Rationalism in a World of Alternative Facts

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Recorded at the Clovis California Veterans Memorial District Hall, at the 10th Annual Heretic’s Barbecue , hosted on October 28th 2017 by Central Valley Alliance of Atheists and Skeptics.

[@timv4612]

"They looked me up and they all dropped out" Haha, winning without entering the contest. Truth is truth!

[@krispalermo8133]

I am the "One Hundredth " like.

[@JohanKylander]

@@krispalermo8133 I am the "Two Hundred and Fifteeth" like.

[@kiambraleflore7537]

@@JohanKylander I am the "Two Hundred and Twentieth" like.

[@capsuleboi]

Can't take the heat? Get out of the classroom!

[@JacksonDugmore]

I am the “Two Hundred and Forty-Seventh” like.

[@VikingPickles]

"...I don't even know what to say anymore...I'm done..." I feel you, brother.

[@placerdemaio]

we need to build a good structure (''machine'') to fight and eventually end the corrupt structure.

[@joyporcella81]

Its so true i cry tears of pain to see these bastards lie cheat and steal. No true substance anymore.

[@ferlandpetrus2157]

how bout you say 'f*ck the global system of white supremacy' and start thinking of ways to end and replace it with a system of justice? dont give up on this fight

[@bdf2718]

Moses *did* inspire the constitution. The founding fathers looked at the Babble and said "We don't want any of that shit in our constitution."

[@frettchen1498]

The Babble XD

[@frettchen1498]

@Craig Silver wooosh

[@VestigialHead]

@Craig Silver I read the comment you are referring to and the spelling was perfect. If you failed to realise the word Babble was the deliberate use of a descriptive term to help people understand the ridiculous nature of what is contained in the ancient fairy tale, that is the mainstay of Christianity then you are beyond help.

[@VestigialHead]

@Craig Silver We understand the supernatural very very well thank you. YOU may not understand it. But science does as science created the word. Supernatural is made up of Super and Natural. This means NOT NATURAL. So super natural simply means not in nature. Seeing that nature encompasses all universes anything that is supernatural is NOT of our universes and thus DOES NOT EXIST. If we consider a reported supernatural event. What this means is someone witnessed an event that THEY cannot explain. If experts in the related fields are brought in and they CAN explain it the event is no longer supernatural - it is now natural. So any person claiming to witness a supernatural event they are actually saying to the world - I saw something I did not understand. Why would anyone need Jesus to understand words in a book written by men? Millions of scholars have researched the Bible and have a much better understanding of it than 99.999% of priests and preachers. The vast majority of those scholars come to the same conclusion - there is no evidence that the Bible is even an accurate statement of the time let alone a literally accurate work. It is full of contradictions and scientific inaccuracies and mistakes. Exactly what you would expect from a book written by men that knew the science of the time. if it was in any way literally the words of an infallible all knowing God then it would contain amazing knowledge that was not known by the educated of the time. It contains NONE of this knowledge.

[@VestigialHead]

@Craig Silver I have NO FAITH in anything. Why would you assume I have faith? Faith is believing in something you have no evidence for. My entire life philosophy is exactly opposite of that. I only believe in things I have evidence for. So do not push your problems onto me. Just because you may be suffering from Faith does not mean everyone is. Describe even one thing I said that is a complete lie. Just ONE. How is the unseen realm proven. Give me one actual proof. Just ONE.

[@korpse6rinder]

You fight ignorance with facts, and you provide it to the masses free on youtube. You are a teacher bro. Teacher of the year a few years running.

[@ravenwda007]

korpse6rinder facts don’t work on creationists because of the religious block in their minds.

[@55Quirll]

@@ravenwda007 Put there by the Flying Spaghetti Monster so as the followers won't question and will blindly follow. Sort of like blinders on, what horses wear.

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

@@ravenwda007 I disagree. I was a self taught creationist and flat Earther (by self taught I mean I got it from the internet and not my family or school). Yet I am now a self taught rationalist, atheist and know the basics of astronomy that disproves the Bible's claims about a flat Earth and tiny Universe.

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

@Jesus Christ Glorified the point is that he doesn't make paying a necessity to see his content. And what do you mean by ignorant? The only thing I could think of as ignorant is him insisting that scientific theories be taught as fact. That is completely unnecessary, since we don't need to take this very humble aspect of science away in order to reek the benefits of them. It distracts from the fact that we're supposed to try and disprove our theories so that we can make a new better one. But even then, he makes up for it by talking about how we should try to disprove it even if it seems impossible. So with that removed since it isn't that bad. What does he do that is ignorant?

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

@Jesus Christ Glorified I'm not gonna defend him on the fact thing again since I already explained it in the previous comment. Science can answer any question for which there is testable answers. That already encompasses anything we can possibly know. And might I ask when exactly he misunderstood an entire chapter in the Bible? I'm pretty sure it's a priest's job to misunderstand the whole Bible so that people still believe in it and give him money.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

A whole country sticking their fingers in their ears while screaming at each other. Wow.

[@blaz2892]

La la la la la la!

[@newperve]

Sticking our fingers in our ears is why we have countries.

[@johnnypetersen94]

@AronRa Make no mistake about it. You may not be employed by an institution of learning, but YOU ARE a teacher. Rock on, brother.

[@LICHGOD666]

Aron on a serious note: you and your videos have taught me much. You have killed my ignorance of and have awaken my interest in Science and Evolution. I find myself watching your education videos simply to gleen as much information as possible about Evolution. Thank you for teaching, it means more to me than gold!

[@juliebarks3195]

"Hear, hear" !! Me too.

[@LICHGOD666]

Its Time Truth begins here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH3Zmn6fetqdaZI research it yourself or silence your ignorant mouth.

[@LICHGOD666]

Its Time I am gay and even now in the Bible belt your fellow zealots believe I must die for the way I was born at birth! I tried choosing to be "straight" and was lovingly married to a woman for fifteen years. There was just something I never told her, note I NEVER once cheated on her; what couldn't tell her was what I couldn't reveal to myself. I was Bible-Beaten since childhood and was afraid to admit who I was inside do to fear and terror. You've no idea what is in my heart, what suffering I've endured, nor the love I've shown to all around me. Before you ASS-SUME anything against a person, perhaps you should look deep within. "Let he who's without sin cast the first stone."

[@juliebarks3195]

Cravax Eternal. Thank you for sharing this. But I fear you may have unleashed the Kraken, that is ITS TIME.

[@muelltransporter9445]

Watching you from Romania. Keep up the work.Greetings.

[@yetisuncle666]

love ya AronRa. we need more rational minded people like you. thank you.

[@kevinsugrue9021]

Why do you consider AronRa rational? I don't disagree with his atheism, but tobacco and unleaded gasoline?!?!; come on man!

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Kevin Sugrue Just curious - are you saying that big Tobacco and big Oil weren't self-serving and evil for the business practices he described?

[@kevinsugrue9021]

As a consumer of both tobacco and oil, I don't understand why anyone would want to ban either product. Of course, it could be that AronRa has a totalitarian mentality.

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Kevin Sugrue I never heard him say that he wanted them banned, just that he found their self-serving business practices disgusting, as do I. They made billions by lying to their customers, and in the case of big Oil, may have doomed countless children to lives of mediocrity due to lead poisoning, causing lowered IQ, and many birth defects. Big Tobacco lied for decades, told everybody that cigarettes weren't dangerous, dooming millions to slow death by cancer. If people had known about the effects of smoking earluer, how many lives could have been saved?

[@kevinsugrue9021]

Michael, I appreciate your response, but I've been smoking for 40 years and have no interest in someone saving me. As for IQ, there may be some minimal environmental factors, but there may be other factors.

[@jeanetteyork2582]

Excellent speech!!! As a child, I was a victim of religionists and their very cruel persecutions. Aron Ra has done a marvelous job of showing us so many important things....keep going and keep up the great work!!!

[@jkhall9665]

Jeanette York. I understand the ugly of religion. One tried to poison my husband twice because god spoke to her and told her to. She was my husbands sister. They are ill.

[@laurajarrell6187]

Great speech, AronRa, I think I'm finally accepting, gladly, that I'm getting old and don't have kids. I feel bad for my relatives who do and know that their children will have to live through what is comming. We don't need revelations to come true, we're doing it ourselves. No gods and demons needed. Aron sounds so exasperated. I think he may really give up. I don't blame him, you can only beat your head against the wall for so long. Love and Peace

[@Kingkreeps223]

Laura Jarrell this world is too bad a place to have kids. Im only 21 i dislike kids and dont want any. Snip snip for me

[@Amoebatirith]

He hasn't given up yet. He's trying to get himself into a place of more power to have sway. He's running for government office to try to bring about change. In some ways, I want to move to Texas and vote for him to help him get there.

[@thomasf.9717]

"this world is too bad a place to have kids." Another lie we tell ourselves to justify our actual egoistic reason for not having kids. This world is better than it ever has been despite the efforts of Trump-fans and others.

[@dudeman5303]

@@thomasf.9717 We are closer to destroying the planet more than we ever have been, the doomsday clock is 2 minutes to midnight, we have 12 years to deal with climate change, and capitalism is killing hundreds of thousands of people every day. This, and the last 10-20 years, is NOT the best time. This is literally the most horrific moment in human history.

[@thomasf.9717]

@@dudeman5303 is that why you're writing your comment with the help of the most advanced technology, well fed and safe on your couch?

[@Troubleshooter125]

Aron, I'm not certain I've ever seen you so utterly *DISGUSTED* as at the end of this talk, and considering the current circumstances, I can hardly blame you. Fifty years ago, we went to the moon, and now science is under attack by people whose short-term interests are being challenged by it, much as tobacco and lead were back then. I"m genuinely thinking that we've entered Robert Heinlein's "Crazy Years."

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Troubleshooter125 Isn't that the fucking truth! This world just seems to be getting stranger and stranger, and I'm worried that we might not be able to return to sanity without some stimulus that exposes how screwed up our mindset has become - like a war, or some kind of disaster that hits the "reset" button, let's us start over.

[@Troubleshooter125]

Michael, the only saving grace I can see is that Dolt 45 may have awakened ... well, if not the proverbial "sleeping giant" then a bunch of people who are tired of seeing our country lose its standing and status to an overrated clown. The election in Alabama gave me more than a little hope. Now we have to follow through.

[@michaelcoulter1114]

Troubleshooter125 I honestly hope you do, because I miss my neighbours! You guys were a little bombastic, a tiny bit overbearing, but you honestly believed that your country was the beacon of freedom - not the freedom to invade countries for oil, but for human self-determination, the idea that our fate is in our own hands, and we must protect, shelter and nurture that freedom, that the whole world might someday enjoy it. Now, America has become a strange mixture of Idiocracy (the mockumentary), and theocracy, ruled by the rich, and the population repressed by religious.......tyranny? Wanna-be tyranny? Something like that, anyways. We Canadians poke you guys, make jokes at your expense (as you guys do about us), but we're family, and family can do that without intending to actually hurt each other. I've traveled quite a bit in the US, and always liked you guys, but I've been getting worried lately - I'm not saying that we're perfect up here, but rationality and civility are still a thing up here, unlike what I see on the American news. Best wishes from next door, and I hope you guys can reclaim your country! Peace

[@paullafemina8260]

Troubleshooter125 just had a debate with a American reverend anď what it eventually boiled down to was his belief in the past existence of a telepathic snake. I am from the UK our church of England no longer requires god parents at baptism to deny the devil because people wont tolerate this nonsense any more

[@Troubleshooter125]

+Paul La Femina "A telepathic snake?!?" SERIOUSLY??? Man, you think you've heard it all and then...! [chuckle!]

[@jerryjones7293]

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. - Plato

[@MrDylantms]

I have many heroes. Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein,, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and my own father to name a few. You Mr. Ra have become my latest. Someone I can point to and say, "I want to be more like him". In your thoughts and words and deeds you have shown me what a real American Patriot is. I have only just discovered you and your lectures here on KZbin in the last 2 weeks, and am proud to say you have influenced my thoughts and beliefs in a profound way. I'm a 53 year old Gay White man who has for the past 35 years held progressive views about society and social conditions, so I'm not a "convert" or anything like that. Yet, you have managed to inspire me to do some very critical thinking about the fallacies of religion, creationism, theism, and the cultural and social norms I had become complacent with or blindly accepting of. Thank you for being here, thank you for what you're doing, and thank you for helping me to unravel some of the brainwashing I've endured at the hands of our rulers and overseers. I hope to hear many more thoughts and ideas from you, and look forward to the new videos you produce in the future. You're providing a much needed service to our community and Nation.... peace to you, man!

[@musicauthority674]

I only have two and I was hard pressed to find these two. and even though they are dead they are Carl Sagan and Roy Orbison.

[@Mark73]

You might want to rethink John Lennon. He was a massive hypocrite.

[@JD-ux5wl]

AronRa for Senate! We need more logical people like him. Im sick of the bible thumpers that force their religious beliefs on us. AronRa is what the real American doctrin should look like. God bless him lol

[@musicauthority7828]

I know it's a hard habit to break. but don't insult him by saying god bless him.

[@celinejohnston3694]

Which god?

[@scotts.9329]

That was a wonderful presentation and should be on national and world TV!!

[@BoneySkylord]

"I don't know what to say any more. I'm done." NOOOOOOOO!! AronRa, PLEASE don't abandon us.

[@BR540E]

"If you want to know how bad things can get you only have to know how bad things have already been."

[@brandonfisher639]

WOW... Absolutely brilliant Ra! Absolutely brilliant!!!

[@MegaBearsFan]

My counter to the idea that the Civil War was about "state's rights" is "oh yea? A state's right to do what, exactly?"

[@EmilyKveldulv]

Step Back History has a really good bit where he says "States Rights" and then plays a section of "turn down for what" or whatever, so its "States Rights for what?"

[@Jin420]

I know this is an older comment -- but I answer by asking "Have you read the constitution for the confederates??" Many people get REAL quiet SUPER quick. 😂😂 I also mention the cornerstone speech by Alexander Hamilton Stephens -- vice president of the Confederate States of America on March 21, 1861. (This was regarding secession so slavery could continue) I've come to a realization that many people (especially those from the south) aren't aware of any history, nor did any of them seem to care to know.

[@MegaBearsFan]

@@Jin420 yeah, the Confederate constitution sure doesn't support states rights when it comes to slavery. It explicitly prohibits any state from banning slavery or refusing to enforce fugitive slave laws. So much for "letting the states decide"... But when it comes to conservative politics, "let the states decide" is always just a dog whistle for "make the states decide to do what I want them to do." I mean, Sarah Palin flat-out said as much about abortion rights. I think the paraphrase is "I support my daughter's right to choose [whether to get an abortion], but only because I know she will choose the thing I want her to choose."

[@Mark73]

​​@@Jin420They treat their lies about the Confederacy the same way they treat their lies about evolution and creationism. They don't want to know the truth about either. The same as their lies about the Republican party actually being good for the country, too.

[@baxtar1963]

Thanks to heroes like Aaron this life is more tolerable

[@Kingkreeps223]

Everytime i see aaron i think of this amazing, heavy metal loving dad who is way too smart for us and dresses in leather xD i love this dude

[@maube8007]

"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth. Wether historical truth, or scientific truth, or personal truth! If you can't find it in yourself to tell the truth you don't deserve to wear that uniform!" - Capt Jean-Luc Picard

[@ascarletrequiem]

I graduated from East Texas Baptist University. I was a closet atheist during my time there. I've heard lots of strange things as a result. Including knowing a fellow student who inexplicably loved listening to Hitlers speeches on his iPod and, when discussing classic Jazz, conveniently named only white artists despite the prevalence of artists like Duke Ellington and Count Baise. I've heard a lot of strange things.

[@stevenduvall2549]

Dusty Mercer You have a great name! It sounds famous. Uhm, yeah. We wouldn't have blues, jazz or rock and roll (and by extension, pop) if it hadn't been for African influences on African American artists. Period. I almost went to East Texas State grad school, btw.

[@helenohenzo2239]

you still not an atheist, an atheist cant judge, it has no standard to do so, why do you judge the person who listen to hitler or judge hitler when what he did is considered natural to atheist, atheist claim humans are animals, they eat animals. looks like you are what proverbs 22:6 teaches, you still using theism to make sense of things even to judge

[@helenohenzo2239]

there is no standard w/o God to judge anything, there would be just nature, no bad no good, no moral no immoral... as atheist you cant say evil, that makes you a false atheist, and person whos using theism to make sense of reality

[@ascarletrequiem]

I don't think you understand the word Atheist. Atheism means simply that I lack belief in a god. It is not a code of ethics. It has no attached guidelines. At any rate, I think your view is a bit myopic with regards to humanity. There is certainly no universal standard because there are many cultures with many different cultural norms. However, even before Christianity became a popular system of belief people were capable of differentiation between that which impacts them negatively and that which impacts them positively. This is why there are certain norms and values that are cross cultural.

[@Jo_Kuiper]

+HELENO HENZO Your statement makes me wonder how humanity could survive without this Christian "God" for centuries until it was invented? I mean surely there could be no morality, and people all would just go killing, stealing and raping, and do whatever they wanted. Are you nuts? *Of course* is our morality a result of living in a group with mutual interests and goals, it has zero to do with your "God".

[@danmiller6462]

“It’s called The American Dream. And you have to be asleep to believe it.”. , George Carlin.

[@SymbiosisAndre]

Why is this speech not broadcasted on all mainstream channels?

[@franciscomendoza8131]

AronRa, you are my freaking hero! :D

[@franciscomendoza8131]

I love this dude, he is awesome!

[@iamnoone9041]

Aron man, thank you so much for what you do. You are exactly what this country and world needs right now. Somebody with the intellect, education and knowledge to teach some of these fools the truth. AronRa for President!!!!!!!

[@LICHGOD666]

I know the insanity is unbelievably overwhelming, just don't give up Aron. You're our only hope! 😀

[@BartBVanBockstaele]

I watched the moonlanding live as well, as a seven year old. My mother was opposed to it, but my father magnanimously allowed it. I had to sleep in the guest room before it happened because it was considered not worth taking the risk of waking my brother and mother. They would have seen something interesting, heaven forbid. That would have been intolerable. Decades later, my mother still thinks I am the most boring creature in the observable universe because I am interested in such things. To make things even worse, no improvement is in sight, as I am still incapable of understanding why the sexcapades of whatever celebrity are so much more interesting and worth following. Just saying: blatant disinterest in what surrounds us is certainly not a Texan exclusivity. It exists in self-declared cultured and superior Belgium as well, sadly.

[@lauriegraham1542]

AronRa, you so eloquently put my thoughts into words in ways that I could never emulate. I too watched the moon landing as a youngster and was awed. My son's friend who was attending a local catholic high school came over talking about how her science teacher was discussing that the moon landing was a conspiracy. I initially thought "good for that teacher, educating the class about stupid conspiracy theories and everything that goes along with them". However, she felt that he was serious, so I directed her to information to debunk that nonsense and I thought all was good when she received an A+ on her essay and told her so ..... until later when she showed me her exam where he had marked her wrong for stating that the moon landing was not a hoax. So, I marched over to that school and showed her exam to the principal. Fortunately, she took action, but I was appalled to learn that almost all of the students had swallowed the conspiracy theory. This just goes to show how powerful a teacher's influence can be and how we are failing to teach basic reasoning skills in our schools. Every day, I am more and more demoralized as although we are supposed to be living in the information age, it seems more and more that we are living in the misinformation age. After travelling to the Southern Hemisphere and renting a telescope for two nights to observe the wonders of the southern skies that I can never see from my home, where all my favourite constellations were upside down and I could see the stars wheeling around the South Celestial Pole, what I have to say to flat Earthers is go outside, look up, go look through the telescopes of your local amateur astronomers who love to share and talk to them, and if you still think the Earth is flat after that, you can go #$%k yourselves. What you do AronRa is vitally important. Respect.

[@Arrakiz666]

Sounds like you got yourself sad there at the end Aron. Don't worry, happens to all of us. Lately it seems to happen more often for sure.

[@kaydenpat]

Thank you for speaking the truth. It’s horrific what is happening in Texas when it comes to education.

[@soldierofscience2888]

Aaron Ra....forget the senate...Go for President in 2020!

[@Gabryal77]

Listening to this during the corona virus, holy shit it has gotten worse

[@niconestra]

Here in July 2020. All of my sympathy for this nation has gone out the window. This has to play a part in the current issues facing the country.

[@UltimateBargains]

"What kind of music is played here?" "Oh, we have *both* kinds of music, *country* and *western* ." The Blues Brothers movie.

[@NonAbsoluteAbsolutisim1]

Oh I'll get by with a little help from my friends

[@andrewharper1609]

As long as you don't live in Texas from the looks of things.

[@wjpperry1]

Thank you Rn for having the courage to speak political truth!

[@tobiashagstrom4168]

Much love to ya, Aron.

[@Detson404]

At least we’ve had three years of what Charles Stross calls “the beige autocracy,” traditional neoliberalism with a kindly face. I expect we’ll look back at this brief respite with nostalgia.

[@manospondylus]

It's probably been said already, but I find it funny that Aron talks about Pocahontas, because he kinda looks like the movie's villain.

[@seanmichaels8060]

Maybe in the non-Disney version Ratcliff was a hero just like Aron. LOL.

[@brifox]

@@seanmichaels8060 Real-life Ratcliffe was a lot less of a mustache-twirling villain and more of just a general incompetent leader. His two biggest failures were making poor trade deals with the natives, resulting in a food shortage, and then using most of the manpower of Jamestown to build a governor's mansion in the woods during said food shortage. There also were accusations of him hiding food for himself, although he apparently claimed it was for his sick children. He also had one of the most gruesome deaths in the history of America. Was duped along with 14 other colonists by a hostile native group into what they thought was a trade deal. After his fellows were ambushed and slain, he then had all of his skin cut off and burned in a fire before his now skin-less but still very much alive body was burned on the stake.

[@Scorned405]

I absolutely love your ideaology and totally agree with you

[@hewasfuzzywuzzy3583]

The ignorance of the many out weight the logic and rational thinking of the few.

[@nateellenberger6043]

Aron Ra has opened my mind to a new way of thinking.

[@qwertydog9795]

that last part where he closes his laptop and says "I'm done" I grew up in a Fox news house, my dad listened to Rush Limbaugh for as long as I can remember. Alternative facts were a part of my life up until about 4 years ago. First I didn't care, I was essentially a secular person with some vague belief in God left over from my upbringing, then came the issue-by-issue political transformation. it took a while for me to realise theism is false. but I'm glad I'm here.

[@cartmanrlsusall]

in other words you intimidated them .wlc will never debate you or matt because he looked you up first.

[@kleenex3000]

WLC admitted to the illusionary nature of the laws of physics but he is YET to educate himself about the illusionary nature of each and every Parameter within the same laws. In other words the "G-D" who created "space and time" is FACTUALLY the evolved-primate brain!

[@wd3185]

I hope Aron inspires more people like himself. He really is a shining beacon in the darkness sometimes. It helps keep me together and not lose my cool when I'm surrounded by so much misery and ignorance (not always necessarily religious, but often).

[@scruffythejanitor4368]

Exercise your right too freedom of speech and religion. You'd have my full support on that in general. As for me though I dont buy into any of his views and i feel he's absolutely wrong about Christianity and that we're a product of mindless evolution which is impossible even if there were millions of years for it. That's just my own beliefs/opinions.

[@tangerinefizz11]

I thought that ministers were supposed to be professional apologists! 😆

[@professionallylay703]

Drawing a parallel between apologists and tobacco reps? I believe this is what the kids would call, savage, aron. It's a good point though, one I can as both, an ex-cigarette smoker, and as a former apologist.

[@dougvanderhoop8012]

This talk is so profound that I had to watch it again. It's that good! And I think no one would debate him because they know he knows more about the Bible than they do.

[@harmonicamanrandy]

Thanks Aron for publishing on Halloween. Religions are some pretty scary shit!

[@DavidFerguson68]

Best ending ever

[@aprilk141]

Although it may be unintentional, Aron Ra posits a strong argument for socialism.

[@florinteo6795]

I'm a smoker, and I gotta ask, where do smokers believe that this days? Because I never heard now days of a smoker who doesn't know that smoke from the cigars kills them.

[@Leto617]

I know several of them unfortunately. They usually keep their mouths shut because they know they can't really defend it. Also VP Mike Pence denies smoking causes cancer.

[@florinteo6795]

Are there in the US pictures on the packs of cigarettes that shows what smoking can lead to? I personally consider that is stupid. We had jokes about the fact that smoking is bad, long before the pictures. The one joke I really am attached to: I have red somewhere that smoking kills so I gave up reading! :)))

[@Leto617]

No, plain packing laws haven't been enacted here. We just have the surgeon Generals warning that smoking kills and pregnant women shouldn't smoke

[@florinteo6795]

I don't know what to say...

[@florinteo6795]

I'm saying about before he said that "And I know this because I was a smoker". I was thinking that maybe he talks about the period in witch smoking was taught that is not bad, but I had to ask.

[@kenhoover1639]

This was so good and at the same time depressing. How can we change this when there are so many people who hold these irrational beliefs and many of those people are in positions of power?

[@l337pwnage]

Well, the plus side of all that school propaganda is most kids won't remember any of it.

[@jaiguru9538]

I no longer remember the lady who taught me my ABCs, nor the specific lessons she used to so thoroughly imprint them in my mind that almost 40 years later I still use them efficiently. That doesn't mean what was put in my mind is gone.

[@richardgrayson3241]

Sun Tzu and Bruce Lee would be both be proud. The Art of Fighting without fighting; becoming so proficient in what you do, that possible opponents dissipate into the air. Outstanding.

[@jantodd12]

I admire you guys so much! Next time you find yourself in Fresno, California I will gladly pay for a drink.

[@KoRntech]

It amazes me on how you were so damn spot on every single point. I mean the only thing positive that Trump brought out of 4yrs is knowing about Juneteenth and Tulsa, none of which I knew of and I'm from NE Ohio not a deep red southern state.

[@foxhazhax4845]

As a smoker I can say flat out that I know everything about is terrible and that theres nothing attractive about it, I'm just an addict.

[@JacksonWheat]

I got a Genesis Apologetics advertisement on this video!

[@chaosphoenix89]

"When governments become corrupt, it is our right as citizens to abolish that government and start anew" (might be paraphrasing) -Abraham Lincoln

[@halloen33]

this the best you ever made wow it need be spread

[@halloen33]

praying is not getting the hungry food it is not helping but as like meditation ok I get aum but I need help my friend love is the answer not pray If you love Christ be like him do some good/God forgive you

[@halloen33]

no, if you pray I think you honestly try bee Good, but respect all people you have to know right according to your own belief only God can judge /// lets separate religion and state ... hope that your God can forgive you /// hope you have tried help somebody and felt the joy of other people . in other words I wish you a great life with lots of travel an friends

[@halloen33]

hi hi hi hi hi hi hi hi who are you to tell me what is right or wrong don't you know that you just judging your self ////// Besides having one's (own) wish granted, the joy of giving another (person) happiness, that itself is greater than a wish granted, if one has risen to that plane of human evolution when one can enjoy pleasure with the pleasure of another, when one can feel satisfaction in the satisfaction of another, when one can be happy in bringing happiness to another. No one will give another happiness and will not have the same come to him a thousandfold. There comes a stage of evolution in the life of man when he feels more satisfied by seeing another person satisfied with food than by his having eaten it himself, when he feels comfortable in seeing another person comfortable, when he feels richly adorned by seeing another person clothed nicely; for this stage is a stepping-stone to the realization of God. Human beings living in their shells are mostly unaware of the privilege of life and so are unthankful to the Giver of it. In order to see the grace of God man must open his eyes and raise his head from his little world. Then he will see -- above and below, to the right and the left, before and behind -- the grace of God reaching him from everywhere in abundance. A person who is loved by everybody in the world, and yet if he has not loved anybody, he has done nothing. A person who has possessed the wealth of the whole world, but if he has given nothing, he has not earned. A person honored by everyone in the world, but if he has not respected, he has not lived. What does it mean? It only means that what we gain is nothing, it is what we give that counts. It is nothing -- what has been done to us -- if only we did all we wished to do, that is what counts. Either learning or wisdom, position or power or wealth, all these things gained are very small compared with what one can give to the others. I don't know if you even can read or understand but I wish you wake up / have great life / please wake up

[@halloen33]

please think a little. is there a way we can help this world /// is there a way to stop the suffering. I don't care what you believe or think but this is a cry for help I am old tied dying 1 wish I have left peace no more wares feed the kids give them school stop bugging me please think

[@Jetalockhart]

Ayyyy... Right when Aron talks about Pocahontas, the Disney Plus ad came up.... 😂

[@יונתןממו-ה2ב]

One day aronra will be known in the history books as the man who killed god 😉 Keep up the good work aron

[@julianmcmillan2867]

The point at which he touched on the tobacco industry as an analogy is interesting. Many smokers do believe smoking myths and I, as a smoker, used to believe them. I am still a smoker, and I don't try to rationalise my smoking other than "I enjoy it". I don't defend smoking and nor do I advocate for it, I do it because I want to, it's just one thing that one person chooses to do which is the same as other people doing things that have a potential risk to their health and safety, albeit a far more probable risk.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

This lecture was five years ago, but in the era of Marjorie Taylor Greenes and Lauren Boeberts, it's relevance today is far greater than when it first spoken.

[@PabloAlvestegui]

brilliant!

[@ladyarrogance]

i respected aron ra already, but this boosted that on another level.

[@blackfeathercrafts]

I hope you get elected. I would love to see what you and Al Franken do to whip people back into shape. Sadly our government is such a corrupt mess that we may all be banging our heads into the wall.

[@VJScope]

Do you know what they call alternate facts, that correspond to reality? FACTS!

[@annford6640]

... as the satirical nature of even the title of the event... escapes most. Simply the truth. That's all the citizens of the world need... to work from a foundation of truth.

[@dougvanderhoop8012]

Another incredible video!!!

[@ethancole9168]

I love Aaron, but i also pity him. He is on the sinking ship of texas, but instead of escaping to somewhere safer he stays aboard to try and keep it afloat. Its an incrediblly nobel and honorable thing to do, but at some pionts it seems hopeless

[@lulzdragon7339]

Based on this channel I would certainly call you a teacher, perhaps a sage.

[@Roedygr]

oops you meant "leaded gasoline" not "unleaded gasoline"

[@alexwk9830]

My head is spinning. Never heard so much truth in one video!

[@edwardtrickett6064]

Video uploaded on my birthday 4 years ago 😁

[@johnboettcher1962]

Pro tip: take this post down.

[@edwardtrickett6064]

@@johnboettcher1962 Thanks but nah Besides my credentials with Google on this email aren't the same as my actual credentials I'm not that silly

[@jacobjones5879]

I hope you read this aron. I love you and what you do. I wish I could give you a hug. You're an amazing human.

[@Deisel-ok6lc]

Aronra I know your running for office in Texas have you thought about running as a justice democrat?

[@tweetdriver]

The MCU needs to introduce a new Superhero --- Aron Ra -- Thinking Man.

[@gatorboymike]

Boomers then: "Kick Nazi ass!" Boomers now: "Nazis kick ass!"

[@EmpireOfBlackSnow13]

We need a revolution☭

[@elainegoad9777]

Thank You Aron Ra !

[@desmondellis657]

Keep up the great work, Aron!

[@justalilhel1753]

The last part of his talk really hits home for me. I saw things like he did excited of what our future would be. A bit scared cause all the information at everyone’s fingertips could leave me behind. A future of a smarter humanity. But I am so sorely wrong. I didn’t figure a greed with out responsibility and a rabid want of power in our America. Where religion was once again used more for control than innocent faith. To watch as we are bought and sold. Promises of pension and jobs ripped out from the middle and poorer classes. Asked to give more so the rich can throw bones like in early centuries oops I mean trickle down economics. Aron Ra I thank you and your family for your efforts to bring fact and realism into education. To fight for science. To call out religious encroachment. It also helps one to be reminded that you aren’t crazy and alone in what you are seeing. That there actually a community that feels the same. They see how wrong it is. Thank you.

[@positronhaberdashery1583]

A truly stoic individual

[@musicauthority674]

I'm a smoker, but after quitting twice it's now the last vice. and I'm going keep doing it. besides if gets me in the ground sooner far out. I bet EVs go over really good in Texas LOL. I agree. I just don't know what to say anymore also. mainly because it just wouldn't make any difference.

[@BlackBanditXX]

Best speech ending, ever.

[@zsw3958]

That's one way to end it! It's sad that we are seeing the change of history books for a belief...we should do what we can to prevent what Orwell depicted in 1984. Thanks for your work

[@NOXFPV]

Nice talk.

[@anthonyromano8565]

Nice job with the sound.

[@anneleenvandyke3156]

So I live in South Africa. We have crazy stuff going on here. President's believing that garlic cures aids, etc. But goddammit, America sounds crazy. I think my friend summed it up in the best way. America is like the capital in the hunger games. It's just so ridiculous. But I LOVE your videos! Thank you for all that you do.

[@Rei_Uchiha_01]

I want this man to president.

[@phuck460]

How are you not a comedian? Dude, not only the truth, but you are a funny story-teller.

[@stephenberry8658]

DOGMA is AMGOD backwards... Funny about that...

[@OmniphonProductions]

Where can I get that shirt...and possibly a bumper sticker to match?

[@tweetdriver]

I'm worried about how prophetic the movie Idiocracy is becoming.

[@christophersorensen6522]

I say that all the time.

[@chrismarek7864]

Aron Ra you're the best!