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Jan. 17, 2022 - Rubin Report - Dave Rubin
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What MLK Jr. Understood That Some Seem to Have Forgotten | Direct Message | Rubin Report
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Unknown Speaker 6347 addresses the misuse of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, contrasting American freedoms with totalitarian regimes in China and Russia. Citing clips where listeners debate the right to protest against illegal injunctions, the segment highlights how Americans historically expanded liberty through First Amendment privileges now potentially being eroded. Ultimately, the discussion urges listeners to actively defend these democratic tools to ensure equality aligns with King's original vision rather than allowing political forces to dilute his message. [Automatically generated summary]

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Quick Update & MLK 00:03:30
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Hey, good morning from the free state of Florida, everybody.
I wanted to give a quick update and then I wanted to talk about Martin Luther King Jr.
for just a moment.
Our plan was to be back in studio today.
There was one more slight delay with the house.
We are officially in tomorrow.
And we'll have internet Wednesday morning.
So what we're going to do is tomorrow night, Tuesday, we will do a test show.
We're going to try to rig together some crazy internet just to do a test show.
And we're going to set up the studio.
And then Wednesday at 11 a.m.
Eastern, The Rubin Report returns officially.
I really thank you guys for your patience.
It's been a crazy time over here, but all good, all good.
On this day, though, I really want to talk about Martin Luther King Jr.
for just a moment.
sort of uses him for their own political purposes on a day like today.
It's one of the sort of most miserable days that you can be online in a certain respect because it's
like Is that really what he would have believed and would he
have wanted someone like you to say that and everything else?
So I was trying to find a clip that I thought would just illustrate something in a broad sense
So first I want to throw to this clip. It's about 50 seconds
[Applause]
If I lived in China or even Russia or any totalitarian country
(coughing)
Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions.
Maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges because they haven't committed themselves to that over there.
But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly.
Somewhere I read Of the freedom of speech, somewhere I read.
Of the freedom of press, somewhere I read.
That the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights.
Man, isn't that beautiful?
I don't even have to add much commentary to that.
It's like, even back then, we had the tools, we had the documents to free ourselves.
And that's what we've done consistently in America.
Expanded more freedom to more people.
And that's not how it is in totalitarian regimes.
And it's like, does it feel like maybe we're giving that stuff away right now?
Are we possibly giving it away?
How does our freedom of assembly feel right now?
that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was always talking about so that his children wouldn't be judged
by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. And that's not how it is
in totalitarian regimes. And it's like, does it feel like maybe we're giving that stuff away right
now? Are we possibly giving it away? How does our freedom of assembly feel right now? How does our
freedom of speech feel right now? That's for you to decide.
So on this day, I would say, maybe we've got all the tools we need.
Maybe we've got the documents we need.
Maybe we live in the country we're supposed to live in, but it's up to us to strengthen those things.
It's up to us to live up to those ideals.
And it's up to us to fight for the things, most importantly, equality.
The equality that Martin Luther King wanted more than anything else.
Okay, guys, I thank you for your time.
Oh, the sun is coming!
dave rubin ▲ ● ▼
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