Dennis Prager Show - The Billy Bush Tape: Private vs. Public Behavior
Aired: 2020-02-11
Duration: 05:54


=== Private Speech vs. Public Actions (02:58) ===

[00:00:00]  Explain it in my piece.
[00:00:02]  You really should read it.
[00:00:05]  Why private speech doesn't tell us about a person's character.
[00:00:09]  That is the title of the piece.
[00:00:10]  You can't get more direct than that, can you?
[00:00:12]  That's the title of the piece.
[00:00:15]  There are, on Town Hall...
[00:00:18]  Friendly Atheist.
[00:00:20]  Yeah, Friendly Atheist.
[00:00:21]  Yeah, good.
[00:00:23]  So, thus far, there are 288 comments on the piece.
[00:00:28]  And I will read you a few of them.
[00:00:32]  So here is the way to understand it.
[00:00:35]  There are four categories.
[00:00:40]  Private speech, private action, public speech, public action.
[00:00:52]  Right?
[00:00:53]  There's a division between public and private, but not with regard to actions.
[00:00:59]  Private actions are as important as public actions.
[00:01:04]  If you beat your wife in private, that's evil.
[00:01:10]  Okay?
[00:01:12]  So, with regard to action, there is no difference.
[00:01:20]  Between public and private.
[00:01:22]  Evil is evil.
[00:01:23]  You murder somebody, most people don't murder people in public.
[00:01:27]  They murder people in private.
[00:01:31]  Murder is the worst thing you can do, so obviously there's no difference.
[00:01:35]  But in speech, and I give example after example, in speech, that's a difference.
[00:01:43]  So I give an example.
[00:01:46]  I give an example of a woman Who tells her, her husband or her best friend, you know, I've been taking care of my mother now for five years.
[00:01:57]  She has Alzheimer's.
[00:02:00]  And I tell you the truth, there are times when I wish she would die.
[00:02:07]  It's a perfect example of my point.
[00:02:10]  Does this tell you about the character of this woman?
[00:02:14]  Actually, believe it or not, I think it does, in her favor.
[00:02:21]  I will explain that in a moment.
[00:02:24]  Do you know where I got this from?
[00:02:26]  This is the oldest phone call to my show that I recall, and I have been talking about it.
[00:02:34]  It entered our film.
[00:02:35]  There's a whole scene about it, and for goodness sake, it's a free video.
[00:02:40]  It's how I met Alan Estrin, my producer, The Living Martyr, and you will love it.

=== For Goodness Sake Confession (03:11) ===

[00:02:47]  Some of the biggest stars in Hollywood are in the film.
[00:02:50]  It's called For Goodness Sake, and it's on the internet.
[00:02:54]  It's free.
[00:02:57]  And you'll see me...
[00:02:58]  How long ago?
[00:02:59]  25 years ago?
[00:03:01]  You will see me from 25 years ago.
[00:03:05]  It's not 25?
[00:03:07]  Well, wait.
[00:03:08]  20 years ago...
[00:03:09]  Well, no.
[00:03:12]  Yes, I am right.
[00:03:13]  Mid-90s.
[00:03:16]  That's astonishing to think.
[00:03:18]  25 years ago.
[00:03:19]  See, you'll see me 25 years ago.
[00:03:21]  You get a kick out of it.
[00:03:24]  Anyway, it's called, for goodness sake.
[00:03:26]  So in it, we have this scene.
[00:03:29]  What scene am I referring to again?
[00:03:31]  The scene in which the guy confesses that he...
[00:03:35]  Oh, yeah.
[00:03:35]  So that's right.
[00:03:37]  So the guy...
[00:03:38]  I'm in each scene.
[00:03:39]  It's a funny thing.
[00:03:40]  So I'm in each scene.
[00:03:41]  In this scene...
[00:03:43]  We're in a nursing home.
[00:03:45]  Guy takes care of his mother constantly, and then he whispers to me, he says, you know, I gotta tell you.
[00:03:53]  There are some times I wish she would die already.
[00:03:57]  It's very, very difficult.
[00:04:01]  This happened because of a phone call to my show.
[00:04:05]  Dennis, I'm a terrible son.
[00:04:07]  I so remember it.
[00:04:09]  A guy about between 30 and 40 years old.
[00:04:13]  Dennis, I'm a terrible son.
[00:04:16]  I'm the sole financial and physical support of my mother, who's living with us.
[00:04:25]  And I tell you, sometimes I wish she would finally die of her illnesses.
[00:04:34]  And I don't know what to do.
[00:04:36]  I'm just wracked with guilt.
[00:04:39]  And I said, I just want you to know I think you're a wonderful son.
[00:04:44]  And I'll never forget his reaction.
[00:04:46]  He thought I was mocking him.
[00:04:49]  He so didn't believe what I said.
[00:04:53]  And I said, no, no, no.
[00:04:55]  You're a wonderful son.
[00:04:57]  He said, didn't you hear what I said, Dennis?
[00:04:59]  I said, that's why you're a wonderful son.
[00:05:03]  Despite how you feel, you're taking care of your mother.
[00:05:07]  She doesn't know how you feel.
[00:05:10]  Now, if you said it to her, that would be evil.
[00:05:14]  Hey ma, I hope you die.
[00:05:16]  If he said it publicly, you know, I hope my mother dies.
[00:05:20]  That would be evil.
[00:05:21]  But if he say it privately, no.
[00:05:28]  I give more examples of Nixon and Truman in my piece.
[00:05:35]  Read it during the break.
[00:05:37]  Send it to people.
[00:05:38]  It's really, really important.
[00:05:40]  Why private speech?
[00:05:43]  Doesn't tell us about a person's character.
[00:05:45]  It's up at townhall.com or my website.
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