I got the audiobook and I loved it. Greg Gutfeld is a genius among modern conservatives in the humorous way he presents all of the issues. I thought I was the only one that listened to audiobooks when I worked out. Absolutely hilarious and a must read/listen to for anyone with a sense of humor!
I found plot holes within the first page of the bible. The story doesn't add up to me, there is no background of this God fellow or how he has come to be. Logically it doesn't make sense. The whole underlying subtext clearly shows that this God character is pure evil and tests his will on the humans. In all honesty this book was too long and a lot of times the events drag out too long. If it wasn't mass produced as much as a Toyota Camry, I find it hard to imagine this book turning any heads.
Yes liberals are the stupid ones, lets just ignore the fact that about 90% of all scientists say they are either liberal or independent. Stupid reality and science with their facts and evidence. What have they ever done for us except provided some the founding stones of modern society? Lets all just go down to a Tea Party rally and shout ignorant nonsense instead and let our bought and payed for congress men do the bidding of corporate America.
Why are you asking people for money so you can buy a camera? Why don't you come paint my house, do some real work instead of pasting your ugly mug expressing your stupid opinions? And it's not even entertaining. What a piece of shit... You're worse than a welfare recipient. Who is giving you money so that you can listen to yourself being an idiot? People, don't send this welfare recipient money... He's a lowlife moron. He preaches against handouts but then asks for them... What a con.
@quicksiliva There is a problem with your logic. Lee's viewers were the ones clamoring for HD quality videos, but Lee didn't have the money to spend on a fancy new camera. Therefore, it was only FAIR that the viewers contributed toward something that they wanted. Moreover, a welfare recipient is one who enters into a written agreement with the government. Lee has not done anything of the sort, but rather he loosely proposed an agreement that his viewers had the choice of obliging.
the public education in America is horrible. It feels like nobody gives a shit, especially the teachers. The teachers are so important because in a way they are shaping the students. yet they teach garbage.
They don't even have classes built for critical thinking. How many times did the teacher decide to pop a movie in after you read the book on it??
I usually enjoy your posts, but the lack of details in this one made it useless to me. Remember, most of your audience are skeptics, like yourself, and don't care what you think, but why you think it. The next time you offer a critique, please offer specifics.
@sweetpete420 I think it is mostly in jest. Don't be offended by it. As an American I am sorry for the offense he caused to you and yours. He is not being really serious
Being "open minded" is only used to get people to go against "natural" and "common" law, or in layman terms going against what you would know to be right.
Now watch Dr. Allen Sabrosky video here on YouTube....
911 is the day Isreal Attacked America.... time for another war, but first we have traitors inside.... watch Dr. Allen Sabrosky on YouTube for the whole facts of this discovery Dr. Allen Sabrosky is the US Army War College Director of studies.... a real american
I agree with your review! I don't think he actually read Nietzsche. It's as if he misappropriated all the ugly, vicious and flat-out dangerous elements in Heidegger, Marx, Hegel and others and pinned it all on Nietzsche... Nietzsche, if one pays close attention... is a libertarian for cripe's sake. Anyone who assumes Nietzche is a Nihilist didn't actually read his books. Bloom downplayed the Marxian influence... BIG TIME.
@TheThejoseph That makes no sense. So if I see someone hating and beating up an innocent individual, then I cannot use equal force to stop the abuse? If so, by your logic, then the force used to stop the abuse is EQUAL to the initial act of violence.
Sounds like you're making excuses to be intolerant.
Man, i hate it when authors spend more time proving what they think is what other great thinkers have thought. They think they sound well read, but all I hear is, "I'm uncreative and i don't have anything new to add to this topic."
You are right in every possible way to be right. The first book was so bad that I actually never read it and hated it. I cant even remember the name of it. That is how bad it sucked. Bible of Unspeakable truth is awesome.
I also read the first half or so of Closing of the American Mind and quit after encountering the pointless oratory of "he said, they said." The first few chapters were really good, though.
Progressives reject objective right and wrong, unfortunately. In most cases, their minds have been so rotted by progressive and relativist ideology that they cannot discern right from wrong on even the most basic level. "Is rape wrong? Well, that depends."
@elsquibbs, thats because there is no difference. Morals are subjective. Ya, you can predetermine yourself to always cooperate in the prisoners dilema, or you can just use a tit for tat strategy, but it doesn't work in complex scenarios, like real life. Would you condemn a person to a life time of torture, or give an infinite number of people temporary minor pain? What rights do animals have? Do only sentient organisms have rights, if so how do you define sentient?
Go to any college, and ask the financial aid center "What is the value of this school's degree?" What is the Return on Equity that a parent/student will invest in the university's education. YOU WON'T GET AN ANSWER. Universities have ruined education, because they are RULED by the Liberal Elite.
@hoosherdaddy As a rule, yes. Typically they blindly support it without ever even considering why people oppose it in the first place. They are not "open minded" at all, quite the converse.
Of course it is possible to arrive at that conclusion intelligently, but most of your kind are easy enough to confuse by pointing out that if gays have their rights to marry, then polygamists have equal claim, as well as those that wish to enter into private marriage contracts.
@gregvs3 most of my kind? not exactly what you mean by that. I have heard that "if gays marry, whos gonna stop zoophiles/polygamists can marry too" speech a few times.
If I look at the globe while standing on my head...its spinning the wrong way.
Who's to say which way is up anyways. If aliens came to earth but they were upside down they would say "shouldn't this thing be spinning the other way". :)
The Closing of the Am.Mind was important due to when it came out. Yes, it was too long and yes it was not a page turner. It was essential though give what occurred during the 1980s.
The overall point and vibe of Closing of the American Dream is all to endemic in America. Far too many moan America ain what it was and that it's going down based on its value system. So many push this point hard that it could easily become a self fulfilling prophecy. America was built on optimism and the ability to adapt, and too many Americans these days are deliberatly resistant to being constructive and positive.
"Open minded people are stupid, or jerks." Maybe I'm mistaken, but being open minded means you consider all new information, ideas, and concepts, yes? I don't see how allowing yourself to gain new information could lead to stupidity. Maybe I don't understand the concept of stupid completely, but I thought it was to act without intelligence, or without care or consideration. Is that not the same as someone ignoring new information, ideas, or concepts?
@MikeTMerciless So anyone advocating being open minded is a liberal? What happened to open minded being defined as "willing to listen to ideas"? You're making the liberals sound awfully balanced and reasonable. Being a slave to tradition is just as ridiculous as accepting any "progressive" idea. Your beliefs should be able to change with information that contradicts them.
I think it's rather about the other kind of "open minded". You know, not "just listen to what I think, you may actually find it acceptable" open minded but rather "accept my postulates even if you don't agree with them" open minded.
@TapOnX I don't think anyone would disagree with the fact that people who feign open mindedness, and force their opinions on others are jerks. However, that's not what this guy said. You like this guy, so you posit justification in between his words. You are a Lee Apologetic. From my point of view, this man says pretty despicable things. If you disagree with me, that's your prerogative.
Was? Well, to be honest that's just how I understood the context. Terms such as "tolerance" or "open-minded" are often misused this days, and I guessed that this was actually being criticized, not the actual "open-mindness". Well, I may be wrong, since I am actually new to HTWW, to me the guy simply doesn't sound so obscurant. Assuming that the given information is coherent, this is probably the right interpretation.
Words themselves aren't sacred, it's the message that counts.
Everyone is jumping off a cliff, the open mind looks over to see what is at the bottom before he jumps, the liberal blows by him with no thought and lands on the pile of bodies at the bottom. The open mind decides the fun of the fall is not worth the price and walks away still with an open mind. Liberal does not equal open-minded , Liberal in almost all cases equal poorly thought out well intentioned bad ideas forced down your throat with the threat of being called close-minded, racist and ...
No the liberal decide jumping is fun for everyone else and starts throwing people off the cliff. Then he decides he's to tired to do it himself and goes home.
@r8tedgr8 "In almost all cases equal poorly thought out..."
Could you show me an example?
I'm sure conservatives, which by definition is the passing of laws by their ideas and their perceptive of what is right, always make fair decisions with good intentions...at least good intentions for themselves.
Not for nothing, Lee. But I can't picture you as a gym rat, lifting weights and bulking up (to whatever extent). Visions of the Felix character Poindexter, sluggin weight, just don't cut it. :D
I always figured you for a pure brainiac, not a jock, but boy how wrong I was. My bad. Anyway; new found respect for ya, in addition to the commentary.
(I see now where you get that competitive spirit.)
@HowTheWorldWorks Most philosophy today is plain mysticism. But not all! This guy sounds like an objectivist but I don't know him so don't hold me by it! You should read Ayn Rand or Lenard Piekoff and it does make sense.
JHBowden79 made a good response by the way you should watch it. Please tell me what you think.
@UrbyKris There is nothing wrong with mysticism, REAL mysticism is transcendental/transpersonal positivism. the real problem that effects people today is "Gnosticism," that is the problem...especially the New Age counter cultural conspiracy Neo-Gnosticm that is rife through out pop culture today.
@PoliticallyBlazed Even before I noticed Lee's reply I thought..."you obviously haven't watched him play football". Never underestimate a short conservative (I'm a tough little guy as well).
wgmyler: "Never underestimate a short conservative..."
Actually my notion wasn't about underestimation, so much as pleasant surprise. While I do follow Lee's commentary, you're right; I hadn't seen the clips of him playing football and such. Hence; a new found respect for Mr. Doren, having both brain AND brawn to back-up his arguments. :D
I attempted to read Bloom's book years ago, but you got much further than I did. Good point,-"open mind,:or "don't judge" means you have to agree with my point of view.
there is nothing wrong with being open minded. If ppl are saying something ridiculous it's up you and your critical thinking skills to determine that.
Don't forget, those of us with alternate solutions are smeared by the "open minded" as "close minded." Because, in their line of thought, anyone who differs with their "open minded" cultural norms cannot be "open minded."
@ThePirateEconomist It seems very convenient to put everyone whose opinion you don't like in the category of "liberal", and therefore creating for yourself a group of people you don't have to take seriously. This kind of illogical party loyalty bullshit is and has been one of the problems plaguing the world since apes began speaking. It's tribal nonsense; believing you belong to a superior/"right" group, and anyone disagreeing with you are inferior/"wrong" (or more appropriately "left").
I NEVER mentioned Liberals ye scallywag! Stop thinkin that every comment anyone makes relates to ye somehow! And me? Party Loyalty?! Associate me with the Republican Party again, matey, and I'll keelhaul yer sorry ass!
I am NOT a Republican! Stop assuming things and Open your Mind to the possibility that not EVERYONE who disagrees with ye is on the same boat! And ye say that I'M creating a group to hate! Take the log out a yer own eye, matey!
I never called ye a liberal! I never even said the word "liberal". I have no idea where you get the notion that I was inferring ye as a liberal, matey, but I never did so.
I just finished "United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror." It was just a bunch of name-dropping of celebrities that no one cares about, stuffed with a lot of insults and fluff.
The useful idiot Leftists in Hollywood deserve all the ridicule they get, but the book was drawn out and difficult to get through.
@MikeTMerciless I would agree with you except that I'm not sure why your first definition of being open minded means accepting ideas without logic. I agree with your second definition; open mindedness is being willing to listen to ideas. I also agree that "bad" ideas should be tossed out, but not because they conflict with your cultural upbringing. He claims that we shouldn't be culturally sensitive when discerning good ideas from bad, that we shouldn't be open minded. This is just moronic.
if you like audiobooks of comedians then I would suggest That Mitchell and Webb Sound, it's like British Saturday Night Live, but done as a radio show.
You're one smug son of a bitch, aren't you? Being open minded to ideas that conflict with your cultural upbringing is stupid? Without people who are willing to think outside their box, we wouldn't have progressed philosophically or scientifically. Who are you to decide what's wrong or right; stupid or smart? I pity your elitism, as I'm sure you've never realized how truly insignificant you and your opinions are. And I'm also grateful you have no real power in this world.
He doesn't mean the true open minded people. He means the "Open Minded" assholes who insist that if ye don't agree with them, that yer closed minded. The majority of people who call themselves "Open Minded" seem to fall in to this category. I personally think that the people who pride themselves in being "open minded" are usually the most close minded people there are, and the ones that are truly open minded don't feel the need to tell everyone.
* Name dropping Bloom is not. If you think this is the case then you clearly didn't understand the book. In giving the names of the philosophers Bloom is drawing a clear line of thought.
* If you'd like to understand Bloom then you should read (in this order)
"Higher Superstition" Gross & Levitt
"The Sokal Hoax"
"Liberal Fascism"
"What is Postmodernism" Hicks
You'll find a drawn line from Chomsky to Rousseau that decends into relativism.
@thomaserossi Well to be precise Bloom is a classicist and a conservative. He belongs to a unique type of academic conservativism called Straussianism.
I'm with you on the snottiness of Bloom's book. My favourite part is when he refers to popular music as "hymns to onanism and the killing of parents".
@BlackOps05 It's a long story. I'll link you to the ED article about him via PM (I'm not going to post it in the comments because it's completely NSFW).
Ah yes! The mass-murdering militant atheist speaks. This is typical of militant atheists - hate and murder anyone who disagrees. If someone disagrees with you then you want them to die. The entire communist movement was built on militant atheism and gleefully murdered more people in a single century then every ideology in history combined. Those are your people. Those are your values and you arrogantly put them on display.
@thomaserossi Wow. How many times can I possibly hear these comments about atheism? You are a sounding board; mindlessly regurgitating talking points you find convenient in an argument. Why don't you try thinking for yourself? Wouldn't that be a fun adventure?
@joshrocks11 Not sure how this comment pertains to me, and it's certainly not true. Not everyone picks atheism through reason, but I hope you meant it for thomaserossi.
WTF! TJ as far as I can determine from his videos, has never supported mass murder. By the way, Atheism doesn't open the door to mass murder, rape or anything like that. So sit down, shut up and watch your cartoons.
@thomaserossi So militant atheists caused a lot of death, and militant theists caused a lot of death. It seems to me that the militant people of the world are causing death. Their beliefs or lack thereof seem less important. Logically though, I expect more murders to be in the name of something rather than nothing. Thereby tipping the scale towards theists.
Well, you're wrong in your assertion. Those that claimed to be non-theists are responsible for at least 150 million dead. These numbers are much higher than those that history proscribes to wars commited by those who believe in some form of God.
@thomaserossi If TAA really is a mass-murderer, I hope he serves his sentence. If he slaughters those who do not agree with his non-existent philosophy, I hope he gets mental help.
@thomaserossi Hey, he DID say in his video "Pat Condell Hates Tacos" that Atheists ought to support "the destruction of all imaginary friends", which means religion.
They didn't murder because they were atheist, it was because they were despicable; on the other hand, people have done attacks in the name of religion.
@thomaserossi Please note that though most Communists are Atheist, not all Atheists are Communists. Being an Atheist who firmly believes in Capitalism, I run into this a great deal. Of course, the main reason Communists are so much against religion is because they want the State to be their "God." The main point being that the two aren't necessarily linked. Also, I would disagree that Communism was built on "militant Atheism." I think it was built on the idea of centralized power.
@TheAmazingAtheist Well, you seem to enjoy giving atheists a bad name...You seem to be the embodiment of what conservative Christians believe an atheist to be: apathetic, hateful and disdainful of others. And judging by the tone in your comment, you seem to really want Lee dead.
Please go troll someone who deserves it (like the Westborough Baptist church, the "God hates fags" cult)...
@TheAmazingAtheist I see your still butthurt about Lee pwning your arguments against the free market system. Shouldn't you be out destroying some religion somewhere? i mean, like you said in that Pat Condell video, Atheists ought to be for that kind of intolerant shit.
I read it. It was great. You're just a close minded atheist. I hope you die. You better choke on a twinkie or your arteries better clog up soon you fat fag. Than Obama can take care of you and suck your dick. God you are stupid. Fuck
Greg Gutfeld's book is hilarious and I loved it so much I read it twice this summer. I love having the book, but I may also get the audiobook, because I want to hear Greg narrate; kind of like a collection of Gregalogues. It's not a conservative/libertarian manifesto in any sense, but a fun casual read for those seeking a laugh with some truth mixed in. It's made up of short 1-2 page entries on a particular topic discussed with humor and insight. If you love Red Eye, you will love the book.
@TMorrowAZ It demonstrates very clearly a quality of american thought TCOTAM was written to critique: the superficiality which leads us to believe that a summary is identical to the substance. This is connected to mistaking theory or models for the reality which they are intended to describe.
I would like to see you review The Secret of Oz, their Keynesian approach to a fix I don't think is very bright, but facts contained & the way they put them together fit in with much I've found over nearly 2 decades of trying to put together the puzzle and add what seems like pretty good information to that. I think this stuff is very important to understand
youtube.com/watch?v=D22TlYA8F2E
They didn't deal with JFK's warning at Columbia U 10 days before he was killed though & its important
Did the (first) book at least make the argument of the importance of philosophy in how it affects the lives of individuals and is the driving force of culture and society?
Reading the Daily Gut for on and off for a couple of years all I can say is he is almost too smart for comedy to the point of he is serious. Some try to lable him as hateful but in 99% of what he does is comparing lefts group X to another lefts group X to show how bastardized everything is.
I like Greg Gutfeld. I'm not a big fan of a lot of people on Fox news but Gutfeld is one of the exceptions. I'll keep an eye out for the audio version of his book.
I always found it suspectoius to be open minded. Now I see the reason why. This is another psychonut tatic...to make you open minded in order to make you accept things you know are wrong. Desperation to make you "one of them".
Personally I thought that saying that open mindedness is bad was pretty arogant. I don't like it when people just assume that they are better than everyone else. Normally I don't agree with you, but I understand where you are coming from. On this one, i don't have a clue. Could you please PM me elaborating on why open mindedness is bad?
@ThreeCheersForBryan The more open minded you are, the lower your standards for accepting ideas as true. This is bad, because you are more likley to accept things that arn't true. This isn't the same as being open minded in the sense of being willing to change your mind when given good enough reason, this is a good thing so long as your standards are high enough.
I got the audiobook and I loved it. Greg Gutfeld is a genius among modern conservatives in the humorous way he presents all of the issues. I thought I was the only one that listened to audiobooks when I worked out. Absolutely hilarious and a must read/listen to for anyone with a sense of humor!
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lacomidaboy 2 months ago
NietzschUH please say it right
oshory 3 months ago
nice clip thanks for sharing i enjoyed it =)
esmeraldaseawright 6 months ago
I found plot holes within the first page of the bible. The story doesn't add up to me, there is no background of this God fellow or how he has come to be. Logically it doesn't make sense. The whole underlying subtext clearly shows that this God character is pure evil and tests his will on the humans. In all honesty this book was too long and a lot of times the events drag out too long. If it wasn't mass produced as much as a Toyota Camry, I find it hard to imagine this book turning any heads.
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darkpheonix77 1 year ago
I think I'm going to rebuy Gutfelds book on audiobook :)
hanzo138 1 year ago
Origin of Species is boring ass read too
BorgKing001 1 year ago
Yes liberals are the stupid ones, lets just ignore the fact that about 90% of all scientists say they are either liberal or independent. Stupid reality and science with their facts and evidence. What have they ever done for us except provided some the founding stones of modern society? Lets all just go down to a Tea Party rally and shout ignorant nonsense instead and let our bought and payed for congress men do the bidding of corporate America.
OiaHandoma 1 year ago
this isnt about conservatives and politics it about our future which is our children being unable to discriminate good from bad that is the truth
UserNameManh 1 year ago 2
eh i'll read unspeakable truths greg gutfeld is pretty funny
yourweedsux 1 year ago
Why are you asking people for money so you can buy a camera? Why don't you come paint my house, do some real work instead of pasting your ugly mug expressing your stupid opinions? And it's not even entertaining. What a piece of shit... You're worse than a welfare recipient. Who is giving you money so that you can listen to yourself being an idiot? People, don't send this welfare recipient money... He's a lowlife moron. He preaches against handouts but then asks for them... What a con.
quicksiliva 1 year ago
@quicksiliva There is a problem with your logic. Lee's viewers were the ones clamoring for HD quality videos, but Lee didn't have the money to spend on a fancy new camera. Therefore, it was only FAIR that the viewers contributed toward something that they wanted. Moreover, a welfare recipient is one who enters into a written agreement with the government. Lee has not done anything of the sort, but rather he loosely proposed an agreement that his viewers had the choice of obliging.
MelkorHimself 1 year ago
I guess you can't sell an article for 20 bucks a pop
pdxeddie1111 1 year ago
Sad truth: only few will learn from other's mistakes. Not making obvious errors is possible only if you see the bigger picture.
While this is not the general case, only way to learn is through the pain and suffering.
Sad thing - America drags others into his deep shiet :(
v2ike6udik 1 year ago
the public education in America is horrible. It feels like nobody gives a shit, especially the teachers. The teachers are so important because in a way they are shaping the students. yet they teach garbage.
They don't even have classes built for critical thinking. How many times did the teacher decide to pop a movie in after you read the book on it??
helpdonate1 1 year ago
I thought that "open minded" meant that you were willing to listen to the evidence.
cynthiaall 1 year ago
Did you know that Gutfeld is a shiite?
TheConservatveLibral 1 year ago
Go Gutfeld! :):):)
TheLegalImmigrant05 1 year ago
I usually enjoy your posts, but the lack of details in this one made it useless to me. Remember, most of your audience are skeptics, like yourself, and don't care what you think, but why you think it. The next time you offer a critique, please offer specifics.
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nanerbeet 1 year ago
i cant take greg gutfeld seriously since he cowardly insulted my countries armed forces
sweetpete420 1 year ago
@sweetpete420 Where are you from?
NadegeP1 1 year ago
@NadegeP1 Canada
sweetpete420 1 year ago
@sweetpete420 I think it is mostly in jest. Don't be offended by it. As an American I am sorry for the offense he caused to you and yours. He is not being really serious
NadegeP1 1 year ago
@sweetpete420 would you rather he make fun of Canadian police force?
kinney2040 1 year ago
@kinney2040 he did that too, haha even though the R.C.M.P have been extremely successful in combating terrorism in Canada,
sweetpete420 1 year ago
Being "open minded" is only used to get people to go against "natural" and "common" law, or in layman terms going against what you would know to be right.
Keep up the blog, I enjoy watching
xtaxplayer 1 year ago
Words of wisdom from my grandma...." You should always have an open mind but not so open that your brains fall out". ;)
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BornPatriot 1 year ago
A lot of books are just a drawn out essays.
Marchant2 1 year ago
I agree with your review! I don't think he actually read Nietzsche. It's as if he misappropriated all the ugly, vicious and flat-out dangerous elements in Heidegger, Marx, Hegel and others and pinned it all on Nietzsche... Nietzsche, if one pays close attention... is a libertarian for cripe's sake. Anyone who assumes Nietzche is a Nihilist didn't actually read his books. Bloom downplayed the Marxian influence... BIG TIME.
marcusbarr 1 year ago
Thanks for the review. I'll check out Gutfeld's book.
BewareofFlatteries 1 year ago
telling someone you must be tolerant is an intolerant statement
TheThejoseph 1 year ago
@TheThejoseph That makes no sense. So if I see someone hating and beating up an innocent individual, then I cannot use equal force to stop the abuse? If so, by your logic, then the force used to stop the abuse is EQUAL to the initial act of violence.
Sounds like you're making excuses to be intolerant.
Marchant2 1 year ago
Man, i hate it when authors spend more time proving what they think is what other great thinkers have thought. They think they sound well read, but all I hear is, "I'm uncreative and i don't have anything new to add to this topic."
bnpixie1990 1 year ago 4
@Thr0wTheBums0ut tj= tittys jiggle
hugatreekillababy 1 year ago
you should be on radio.
ChristianToker 1 year ago
Gutfeld rocks.
KDakota630 1 year ago
You are right in every possible way to be right. The first book was so bad that I actually never read it and hated it. I cant even remember the name of it. That is how bad it sucked. Bible of Unspeakable truth is awesome.
Refounders2010 1 year ago
I also read the first half or so of Closing of the American Mind and quit after encountering the pointless oratory of "he said, they said." The first few chapters were really good, though.
nine9s 1 year ago
Progressives reject objective right and wrong, unfortunately. In most cases, their minds have been so rotted by progressive and relativist ideology that they cannot discern right from wrong on even the most basic level. "Is rape wrong? Well, that depends."
elsquibbs 1 year ago
@elsquibbs, thats because there is no difference. Morals are subjective. Ya, you can predetermine yourself to always cooperate in the prisoners dilema, or you can just use a tit for tat strategy, but it doesn't work in complex scenarios, like real life. Would you condemn a person to a life time of torture, or give an infinite number of people temporary minor pain? What rights do animals have? Do only sentient organisms have rights, if so how do you define sentient?
Houshalter 1 year ago
Go to any college, and ask the financial aid center "What is the value of this school's degree?" What is the Return on Equity that a parent/student will invest in the university's education. YOU WON'T GET AN ANSWER. Universities have ruined education, because they are RULED by the Liberal Elite.
captaindiesalot 1 year ago
@democratsdid911 lol He isn't racist though.
joshrocks11 1 year ago
Howard Bloom is awesome.
joshrocks11 1 year ago
LOL @ Neetchee.
WhaleFriend 1 year ago
yeah, people being open minded about gays in society are dumb/jerks (sarc).
hoosherdaddy 1 year ago
@hoosherdaddy As a rule, yes. Typically they blindly support it without ever even considering why people oppose it in the first place. They are not "open minded" at all, quite the converse.
Of course it is possible to arrive at that conclusion intelligently, but most of your kind are easy enough to confuse by pointing out that if gays have their rights to marry, then polygamists have equal claim, as well as those that wish to enter into private marriage contracts.
gregvs3 1 year ago
@gregvs3 most of my kind? not exactly what you mean by that. I have heard that "if gays marry, whos gonna stop zoophiles/polygamists can marry too" speech a few times.
hoosherdaddy 1 year ago
how much can you bench Lee?
SMDavis53 1 year ago
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IWantDaveKast 1 year ago
ooo, a book review
looolz26 1 year ago
Lee, how much were you pressing at the time?
InfidelAvenger 1 year ago
If I look at the globe while standing on my head...its spinning the wrong way.
Who's to say which way is up anyways. If aliens came to earth but they were upside down they would say "shouldn't this thing be spinning the other way". :)
derfo20 1 year ago
The Closing of the Am.Mind was important due to when it came out. Yes, it was too long and yes it was not a page turner. It was essential though give what occurred during the 1980s.
pinegrove33 1 year ago
Your bench pressing?, man you just inspired me to start doing my pushups again lol. good vid.
weseyedwalk 1 year ago
The overall point and vibe of Closing of the American Dream is all to endemic in America. Far too many moan America ain what it was and that it's going down based on its value system. So many push this point hard that it could easily become a self fulfilling prophecy. America was built on optimism and the ability to adapt, and too many Americans these days are deliberatly resistant to being constructive and positive.
JustB3NJI 1 year ago
"Open minded people are stupid, or jerks." Maybe I'm mistaken, but being open minded means you consider all new information, ideas, and concepts, yes? I don't see how allowing yourself to gain new information could lead to stupidity. Maybe I don't understand the concept of stupid completely, but I thought it was to act without intelligence, or without care or consideration. Is that not the same as someone ignoring new information, ideas, or concepts?
justicetrooper 1 year ago
@MikeTMerciless So anyone advocating being open minded is a liberal? What happened to open minded being defined as "willing to listen to ideas"? You're making the liberals sound awfully balanced and reasonable. Being a slave to tradition is just as ridiculous as accepting any "progressive" idea. Your beliefs should be able to change with information that contradicts them.
araless 1 year ago
@araless
I think it's rather about the other kind of "open minded". You know, not "just listen to what I think, you may actually find it acceptable" open minded but rather "accept my postulates even if you don't agree with them" open minded.
Heh. World :D
TapOnX 1 year ago
@TapOnX I don't think anyone would disagree with the fact that people who feign open mindedness, and force their opinions on others are jerks. However, that's not what this guy said. You like this guy, so you posit justification in between his words. You are a Lee Apologetic. From my point of view, this man says pretty despicable things. If you disagree with me, that's your prerogative.
araless 1 year ago
@araless
Was? Well, to be honest that's just how I understood the context. Terms such as "tolerance" or "open-minded" are often misused this days, and I guessed that this was actually being criticized, not the actual "open-mindness". Well, I may be wrong, since I am actually new to HTWW, to me the guy simply doesn't sound so obscurant. Assuming that the given information is coherent, this is probably the right interpretation.
Words themselves aren't sacred, it's the message that counts.
TapOnX 1 year ago
About open mindedness:
"Keep an open mind – but not so open that your brain falls out" Richard Feynman
:-)
FightBadIdeas 1 year ago
Everyone is jumping off a cliff, the open mind looks over to see what is at the bottom before he jumps, the liberal blows by him with no thought and lands on the pile of bodies at the bottom. The open mind decides the fun of the fall is not worth the price and walks away still with an open mind. Liberal does not equal open-minded , Liberal in almost all cases equal poorly thought out well intentioned bad ideas forced down your throat with the threat of being called close-minded, racist and ...
r8tedgr8 1 year ago 34
@r8tedgr8
No the liberal decide jumping is fun for everyone else and starts throwing people off the cliff. Then he decides he's to tired to do it himself and goes home.
Buffalo122333 1 year ago
@r8tedgr8 if that's what you think liberalism is, I think YOU'RE the close-minded one XD
zombieman841 1 year ago
@r8tedgr8 "In almost all cases equal poorly thought out..."
Could you show me an example?
I'm sure conservatives, which by definition is the passing of laws by their ideas and their perceptive of what is right, always make fair decisions with good intentions...at least good intentions for themselves.
Aresftfun 1 year ago
Welfare
r8tedgr8 1 year ago
@r8tedgr8 Bush tax cuts.
Aresftfun 1 year ago
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metalshadowoverlord 1 year ago 9
@HowTheWorldWorks
Not for nothing, Lee. But I can't picture you as a gym rat, lifting weights and bulking up (to whatever extent). Visions of the Felix character Poindexter, sluggin weight, just don't cut it. :D
PoliticallyBlazed 1 year ago
@PoliticallyBlazed
As I already mentioned to people. watch?v=qEnRR3xTHBg
HowTheWorldWorks 1 year ago
@HowTheWorldWorks: "As I already mentioned..."
Damn, Lee, I'm impressed!
I always figured you for a pure brainiac, not a jock, but boy how wrong I was. My bad. Anyway; new found respect for ya, in addition to the commentary.
(I see now where you get that competitive spirit.)
PoliticallyBlazed 1 year ago
@HowTheWorldWorks Most philosophy today is plain mysticism. But not all! This guy sounds like an objectivist but I don't know him so don't hold me by it! You should read Ayn Rand or Lenard Piekoff and it does make sense.
JHBowden79 made a good response by the way you should watch it. Please tell me what you think.
UrbyKris 1 year ago
@UrbyKris There is nothing wrong with mysticism, REAL mysticism is transcendental/transpersonal positivism. the real problem that effects people today is "Gnosticism," that is the problem...especially the New Age counter cultural conspiracy Neo-Gnosticm that is rife through out pop culture today.
Mortaryan 1 year ago
@PoliticallyBlazed
You didn't see the guy playing in the Michigan Mud Bowl...it was a surprise.
captaindiesalot 1 year ago
@PoliticallyBlazed Even before I noticed Lee's reply I thought..."you obviously haven't watched him play football". Never underestimate a short conservative (I'm a tough little guy as well).
wgmyler 1 year ago
wgmyler: "Never underestimate a short conservative..."
Actually my notion wasn't about underestimation, so much as pleasant surprise. While I do follow Lee's commentary, you're right; I hadn't seen the clips of him playing football and such. Hence; a new found respect for Mr. Doren, having both brain AND brawn to back-up his arguments. :D
PoliticallyBlazed 1 year ago
I attempted to read Bloom's book years ago, but you got much further than I did. Good point,-"open mind,:or "don't judge" means you have to agree with my point of view.
ACORNSUCKS 1 year ago
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nutzjob 1 year ago 5
I got to go get that book checked out
watzgoodinthe711 1 year ago
there is nothing wrong with being open minded. If ppl are saying something ridiculous it's up you and your critical thinking skills to determine that.
therealallpro 1 year ago
Man Lee you really need a new intro and outro...BAD
CooFrank 1 year ago
@MikeTMerciless
Don't forget, those of us with alternate solutions are smeared by the "open minded" as "close minded." Because, in their line of thought, anyone who differs with their "open minded" cultural norms cannot be "open minded."
ThePirateEconomist 1 year ago 2
@ThePirateEconomist It seems very convenient to put everyone whose opinion you don't like in the category of "liberal", and therefore creating for yourself a group of people you don't have to take seriously. This kind of illogical party loyalty bullshit is and has been one of the problems plaguing the world since apes began speaking. It's tribal nonsense; believing you belong to a superior/"right" group, and anyone disagreeing with you are inferior/"wrong" (or more appropriately "left").
araless 1 year ago
@araless
I NEVER mentioned Liberals ye scallywag! Stop thinkin that every comment anyone makes relates to ye somehow! And me? Party Loyalty?! Associate me with the Republican Party again, matey, and I'll keelhaul yer sorry ass!
I am NOT a Republican! Stop assuming things and Open your Mind to the possibility that not EVERYONE who disagrees with ye is on the same boat! And ye say that I'M creating a group to hate! Take the log out a yer own eye, matey!
ThePirateEconomist 1 year ago
@ThePirateEconomist haha okay that's my bad. But . . . I wouldn't call myself a liberal. You and your open mindedness. It's BULLSHIT.
araless 1 year ago
@araless
I never called ye a liberal! I never even said the word "liberal". I have no idea where you get the notion that I was inferring ye as a liberal, matey, but I never did so.
ThePirateEconomist 1 year ago
LMAO you are a product of the schools he was talking about, so you have the
problems he was trying to describe. Perfect example.
tyrbolo 1 year ago
Lee, If insightful commentary were a land fill I'd put my junk in you. ;-)
kahall12 1 year ago
If you're doing bench presses you should have a spotter.
PissedFechtmeister 1 year ago
Lee, did you read Sowell's latest book, "Dismantling America?" If so, do you recommend it, even though it is just a collection of essays?
ForeignPolicyWonk 1 year ago
I just finished "United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror." It was just a bunch of name-dropping of celebrities that no one cares about, stuffed with a lot of insults and fluff.
The useful idiot Leftists in Hollywood deserve all the ridicule they get, but the book was drawn out and difficult to get through.
ForeignPolicyWonk 1 year ago
@MikeTMerciless I would agree with you except that I'm not sure why your first definition of being open minded means accepting ideas without logic. I agree with your second definition; open mindedness is being willing to listen to ideas. I also agree that "bad" ideas should be tossed out, but not because they conflict with your cultural upbringing. He claims that we shouldn't be culturally sensitive when discerning good ideas from bad, that we shouldn't be open minded. This is just moronic.
araless 1 year ago
thumbs up
yougiberishtube 1 year ago
congrats on your 300th video educating the masses, great video as always.
ShawRoadProductions 1 year ago
if you like audiobooks of comedians then I would suggest That Mitchell and Webb Sound, it's like British Saturday Night Live, but done as a radio show.
yaifibar 1 year ago
read Human Action by Ludwig Von Mises
zuiprax 1 year ago
Lee if you going to power lift wile listening to Greg Gutfield your going to need a spotter!
faQmanXXX 1 year ago
lolol lee almost dropped 115 lbs...
tienesloscojones 1 year ago
@tienesloscojones you know hes like 5'.5". And hes clearly not Sly Stalone
faQmanXXX 1 year ago
You're one smug son of a bitch, aren't you? Being open minded to ideas that conflict with your cultural upbringing is stupid? Without people who are willing to think outside their box, we wouldn't have progressed philosophically or scientifically. Who are you to decide what's wrong or right; stupid or smart? I pity your elitism, as I'm sure you've never realized how truly insignificant you and your opinions are. And I'm also grateful you have no real power in this world.
araless 1 year ago
@araless
He doesn't mean the true open minded people. He means the "Open Minded" assholes who insist that if ye don't agree with them, that yer closed minded. The majority of people who call themselves "Open Minded" seem to fall in to this category. I personally think that the people who pride themselves in being "open minded" are usually the most close minded people there are, and the ones that are truly open minded don't feel the need to tell everyone.
ThePirateEconomist 1 year ago 2
@ThePirateEconomist I appreciate your opinions about what Lee means when he speaks.
araless 1 year ago
How can you bench while listening to novels.....weird....
Oligma 1 year ago
I completely agree about The Closing of the American Mind. The beginning is good the rest is boring. I had a hard time getting through it.
dmlauffer 1 year ago
* Bloom is a Classicist, not a Conservative.
* Name dropping Bloom is not. If you think this is the case then you clearly didn't understand the book. In giving the names of the philosophers Bloom is drawing a clear line of thought.
* If you'd like to understand Bloom then you should read (in this order)
"Higher Superstition" Gross & Levitt
"The Sokal Hoax"
"Liberal Fascism"
"What is Postmodernism" Hicks
You'll find a drawn line from Chomsky to Rousseau that decends into relativism.
thomaserossi 1 year ago
@thomaserossi Well to be precise Bloom is a classicist and a conservative. He belongs to a unique type of academic conservativism called Straussianism.
JohananRaatz 1 year ago
Wow. Justifying ignorance and culture intolerence. Thats being an asshole, not being open-minded, your retarded.
TheWolfWolford 1 year ago
I'm with you on the snottiness of Bloom's book. My favourite part is when he refers to popular music as "hymns to onanism and the killing of parents".
TheMessianicManic 1 year ago
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Other than almost killing Lee Doren, "The Bible Of Unspeakable Truths" sounds pretty useless.
TheAmazingAtheist 1 year ago
@TheAmazingAtheist So Lee got to you that bad, huh?
averagejoe040 1 year ago 15
@TheAmazingAtheist Man TAA, you'd think the knowledge that 4chan hates you is enough to not draw more attention to yourself.
jrsub3 1 year ago 24
@jrsub3 Now this is something I need to learn more about. Whats the story?
BlackOps05 1 year ago
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jrsub3 1 year ago
@BlackOps05 It's a long story. I'll link you to the ED article about him via PM (I'm not going to post it in the comments because it's completely NSFW).
jrsub3 1 year ago
@TheAmazingAtheist wow, this neckbeard has alot of class
Jakdakson 1 year ago 7
@TheAmazingAtheist - "Other than almost killing Lee."
Ah yes! The mass-murdering militant atheist speaks. This is typical of militant atheists - hate and murder anyone who disagrees. If someone disagrees with you then you want them to die. The entire communist movement was built on militant atheism and gleefully murdered more people in a single century then every ideology in history combined. Those are your people. Those are your values and you arrogantly put them on display.
thomaserossi 1 year ago 26
@thomaserossi Wow. How many times can I possibly hear these comments about atheism? You are a sounding board; mindlessly regurgitating talking points you find convenient in an argument. Why don't you try thinking for yourself? Wouldn't that be a fun adventure?
araless 1 year ago
@araless You do know we became atheist through reason? It is not something that we picked because it sounded cool to us.
joshrocks11 1 year ago
@joshrocks11 Not sure how this comment pertains to me, and it's certainly not true. Not everyone picks atheism through reason, but I hope you meant it for thomaserossi.
araless 1 year ago
@thomaserossi
WTF! TJ as far as I can determine from his videos, has never supported mass murder. By the way, Atheism doesn't open the door to mass murder, rape or anything like that. So sit down, shut up and watch your cartoons.
doomguy1001 1 year ago
@thomaserossi So militant atheists caused a lot of death, and militant theists caused a lot of death. It seems to me that the militant people of the world are causing death. Their beliefs or lack thereof seem less important. Logically though, I expect more murders to be in the name of something rather than nothing. Thereby tipping the scale towards theists.
hawbster 1 year ago
@hawbster
Well, you're wrong in your assertion. Those that claimed to be non-theists are responsible for at least 150 million dead. These numbers are much higher than those that history proscribes to wars commited by those who believe in some form of God.
captaindiesalot 1 year ago
@thomaserossi If TAA really is a mass-murderer, I hope he serves his sentence. If he slaughters those who do not agree with his non-existent philosophy, I hope he gets mental help.
hawbster 1 year ago
@thomaserossi Hey, he DID say in his video "Pat Condell Hates Tacos" that Atheists ought to support "the destruction of all imaginary friends", which means religion.
metalshadowoverlord 1 year ago
@thomaserossi
They didn't murder because they were atheist, it was because they were despicable; on the other hand, people have done attacks in the name of religion.
joshrocks11 1 year ago
@thomaserossi i'm not defending him, but do you have proof saying that's what he meant?
ItzbecauseIcan 1 year ago
@thomaserossi Please note that though most Communists are Atheist, not all Atheists are Communists. Being an Atheist who firmly believes in Capitalism, I run into this a great deal. Of course, the main reason Communists are so much against religion is because they want the State to be their "God." The main point being that the two aren't necessarily linked. Also, I would disagree that Communism was built on "militant Atheism." I think it was built on the idea of centralized power.
conductus 1 year ago
@TheAmazingAtheist Well, you seem to enjoy giving atheists a bad name...You seem to be the embodiment of what conservative Christians believe an atheist to be: apathetic, hateful and disdainful of others. And judging by the tone in your comment, you seem to really want Lee dead.
Please go troll someone who deserves it (like the Westborough Baptist church, the "God hates fags" cult)...
Signed,
Another Atheist
MetroidfanCNC 1 year ago 11
@MetroidfanCNC Not that I have any stake in this argument, but I don't see anything wrong with hating this snob.
araless 1 year ago
@TheAmazingAtheist I see your still butthurt about Lee pwning your arguments against the free market system. Shouldn't you be out destroying some religion somewhere? i mean, like you said in that Pat Condell video, Atheists ought to be for that kind of intolerant shit.
metalshadowoverlord 1 year ago 3
@TheAmazingAtheist
I read it. It was great. You're just a close minded atheist. I hope you die. You better choke on a twinkie or your arteries better clog up soon you fat fag. Than Obama can take care of you and suck your dick. God you are stupid. Fuck
IWantDaveKast 1 year ago 2
@IWantDaveKast Do you read all things that reinforce your belief.
joshrocks11 1 year ago
@TheAmazingAtheist: "The Bible Of Unspeakable Truths sounds pretty useless."
...As does your mind.
PoliticallyBlazed 1 year ago 4
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I love that the "Bible of conservative thought" was written by a gay guy.
TheMessianicManic 1 year ago
Ive been meaning to get Gutfelds book, an audio version is a great idea!
I love his idea of opening a Muslim gay bar next to the GZM
cliffyknight 1 year ago
@conspunk
I'm convinced after finishing the book that most people have never read past the pages you mentioned.
HowTheWorldWorks 1 year ago 2
Cool. I'm totally gonna check out "The Bible of Unspeakable Truths"! :]
JesseQuintana 1 year ago 2
LoL! To the guys arguing about whether or not Hitler was evil... Here's a hint... One of you is an idiot. Which one is it?
BorrahAlive 1 year ago 5
@BorrahAlive Aren't you clever.
Jings0b 1 year ago
Greg Gutfeld's is cool.
KnightOwl2006 1 year ago 5
i looked at some sample pages of the bible of unspeakable truths on amazon and even just the writing style is hilarious. i gotta get this book.
MWM958 1 year ago
Greg Gutfeld's book is hilarious and I loved it so much I read it twice this summer. I love having the book, but I may also get the audiobook, because I want to hear Greg narrate; kind of like a collection of Gregalogues. It's not a conservative/libertarian manifesto in any sense, but a fun casual read for those seeking a laugh with some truth mixed in. It's made up of short 1-2 page entries on a particular topic discussed with humor and insight. If you love Red Eye, you will love the book.
Thorbie 1 year ago
Lee, show me how to dougie. Show me show me how to dougie. PLEASE!
ZombieX13 1 year ago
@mendelbot And you felt the need to say this why?
TMorrowAZ 1 year ago
@TMorrowAZ It demonstrates very clearly a quality of american thought TCOTAM was written to critique: the superficiality which leads us to believe that a summary is identical to the substance. This is connected to mistaking theory or models for the reality which they are intended to describe.
mendelbot 1 year ago
American Mind was boring, but it is important. I couldn't read past the first 50 pages.
tak178 1 year ago
I would like to see you review The Secret of Oz, their Keynesian approach to a fix I don't think is very bright, but facts contained & the way they put them together fit in with much I've found over nearly 2 decades of trying to put together the puzzle and add what seems like pretty good information to that. I think this stuff is very important to understand
youtube.com/watch?v=D22TlYA8F2E
They didn't deal with JFK's warning at Columbia U 10 days before he was killed though & its important
omegahpla 1 year ago
love red eye and greg.
snewso 1 year ago 4
300 Videos! Nice!
AtlantiusPSN 1 year ago
Did the (first) book at least make the argument of the importance of philosophy in how it affects the lives of individuals and is the driving force of culture and society?
liltimy1850 1 year ago
Reading the Daily Gut for on and off for a couple of years all I can say is he is almost too smart for comedy to the point of he is serious. Some try to lable him as hateful but in 99% of what he does is comparing lefts group X to another lefts group X to show how bastardized everything is.
tubaboy71 1 year ago 4
300 videos... nice job Lee... keep up the good work...
lgmin2k2 1 year ago
Interesting, I'll look into Gutfeld's book.
MrUnicorn1995 1 year ago
So how much can you bench, Lee?
TheEllipsis731 1 year ago
I like Greg Gutfeld. I'm not a big fan of a lot of people on Fox news but Gutfeld is one of the exceptions. I'll keep an eye out for the audio version of his book.
grits011 1 year ago
I always found it suspectoius to be open minded. Now I see the reason why. This is another psychonut tatic...to make you open minded in order to make you accept things you know are wrong. Desperation to make you "one of them".
THEsquirrel3d 1 year ago
Personally I thought that saying that open mindedness is bad was pretty arogant. I don't like it when people just assume that they are better than everyone else. Normally I don't agree with you, but I understand where you are coming from. On this one, i don't have a clue. Could you please PM me elaborating on why open mindedness is bad?
ThreeCheersForBryan 1 year ago
@ThreeCheersForBryan The more open minded you are, the lower your standards for accepting ideas as true. This is bad, because you are more likley to accept things that arn't true. This isn't the same as being open minded in the sense of being willing to change your mind when given good enough reason, this is a good thing so long as your standards are high enough.
kevinscales 1 year ago 2
I used to have an open mind, until too many people treated it like an open garbage can...
Hiraghm 1 year ago
I like to hear that an an author actually orates his book in an audio version. Prooves she/he is/was proud of it. Or the money was just good :P
KlingonSpider 1 year ago
I love Greg and Red Eye. Great review.
Blackhalo325 1 year ago
Lee , this is why I like your videos. You're don't bullshit your audience. You make great vids man.
mosquewatcher 1 year ago
Bench pressing?! is that what we're calling it these days?
Ok then, I "bench press" to Gerg Gutfeld as well.
SheyOneTen 1 year ago
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Not as bad as Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue".
James92802 1 year ago