 To absolutely nobody's surprise Dave Rubin has joined the chorus of right-wing idiots who are urging state governors and mayors around the country To reopen America send everyone back to work Let them die for capitalism because there are profits to be made So I don't care if that means that there are going to be lives that are lost Let's reopen the country. Of course, they're not saying that but that's what effectively you're getting if you reopen the country too early and Exposed people to this very contagious deadly virus. So like the rebel that he is Dave Rubin tweeted out Okay, time to come clean about some of my recent criminal activity. Oh, this should be good. I shook hands with someone last Wednesday Got a haircut on Thursday and Mailed seeds across state borders. That's weird all the way to Michigan a few weeks ago Where do I report to the local re-education camp? It's so funny he should be a comedian. Oh He is one Yikes He's so cringeworthy and Wow now we all kind of got a little bit distracted from COVID-19 and This tweet reminded me that this guy who doesn't know where to put commas in periods Literally just published a book So we'll get to the COVID-19 stuff because he sat down for an interview with Judge Jeanine Puro on Fox news and there were a lot of stupid things to be said But I would be remiss if we didn't talk about the phenomenal book that he just released titled Don't Burn This Book by Dave Rubin with a forward from the great Jordan Peterson Expectedly reviews aren't too hot because I mean Dave Rubin is a grifter This is obviously a quick cash grab and he's not very happy about the fact that people don't like his book For example one Google reviewer said this after rating his book one star Rife with grammatical errors and inconsistencies. This book is a historical rubbish Rubin references known climate deniers and his arguments against climate change provides broad opinion without Substantiation for example the Vietnam War was quote mostly good now Let me just pause there because I will say that I'm really proud of Dave Rubin because I expected him to just hire a ghostwriter But the fact that there are a lot of grammatical errors and inconsistencies tells me that he wrote this himself So that's actually that's really admirable. I would have at least expected him to hire an editor But I mean nonetheless, I digress. Let's get to another review This one is from Amazon who called it a lazy cash grab from a shallow thinker Saying from the juvenile title to arguments like the Nazis were left-wing because Hitler was vegetarian and Fresh zingers like denial ain't just a river in Egypt. This book is not meant for smart people It's meant for people like its author Shallow gullible and happy to soak in whatever ideas are lying around as long as they're profitable or useful in the short term So, I mean, it's a little bit sad at this point because everyone kind of knows Who Dave Rubin is and what he's about like this is someone who is just in this for the money Like he doesn't have a political ideology because he doesn't know about political ideologies He says he wants to you know entertain ideas because that's an easy way to make money you just interview people let them speak and do your job for you basically and You make a lot of money doing that But I don't want to give you this impression that you know It's just lefties who are review bombing his book because even the right-wing publication spectator USA Wasn't a fan. They write don't burn this book is not a serious work It is in fact extremely lazy bearing all the hallmarks of a project that was knocked together over a few wet weekends The host of the Rubin report can be an engaging likeable interviewer He obviously has a knack for setting his guests at ease alone However, he is both less substantial and more grating Rubin loves to talk about ideas ideas as an abstraction Yet he does not love to talk about ideas themselves For example, he constantly rails against the progressive left yet quotes almost no left-wing thinkers The almost is generous because I'm not sure such luminaries as Ben Affleck and Cenk Euger qualify We therefore find such odd assertions like that the left believes Democrats equal good Republicans equal bad Can anyone who lived through the recent Democratic primaries looked me in the eye and say the left united around the universal virtual of Democrats? These people hate each other and the reviewer ultimately concludes quote don't burn this book, but I wouldn't buy it either Yikes, that is absolutely Brutal and again, that's coming from a right-wing publication Yeah So you can say that, you know, maybe a Lot of people are just review bombing this in fact He actually was angered by all of the bad reviews because he accused presumably the left of waging a quote coordinated campaign To wreck his review score and he stated that bad reviews of his shitty book Literally equates to a modern-day book burning a modern-day book burning Really Dave? really Now look, I'm not going to discount the possibility that there are left-wing people trolling him currently but other right-wingers Can publish books and not get trolled like this I mean Ben Shapiro as lazy of a thinker and as sloppy as a hack that he is he usually doesn't get review bombed But I think that Dave Rubin is being singled out because nobody really believes that he believes any of the things that he's Writing about like he's just a grifter He's saying things that he thinks will get him applause from a very specific right-wing audience, right? But regardless, none of this matters at the end of the day you can review his book as poorly as you want to He got what he wanted He will have the last laugh because he made it on the New York Times a best-seller list and he retweeted every single conservative blue check Who congratulated him so I mean he got what he wanted at the end of the day He sold a lot of books, which means he's gonna make a lot of money, which is exactly what any grifter could hope for So I mean there you have it He's triggered that you know you review bombed his book, but he made a lot of money So it's a win-win for everyone I guess but putting that aside He went on to judge Jeanine Puro show and I think that he was of the belief that she would allow him to promote his book because he tweeted about this and He had like a picture of his book saying I'm gonna be going on judge Jeanine Puro show soon But she actually didn't really give him time to talk about his book and instead asked him about COVID-19 at the lockdown and As you could have expected lots of dumb things were said and I think that maybe he was just flustered because he didn't really get an Adequate chance to promote his book, but some of the things he said here like This is why people make fun of Dave Rubin. It's because he's such a shallow thinker He doesn't have any ideas of his own. He doesn't I swear to God like he's a rube Not a Rubin a room. He's stupid genuinely So this is what he had to say about the lockdown in an interview with judge Jeanine Puro. I'm here in California I live in Los Angeles. So I have a progressive governor in Gavin Newsom I've got a progressive mayor and Eric Garcetti who's literally telling me to go out and snitch on my neighbors And maybe I'm gonna get a reward Gavin Newsom, of course Who's the governor? He was the one that was the mayor of San Francisco and he basically ruined that city And you know, they're they're telling us that we can't go to the beach Well here in SoCal it's about 85 and perfect today and I did get a little color in my backyard But it's like how about you tell us something mature tell us We have to go to the beach at half capacity and maybe have a car with a space between another car And you can only go in groups of four give us something that will make us feel like mature adults as you're supposed to do as Government officials don't just say you can't go to the beach just because we say it as if as if what they say is True just because they worded it And I think that's the problem with progressives generally they think that because they say something it's inherently true Well, you know, what's amazing about New York We just found out this week that some incredible number of people who are staying at home sheltering in at home It's like 66% it may be even higher than that are coming up with a corona virus So stay at home you get the virus at least let them get a tan, you know a little vitamin D would help them out Don't you think a Little vitamin D would help them out and I'll tell you this look my family. I come from New York I was born in Brooklyn. I grew up in Long Island. I lived in Manhattan most of my life Most of my family lives in New York my sister and her family You know the weather is good. I thought we had a beach now. We don't have it I'm not sure what I'm doing here. Texas is looking pretty good these days But I will tell you this my my sister and her family and two kids just moved out of New York City this week because People people want to be freed your intro is exactly right Americans love liberty love freedom and by the way, we're willing to take a little risk to be freed Nobody's saying just get out there and do whatever you want and crowd everything people are saying Hey, we got to get back to our lives We're not hamsters in a cage and you got to let us take a little risk So we can decide what the threshold is for our lives as opposed to just be getting it as an edict You know from somebody up in Sacramento in my case Yeah, well and the shame of it all is you know We've all been we've all been trained to wash our hands and keep our hands away from our face that You know, you would think they would figure well, they've got some of it, right? You know, maybe we can let them out a little bit But anyway Dave Rubin I want to congratulate you on hitting the New York Times best sellers list Don't burn this book and we look forward to having you on again So to me that came across as him basically just trying to tone police state and local governments because he's not explicitly saying let's reopen the country although that's what he's implying right But he's saying, you know, just talk to us like we are mature adults And I guess that would make him feel better like I don't necessarily know What the takeaway is from this like what does he want governments to do if they listen to Dave Rubin and If they actually corrected the tone that they were using to address constituents with that actually Suffice for him like what is what does he want? There's no solution here even a conservative solution He proposed nothing. He says how about you tell us something mature Tell us we have to go to the beach at half capacity Okay, but how do you enforce that and if they did find a way to enforce that would you still? Complain yeah, I think you would you wouldn't be satisfied He also says and maybe have a car a space between another car Dave I don't think people can catch COVID-19 if they're in their own cars like that is probably Inconsequential but he threw it in there He also said only go in groups of four give us something that will make us feel like we are mature adults I mean, I don't know what you want here. I don't know what that means. I genuinely don't know what that means That's not a solution You want the government to treat you like you are mature adults like are they saying that they're going to come and arrest you if you leave your homes No, and you of all people like you live in what is it a mansion? I'm pretty sure you live in a mansion of some sort So you of all people should not be complaining you have a job where you just talk to a camera I have the same one right so it's a no risk job So we all know that you have nothing to risk You're just kind of towing that conservative line and you're not proposing a solution if you just said Let's get everyone back to work. We'll do whatever we want because this is a free country I think I would almost respect that more like I wouldn't have respect for him But at some level I would at least respect the honesty because you're proposing Something that you want but with this you're literally just saying hey if the government just was like more nicer to me and talk to me Like I'm a grown-up and a big boy that I'd like that more would you though? I mean that doesn't make sense. He also says and I think that the problem with progressives That's a problem with progressives. They say something they think it's inherently true Except that's what you do. That's projection You just wrote a book where you literally do not quote any modern-day leftists and you don't even dive into the source material Dave you don't cite Karl Marx. You don't cite Noam Chomsky. You don't even make a reference to left-wing thinkers That's what you do You just say something like a couple of years ago I think was 2018 he went on Tucker Carlson show and said that leftists are so triggered by everything That you know, they might even soon say that sunset is offensive to them He literally said that so this is someone who does zero research whatsoever doesn't even take the time to watch a YouTube video to find out what left-leaning people are thinking He just doesn't believe in anything He wants to put in the most minimal amount of work possible and extract the most highest monetary payoff Possible right and he's mad that people are calling him out on his grift But you don't even try to make it seem as if you have any legitimacy or sense of you know Authority when you speak about these issues at all like you just sound like a dumb dude Who's sharing a boomer post on Facebook about big government like what do you want Dave? What is the the goal that you want here? Do you want them to just say you know what? We're not gonna do the self-quarantine thing. Fuck it. Everyone go back to work Go to the beaches if you want to like you're not saying that explicitly. So what do you what do you want? Now judge Janine Pirro also chimed in and she said what's amazing about New York? Is we just found out some incredible number of people staying at home sheltering in at home like? 66% which is actually correct It may be even higher than that are coming up with the corona virus. So stay at home. You get the virus or at least Get a tan and get it. That's basically she was basically implying that Social distancing and self-quarantine doesn't necessarily make sense And she's referring to a study that was conducted in New York where they pulled people with COVID-19 who contracted the virus across a hundred different hospitals I think it was over a hundred and a large portion 66% did say I mean I've mostly been obeying Social distancing so what she's basically saying is well look people are following the rules and they're getting it anyway So we might as well just let them go back to work and go get a tan on the beach If they're gonna get the corona virus you might as well have fun doing it except that's really dangerous to say because this is one study and The study is based off of how people answer these questions like the respondents who were asked, you know What their lifestyle was like before they contracted COVID-19? We're not verifying that they did actually abide by the stay-at-home orders. I Mean at some point they had to have come into contact with people like COVID isn't just going to manifest in their apartment and You know contaminate them like that's not how it works. So we need to gather more data We need to conduct more studies You don't just stop doing social distancing because of what this study says if we know that it is proven to help Fly in the curve. I mean this is absolutely irresponsible and it's nonsensical But you've got to understand the way that right-wingers think is it's always about profits so if you're Judge Janine Pirro and I'm assuming she's more ideologically driven than Dave Rubin she would believe that you know people staying home not participating in the economy spending money That's bad for the aggregate economy because capitalism obviously needs people to buy things to function properly as you See, you know under just the most minimal amount of pressure the entire system almost collapses So she doesn't really care about the well-being the health the safety of people She just wants them back to work because that's what's going to help capitalism, right? She doesn't want this pandemic to expose the flaws inherent with her system the ideology that she stumps for But I mean for Dave Rubin. I don't think he cares either way if conservatives say We should reopen everything. That's what he's gonna say because the man's a hack He's a grifter and I wouldn't be surprised if like five years down the line He makes another shift ideologically He has another political awakening but this time on the left, right when right-wing populism kind of Loses popularity if it does in fact lose popularity Then he gravitates towards the left and say how I was misled by you know Republicans and Donald Trump and the right-wing populists and now I see the light again like if you're going to grift You will gravitate towards whatever is going to be the next cash cow for you So if I if Dave Rubin ever shifts back to the left make sure you share this clip because I called it first But who knows with him? Okay, one last thing he says my sister and her family and two kids just moved out of New York City This week because people want to be free your intro was exactly right We didn't show that by the way Americans love liberty love freedom by the way We're willing to take a little risk to be free Okay, first of all, I don't believe that your sister moved out of New York literally because of the stay-at-home orders I don't I just I don't believe that I don't believe that you'd be so distraught by the stay-at-home orders that you'd move to Some other state that most likely has some sort of stay-at-home order as well like what would be the point of that I mean you're obviously being hyperbolic. I'm sure his sister moved but did she moved Move specifically for the reason that he's stating here Probably not probably not and I would love to ask her why she actually moved if she was already planning on moving before this pandemic But he says Americans love liberty love freedom by the way We're willing to take a little risk to be free now It's really easy for Dave Rubin to say this because he never has to risk his own ass He doesn't have to bag groceries at the store. He is not an essential worker He's not going to go into a large crowd and possibly risk getting contaminated with COVID-19 We see the same thing with regard to LGBTQ rights He loves to bring up the fact that he is a gay man He's a gay married man and as a gay married man You should take him seriously when he says that you know, right-wingers are actually more tolerant than the left Now he says this living in the deep blue state of California if he lived in Georgia or Mississippi I think that he'd be saying something a little bit different I think he would be less inclined to hold hands with his husband in public, right? So he says things he makes these really bold assertions about what Americans want and how they're willing to risk their own lives While not having to actually risk anything himself he's gonna stay in his own studio, which I'm guessing is in his home and Continue to talk to a camera not risk his own ass and then old joke about how oh, I'm a criminal because I got a haircut The man is a clown. He stands for absolutely Nothing and I genuinely don't think he cares about anything like he doesn't care about politics he doesn't if He could make enough money just getting on camera and talking about like I don't know fucking food He probably would do that. He's just a grifter. I don't know what else to say And he's gonna flock to the money like you know stank on shit because that's who he is So, you know, I'm just glad that more people now judging by the reviews of this book realize that about Dave Rupin That he's not a serious person. He's not to be taken seriously. He's not ideologically driven at all He's just literally parroting whatever right wing Conservatives say if one pundit says something he's gonna immediately parrot what they say he doesn't think for himself He doesn't actually care about policy. He's not intellectually curious The man is a hack of the highest order and even though he made the New York Times best seller list I am a little bit I'm a little bit happy that he was triggered by the bad reviews of his book because he just thought that everyone would love it Including conservatives because he's dunking on the left, but if you're going to grift you've got to be at least a little bit less transparent than this Dave My brain is still in recovery mode from taking in so many high-level important ideas brain brain recovery mode