Nov. 25, 2020 - Rubin Report - Dave Rubin
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| I'm Dave Rubin and I'm host of The Rubin Report, a show where I try to have reasonably informed | ||
| conversations about politics. | ||
| We're all about to sit around the table for Thanksgiving with our loved ones at one of the most divisive periods in American history. | ||
| There are some of you who don't want to see your relatives or have disinvited them due to disagreements about politics. | ||
| And that's why it's more important than ever to resist the urge to assume the worst intentions In our family and in our friends. | ||
| If you're a Democrat or a left-leaning type, don't assume that because your relative voted for Trump or is a Republican that they are a racist, homophobic bigot. | ||
| Their reasons for thinking the way they do may be more nuanced and complex than you may think. | ||
| If you're a Trump-voting Republican, don't assume that your liberal relatives are all socialists wanting to throw out the Constitution. | ||
| There are sane liberals who are not radical and don't align with the burn-it-all-down lefty crowd. | ||
| There aren't many of those liberals left, but that makes it all the more important to find them and talk to them. | ||
| It's important to understand and not forget that we actually want a lot of the same things. | ||
| We want to have successful lives for us and our children and others, but we have different ideas on how we can get there. | ||
| What I do know is that we won't get there by cutting people out of our lives and making the walls of our echo chambers taller than they already are. | ||
| So you don't have to agree with my politics or who I voted for, but if you agree that we can only get to a better world by trying to better understand each other, not by ostracizing each other, then share this video. | ||
| If you think it's a better idea to assume the best in our opponents instead of the worst, then share this video. | ||
| Share it with someone you're worried about getting into a fight with at Thanksgiving. | ||
| Share it with people you know that you agree with, and share it with those who don't. | ||
| We can only fix society's problems by working together and trying to better understand each other. | ||
| So if you only agree with that message alone, share this so we can all get on the same page to start rebuilding the bridges we've been so busy burning. | ||
| All right, now more importantly than any of that, get off social media, get hopped up on Tryptophan, and take a nap. | ||
| Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. | ||
| If you're looking for more honest and thoughtful conversations about politics instead of nonstop yelling, check out our politics playlist. | ||
| And if you want to watch full interviews on a variety of topics, watch our full episode playlist all right over here. |
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