Back to episode — Episode 1393 Scott Adams - Public Revolt Against Mask Mandates, Biden China Policy, Flynn Controversy
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ne maker, saying we should do some more war that just happens to use some drones he might own some stock in that company. What do you think? Do you think somebody on the board of directors owns some stock in the company? Yeah, yeah. And did the Washington Post say, beware of this opinion because it's coming from somebody who would make a lot of money if you bought into this opinion? I don't belie…
← Previous segment →ve as this? Nobody. Nobody else. Nope. Michael Flynn was a victim of our government. He was a victim of our government like a big victim, a big conspicuous victim of the government. He wasn't a victim of a crime. He wasn't a victim of bad luck. He wasn't a victim of natural disasters. He was a victim targeted specifically by the government of the United States.
If Michael Flynn says they should all be shot, I would disagree with that vigorously, and I would support his right to say it. I support his right to say it. He earned it, right? If there's one person in the country who can say that without me bothering to, you know, make a deal about it, it's him. He's the only one. You know, maybe I could think of somebody else, but if your government targets you for destruction for political purposes and you call for a violent overthrow of that government, you're within your rights. You're within the rights of free speech, and you're not crazy. You're not crazy, and you've got a perfectly good case.
My preference is we don't do that, right? So I'm not promoting it. I'm not apologizing for it. I'm not supporting anything he said. I disavow completely. But I give him a pass at the same time. He's the only one who can say that.
All right. So CNN has described the blocking by the Republicans of the so-called January 6 commission to look into it. So CNN is calling the blocking of that commission a gut punch to democracy. So I did a little poll and I asked what is a bigger gut punch to democracy, the blocking of the January 6 commission or CNN? Which is the bigger gut punch to democracy?
The results the last I looked were 5 percent of respondents said that blocking the January 6 commission is a gut punch to democracy, and 95 percent say CNN is a gut punch to democracy. And if you think I like saying "gut punch to democracy," well you're right, I do like saying it.
Looks like Joe Biden has introduced a number of overt racist policies to quote "close the racial wealth gap." You racist. You piece of — you've taken the best part about this country and you just pissed on it, you piece of — Joe Biden, you racist piece of — all right, that's my opinion. Now let's talk about it.
As you know, I have been in favor of a creative approach to reparations. So out of all the people watching this, I might be in the very small percentage of people who say, you know, we should look at this reparations thing. At least, you know, suss out all the possibilities, see what we could do, what works, what's politically and socially acceptable, that might make a difference, etc.
I've argued that you can't get there unless you help all poor people, but helping all poor people with an express interest in making sure that we also close the wealth gap, I'm fine with that. Let's close th
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e wealth gap. Does anybody have a problem with poor people doing better? No. It's just how you do it, right? It's the mechanism to make that happen that's the controversy. And so Joe Biden is going to use government funding to directly benefit Black businesses, and there are a number of other things he's looking into, but they all have the same element. That instead of saying we're going to close…
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