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rea and there's no police? You either have to fight yourself or leave. If you leave, well, you get canceled. I hear bad things about people who try to stay away from potential trouble. But I don't know. I think there's going to be a lot more vigilantism. Also a lot more mass shootings because there's so many young men with no purpose. So I think you're going to see a lot more of that. All right.…

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n? Are we not getting the cream of the crop from some countries because of the way we set up the immigration process? Whereas the Black Americans were brought in on slave ships, many of them, and descended from that. So there's no filtering mechanism, at least that kind of filtering mechanism. I think that's a good point.

How many of you think that's not a valid point from Kendi that the immigration filters differently from different countries at different times? That's valid, yeah. There are people actually saying that that's not valid. Now keep in mind I'm not saying that's the only thing that's causing differential. I'm not saying it's the only thing. But there's no way that's not a valid point. Come on. Come on. Seriously. You don't think that we have different filters for different countries of who we let in and why? Of course we do.

You think you would get the same result from Indian Americans who are flying here on airplanes compared to people flowing across the southern border, which is basically anybody with legs? So if you were to compare any two groups, one group is anybody who has legs and the other group is people who can figure out how to buy an airplane ticket to get to America, there's no way those two are going to have the same income in 10 years. There's no way.

All right. I feel like when I say Kendi, you just want to disagree with him. You would be far more credible if you allowed him the points that are clearly obviously true, which is the immigration paths make a difference. As long as you don't accept all of his points. I'm not saying accept all of his points. That's just one good point. It's just one good point. I think we can agree to that.

Now beyond that, I'm sure there's a cultural difference that makes a difference. It feels like it. But that's just anecdotal. I don't have any science to support that. But it looks like it. It looks like it. So from the outside, our poor powers of observation sure looks like it. I just don't have any scientific evidence that would back that point. And I would definitely back Kendi for saying that there are systemic racism in the school system, for example. That would be my best example of it.

So all right. So did you catch my theme of the day? Every time we put men and women together, it's a problem for white men. And every time you put Black people and white men together, it's a problem for white men. Okay, not every time. You know, every time I say every time, you shouldn't believe every time. That's obvious hyperbole. So all of this is obvious hyperbole. When you double cancel before it, it's probably going to happen. Probably going to get double, triple canceled today.

But there is a real problem of people working together now. There's a real problem. It's actually dangerous to be around other people. Am I wrong? It's actually dangerous to be around other people even if you think you're not breaking a law. You might think you're just being yourself or you think, oh, I just tell the truth. That's maybe what you think about yo

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urself. But other people are like, oh, I'm going to cancel you, mofo. I'm going to get a little dopamine hit from canceling you. I don't want to be around anybody who gets a dopamine hit from canceling me. Did you see AOC's glee when Tucker Carlson parted with Fox News? Like watching her little video of how happy she was. I mean, she was genuinely happy. That's a dopamine hit. Don't be around any…

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