Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive May 24, 2026
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time for self-reflection. If 10 million people hear your actual speech and say that reminds me of Hitler, I wonder what it would sound like if you replaced you know MAGA with... you've seen the video. Somebody already made a video replacing MAGA with Jews so you could hear what it would sound like if it had b

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een Hitler. And it's pretty jarring. Pretty jarring.

By the way is Jews the only word that is the proper word and also sounds inappropriate when you say it? Is there anything else like that? You know what I'm talking about, right? If you were just making a statement about Jewish people you'd say the Jews do this, the Jews do that. But why is it that when I say the word Jews it just sounds like I'm insulting somebody or something, right? Is that it's not like you're immediately suspicious when you hear me say the word, right? Oh don't go there. Be careful what are you saying. There's no other word where it's the proper, it's exactly the right word. It's in the dictionary. The people that we're referring to would use the same word. And yet it sounds like I shouldn't be using it. Do you know what I do? You know how I usually game the system? I usually say Jewish people. Right? Because if you're not Jewish, if you say Jewish people that sounds like okay. But if you say Jews then everybody's like why'd you say it that way? Was there something in your voice that I should be worried about? I don't know. I don't think there's any other word like that that can be taken both ways.

So if the semi-fascists are only a risk to the republic but they're not a risk or a threat to people, is that saying that the republic has no value? Because if you said to me well there's no risk to people it's just the republic, I'd say you know but people live in that republic. You think you know cause and effect. Logically the republic is destroyed. Maybe that's some impact on the people in the republic. But Joe is trying to thread the needle here that the Republicans yeah they're destroying the republic. The thing that's kept us safe and alive for hundreds of years. Yeah they're going to destroy that but it's not a threat to you people. The people in the republic. It's just the structure that keeps you all from killing each other will probably go away but don't worry about the threat. So that wasn't too convincing.

And now I think the question should be for Joe Biden: if he had a chance to rig an election to keep a semi-fascist from taking office would you do it? Now you tell me that's not a fair question. If you could rig an election to keep a semi-fascist out of office would you do it? And if you wouldn

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't why would we want you as president? Because I would want the president who would do it. Let me say it clearly. If you knew the person was a semi-fascist, if you knew it, you're not guessing, if you knew it, yeah I'd rig an election. I'd totally do that. And by the way you should thank me for it. You're welcome. I would risk my life to keep you all safe. Should I be embarrassed to say that? I do…

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