Rubin Report - Dave Rubin - Share & Watch This Before Your Family's Thanksgiving | DIRECT MESSAGE | Rubin Report
Aired: 2020-11-25
Duration: 02:45


=== Share For Understanding (02:45) ===

[00:00:00]  (upbeat music)
[00:00:02]  I'm Dave Rubin and I'm host of The Rubin Report, a show where I try to have reasonably informed
[00:00:12]  conversations about politics.
[00:00:14]  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.
[00:00:21]  There are some of you who don't want to see your relatives or have disinvited them due to disagreements about politics.
[00:00:28]  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.
[00:00:36]  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.
[00:00:46]  Their reasons for thinking the way they do may be more nuanced and complex than you may think.
[00:00:52]  If you're a Trump-voting Republican, don't assume that your liberal relatives are all socialists wanting to throw out the Constitution.
[00:01:00]  There are sane liberals who are not radical and don't align with the burn-it-all-down lefty crowd.
[00:01:06]  There aren't many of those liberals left, but that makes it all the more important to find them and talk to them.
[00:01:12]  It's important to understand and not forget that we actually want a lot of the same things.
[00:01:18]  We want to have successful lives for us and our children and others, but we have different ideas on how we can get there.
[00:01:25]  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.
[00:01:35]  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.
[00:01:50]  If you think it's a better idea to assume the best in our opponents instead of the worst, then share this video.
[00:01:58]  Share it with someone you're worried about getting into a fight with at Thanksgiving.
[00:02:02]  Share it with people you know that you agree with, and share it with those who don't.
[00:02:07]  We can only fix society's problems by working together and trying to better understand each other.
[00:02:12]  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.
[00:02:24]  All right, now more importantly than any of that, get off social media, get hopped up on Tryptophan, and take a nap.
[00:02:31]  Happy Thanksgiving, everybody.
[00:02:33]  If you're looking for more honest and thoughtful conversations about politics instead of nonstop yelling, check out our politics playlist.
[00:02:39]  And if you want to watch full interviews on a variety of topics, watch our full episode playlist all right over here.