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How Victimism Works

David Gornoski starts the episode by resuming his analysis of the news. He focuses particularly on the alleged sexual assault on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the media’s deafening silence on Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. Is AOC really for hearing the victims’ voices? Did the Capitol storming happen because of Trump’s call for protests? Can conservatives offer anything […]

Why Are Americans Afraid to Speak Their Opinions?

“The modus operandi of our time: If you want more power you have to look more vulnerable.” David Gornoski argues that this is due to the haunting of Christ’s crucifixion in American society. Without looking to Jesus as a model for imitation, David says, we will devolve into fighting over and weaponizing all external identity […]