Michael Knowles - The Problem With Political Correctness | Modern Wisdom Podcast 331

Michael Knowles is a political commentator, podcaster, and an author.
Ostensibly, political correctness is the right thing to do if you're a responsible human that is respectful of other people's emotions.
Encouraging people to be mindful and precise of the words they use makes sense. But demanding for tolerance becomes undermined when the people doing the demanding are overbearing and intolerant. It’s like punching people in the name of peace. Something is obviously amiss...
Expect to learn why people who respect free speech may need to restrict free speech, how political correctness lays a trap for everyone, whether Michael thinks we're closer to a Brave New World or 1984, his thoughts on Steven Crowder's situation and much more...
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00:00 Intro
00:30 The Problem with Political Correctness
06:00 The Need for Censorship
11:25 Language Has Been Politicised
21:35 The Inner Citadel
28:10 Why the Left Hate the Working Class
31:45 The End Goal of Political Correctness
38:28 Should Intolerance Be Tolerated?
45:22 The World Without Woke
51:29 History's Grounding Effect
55:43 'Seasons' Are Triggering
59:20 1984 or Brave New World?
1:10:00 Reality & Accountability
1:15:35 Steven Crowder's Cancellation
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[@ChrisWillx]

""The only thing that has united the Right since the fall of the Berlin Wall has been cutting taxes. This needs to change." Press Subscribe for more sultry tones.

[@Porydong]

One of my favorite episode yet. I laughed and learned. Your content means a great deal to me. Keep it up man. Best interviewer on KZbin. From a fan in America’s cold dead hand. Michigan.

[@ChrisWillx]

@@Porydong beautiful sentiment. Thank you bro

[@ImRicWooo]

@@Porydong Yes Amazing interviewer. I'm waiting for him to drop the never went to the moon or something. Every time I find a new sensible voice I get shocked. I'm just joking, he seems very normal.

[@francismcnulty6847]

The "soma" could very well be social media.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Hey There - As a fellow Brit but living in the Pacific Northwest of the USA Guns!! lol. I just found your channel today, first video was with Patrick Moore, I hit like, subscribed, and left a comment lol I went from that great episode to this episode with who of all people, one of my favourite persons on KZbin and Podcasts Michael Knowles lol. Whats next an hour & 1/2 with Ben Shapiro? Seriously that would be an incredible episode! Make sure you get him to talk about where to and reasons why he moved his family. After that you should consider having Glen Beck for the next episode. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. There’s nothing better than listening in on the conversation of two rather intelligent, erudite, men who speak with conviction and passion on a subject that is both current and yet some how timeless without forgetting to enjoy themselves and even inject a good does of humour here and there. Except being in that conversation with them lol Seriously, well done sir even if the rest of your episodes are only half as good as the two I’ve watched so far then I know two things for certain: 1st - I will not be missing any of your future episodes and; 2 - I will be going into your back catalogue of episodes and start binge watching all of them lol. Of course I will be hitting the thumbs up and leaving a comment on each and every episode. Thank you for bringing some much needed intelligence to YT as well as not shying away from some of the more problematic subjects and guests. You are a scholar and a gentleman. I’ll be in England sometime in 2022 maybe I’ll bump into you and buy you a pint! lol Cheers mate

[@nickrahall4266]

Chris, this has quietly become one of the best podcasts available. Love the guests and the depth of thought you give to your questions and the flow of the conversation. Keep up the great work, and thank you for the content.

[@ChrisWillx]

Thank you Nick. Next stop: the moon 🚀

[@notstretch]

@@ChrisWillx I dare you to get Alex Jones on :P

[@Xplora213]

@@notstretch Jones would be incredible. Our host would have to hit the Adderol to keep up.

[@didinx8417]

Yeah, agree.....it's like listening to a private but brilliant conversation between two friends at the Diogenes Club!

[@Malignus68]

Try this: Listen to one of Michael Knowles' diatribes and then summarize it in your own words. You'll find you've reduced an ocean of words into a puddle of thought. Once you filter out Knowles' virtue posturing and stand-up comedy persona, there's just not much there.

[@GodotOfficial]

Ben Shapiro might be the main guy of The Daily Wire but Michael Knowles is extremely underrated and is actually my favourite in DW

[@geraldpuse7823]

Right on man! Love me some Michael Knowles, his seamless transitions to ads in his show and plugs of his book Speechless is top notch!

[@jfs6470]

100%

[@brianv9242]

Agreed. I came for Ben stayed for Michael and Matt

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Agreed. I like Ben Shapiro as well very much in fact but if he and Knowles post videos at the same time I always watch Michaels first lol I enjoy how you can tell that Knowles is having a good time and loves what he is doing just from how much he smiles and laughs as he’s going along. He also does a good job when he’s with Ted Cruz on Verdict. I must include that I find refreshing not just his willingness to speak about being Catholic but his not coming across as being embarrassed by it. It’s nice to have people on YT with moral character and don’t feel the need to beat you over the head with it.

[@markislivingdeliberately]

They actually have a really good crew now. They are really good at finding talent.

[@ninjapixiemama4659]

This is such a wonderful conversation to listen to. The most destructive things for women has been the idea that being a mother and wife is slavery, to be avoided. As a child, I told everyone I was a boy, called myself by my middle name which is Alexandra shortened to Alex. I wanted to be a boy until puberty and then I completely wanted to avoid boys and went to an all girls high school. I got a trade (plumber) and independence, became more and more comfortable in my femininity, met my soulmate, got married and had a magnificent big baby boy. And then it hit me, creating life is the point in living it. If I was born 15 years later I may have transitioned as a child aand never experienced motherhood. As it turns out I just prefer bikes and playing sports to dolls and hopscotch .

[@danielwyvern8892]

Awesome story. Thanks.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Wonderfully told story. I would to mention something I went through. First let me say I agree with your comment about creating life is the point in living it. I’m in my 50’s now and my son is almost 33, married with two boys of his own. I may not have given birth to him (I’m a man) but I helped create him. He and I have always had a special bond and as he approached the end of high school I told him not to worry about moving out. I told him he should take his time and figure out what he wanted to do in life, it’s not like my bills and expenses suddenly increased just because he finished school lol. I refused to take any of the money he tried to give me and told him there would always be a place for him in my house. After awhile he decided he wanted to join the Army, just as I had done and my father before me had done. I said all that to get to this point lol. When he left for bootcamp I went through an emotional turmoil that my doctor called empty nest syndrome. It occurs in mothers almost 100% of the time when their child grows up and leaves the “nest”, but it also happens to those fathers who tend to have a strong bond with their child, boy or girl. It was like I didn’t know what to do with my self lol. I was 22 when my son was born so that means he and I lived in the same house until I was 42. Basically my entire adult life up to that point and now he was gone. The life that I helped create, cared for, home schooled until the age of 11, and taught how to be a good moral man had grown up and moved out to start his journey. It took me quite awhile to get my emotions in check. 2 years later I lost my wife to illness a year after that I retired (age 45) and a year after that my son came home as a disabled veteran. Every so often I still get that same feeling I had when he left for bootcamp. My doctor tells me in 30 some odd years of being a doctor she’s never seen a father and son with as strong a bond as he and I have. It’s almost like we are brothers, maybe even twins. I have no idea why I wrote such a long comment lol. There must be someone out there that needs to read it for some unknown reason so I won’t delete it. By the way I now have two grandsons ages 8 and 9 that I help my son homeschool lol And the 4 of us have that bond my son and I had/have. I’m glad I retired early because I get to spend as much time as I want with them. Cheers all

[@ninjapixiemama4659]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 it's all about the family working together, providing the best environment to prepare the young ones for life. It's so wonderful to see a father interacting with his kids. My father was away a lot when the rest of my siblings were young but was out of the forces when I was fairly young and we got lots. Of quality time together and he was my world. My husband is a great father, when I see my son copying him I'm so glad I married such a great man, we are both so important in bringing that balance. Blessings to you

[@apopuffkin1717]

For you that is great, but it shouldn't be assumed that is the fulfilling path for everyone. I raised 2 kids, both are adults now - but I never got this feeling you speak of and always found more fulfillment for the things I could do, not the one thing that pretty much every living thing can do without trying to hard. Some people are just not satisfied with the mundane (I don't mean that as an insult to you as you may not think of it that way obviously, but to me the whole thing was very mundane and until I went back to work I was very bored and felt that my brain was turning to mush).

[@Benboy1980]

Exactly the same as my wife, except she is the now the MD of her family business and looks after nearly 1000 people in logistics. We have two beautiful little girls, and I look after them (very happily). My wife would have been considered a ‘tomboy’ back in the day. If she had been born more recently she may have been indoctrinated by this new woke ideology. Fills me with dread for my own children

[@HarryBalzak]

I had to look that quote up. _“Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems. Throw away the solution and you get the problem back. Sometimes the problem has mutated or disappeared. Often it is still there as strong as it ever was.” ― Donald Kingsbury, Courtship Rite_ Good stuff.

[@GriffithsAlex]

Tradition can also be said to be "experiments that worked".

[@NorthenTasawwuf]

I've pointed out many of these points for years. Michael is a far more accurate and insightful philosopher than his somewhat more politically tilted image gives away. Great podcast! I agree with many other commentators here, that this channel is just getting better and better. Chris is a gem!

[@PirateofTarrytown]

this was a beautiful discussion in that I listened, enjoyed, agreed, disagreed, and learned... Thank you.

[@ryanoneill4231]

What do you agree and learn from Nazi’s?? Lmao jk

[@avaethan6259]

@@ryanoneill4231 Is this satire? If so, brilliant! It fits perfectly w/ the topic of leftist insanity discussed in this podcast.

[@Zafilio]

@@ryanoneill4231 hilarious Ryan

[@teresahall8762]

@@ryanoneill4231 hello troll...Mao called. He's looking for you. Everyone seems to have a mass murderer they look up to huh? jk

[@marcleahy6021]

Speechless: Contoling Words, Controling Minds by Michael Knowles is available for pre order wherever books are sold.

[@ordeithx]

Thank you for having Michael on. He is one of my favorite conservative voices.

[@ChrisWillx]

He's a great guy. We now have a burgeoning bromance.

[@ordeithx]

@@ChrisWillx that's fantastic! 🤣👍

[@themountain3461]

@@ChrisWillx no surprise. You're both misogynistic cisgender white supremacists 🤣

[@JohnSmith-tl5tm]

And just like that, Chris has become maybe the best interviewer on the KZbin. Loving the way he engages his guests.

[@davidharrington1133]

Tyranny ALWAYS begin with forced speech, they make you verbalise something you don't believe in, in words they choose.

[@512TheWolf512]

look at russia. case in point.

[@mygirl737g2]

“The more I love humanity in general the less I love man in particular." - Dostoyevsky

[@TheClassicWorld]

Deep. Of course, the funny thing in the modern context is that 80% of what has happened in the West since 1949 has been women, and 1923 to lesser degrees. In the 1840s, though, it was the liberal/atheistic man in particular, as he knew well.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

@@TheClassicWorld I’m not understanding your comment, but I feel there is something to it that I would like to know. Could you please explain to me what the meaning is.

[@martynspooner5822]

It ends up eating itself because it propogates hate. A lot of different groups founded on hate can only end one way. The only thing created out of hate is misery.

[@theskeptic2798]

C.S. Lewis was writing about this very thing. His example was that gentleman was a term used for landowners and not to males in general. He said the term did not distinguish whether you were kind or cruel it simply meant you were a land owner . Not to mention what has happened to the world gay, it was my sisters middle name and suited her .

[@oreobug123]

*Chef's kiss* great one, Chris. I hope you have Michael on again. Perhaps in Q4.

[@mygirl737g2]

I agree.

[@markwoodson2020]

The traditional Christian moral framework is the only way back. It correctly diagnoses human flaws and prescribes the correct cure. It demands truth align with reality. It has a vision and a goal to affirm. It cannot be forced top down, in fact it requires the individual to "buy in" yet also has a powerful communitarian aspect.

[@pn5721]

28:00.C.W: "The Left won the culture war, now they're just driving around shooting the survivors" 😂

[@bludeuce3855]

no they havent the war isnt over and no one has won

[@Eyes2theSkies1218]

I’m consistently struck by the thoughtful questions / approach you bring to podcasts Mr. Williamson, thank you for what you do!

[@davycrockett1112]

For every liberty there is a corresponding responsibility

[@Scott-qo1eq]

I didn’t realise how good Michael Knowles was until I watched this

[@jakeforrest]

I agree - until now I only thought he was Ted Cruz’s puppet

[@BlackWolf-uk2yb]

Something i have constantly been trying to incert into this conversation is recognition of the important difference between 'helping' someone and 'enabling' them!

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

Yes dude, I’ve been waiting all weekend for this interview. Both of you guys are great, so it should be an awesome crossover episode.

[@dancooper4733]

Boomer

[@ChrisWillx]

Enjoy mate 🥳

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

I take it you wrote the comment before watching it lol. I thought I was the only one who did that lol

[@didinx8417]

Michael Knowles and Douglas Murray did a fabulous half hour on 'King Lear' as part of the PragerU Book Club....very worth while...

[@JW-ue1xg]

Knowles is a great communicator. Thanks for doing this interview, Chris.

[@apow8535]

45:22 Chris’s point here is so bang on. Wasting everyone’s time, confusing the best minds, burning up finite resources and halting any true progress towards betterment all through semantic games. Dark triads have gas lit the world. 1:11 Point is so good too (all of his points are amazing but found this one particularly salient)

[@AlixPrappas]

This was a phenomenal conversation, and I’ve only views the first half essentially. Michael, Chris, thank you so much for the rich, eloquent, and revealing exploration into the foundational aspects of the current political/ideological divide that is so prevalent here in the US. Michael, you made a theological point that really resonates with my observation of the world, people, and radically progressive causes. You theorized that the desire to destroy stems from self-loathing which, at its core, generates from a rejection of God, whose image we are made in. This makes ontological sense to me.

[@beldilorenzo1]

Never has one hour and a half gone by so quickly! You’ve both raised such great points. It’s quite motivating to see that we can speak the truth, that we don’t need to nod along and pretend everything that’s being pushed down our throats is reality.

[@haljordan1682]

7:55 such a good point, one of the biggest weaknesses postmodernism has is that it encourages intellectual laziness. Relativism is a thought that stops other thoughts

[@rebeccapenders5050]

I have used a wheelchair/been disabled for 11 years and have never spoken to another disabled person who doesn't think "handi-capable" & Co. are nothing more than condescending, cringe-inducing terms that some non-disabled people use to make themselves feel more comfortable. Ridiculous, and definitely denying reality. Less than halfway through and really enjoying this conversation!

[@victortarroni]

I love your podcast. You are definitely making a huge impact in the British public as much as in the world!

[@jessejames209]

I so much enjoy Michael's philosophy. He's given me a lot of understanding and clarity on politics. Great show as usual :)

[@lukeyd9181]

After listening to this whole video, I instantly bought his book.

[@Anton-fn5iz]

The quality of this conversation is very impressive!

[@easygeezeenlightenment]

"A man wrapped up in his self makes a very small package indeed." I absolutely love this.

[@kthapz7429]

Excellent episode. He seems a really nice guy and was genuinely grateful that you had read his book. Thanks Chris.

[@ChrisWillx]

My pleasure, thanks for watching

[@raphyd1466]

The first big problem with political correctness is that falsehoods can be given a pass if they are politically correct and truths can be thrown out if they are politically incorrect. The second big problem is that it crucially restricts people's ability to think and grow intellectually and morally. Growth is messy and it's not worth giving up to make some minorities a little more comfortable in public discourse. They are already protected by existing laws, and we extend those laws at our peril.

[@Sellasie_High]

Mr. Knowles... Knows a lot. Knowledgeable, too.

[@ben_3256]

This is a fantastic conversation. Wow.

[@heathfriend6999]

"Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems" is a quote from Donald Kingsbury... not Donald Knuth

[@maximeb190]

"Tradition is a set of solutions for which we have forgotten the problems." 1:10:00 Brilliant.

[@mcbullitt]

Knowles is unassumingly brilliant.

[@leebrown1049]

Thanks again Chris for another top interview. The thing I like about Chris is that unlike the interviewers on mainstream media that just asks questions that a team behind the scenes has written for them Chris not only learns and understands the topics but is as insightful as his guests

[@deebomcHenry]

Great fucking interview. This podcast is going to the moon! Much love from Lansing, Michigan. Across the pond

[@md1trk]

Michel Montaigne said it best: "Our understanding is conducted solely by means of the word: anyone who falsifies it betrays public society. It is the only tool by which we communicate our wishes and our thoughts; it is our soul's interpreter: if we lack that, we can no longer hold together; we can no longer know each other. When words deceive us, it breaks all intercourse and loosens the bonds of our polity."

[@ChrisWillx]

First time I've ever heard the word Polity.

[@md1trk]

@@ChrisWillx It sounds best in a Geordie accent.

[@McSherryStudioArt]

What a great conversation. Thank you both. I'm going to have to give it another listen; there's so much to take in.

[@PoperoniNews]

I havent clicked so fast in ages.

[@ChrisWillx]

Serious episode this one

[@davidbaker8483]

Never heard of this guy but suddenly he keeps coming up in my yt feed.

[@maddog9358]

Absolutely brilliant conversation this, thanks for bringing this to us Chris and thanks Michael! Helped me to get my head around things a bit better. Looking forward to reading the book!

[@mikethemonsta15]

Michael Knowles is the best commentator right now

[@jimluebke3869]

"How much of our smartest people's time has been taken up debating stupid s**t?" Yup.

[@katelane8016]

Loving every minute of this conversation. Excited to listen again and share with friends. Modern Wisdom is the perfect title for your conversations.

[@manny75586]

I watch Knowles everyday. He is always entertaining. I really love your podcast as well. I always appreciate the space you give the guests to flesh out their ideas.

[@travanw85]

Chris you are a wonderful light in this current environment of intellectual darkness. Your access to have meaningful conversations with intellectuals and to relate them in an approachable manner is so valuable. I really hope you can take this breadth of knowledge you have been exposed to and consolidate it into a book. That is a book I’m sure would hold a prominent space in my library as well as others.

[@danielwyvern8892]

Good comment. I agree. Would love to have a few beer with Chris.

[@wicktwitch]

Enjoying this alot.

[@jeffhaislipmusic]

Great conversation. When you find yourself in sudden darkness, follow the light!

[@laszlosandor4870]

You guys had CHEMISTRY in this conversation!

[@CoolPapaJMagik]

But neither of them are gay. Lol JK, I agree

[@alfredoprime5495]

@@zoeymckeown3194 have you learned nothing from this interview? Did you even watch it? Homophobia is one of those made up words of the left used to control language and thought. When you use it you obviously don't mean to say that he has a paralyzing fear of homosexuals but that he hates them (homomisia). However, saying outright that he is homomisic is demonstrably false because you will never find anything written or spoken by him saying anything of the sort.

[@valthirteen]

Loving the conceptual "roller coaster" ride with you two.

[@Karoltos]

Chris is asking good questions. Thanks!

[@RupertMcGruber]

Another amazing interview, Chris! Class act.

[@robbayliss9010]

Brilliant discussion, thank you both.

[@fbiburneraccount]

Great conversation guys.

[@ChrisWillx]

Gracias

[@gingerbill128]

really enjoyed this podcast

[@Dan-sx9gl]

This was such a satisfying conversation. Thank you

[@mouseketeery]

Excellent chat fellas. Michael was a great guest.

[@brookieb4796]

I have just discovered you a couple of days ago and have been watching so many of your videos. You ask brilliant questions and I appreciate how well read you are even if I am not as smart as you. I also appreciate that you obviously do the work and research of the topic that your guests are gonna ask about. Just well rounded and get great questions. I'll just continue binging your channel

[@zeldagoblin]

I've just found you, and I'm impressed by your genuine humility, curiosity, earnest truth seeking and respectful demeanour. Love how you ask then listen, soak up the ideas and build on them with your own, and I'm subbed. The very best to you and yours.

[@musicsnob4226]

Choosing to take offense is deliberately labeling oneself as a victim. Unfortunately, our current culture reveres victims - even those who are victimizing themselves. But taking offense at minor issues actually serves to make the sensitivity to issues much worse. Avoiding that which makes us uncomfortable or fearful only serves to increase the discomfort and fear.

[@ewengarrod2198]

Very entertaining. Both beautifully verbally dexterous.

[@Benjamin-fu5ij]

Brilliant Interview! Chris, keep going mate, you're killing the game right now.

[@connorfuhrmann1462]

Incredible conversation gents! Thank you! Michael Knowles in an intellectual powerhouse. It's always a learning experience when listening to him! Great interviewing and questions as well!

[@eddyvon]

Brilliant conversation,,,just BRILLIANT

[@catsandcrows8880]

Excellent conversation.

[@seantroth1550]

A brilliant conversation.

[@Katerai]

17:35 Omg his wink. I melted.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

WOW! Chris, you've really come into your own. You're super knowledgeable and much wiser than you'd expect a man of your age to be! (Around my age!) I'm really enjoying seeing this podcast grow.

[@manusha1349]

This is my 3rd favourite interview after Douglas and Jordan ❤️ well done!

[@jazzdon3253]

Enlightening conversation

[@acaltieri]

Amazing conversation!

[@JG-qt3pn]

Great conversation. If I'm understanding correctly, both sides need each other.

[@ashtonmoorelaw]

Great episode! 🔥

[@mariaguzman1552]

Intelligent conversation. I have learned a lot.

[@istvanczap3004]

The languague restriction thing is a fallacy- from both sides of the aisle. By restricting the words and expressions - the sentiment and the thoughts don't go away, people will find ways around the bans. Just look at words like idiot or retarded, the "nice" words or medical terms become the slurs, thus the need for a new nice word and rinse and repeat. Also you can put things into thought without words for it, otherwise new words wouldn't come into existence. As long as describing a thing works people will just explain away, once a shorthand becomes necessary a word is created for it by people. Edit: Michael did talk about the evolution of euphemism. I would like to add the kind of language distortion the SJW-s are doing, happened in the Eastern Bloc under communist times. People would parrot the state approved language, but add a little bit of sarcastic tone, just the amount that flies under the radar. People knew this was disingenious, and the escape was sarcasm even the ones in power knew it, so humour wasn't policed too much, because it acted as a release valve. If even the release valves are shut, people are more likely to fight back against it.

[@idiotproofdalek]

Chris you and your channel give me hope.

[@BlackWolf-uk2yb]

On the issue of smoking i believe it has been demonstrated that smokers actually contribute considerably more, via the tax on the tobacco, than they use with regards to health care. So they are actually paying for other people's hearth care.

[@seedsman02]

Love this, thank you.

[@mrjones7222]

Throughly enjoyed this!!! Gift🎁

[@loremipsum720]

Excellent. Your podcast keep getting better. And it has nothing to do with me agreeing or not, but with the fact that there is a dialog, reasonable dialog. Thanks to both

[@BryanChance]

Great discussion..

[@VideoMagician77]

I loved the retreat into the Citadel concept you mentioned from Isaiah Berlin. I don't know if you made this connection or not, but I couldn't help but feel that technology was playing a major role in this phenomena. With the rise of the information age, the ability for people to turn toward various forms of escapism and denial has skyrocketed. If I don't want my ego to be checked by reality, I can join whatever echo chamber I choose or seek out any piece of confirmation-bias that I so desire. All of this reduces the odds that the errors in my thinking will be corrected for, which empowers the individual to more effectively retreat into the citadel than they would be able to in the past. It seems to me then that the solution to this age old problem must include a fundamental restructuring of the internet. One in which free speech is never censored, but also one which prohibits big-tech from creating algorithms that encourages us to retreat ever further into the confines of our ultimately flawed world views.

[@anger.7808]

I hope Elon Musk brings that solution with Twitter

[@pn5721]

1:11:28 Great way to put it : "... that's going to fold around reality as it comes in."

[@cristinarossi7367]

Agreed!!! I keep ending up here, a lot. Btw, this interview is awesome and touched on everything I've been thinking of, lately. Also, I enjoyed how natural and relaxed it was. Two pros.

[@johnwilhelm385]

Great Line from Chesterton!

[@philipgilliam3400]

“Two legs good, four legs better.“ Animal Farm

[@peteratkinson922]

MĶ's comments regarding the level of immigration are very relevant to events in Britain now.

[@susanboyles3460]

Michael Knowles: It's clear that you're brilliant and well-spoken, and what you add to the discussion is thought provoking. My question is...can you get thru a thought without throwing in a quote (both well-known as well as obscure)? It borders on annoying, as well as calls attention to yourself, which is in direct opposition to your argument that we all need to stop thinking about ourselves so much (which I do agree with).

[@kakarotwolf]

How did I not know about this episode!?? Michael!!! 🖤🔥

[@brendanturner2362]

Harrison Bergeron's story is fantastic. Disable the abled to make everyone fair.

[@jellyrcw12]

This was actually really interesting. Great talk.

[@dougwint]

The inner citadel, is the best explanation for society right now.

[@gussetma1945]

Talking about the Winter of discontent.

[@adamsmith-wi3qg]

I need a round-table discussion about *anything* with Knowles, Williamson and Ryan Long.