Dave Rubin hosts the second-ever Fan Show, selecting 20 diverse contributors from 3,000 submissions to debate free speech and identity. Guests range from a gay, mixed-race transvestite Trump supporter to a bisexual Muslim questioning their place in society, while others contrast physical threats with online harassment and challenge traditional definitions of victimhood. Rubin marvels at this engaged audience battling ideas, jokingly asking if any would host him during his vacation, ultimately highlighting the vibrant, contentious nature of his community's commitment to open discourse. [Automatically generated summary]
We're doing our second ever Rubin Report Fan Show.
So a month ago, I asked our fans once again to let me know why I should interview you.
And I got to tell you guys, you did not disappoint.
We received about 3,000 responses and ended up selecting 20 of you, which, believe me, was not easy to do.
Your passion, diversity of thought, and commitment to free speech is absolutely inspiring and gives me the fuel I need to do what I do.
We did our best to pick an eclectic mix of people from all over the world and I think you're going to really dig the group of people that we chose to interview.
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Oi Dave, tudo bem?
If I had to put myself on a spectrum, I'm a little bit to the right of Attila the Hun.
On a personal note, I just want to say how truly awed and humbled I am by your submissions.
The fact that you watch this show, that you share it with friends and family, and that you are engaging in the battle of ideas yourselves, really makes me putting myself out there worthwhile.
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You can say, oh, somebody said something mean on Twitter, or somebody said something mean on Facebook, but it's not the same thing as somebody coming to your doorstep with weapons saying, we're going to kill you because you're not us.
There has to be something for me to be actually bisexual and also Muslim.
There has to be a place for me.
We don't have a right to free speech the way you do in America.
Maybe you could host this show for me sometime if I go on vacation.
What do you think?
Clearly you guys all recognize that we're in this together and that talking about the important issues honestly is the only way to move forward as part of the human race.
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Some of us are rednecks.
Sometimes we'll have to blow shit up.
But that did not make us all racist.
People tend to use the word victim as if it's a status or it's something they cling to that defines them rather than just being something in the past that happened to you, which is how I prefer to look at it.
What I've been taught to be through the lens of my life, it just doesn't make sense anymore.