March 2, 2016 - Rubin Report - Dave Rubin
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| One of my favorite aspects of the Rubin Report is the feedback that we're getting from viewers literally all over the world. | ||
| Just last week, I had viewers from countries like Egypt, Denmark, Mexico, Spain, and Australia reach out to me just to name a few. | ||
| I'm truly humbled that so many of you take the time to share your feelings with me, and although I don't have time to respond to everyone, I do try to at least read the messages that you're sending. | ||
| To me, the most amazing part of this is that the conversations we're having on this show Our transcending race, religion, sexuality, and nationality. | ||
| The fight for free speech, the importance of not giving in to the authoritarians, and the awakening against the regressives are all ideas that bring us together. | ||
| The power of ideas is universal. | ||
| When we discuss free speech, free thought, and free expression, it's vital that we mean it equally for everyone, not just in an identity-politics-based pecking order. | ||
| This device, this thing that we all have in our pocket, is bringing us closer together in ways that were literally unimaginable only a generation ago. | ||
| Right this very second, one of you is watching this direct message while on the subway in New York City, one of you is listening to the podcast while at the gym in London, and one of you is streaming this while on your couch in Moscow. | ||
| Not only are you all tuning in on a variety of platforms, but you're furthering the discussion of these ideas on Facebook and Twitter, or just by talking with your friends and family. | ||
| That expansion of our conversations makes me want to do better work, even if talking about difficult topics comes at both a personal and professional cost. | ||
| As the world has gotten smaller, it has never been more important to hear voices that challenge our thinking and give unique perspective based on their own personal story. | ||
| My guest this week is Ina Shevchenko. | ||
| Ina is the leader of the women's movement Femin International, a columnist for the International Business Times, and a free speech activist. | ||
| She was born in Ukraine the same year that the USSR fell, has been kidnapped by the Belarus KGB, and in 2013 was granted political asylum in France. | ||
| She has lived a truly controversial life and paid the price for being outspoken more than once. | ||
| This is not someone who only talks about the news, this is someone who actually lives it. | ||
| There are many issues I want to discuss with Ina, from women's rights and free speech to Islamism and political correctness, but I also want to talk to her about life in France right now. | ||
| Has it changed since the Paris terror attacks? | ||
| What's the political climate? | ||
| You know, there's a catch-22 to all this connectivity. | ||
| to the mainstream, thus weakening free speech and helping the authoritarians. | ||
| The only way we can find answers to questions like these is to be connected with people | ||
| who aren't afraid to share their views. | ||
| You know, there's a catch-22 to all this connectivity. | ||
| As it brings us closer and transcends cultures and borders, it can also make everyone else's | ||
| problems seem like our own. | ||
| On one hand, we can see how others live and have empathy for our fellow man. | ||
| On the other hand, sometimes it's hard to gauge just how much something across the globe should affect us in our day to day lives. | ||
| I try to do this show each week in the spirit of finding balance between those two concepts, and I hope Eno will provide perspective on some of the big questions I've mentioned here. |
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