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“they had literally no idea who Karl Rove was, and were frantically typing into Google “Reasons Karl Rove sucks,” as we spoke. “

This is not debate. This is young children, deprived of rational education, arguing on a playground whose fictional superhero would win in a fictional contest.

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May 30Liked by Bentham's Bulldog

Congratulations on the podcast slot. Well deserved

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I’m excited to here what you have to say with Bari. Good luck.

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Once upon a time I was a speech and debate coach who made students write arguments for both sides. I guess I couldn’t do that anymore. It is a brave new world indeed.

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Why is the debate space so far to the left to begin with?

Ted Cruz used to be a debate champion in college, and he is definitely not on the left. Did something happen?

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Who cares? There are oodles and kabilijions of people dying of malaria and starvation and acute interaction with Henry Kissinger. Why write about some microscopic speck of the culture war that will never be won.

An acquaintance of mine actually wrote a recent article on the subject: https://benthams.substack.com/p/there-is-lots-of-stuff-much-more

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Great job kid.

I think you and James should pitch this to Matt Walsh for the subject of the next DW documentary.

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This one good, I declare.

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Leftists project. They always, only, ever project. The tweet image in the article is a fine example, and the rest of the article alludes to a host of other examples.

When Leftists whine "Venezuela iPhone", do any of them actually have a counter to either of those arguments?

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