 Welcome to the knuckleheads of liberty Larry sharp the sharp way The Democrats Republicans just yell at each other. That's all they do every Democrats campaign is Republican evil every Republicans campaign is Democrat evil and none of them actually have any policies or ideas to make anything better They don't have to we've made it to where they don't have to we just we vote We vote against the other guy because we're scared and fear rules or the ballot box And that's how it's been working for many decades. Just stop forcing your views and others stop making zero-sum game You know policy stop making winner-take-all Elections when it's winner-take-all and whoever wins imposes it will upon the other of course you fight to the death Of course you do. How can you possibly get along if only one side wins? You can't Rick Hotchner and Barbara Thomas braver angels the braver angels workshops and events are very structured so as to give people an opportunity to listen to each other and Talk express their own views but in ways that are constructive and allow everybody to Take something away another another one is structured debates Where the point isn't for One side or another to win but for everybody who's in attendance to come out smarter on the issue Knowing more about it and knowing more about the different perspectives. Well, I think that You know there there are thankfully a lot of organizations that are trying to promote dialogue between people of different views One thing that really sets braver angels apart as as Rick mentioned is that they actively teach the skills That you need to communicate effectively with people with whom you disagree Because there's a lot of people who would like to have better conversations with their families or friends where things have gotten a little bit strained But but they don't know how it feels like they need to either keep their head down or if they do open their mouth Then it spirals down mark noddler caucus room Com We would like to help find have those people find one another and so that's what caucus room comm is and so think of You know think of sort of next door calm But for conservatives and libertarians to find one another and talk about what they can be doing in their community locally To become you know active and make a difference. I think a lot of people feel Particularly in areas like you know where you all are from in California as well as Here where I'm from in Colorado You can feel pretty alone and you wonder if there's anyone who agrees with you at all on your street in your neighborhood And and we know that there are even in even in San Francisco ever, you know any any city in the country You will find other people who agree with you or in our of like mind On on local issues having to do with freedom Nathan canine American Federation for children if you think about it the public school system suffers from a lack of competition and It's directly in teacher union best interest to maintain that power imbalance because they Directly benefit as long as they don't have to compete with an outside source What school choice does is there's actually empirical evidence from my home state of Florida that shows More school choice actually benefits public schools as well Because when you give families options you create a natural incentive For competition and that forces every school to raise their game so that they can attract students The way that we fund schools is more students that you bring into your classroom the more money you get So any kind of idea of a student leaving to go somewhere else even if that's what's best for the student They shot down because the interest of the system would be threat Spike Cohen 2020 vice presidential candidate This is a country that was founded in rebellion a country of people who when they were told yeah We're thinking of introducing a 3% tax on one product They're responsible to declare a new country and then shoot at the existing occupying government fill it ran away And we've gone from that to arguing over whether or not the government should force us to inject a product from a company That has no liability for any adverse Reactions that it creates in order to be able to be allowed to go into Walmart or the gym or a restaurant That's how far we've come on that and I and by the way, I'm not anti-vaccine I'm against government forcing people to do something like that and we're told as little kids You don't hurt people you don't take from people without their consent You don't touch people without their consent. You know, you don't you don't do anything that is harming anyone else We're taught about the golden rule. Don't do it do on the others as you would have to under you This is all basically the nap right? This is all the idea of respect the lives rights autonomy and property of other people and expect that being respected for you as well Sam Paredes gun owners of America Believe in the purity of the Second Amendment the words that are founding fathers wrote at the founding and what they intended By the text history and tradition of the meaning of those words and and that's what we do when we when we fight We are absolutists. We are Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness always Thank you for listening to the knuckleheads of liberty podcast find us on Facebook Rumble YouTube your favorite podcast network and at knuckleheadsofliberty.com