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Blue Collar Zen's avatar

I really enjoyed listening to this conversation. I wasn’t familiar with your work and became a fan. Keep up the good work! I’m hopeful!

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Thank you!

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Quite interesting that you consider yourself a proponent of "decency," then write a comment like this. Worth some reflection!

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liney sue's avatar

You are part of the problem in America. Grow Up and THINK

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Neither am I.

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Scott Gibb's avatar

He had the torch for a minute? No. Trump’s torch is enormous compared to Rufo’s. His time is better spent on other things.

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Scott Gibb's avatar

Weird.

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Eugine Nier's avatar

Is it just me or does Dr. Y sound like he's high on something?

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Scott Gibb's avatar

I focus on Constitution, specifically the First Amendment.

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Eugine Nier's avatar

Your TDS sounds like a "you" problem.

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Scott Gibb's avatar

You focus on self-evident truths? Like things that are obvious. Seems like you should focus on harder problems.

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ThinkForYourself's avatar

Rogan is catching up. But he’s talking about the right things now so that’s a win.

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

Huge win. His audience is massive and generally with us.

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Eugine Nier's avatar

But enough about yourself.

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Scott Gibb's avatar

Congrats Chris. I’ll check it out. Here’s my one comment on the highlights. “Elon Musk has done a service for the human race by purchasing that platform. Him purchasing Twitter is one of the most important things that’s ever happened to us, in terms of pushback.” True, but the discourse on Substack is equally or more important.

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Shelley Ames's avatar

Here’s a great podcast explaining some of why we have these people who never grow up. Part of the problem is this culture of “therapy” and “check in with your feelings”

For every little thing. It’s worth listening to in order to understand how this is happening.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relatable-with-allie-beth-stuckey/id1359249098?i=1000648254377

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Karen Lynch's avatar

Have you read Abigail Shrier’s book “Bad Therapy?” Highly recommend! *edited this comment—I think spellcheck changed her last name!😗

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Shelley Ames's avatar

I haven’t read it, but she’s the one in the interview on this podcast. She does a good job of explaining the main issues very succinctly in that podcast 👍

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Lucy Tucker's avatar

So much of what was at issue is a result of the feminization of the elites. Patriarchy has its downside, but matriarchy is far worse.

Bring back real men and real women who understand it’s about complementing each other, not competition.

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Mark newfie Adams's avatar

Bravo! Well said. God gave men and women complementary strengths. A healthy balance of masculine & feminine makes for a healthy society.

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Adrian Gaty's avatar

Congratulations! So cool. Looking forward to listening!

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

🙏

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Karen Lynch's avatar

“Him (Musk) purchasing Twitter is one of the most important things that’s ever happened to us, in terms of pushback.” This.

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Kevin O’Malley's avatar

I am shocked! The progressive movement has now had to face that there really are consequences and you have to suffer them and do something about them. Consequences will not go away.? They can’t be ignored? They grow like kudzu? That’s not fair!!!!!

On another note:

Re: Structure

I can tell you that my years of teaching middle school, high school and college, I knew that, like myself, kids (and adults) thrive on structure in life. I was a mischievous kid so when I went into teaching I knew what to expect. I was known as the disciplinarian which was actually just adhering to consistency. It is not easy but it’s part of the job. I had to sit and listen to faculty who were using a therapeutic curriculum and having classroom management problems. When I would say I am not having any problems, the response was that not everyone can be like me. After some time of hearing this same response over and over, my response became “Maybe you should.” Outrage, offended, hurt, toxic rhetoric!!!!🙄

So glad I am not part of that world anymore. The consequences have come long ago and people are just starting to realize it. Who suffers? The children and eventually the economy.

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Mark newfie Adams's avatar

I heard that sadly, Musk has turned the daily management of Twitter over to a women who is woke. She's implementing woke policy's as before. Those ideologs may have won another battle by driving off the cowardly advertisers. The government has weaponized the FTC against him. They are going after him in many ways. I think it's mostly Elizabeth Warren. It's depressing. However, I appreciate all you do...

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Christopher F. Rufo's avatar

I’m optimistic. X has improved significantly since Elon took over.

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Mark newfie Adams's avatar

Thanks! I needed that. 😊

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Publius's avatar

You need to focus on what you are really discussing. It's a battle between good and evil. Period.

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Elizabeth Smoots's avatar

An interesting discussion. My article published yesterday carries a similar theme in "National Swindle" at https://2026.substack.com/p/national-swindle

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Shawn's avatar

To Joe Rogan I watched your podcast on aliens farming souls I died on February 11th 20000 and was revived have been searching for answers to what I experienced until I saw your podcast and everything seems to be making a lot more sense this is an idea that needs to be more thoroughly examined my number is 720-620-5711 some of the profound things that have happened to me since my revival unmistakable and rather bizarre

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Maenad's avatar

The US parallels are evident in this description of the post Soviet collapse: “It’s an ideology that seeks conquest, generates failure, and then seeks more conquest. It is the most depressing, gray, dismal, haunted kind of place you can be. Soviet-bloc housing. You see people strewn on the road freezing to death in the winters. There’s no economic productivity, there’s no culture. The Soviets evaporated their religions and all their old customs.” Our psychopathic leaders want victory at all cost, no matter who it destroys, including their own citizens, who see nothing left to fight for in our forever wars.

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DerpDerpDerp's avatar

Looks like your "Rich" White Trash Nigger is broke, you stupid morons. 😭

https://substack.com/@derpderpderp/note/c-51945127?r=2kpk00

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Lynn Taylor's avatar

Enjoyed both listening and reading both of your comments. Like minded and oh, I truly hope we do not have another 2020 & 2016 presidential elections. The 2024 presidential election needs to be the end to all of the leftists’ nonsense and lies! We need to keep our values and freedoms. In a short amount of time, we’ll see. Here’s to the truth!

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HLY's avatar

I enjoyed this conversation. It was the first time I have heard of you and your work- another neat person Joe has introduced me with!

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