than Russia does again the news media in the West pose a far greater danger to civilization than Russia does I never send out stuff I never write stuff to be provocative I admit that some of that is but I never have that as an intent people said all well maybe he was being you know hyperbolic to make a point nope I literally believe what I rode play would never of sent out something to so people if I didn't Really believe it so I read all these attacks on me and not the usual ones cursing me out or that some guy road I White off sh from the bottom of my shoes that are better than this guy or something like that it was the the thing that about that though like me who's the stuff doesn't bother me by the way it in fact the the lower the response the lower level the response the more I think I'm right because if these are the people who think I'm wrong I probably am right so they should know That just writing F you or your a piece of this or piece of that just reinforces my belief that I'm probably right I don't know for certain that I am but I think but I believe them but other than those types of reactions what most got me was that people didn't understand what I road trip ical typical reaction and this even came to my great service from a number of conservative writers was what is prager talking about how many Thanks does the Western media have and I was thinking they gotta be stick out of the kidding when I say a danger to a civilization is the only way you when civilization is if you have nuclear weapons any weight civilizations or threatened by ideas people are threatened by weapons that's why I wrote civilization and in right people in the West are more threatened by the media obviously that would be absurd by Put that can blow us up of moments before putting was the head my field of study was so the Union I speak Russian are know what they could do work it's such a bizarre reaction of course they have weapons and the media doesn't have weapons that's why I wrote civilization civilizations are endangered by ideas Western media do not care for Western civilization as a rule because there are Left and the left is not interested in Western civilization which it regards as sexist intolerant xenophobic homophobic is lama fullback racist and bigoted and the proof was President trump's speech in warsaw a couple of weeks ago in which he said the Western Western civilization needs to defend itself it means to prosper it means to survive and every left wing media source which means almost every media source in the Western world said all he Saying is we have to protect White racist supremacist in other words Western civilization and racial supremacy or identical that's what the that's what the media believe they wrote it I didn't make this up I was shock so obviously they don't care of for the survival of Western civilization See the only regret I had I went on Fox and friends and I rode my second column my cullum little rich note second column but my first column after the tweet with National review in town hole and other places and I explained what what this means about rejecting Western civilization and my only regret I rode was I didn't include the universities should have said Western universities and media post a Greater danger to excuse me put to the uh to Western civilization then does Russia I was just reading on my radio show today in an article about uh the London University of London one the most prestigious universities in the uk is removing of almost all of the bust you know Sculptures of the greatest minds that has energy Institute of psychiatry psychology and new role and neuro science and you know why because they're all bearded White men what's that you understand Western civilization is not based on color it is based on excellence if you wrote the best music painted the greatest paintings wrote the greatest philosophy wrote the best plays that's all that matters we don't care if you're White or black or Green or yellow all we Care is what is the best but the founders of this place where all White men so obviously that's who will be up there but now they wanna cola diversity row the concept of diversity is the antithesis and synthesis of excellence and therefore the antithesis of Western civilization why because it says we we judge people by their race and ethnicity not by their excellence That's what it means when you save diversity trumps excellence that's what you are saying that's the end of Western civilization it's based on who wrote the best it doesn't matter what their color the greatest composers I know music really well I will be conducting a where most prestigious concert halls in the world in a few weeks so I conducted month many years it's my Application if you will and I will be conducting the soul I know music pretty well the greatest composers were overwhelmingly germans slash Austrian okay that's a fact and my pro German for saying that is that if you see no one pro music The the New York times music critic a few years ago wrote the greatest economy greatest 10 composers any minute some of the greatest names and he said up tell you why I don't wanna have all germans and austrians so it's not a list of to the 10 greatest composers it's a list of 10 diverse nationally diversity and have a Frenchman in their area have a rushing in there he had to have a home Gary and in there but Hey but nobody in his right mind thinks that bar talk is a greater composer than handle but handles it in there and Park talk was this is what's happened so of course this is a threat to Western civilization if a big chunk of your media and universities don't believe in in the West they think that it is a just a source of oppression to humanity with colonialism etcetera then obviously to say there are threat to the West is <skipped> So whole lot column today in the New York times against me by like very much pray University videos bret stephens but the he didn't like the column and he is well anyway he and I will be doing a New York times facebook Exchange so you'll be able to see us the bait you know I guess live without my friend the for the heart light You getting attack by the way let me be personal for people ask me all the time cuz they read all these attacks on me so doesn't Bobby was totally question to ask so let me tell you something that will be helpful to everyone of you whatever your age I decided very very early in life because I became public very early I started publicly lecturing at the age of 21 when I came home from the Soviet Union and I let you dawn what is happening in the Soviet Union to Jews and dissidents Show I realize that a very early age that if you here's the way it works if you let compliments go to your head then the insults will go to your heart so don't let the compliments go to your head and then you won't have the insults go to your heart compliments of beautiful things I'm deeply deeply deeply appreciative up them but they've never gone to my head I'm pretty <skipped> All humans are equal but not all cultures I mean just thinking extreme examples not see culture equal to non Nazi culture in the West of course not so what happened to multiculturalism even the multi cultural listen multi cultural list has to make a moral judgment civilization a civilization be are not morally equipment <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> No it parent doesn't count with 20 century alone had secular ideas coming is and is anti religious secular and not see was it was not based on religion bought and it was ultimately anti that certainly obviously judaism believe in christianity cuz after all christ was a jew which makes it pretty bad and in so they try to rewrite history and say all do they really said this no he wasn't a jew he was an aryan it's like The Palestinian say that jesus was not a jew he was a Palestinian it's mind boggling but you can re write history if you control the textbooks so that's one reason is been the anti religious education people cap if you're sophisticated you don't believe in God that's the that's the message that's been giving number two I blame the religion too much of judaism and christianity organized in their synagogues and churches a respectively I have not been faithful to their religious route Oh they have taken up the cause of left wing ideologies so you you go to a normative a products in church mainstream products in church or non Orthodox synagogue and you were likely be hear a sermon about uh there is really no gender and and certainly about global warming and about other things that are important to the left so what do you need to go church or synagogue for you could hear all that watching see That boy ball the going to church or synagogue but it's a big go Bay a big look cooler in your life a big hole if you don't have good religion to big hold You're kidding me Instagram user ha ha fruit loops uh oh I know how fruit loops huh so great person writing from Canada as is and how they do it on you know know never real main if they don't type out what their name is yeah you anyway by the way I like this it's not dirty not mean right it's like a was like a sweet thing I'm a doctor hi this is how fruit loops welcome to my home rye Being from Canada ask what's matter the canadians don't think that we know cities in Canada from Canada this is coming nothing's insist that I not only know cities in Canada I know all 10 provinces I visited nine so if you're Canadian tell me where you're from dennis how do I come out as a conservative to my social as parents to baby not okay that would be if you're stuck conservative and But I think it's easier to come out get the conservative parents that the come out conservative to social spirits it's like a guy many years ago called my radio show and weight way before uh same marriage or anything like that so that's just what your conservative in Hollywood and I come out animate and game and it's come out of his a game it's a non issue but I'll never come out as a Republican just so how do you come out As a conservative to your socialist parents tell them you love them really I'm not joking say I love you mom and dad and however for any number of reasons uh I was a conservatives already said conservative yeah uh I this is the way I now see things I'm totally open to talking to you about it and certainly all I wanted is a loving home forever with you you're my parents you gotta couch Justice the other way around I colorful parrots of the kid is gay the first thing you tell them michelle love you And so you take to the parents here just want you to know I love you has nothing to do with you I'm not rejecting you so couch it in warm in more ways but uh and by the way you don't have to bring it up all the time what what's on it it's I mean if you have a very very close bond you may feel that you have to even say this I'm not sure you even after mention it I don't I don't see why it's almost like to what is pain well then I can convert and you not trying to convert them so I'm not sure you need to tell them anyway we'll figure it out cause you're probably be happy and a Giving point those see why is our son so happy and was probably conservative helen ask dennis before you begin your public speaking career water some normal person jobs that you had growing up uh ah uh I love that I to kiss my wife is sitting here who should really do one of these but it would it would it might cause of a heart attack and I love her too much but uh I am I'm laughing because she doesn't consider this a real job that's why I'm laughing but she's it's just snooty on her part I was Hey camp waiter that she was a waitress in a real restaurant and she doesn't think that what I did is one tenth is difficult is what she did she's a hundred percent right I agree it was a blast I had the greatest time being a camp waiter and I love that I look like I can read meals on trays member trays I mean that's really old fashion stuff I love that and what I feel like you all yeah I get a lot of things The following however is not a normal person type job it's a more wrong job I on two occasions because I'm so tall you can't talk is I'm sitting I'm 64 and I was very told even in high school on two occasions this was my job I held the lights up for the video man at a bar mitzvah and you must understand it takes no intelligence to do this none What all I had to do was kc hold the lights and I did and I got paid I thinking I love being paid what else did I do oh yes I taught hebrew school uh four year term you don't have that shit people school is like Sunday school for Christians it's it's after school for Jewish kids and they all hate it they don't wanna be there and I knew this so I went in the first day every year and I made these following announcement Alright kids let me tell you something I was little I was only like five years older than they were they were 15 I was like 20 21 22 so I say listen I know you don't wanna be here and I have too much dignity for you to be here just because you have to so guess what you don't have to I have to be so interesting that I turn your attendance this was like saying hello I just arrived from venus and I'd like to say something they couldn't believe what they heard he Why he the teacher has to earn their interest yep that's what I said so you have to pass the test at the end but you don't have to show up to any of my classes and you understand they all showed up because I made it interesting and made it interesting cuz I will I wanted them to be interested what that everyone who speaks publicly think the same wait what other job I taught College total brooklyn College for two or three years I taught Russian and Jewish history <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> <skipped> Uh to think that we are approaching half a billion views and is is a year per year yes thank you for year it if somebody had said to me five years ago and we started this that you will have this you can have over a million views each year was about please I from your mouth to god's years 500 million and the single biggest slipper is under 35 Years of age uh Allen esther and the man whose idea was to start this uh was just telling me just today he's in Minneapolis and he was having dinner with some folks who have who helped create University exist because their big donors so it was he said how he said dennis have a scripted and it could be better the 20 year old waitress walks over and see some prager you immaterial and she says are you affiliated with prager you so <skipped> <skipped> Because the bigger the government smaller the citizen the bigger the government the more the corruption the bigger the government the worst the economy and ultimately run out of money that's why this is margaret thatcher socialism but what is a great line socialism uh is when something for the effects socialism man's when you run out of other people's money That's right how much money can you keep taking it doesn't work that's why you bankrupt society ultimately look at the laugh ricker video a prayer you and it shows you that have a certain point of taxation the government actually gets less money which makes perfect sense if you tax the hundred percent with the government get more more or less money well okay if you tag zero percent it wouldn't be good if you take the hundred percent so somewhere between them is there is the right point for the most revenue it's about 28 percent Okay and by the way hospitals you know many hospitals were built by Christians and Jews up what a what what big city doesn't have a Beth Israel or or over or a saint mary's right or or a presbyterian hospital that's that's who built something most of the great hospitals in the country not the government Jack ask dennis what are your thoughts on the libertarian movement libertarian movement is has great great thinkers who are critics of big <skipped> <skipped>