Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture [NLC 2023]

[@chrisbruner9917]

This hit harder than anything I have read or heard since Oct 7. Truly she is an inspiration and I hope we can all hear and heed her call to action!

[@scottlieber7985]

Extraordinary. Moving. Urgently needed. We are so lucky we have people like Bari in our world.

[@kentd7923]

Excellent. Couldn't be prouder to have her speak at FS.

[@Tkramer27]

Laser focused speech by Bari Weiss! Clear, succinct, honest and a call to all Americans to defend our nation: in the schools, higher education, in the courts, in our towns and neighborhoods and everywhere we confront the bankrupt legacy of DEI, woke ideology, those who stand with our enemies. Free speech and honest discourse must be invigorated with fresh ideas and debate ; not the shouting down of guest speakers by those who are too fragile to hear an opinion they know nothing about. I shudder when I think of this ideology and how it has infected every area of society and left us with a generation of adults who are zombies incapable of an original thought. Ugh, Bari said it all and I am so moved by the testimony of those who knew Barbara Olsen. She sounded like an incredible woman. Thank you so very much for this program.

[@ccdemuthjr]

Spectacular; Barbara would be proud.

[@blove142]

Bari is the best! brilliant, beautiful with the heart of a lion !

[@926rosey]

Amazing. Thank You, Bari.

[@Cirnenric]

Such a powerful, insightful speech providing clarity to the challenge to be met of a civilization of individual rights!

[@michaelmignogna2443]

One of the best, most important speeches I’ve ever heard.

[@pascallieblich3289]

Great lecture!

[@brandoncharles4415]

This woman is unbelieve. Amazing speech.

[@jillhsales4958]

“the fight of our lives” i’m ready🇺🇸✊🏼

[@juddkessler6414]

Every human being needs to hear and understand this - and actualmente to protect our civilization

[@pattyg2306]

Bravo! The most articulate and profound argument l've heard! Thank you. Now Broadcast this publicly for all of us to hear it and understand in understandable language. 29:34

[@42isanumber96]

Might be the most important speech I’ve heard given in my lifetime

[@annedobson-mack3688]

Preach it Bari!!!

[@garyzimmers8926]

Phenomenal speech Bari. Wow

[@HolyMoly432]

Fantastic speech!! I’m a conservative Catholic but by being an American with Judaeo-Christian values I share so many incredibly important beliefs with Bari! I heard about this speech on Armstrong and Getty radio! Tune them in! So good!

[@cohnhead]

Right on, Bari. 👊

[@carlatalmor1256]

Absolutely brilliant and a great voice today needed. Just want the world to wake up

[@goodyear69bdt]

Spot on speech Bari! Wonderful!

[@MrAegis305]

Her comments are spot on, including her criticism of academia. Many university leaders have adopted George Orwell's famous line "All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others."

[@gininadugdale7712]

Well ssid!

[@MmeO]

Enviable intellectual clarity. How she assembled her thoughts - wow.

[@jaredha]

This precisely voices my thoughts on the nature of the threat that is signified by the death noises we now hear from campuses, cities, and social media at large. Democracy is fragile AF - and it might well be dying.

[@MJCaboose5akaKirby]

Powerful speech.

[@harshca1]

Badass Bari Weiss. Our conservative tent is going to grow

[@cipheranarchist]

A speech of historical importance. Simply amazing.

[@darcymalarchik7711]

This was POWERFUL! Man, Bari’s words are more impactful than anything else I’m hearing. I’m her age, and when she talks about our generation’s college experience…so much yes!

[@nickrigopoulos589]

Love this.

[@MrMackMike]

I'd like to be able to share this on social media, but really needs to be trimmed down to the actual speech. Could someone publish a version that starts at 18:20?

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

And All Gods people Said AMEN!

[@bophame]

It feels like a Cassandra moment. I want to shout what she says, but few listen. And algorithms block me.

[@AtlantaChannelC]

Here's the funny thing. People were blocked from Twitter for defending Bari's decision to print Tom Cotton's editorial in the NY Times (as Klavan says, a former newspaper). Good thing she left the Times or we would not be receiving her amazing energy and insights directly.

[@mimiweisberg4904]

Inspirational. Brilliant.

[@pattyg2306]

Very eloquent speech

[@closetoend61]

I have no words. Tragic. What is wrong with people? No excuse. They’d all sing a different tune if it was their mother or child being kept in a tunnel. Evil.

[@redoctober274]

Reminds me of this quote, "First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me." -Martin Niemöller, German Pastor 1946 (From Eric Metaxas, Letter to the American Church) God forbid this happens again...

[@filipasbergmontgomery4007]

Highly encourage everyone to listen to the speech she wrote when Russia invaded Ukraine (think it was called America is Afraid of War. Putin knows it). A slam dunk

[@way2go2]

Outstanding 🎉

[@shelleyscloud3651]

Starts 7:22

[@mmb1572]

I remember watching her on CNN. She was smart and so personable

[@tbarnes9039]

Excellent speech. One would hope that Jewish voters have had enough of the progressive left, but I have my doubts.

[@42isanumber96]

We have. Pls give me anyone but trump and I’ll vote republican

[@mphe1905]

It stops after 46:35.

[@georgekleinfelter7041]

@elwood_lake is right: Bari Weiss doesn't stop speaking until 49:15

[@RY-kd8vi]

Great lecture and yet she probably voted for Obama and Biden. I hope more come to their senses. This talk may help.

[@ratzkatz]

To be fair, the reaction to 9/11 and 10/7 was the same among the "Palestinians" - celebration and cheering and handing out sweets.

[@Hibernicus1968]

True, but 9/11 was a generation ago, and the rot hadn't crept as far in the US and Europe. Europe hadn't imported as many Muslims, and then failed to integrate and assimilate them. And American universities weren't so far gone as they are today. The radicals were there, like Ward Churchill disgracefully referring to the victims in the twin towers as "little Eichmanns," but scumbags like him still appeared to be only a radical fringe. As Ms. Weiss said, this poisonous ideology has swallowed all of the crucial institutions that shape public opinion and popular consciousness in American life: the universities, the cultural institutions, every major museum, philanthropy, and media company, our medical schools and our law schools, the boards of nearly every major corporation, and now it's wormed its way into our high schools and even our elementary schools. People who were small children, or not even born yet on 09//11/01, have now gone through universities that were captured by the woke ideologues, and been radicalized into haters of Western civilization before going on into adult life to do their evil work. If 9/11 happened today, instead of twenty-two years ago, I'm not sure the reaction wouldn't be as ugly as some of the reactions we're seeing to 10/7.

[@TheSkeetergirl]

I have her book, Hell to Pay. Get your hands on a copy. It's an indept look at Hillary Clinton.

[@drdirk2]

Yes, Hillary has come a long way since her days of being an intern at one of America’s most infamous communist law firms, Treuhaft , Walker & Burnstein where she helped ORGANIZE the protests for Black Panther cop killers Huey Newton and Astana Shakur, " Free Huey " " Free Astana"!

[@wade2bosh]

wokeness is anti liberal, not orthodox liberal

[@asherpjohnson6819]

She equates Jews with the state of Israel... This produces a lot of irony. Its also ironic how she can claim that Jews are victims without acknowledging they are also now victimizers.

[@richc5207]

Wonderful speech. My only criticism is that Ms. Weiss should have rescheduled her speech to be given on a day other than Shabbat. If she’s not observant that’s fine. However, we as Jews must recognize the power of G-d. You sully a Mitzvah ( her speech) by going against a commandment to observe Shabbat. The Federalist Society would have respected her even more and honored that request.

[@AtlantaChannelC]

She finished her speech before sunset. There was a Shabbat dinner in the basement of the Mayflower, where the speech was given. She stayed at that hotel. I don't know whether she is observant or not (I am not Jewish and just observed the Shabbat dinner going on) but she seemed respectful of Shabbat.

[@richc5207]

Thanks. That wasn't clear from her comments about Shabbat@@AtlantaChannelC

[@richardeastman9846]

Flight 77? Two calls to husband Ted Olsen at White House? Not indicated. Not possible. What an affront to rub their deceit in our faces like this.

[@AtlantaChannelC]

Yes. That is what happened. This is the 22nd annual lecture in honor of that courageous lady.

[@bonniekossoff3848]

I think you are glorifying the west a bit too much and leaving out our "dirty laundry" Do you really think these folks are on your side as a lesbian and Jew?