Is Diversity Our Strength? Andrew Klavan at UCLA: FULL VIDEO

Daily Wire's Andrew Klavan speaks at UCLA about diversity of race and culture, vs diversity of thought - two very different concepts, but each an important expression of our American freedoms.

[@NotoriusBEN1]

I think Peterson said it best, the other side of Freedom is Responsibility. Just because you can do something doesnt mean you should do that something and expect it to be consequence free.

[@HereForAStorm]

There is STRENGTH IN UNITY... not in diversity.

[@marvalice3455]

The weak cannot revolt. So they tell you that weakness is actually strength

[@rindaswick5422]

Agree

[@Hurdle11C]

Preach brother Klavan. In the words of the great President Reagan: "Peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it. Sacrifice for it. We will not surrender for it, now or ever. We are Americans."

[@shastamathone]

THIS is the video that every high school U.S. Government student should watch. Excellent and concrete examples. Need to watch this several times to unpack exactly what was said and how it was said. Thank you Andrew Klavan.

[@MerriweatherMcWiggan]

Doug Roberts the government would never allow something like this, it could break their monopoly.

[@shastamathone]

Sad but true. Time to be a bit subversive of those opposed to liberty.

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

I am kind of suprised though... No Antifa scums throwing garbage cans and pulling fire alarms and destroying stuff? I feel like I'm back in the 80es...

[@herbetfosgood6756]

Half of what he said is FALSE. No impressionable kid should hear this.

[@Cactii101]

Glad he was allowed to speak and that I could watch here on KZbin. Thanks!

[@withallyourlight9857]

By far one of the best speakers I've come across.

[@funkyanimaltheearloffunkdo1871]

It depends who you are diversifying with. If they are people who excel in Mathematics or the Sciences or are skilled workers, then there is no problem. If they are a people that like raping your children or despise everything you hold dear, then there may be a problem.

[@Cos_Why_Not]

FunkyAnimal The Earl of Funkdom I think that's an ineffective way to think about it, as it's better to put skills regardless of race above averages among races.

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

FunkyAnimal The Earl of Funkdom, diversity? Color doesn't matter... only ideas. I live in Denmark. In our government, we have a former muslim form Syria, who - knows more about the Danish constitution than most Danes. He knows the history better than most....He has lashed out against islam as the evil it is, while the left here embarrassingly defends it for unknown reasons (probably cowardism). HE is a real Dane.

[@spinningchurro]

Percival Hans : thanks for your tip about what Klavan says after 48:05 about it being morally wrong for England to remain majority white. Really opened my eyes to what they're really pushing.

[@marvalice3455]

So you'd be willing to hang out with people who hate you and actively want to destroy you, so long as they can make you a quick buck? I mean, that's what you mean by "good and math, science and good work ethic" right? The reason you value those traits is because they contribute to making a profit right?

[@Henryfordisright]

​@@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppableit's been 5 years how's that diversity treating you

[@tiabiamama]

Fantastic speech and presentation, Mr. Klavan. Please keep it up and spread your views to these young folks(and all of us) as much as you can.

[@michaelbosi8104]

Great speech and great group! So nice to see intelligent young people behaving in a way that compliments their intelligence. No shout downs, no shut downs, just a dialogue and exchange of ideas. Great stuff.

[@mrawesome2742]

Michael Bosi I wonder what they all have in common that contributes to their behavior 😁

[@TheKbthakur]

he on the right but for some odd reason my left ear likes whatever he is saying.

[@withallyourlight9857]

kb senger Sanity is nestled right there in the middle when in actual terms

[@xanderrogue4811]

Pretty much impossible to watch this with headphones on. Feels like I have vertigo.

[@nex6058]

What he says appeals to human nature... or common sense. Being "on the right" has less to do with it than just being honest, truthful and logical.

[@jordanhorst6]

Undeniable logic does that.

[@MerriweatherMcWiggan]

If you can recognize evidence then you won't be on the left for much longer. If your not a liberal in your 20s you don't have a heart. If your not conservative by 30 you don't have a brain.

[@fluffybunny3178]

Klavan is a good engaging talker, that is why Shapiro keeps him again.

[@Lvl22Cowboy]

fluffy bunny I actually like Klavan more than i do Shapiro

[@ghostofcoolidge245]

+chiki briki I like Klavan and Knowles for their humor and Shapiro for the facts. Not to say that Knowles and Klavan aren't as smart as Shapiro, I think all three are on equal footing in the intelligence department, but Shapiro's show tends to be solely about the facts while Knowles and Klavan give you facts with a side of much needed humor in these depressing times.

[@Notveryclever19]

agreed. shapiro can be a real downer haha

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

I think klavan is more honest. I do like very much when shapiro do raids on the left, but he always strikes me as someone with an agenda.

[@nex6058]

Wow, these kids have great questions. Gives me hope.

[@ciarandudley3800]

This is what wise conservatism looks like.

[@herbetfosgood6756]

Nope! This is what degenerate mendacity looks like.

[@nex6058]

Good for UCLA for actually allowing free speech! HOORAY!

[@philswede]

Really really great talk! And i love the guidelines in the beginning - behave or get arrested. FINALLY!

[@sparkonyx1075]

42:10 the dude on the left ate a bag of pot cookies before the lecture.

[@gregeryschmidt8105]

Jorge Romellon P i just laughed my ass off

[@tonyv6815]

This was really great. Would love to see Andrew if he came to the east coast

[@noscreen1]

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

[@appliedperformance773]

Funny 1hr+ video has 10 dislikes 10 minutes after it’s uploaded. Caricatures are easier to hate than people or ideas. Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro etc. Build a negative Caricature and feed the leftist.

[@MustPassTruck]

It is like that for all the channels that are right of extreme left channels.

[@henryv4222]

Man Sh!t I would be astonished if any of these thumbdowners watched the entirety of the presentation. I think Mr Klavan is fibbing when he says that he couldn't care less what decisions these kids make : the man goes on to campus time after time and gives the kids a dose of reality, and they became informed : yup, Klavan Kares 4 Kids. Good for him!

[@jasonbasant5624]

MrSlaide obliterated

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

Georg Hieronymus Keep on working. I was a posessed leftist once, and I got cured by people who dared speaking truth.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

Some people have a special power of Fast Listening.

[@werrec01]

Thanks Andrew!

[@sinlokemp]

Great speech! 👍🏼

[@artoffugue333]

It's pathetic that a school official at such a prestigious university as UCLA has to get up and warn the students not to violate an esteemed guest speaker's freedom of speech.

[@bassassin21]

Basic premise ,Does my freedom trump the greater "perceived greater good will"... The answer is yes. Rule of law baby....

[@_JellyDonut_]

This video deserves an 8-clap. Get those hands up!

[@dlberker]

Jelly Donut "It's a jelly." kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGbFh6BrptiVmK8

[@_JellyDonut_]

Beauty eh!

[@kaymanfani7154]

This was brilliant

[@DannyTheRanger]

God bless you Andrew!

[@jacquelineworthington9585]

Great lecture.

[@stanw909]

Head hunting and cannibal tribes are a culture . That's going to be one helluva restaurant . I can't wait for the Yelp reviews .

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

Very light I expected something more intellectual. Very grounded and kind.

[@scotthuber7094]

I wrote a small thesis on this using 8-10 peer reviewed sources, as the topic related to nonprofit organizations and if diversity increased overall effectiveness of the organizations. Results were basically mixed. A diverse board and hr base may increase the constituent base and funding base for the org, but it also may increase hr conflicts, and decrease communication effectiveness.

[@cjh4467]

My respects to Mr.Klavan.

[@ski5150]

wow... that was FANTASTIC

[@TheHornet79]

This is one of the best speeches about being an American and why the US is the best. We had problems but the admements acts as a reformation just like Martin Luther and the Catholic Church.

[@marvalice3455]

That's a great argument, but I'm still in favor of a good number of the amendments.

[@TheCommentGuy8]

Me upon seeing the thumbnail: ...it's comical how the very same people that thunders "DIVERSITY FOR EVERYONE" lacks it.

[@daniellove162]

TheCommentGuy8 , YES. I believe diversity is a great benefit. The Left is using identity to appear diverse but they smash down the standouts in an attempt to FORCE sameness.

[@haveanicedave1551]

Diversity for everybody! he shouts, except not in my backyard he mumbles.

[@charliebrownau]

5:24 - He has echo aswell Does no one livesteam plugged directly into the PA SYSTEM ?

[@johnb2403]

Cant believe he started the lecture by roasting the introduction LOL

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

I'm curious exactly WHAT Andrew's read from Ayn Rand's novels. It comes across like he's only read Atlas Shrugged, if what he says are his problems with it. He admits Fountainhead is pretty good...but it seems he's never read Anthem (SHORT!) or We The Living (standard novel length).

[@christopherk222]

Freedom from / Freedom for. . .

[@robertdaly1347]

Diversity is a contributing factor to our greatness. Navajo code radiomen come to mind. But it's the assimulation to the ideal of freedom that is our strength.

[@marvalice3455]

That was a result of unity, not diversity. It wasn't different people negotiating what will benefit them best and compromising on it. It was everyone putting aside their differences to work towards a single common goal. The code. Have nothing in common with the diversity crew. Absolutely nothing.

[@bkbing]

Ethnic diversity, as demonstrated by substantial historical and sociological evidence, is an impediment to societal harmony.

[@tyshekka]

It's not just Teacher's unions.There are too many administrators.

[@zootszabo2415]

KLAVAN ROCKS

[@mrpops09]

starts at 4:08

[@charliebrownau]

Bad echo in the recording with the FEMALE at 2:22

[@inplainview1]

57:00 very poignant and insightful observation about the 60's generation and why we are having to fight the fight we are now. Its has lasting repurcussions but thankfully we seem to be on the road to philisophical recovery.

[@magus9dannugcris]

Freedoms in the American context evolved over time. Black slavery was a stumbling block. So the national narrative ended in the Civil War. The Judaeo-Christian basis for our freedoms was invoked a second time after that bloody war. And yet again the ideas of the French Revolution as well as existentialism and other ideologies started to impinge on the unique American concept of freedom.

[@chuckhoyle1211]

Freedom does not mean freedom from consequences.

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

Do leftists know that, though

[@csulb75]

I paid into social security from the age of 17 until I retired due to disability at the age of 56. I began receiving social security insurance (SSI) benefits at 65. I am now 70 and still haven't exceed the amount I paid into the system. It is called Social Security Insurance. I paid my premiums and need my benefits in order to live.

[@BUJU2007]

You were robbed

[@marvalice3455]

You only need it, because all the community traditions that existed to support the elderly were destroyed by the implementation of social security. Social security exists specifically to destroy your connection to other people, and make you a ward of the state.

[@Misaka-gt5yj]

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. -Ignorance- diversity is strength.

[@geraldmcauley_]

1hour in left ear, need an hour for right ear

[@Notveryclever19]

hes talking about the sound in his headphones...

[@BenjaminGoude]

Every Time it cuts the audience, I only see Amy Pohler in the first row

[@ValerieJupe]

I really like the girl in the front row - she seems like she's happy and she gets it :)

[@Sneaky-Sneaky]

Freedom cost me at least 4 yrs in VN .....at the time I disliked it more than I can say in a comment......But now I know it was worth every minute....for many different reasons ......

[@sN0wBenchPrime]

The kid at 51:00 has an excellent question. He must be a philosophy or law major - concerning himself with definitions.

[@Rpm2878]

Wait, the school didn't allow the students their 1st Amendment right to riot?

[@neilstone9988]

As shown by Turkey if given the chance islam can adapt since they decriminalized homosexuality before we did (never going to let America live that down)

[@starcraftyschannel1926]

I AM the Senate - Andrew Klavan

[@DanBai123]

I just had a deja Vu of the guy who says "Hopefully republicans keep both houses in the midterms"... (this is a test) now waiting to see if the other half of my deja Vu plays out... 🤔 hint: he gets pulled into some MSM crap for it.

[@darbyheavey406]

Ordered Liberty…..

[@pepperspray7386]

the greatest thinkers of our time put all of their stuff out for free. You analyze these thinkers for a fee?

[@jamesbancroft2467]

personally, I think we should just get rid of all entitlements and I disagree that they’re necessary

[@neilstone9988]

Yes you are right we are different in that we were one of a few western countries in which homosexuality was illegal in the 1960s. France legalized it in the late 1700s and even Turkey a majority Muslim country at the time legalized homosexuality before we did. Not to mention ancient Greece

[@darbyheavey406]

The UK had a similar legal framework for sodomy.

[@spinningchurro]

48:45 "It's morally wrong for England to remain majority white." And there we are.

[@ericbess5917]

Welfare state - I have less problem with a welfare program if: 1.The same people defending the welfare state weren't screaming for open borders and 2. The welfare program were structured in a way that didn't penalize people who try to become self sufficient.

[@chuckhoyle1211]

Government assistance should be a stop-gap program designed to be short-term and limited in scope, not a lifestyle choice. This does not apply to people with medical conditions that prevent them from being productive members of society. Being fat is not one of these medical conditions.

[@MrUfojunkiedavid]

E Pluribus Unum trumps multiculturalism - Andrew Breitbart

[@brc3237]

However if you ask that same person who was willing to each have the same amount of money to give you some of theirs because you don’t have any money in your wallet... answer?

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

...and here comes the argument for a Theocracy (51:27 min). A coercive education eh? Ok, whose curriculum?

[@bumpercoach]

try listening harder... clearly the kinds devolved to arent worth anything good

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

That sentence makes no sense, please clarify.

[@neilstone9988]

I'm on the left and I don't support socialism. I am in favor of a mixed economy

[@marvalice3455]

Why?

[@jkthewonderguy]

No. Diverse Unity is our strength. There is no strength in diversity

[@tharrison0043]

I'm shocked the school is defending the right for everybody to speak,did hell freeze over.

[@jordanpalmer1657]

THarrison004 they say that when the camera is rolling but there is a reason YAF had to help sponsor the event...

[@Dermenscha]

UCLA does do a fairly good job of bringing in non-Left speakers, usually. There is a heavy Leftist bias, but plenty of people in the administration are willing to facilitate speakers like Klavan.

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

THarrison004 Don't worry. The school will burn down in an "accidental fire". The left tolerates no apostates.

[@dustinburnett9187]

Had no idea he had so many credentials..

[@MerriweatherMcWiggan]

Those of you who watch CNN take notes. These are the American Conservative values that you strawman.

[@jeffreycordova9082]

9:38 Andrew, how can we trust a guy who drinks with his lips all the way around the mouth of the bottle. That's back-washing, dude.

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Example of Andrew Klavan's flawed right-wing logic: Klavan touches on subject of denying gay couples service because they are gay (beginning approx. 23:00) -- ok, so where is the line drawn and on what grounds? Can a business deny service because of religion? race? gender? economic status? What are the rules of denying service as he is advocating? Who makes these rules? What is the basis for these rules?

[@ryandono5721]

Tine Woodbe yes, they are free to do that and guess what. Business no. 3 down the road *WILL* offer service to different religions and races and guess who will go out of business...

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

OK, so no limits as to what you can discriminate against? Or, if there are limits, what are those limits and rules of denying service as Klavan is advocating? Who makes these rules? What is the basis for these rules?

[@ryandono5721]

Tine Woodbe as a private business you should be free to deny service to whoever or whatever you want. And that's just how it works in a free country.

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Also, what evidence do you have that "Business no. 1,2" will actually go out of business? What is your evidence for this theory? What case studies are you using? What happens if "Business 1,2" don't go out of business? Do we just live in a fragmented society where services and resources are diluted and divided among a potentially unlimited number of segregated sects?

[@bradfin12]

Tine Woodbe you can never force me to make a cake for you. If I cannot refuse to bake a cake to anyone for any reason I am not free I am a slave. If I refuse to make cakes for a large portion of the market I might go out of business or reduce my own profits and increase the profits of my competitors. Jim Crowe laws were there to protect racist business owners from the free market.

[@neilstone9988]

I hate to use the no true scotsman fallacy but you aren't a true capitalist. A true capitalist supports freedom of movement. I recommend watching Shane Killian's "How to argue for immigration restrictions" video. He sights sources to prove you can't be a capitalist if you support border restrictions as a truly free market requires freedom of movement

[@cantthinkofone77]

Sad the event had to be prefaced like he was talking to 8th graders.

[@tiabiamama]

Who cares. They are educated young people, I am sure they got over it. He said he was new to public speaking, so if you actually are sad that he is not perfect, there is something wrong with you.

[@cantthinkofone77]

tiabiamama I'm sad you cannot read a comment and not know what it means.

[@breadwinningbiscuit1086]

I made fun of Jeb Bush and the Young Americans foundation blocked me on their KZbin comment section 😭

[@ghostofkrows]

Ryan Barth That's okay Jeb Bush makes fun of himself. I lived in Florida where he was governor and every person down there made fun of that guy. It was like a universal greeting. Some even admitted that they kept voting for him so they could keep him around just to laugh at him.

[@cupcake8867]

Ryan Barth How out of touch are they.

[@AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable]

I saw jeb "debating" trump. I was surprised how a whiny beta male feminazi he is.

[@megadeth-1a885]

BTW I like you klav. Fuck sakes

[@emschafe]

"Gay Rights" is utter bullshit. Klavan is wrong and it is incredibly sad that he feels the need to kowtow to the Overton window of sexual libertinism. You could maybe stand indifferent to homosexuality, but to suggest that there is any sort of a right to perform evil is contradictory to the idea of rights. Saying something is a right implies it is a good. Speech is good, we have a right to speak. We can be indifferent to lies and the first amendment means that government can't be trusted to sort out truth. The only sexual right humans have is for a man and a woman to get married. This is because that makes the good of family/children.

[@fyjmvggh5409]

Most diverse countries are the most successful countries.

[@michaelshannon9169]

Strange title considering he didnt really address that question and spoke vaguely about freedom.

[@michaelshannon9169]

He's now backtracking at 53mins talking about a religious revival as a cornerstone of morality in maintaining the freedom he's vaguely spoken about. You're welcome.

[@marvalice3455]

What are you talking about? He answered it in the first ten minutes...

[@thekatarnalchemist]

A drawer full of bent forks may be unique and diverse, but it isn't very useful.

[@markdatheist9179]

I dont know how to feel about this; His heart is in the right place, his principles are good ...but he is so ignorant about history.

[@theduhj]

MaRk dAtheist What exactly did he say that does not align with history?

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Wow, such diversity in the audience, all the shades of white are represented.

[@DrMerle-gw4wj]

I wouldn't use the pronoun "our" to describe it because it is nothing but a great collection of horse manure unworthy of the adoption of intelligent people and I totally reject it. The appropriate adjective is "other people's" as in other people's madness,

[@Telcontar1962]

I like this guy but he is not right about America or its "exceptionalism". The US has been able to work up to now because it has had such an over-supply of land. That fact has hid a multitude of sins and shortcomings. He tries to suggest people are welcome in the US as long as they sign on to this exceptional idea of freedom the country stands for. I'm sorry to say that's bollocks. That's not what the US did and its not why it let these people in. There are very few countries on earth that ghettoise people like the US does. The UK despite it being in his view a "racial construct", also complete bollocks by the way, has never sought to ghettoise its immigrants at all in the way the US has, never. In fact the government does all it can to disperse. In fact the US has always been far more race conscious than countries like the UK up to the point our criminal politicians tried to mimic criminally myopic US immigration policy. Its only now we're are seeing a convergence. Its only now we are seeing the stupidity the US has displayed over its immigration policy for centuries really start to eat away at the Western civilisation America owes everything to. The real story is this idea of freedom which the British people bequeathed to America as it did to its own descendants, not what America exported to the world. Now as the world changes it is this idea that is really under attack by the political classes in both countries (and across the wider Western world) against the same group .....its own citizens. You can respect the political structures all you want my dear Andrew, but what you cannot get away from is if citizens are meant to be the sole arbiters regarding who governs them, THEY MUST BE THE SOLE ARBITERS ON WHO JOINS THEM IN MAKING THAT CHOICE. The West is being destroyed because politicians realised the croc of shit the US example which has been sold to the world really is and how it could be used to return them to power by the age old tactic of divide and rule. The US is not democratic in nature, constitutional republic or not, not at all. Immigration policy, because it is in the hands of the politicians is criminal, it can be no other way. The bragging that the US does about how diverse it is, how wonderfully that diversity has played into the exceptional status America has obtained to date hides an incontrovertible fact. The entire system seeks to sideline the citizen at every turn on matters of political importance just as in every country from Right wing dictatorship, to Communist dictatorship and everything in between. For ALL elections are fake when the citizens are not in sole control of their own membership. You might want to mention that in your speeches for that is the beginning of all freedom and we British have been fighting that fight before the US was even a glint in George Washington's eye.

[@marvalice3455]

Ghettoism is not imposed top down. People want to live with those who share their values. The result of this desire is ghettos. Because people would rather live in a bad neighborhood with people who share their values than in a "good" neighborhood with people who think their values are nonsense. This means that all throughout history, in all nations great and small, immigrants move into isolated communities. The only exceptions are when a nation becomes isolationist so that there aren't enough immigrants to form a ghetto, or is people are not given a choice of were to live. There's really no third option

[@Telcontar1962]

@@marvalice3455don't be so stupid of course it's top down. Any 13 year old in the UK could show you its top down You are very naive.

[@ajb.822]

I just have a couple things to say on the topic of "diversity" in general. #1 Yes. " iron sharpens iron" , Solomon's wisdom from God, tells us. We can and should learn and grow by not being in either isolation or an echo chamber, while yet "testing every Spirit, whether they be of God" . #2: Diversity of plant life and animal presence, is known to be a sign of good health of the ecology, in permaculture and regen ag circles, & I believe they're right. BUT. BUT. This diversity is a RESULT OF healthy soil, healthy management, not the cause of it exactly, although polyculture does effect some, as well. For ex., going from the current conventional ag model of GIANT monoculture fields of tilled (&/or often sprayed with poisons) dying soil, to organically treated, less or no-tilled, smaller &/or polyculture fields with polyculture borders (intentionally planted beneficial hedgerows or just allowed to grow wild tree-lines and borders), brings us back from the extreme of monoculture, but doesn't actively PLANT all the diversity of plant and animal and soil life we hope to eventually see, and which are signs of a thriving ecosystem. Instead, we manage well, and let them come in, and co-exist, at will. Like Permaculture master, Geoff Lawton's farm in NSW, AU. He has a lot of cane frogs there, which are supposed to be invasive and definitely a serious threat to other frog species, killing them off. Yet on Geoff's farm, they are co-existing alright, last I knew (I would like an update). So, hopefully some food for thought and prayer here for someone, I hope.

[@Ensue85A]

This video is yuge!