Dennis Prager Show - Purpose of Life is Not to Be SAFE ⎜ Dennis Takes Calls Aired: 2020-05-08 Duration: 06:57 === The Purpose of Life (06:35) === [00:00:01] The purpose of life is not to be safe. [00:00:03] The purpose of life is to live it. [00:00:06] Now, back to where is my caller? [00:00:09] What happened to her? [00:00:11] Yes, there we go. [00:00:12] Christine, Elmira, New York. [00:00:14] Correct? [00:00:14] Was I with you? [00:00:17] Yes, uh-huh. [00:00:18] Good. [00:00:19] Hi. [00:00:19] I want to thank you, first of all, for your show because I think it's a breath of sanity amongst the insane. [00:00:27] That's what I think. [00:00:29] Yes. [00:00:31] Curiously enough, they keep touting all these numbers of deaths. [00:00:35] So I went to the actual CDC site and started looking at numbers, and I was really surprised that the numbers being reported for coronavirus deaths versus what the CDC is publishing are vastly different. [00:00:52] I'm looking at coronavirus deaths reported by the CDC. As of May 2nd, we're 47,128 out of a total of almost 800,000 people who died during that period of time. [00:01:08] So it's, you know, not a huge percentage of the total deaths that are. [00:01:17] Right, so you went to the CDC, got that number. [00:01:23] Where did you get a different number? [00:01:27] I got a different number. [00:01:28] People keep saying, oh, there's been 66,000. [00:01:31] Well, yeah. [00:01:31] Okay. [00:01:32] All right. [00:01:33] Well, so you're right. [00:01:34] I mean, that would mean, if you're right, that would mean 20,000 people died since May 2nd. [00:01:39] It is now May 8th. [00:01:41] Yeah, and that's not possible. [00:01:43] That's not possible. [00:01:43] Well, I don't know the answer. [00:01:46] I don't go to the CDC. I go to Worldometer for the world and the U.S. But I'll look into that, and I thank you very much. [00:01:58] All righty, everybody. [00:02:00] And Sacramento, California, and Stephen. [00:02:05] Hello. [00:02:06] Hi, Dennis. [00:02:07] Hi. [00:02:08] All right, let me take you off of a speaker. [00:02:11] Good, thank you. [00:02:15] Hi, Dennis. [00:02:15] You know how you often say you can tell the difference between a liberal and a leftist by asking how they feel about... [00:02:24] Yes. [00:02:24] I think going in the future and getting away from this COVID, this coronavirus, I think you'll be able to tell a different thing by just looking at a person. [00:02:33] I think you'll be able to tell whether they're a Republican or not just by looking at them. [00:02:38] And here's how you'll be able to do it. [00:02:39] The further we get away from the corona, the non-Republicans will continue wearing masks. [00:02:45] And if you really want to be sure, walk up and ask them to try to shake their hand. [00:02:49] And if they shake your hand... [00:02:52] They're a Republican. [00:02:54] He's right. [00:02:55] That's why I'm laughing. [00:02:58] When I see somebody... [00:03:00] I live in Southern California. [00:03:02] I live... [00:03:04] Well, actually, where I live is secondary to where I work. [00:03:07] I broadcast from Glendale, California, which is outside of Los Angeles. [00:03:13] And the Glendale city... [00:03:18] Announced, and I played it for you. [00:03:20] I got this message on my phone. [00:03:23] You have to wear a mask even when walking your pet. [00:03:28] Got a kick out of that. [00:03:31] So, if I see somebody walking their pet without a mask, I assume that the person is conservative or Republican. [00:03:42] That's right. [00:03:42] He's right. [00:03:45] Isn't that a fascinating thing? [00:03:48] And by the way, I believe that Democrats and... [00:03:52] Face coverings are now required any time you leave your home. [00:03:56] This includes going on a walk, picking up essential goods, or walking your pet. [00:04:02] A face covering is not the same. [00:04:04] That's right. [00:04:05] There you go. [00:04:08] No, I always got a kick out of the pet line. [00:04:10] I know. [00:04:11] Look, you have a pet rabbit, if I'm not mistaken. [00:04:15] When you walk your rabbit. [00:04:19] Benzington, right? [00:04:20] Is his name Benzington? [00:04:23] Strange name for a rabbit, I have to say. [00:04:25] Strange to even have a rabbit as a pet. [00:04:28] But look, he's strange. [00:04:31] You know, what am I going to say? [00:04:34] By the way, strange is good. [00:04:38] I'm not joking. [00:04:39] I'm going to give you a serious point now that will blow thy mind. [00:04:44] I'm totally serious. [00:04:47] I believe that the study of good people is more important than the study of evil people. [00:04:52] Because I believe evil is natural and goodness is not. [00:04:56] Wow. [00:04:57] You just wrinkled my brain, man. [00:04:59] No, I'm going to wrinkle your brain with the point I'm going to make. [00:05:01] So I've read a lot on who are the non-Jews who saved Jews in the Holocaust. [00:05:09] Because that's a very risky thing to have done that. [00:05:13] It's an unbelievable person. [00:05:16] And one of the criteria in a book I read many years ago, I wish I remembered the book. [00:05:22] I read it in a bookstore. [00:05:24] I didn't have much money then. [00:05:26] I read much of the book in the bookstore. [00:05:28] It was at the Harvard Coop. [00:05:31] Anyway, it said people who were considered eccentric were more likely to be among the rescuers. [00:05:45] Isn't that interesting? [00:05:47] In other words, they were considered eccentric before the war. [00:05:51] And I totally buy that. [00:05:53] I totally buy that. [00:05:56] Now, I'm not talking mental illness. [00:05:58] I'm talking eccentric. [00:05:59] In other words, people who don't conform, who don't march to the beat of the drummer. [00:06:05] I am frightened by the sheep-like behavior I'm seeing in many of my fellow Americans. [00:06:14] Do I think eccentrics are not wearing masks? [00:06:17] I would say that that is more likely. [00:06:19] Yeah, that's a very good point. === America's Unique Freedom (00:35) === [00:06:21] Although their eccentricity might be a great desire to be safe. [00:06:27] I mean, obviously. [00:06:29] Anything is possible. [00:06:31] But the man was right. [00:06:33] There's a huge, obviously there's a huge difference here. [00:06:38] We conservatives, we fear less. [00:06:41] Incidentally, what a great statement. [00:06:44] We're living through something unique to America. [00:06:48] It is the religious who are most adamant about freedom, which is exactly how America was founded.