Folks, this might be the most important Independence Day to celebrate than ever before. It doesn’t (and never did) mean that you agree with every single thing that America has done. But what this country HAS gotten right is a miraculous achievement, and we are all unfathomably lucky beneficiaries. Have a happy and reflective Fourth!
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0:00 The Value In Having Habits
2:14 Lucky To Live In America
7:31 With Flaws, America Is Still Exceptional
12:02 Olympian Turning Her Back To The Flag
16:13 Dennis’s Favorite Founding Father?
16:46 We Must Educate For Liberty
19:45 I’m Offended–The Motto Of The Left
20:50 Not Ready To Give Up On Public School
23:07 Passing On Your Beliefs To Your Kids
25:53 Do Hindus Fit In Judeo-Christian Values?
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
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I forth is the issue. I hope we will get the hiccups. Are you
they got a few times a year horribly. I must have given two thousand speeches. I never sneezed and speed
think about that. Isn't
interesting. Wider area
sneezes are. I would want to do that.
go back to sleep, I rybody Dennis Prager with ATO. Of course, Otto is
I would even to say my bulldog, but however, now they now say my animal
companion
that really elicited a reaction. Finally,
aren't you a lot another any ways of interpreting Otto sayings anyway welcome
to the fireside chats number. One hundred nine me three three we mean
time is short of a little party. A two hundred
We don't even know if we go to to remember we'll, try it.
I remember the first. While we try retry it out, see if anybody watches
Apparently a lot of people do,
what's funny for me, is I have
I had a conversation with a major donor to pray for you, and just
Just today, in fact, and
We ve never met and he said
something to this effect
I want you to know. I really I watch your fireside chats are regularly and I
I tell you, I really enjoy Otto. He wasn't kitty
it was hilarious out. I just cracked up. I happened to love that stuff.
I find ourselves deprecating humor the funniest type of humor, and I
stole them. You know I just gotta tell you that really crack me up. I watch
you Dennis every week and
I really love Otto. That's fine with me
So if you catch some of the things I say, while admiring Otto, I'm fine,
anyway. This is the
fact July. Fourth,
fireside chats. It's it's
being released a few days before, but it is
the one most immediate two July. Fourth, America's!
independence day. A few
words about independence Day,
especially about America, Abraham Lincoln said America was the last best hope of earth and he was right. It still is. If
Erica fails and it might because
I would say, a serious percentage of Americans do not appreciate America and therefore do not appreciate Liberty, the freest.
Three, the history of the world,
just reading a black professor at the Brown universities name eludes me, but he wrote of a very powerful piece about
something I have said all of my life, a
a black American has it better than a black anywhere else in the world. I got that actually from Keith, Rich Burg, who is also black
He is a very long time correspondent for the Washington Post and
a book out of America. You should all read it in Iraq,
I don't know. Maybe twenty years ago, maybe twenty five years ago, by the way great books are great books, even after twenty five years, some great after a few thousand, I should know Hombre, he commentary on it,
anyway. Here his thesis is very powerful, said coming,
to Africa and seeing all the corruption and poverty.
Misery and, of course not all of Africa is like that I've been to twenty african countries. I have a particular affection for Africa and its people, but it's the countries are corrupt and that ruins everything, as you can see,
Chicago New York, LOS Angeles and almost any major american city, corruption, ruins society
more than any one other thing anyway, he said
I came to realize how
DE? I am that my answer
there's came to this to this country Amerika S,
now, the man is not a fool. He's he's not happy that they were slaves. He knows how evil slavery is. Everybody does
but he was saying I am lucky I
the descendant of these people, so I got to live not as asleep
but it's a free America, and so
I am a very lucky black,
by the way I was raised by my father, who Robeson
your class thesis
Anti Semitism in america- and
but my brother and me that we were the luckiest Jews and jewish history. Justice, blacks.
America, the luckiest blacks, Hispanics, the luckiest Hispanics weight to the luckiest whites. That's the point, you're lucky, if you're an american
the true for every single American. Nothing is true for everybody, it's not,
through the seat belt, save lives for everybody. Sometimes seatbelts kill people, but it is true that sea
El save lives. It is true that your lucky, if you're an American, how can people not appreciate this
tree it means you don't appreciate liberty, but the truth is people don't appreciate liberty
as I have said so often the match
human yearning is not to be free, is to be taken. Care of, and
or you taken care of the less free you are you
you take care of yourself.
Your family and your neighbors.
The government will, but if the government takes care of you, you give up something,
It's a sort of deal with the devil Mephistophelean, it's as it would be called in doktor, fastest
You make him the over the devil.
Give me what I want I'll give you my freedom, and I believe
F of America is prepared to make that deal. I am shocked. I did not expect this of my fellow American, I thought thou be true of a small percentage, but this
a year and a half as lead me to believe otherwise that those,
in the battle is lost. I don't think that for a moment I
battle every day
and what was it? Oh, I just read a great quote, but I dont remember from whom something to the effect that
to is the is the ultimate cowardice or something like that. It was.
You're very powerful line about getting giving up. It is not a courageous thing to do, which is self evident, but whose giving up
anyway, I don't have the right to the number of people who
died. So why can be free? And then I won't I dont have to die. The sacrifice I have to make is is to be paid on
this book, I'm willing to be hated on Facebook, about being I'm not being shot down
flying over Germany in World WAR, two not being bayoneted fighting for
America and against slavery in the civil war. So that's why I asked people to come out of the closet as color
you want conservatives lovers of America, call it what you want
you love liberty in your love right,
she malady and all the good things so bestial
a fourth is more important than perhaps Emmy to celebrates July. Fourth
put the flag outside your house, putting the
leg outside your house doesn't mean you agree with everything that happens in America, who agrees with everything that happens anywhere. That's like saying
being your family may means you agree with everything your family has done
Greece with everything their family did that's why,
people about religion appeal. I get caused, as you know, I'm religious and I defend the knee,
for religion, a great deal they always
because, like it's, a catholic calls, you know I'd just kidding,
with everything the catholic church sure teaches.
same thing. You don't get it from a protestant Christian. I just can't can agree with that
anything that I read in the Bible or you know the Mormons have their issues. Well, you know I don't. I can't really believe all the stories about Joseph Smith and an I'm thinking
you think I agree with everything in the traditional Judaism stands for, but I'm up, but so what I know. So what
I mean I leave the religion because
I agree with everything the then you will be
part of nothing so
only thing you ever agree with all the time, as you think
bout that it's like seeing with a candidate. I agree with everything so
what the wrongful office. If you have to agree with the candidate on everything you have to be the candidate, they will
be a candidate with whom you agree on everything these. These are such foolish childish notions its
the child will they first see a flaw in their parent hypocrites hypocrite, no human, human,
What pair one parent is not said to a kid
fortunately not enough, but most parents tell their kids, don't curse right and then that then
Erin comes out with the S word or the F word, or some some somewhere
at some point ah hypocrite, sought a hypocrite, its normal human failing. That's all. It is
my kids, to curse, I dont even say suck around my kids and that's not a curse.
I don't want them to say it around me.
They never hear me say,
a bad word as we used to call it
as I have said, if a piano falls on your toe and you say: gosh darn it you,
a better man than me. That's not
what would come out of my lips, I fully acknowledge that anyway, it's just,
A way of saying this notion, o America's imperfections, its imperfections. How can
country three hundred thirty million people or whatever, were up to not have imperfections every one of of the three hundred and fifty or so million people have imperfections. So,
we have a lot of imperfections in one country, the amount
thing about America is given the imperfect humans are looking wanna terrific place we made. That is
mature way of looking at it not
yet. How many imperfections look?
how much good the country has done for so many people, despite the imperfect humans that make the country up? That's what's amazing,
about America sought amazing that America had slaves ever
society on earth. Black white,
yellow red had slain.
every single one, but where
the idea originate that slavery might be immoral and evil
and whole movement made to abolish it,
Eric and England. That's where America is not accepted,
and having slaves its exceptional and having abolish slavery. Success
nor in being the most open, tolerant, multi ethnic,
multi racial country in the history of the world, that's what we should
be celebrating this July. Fourth, so soon
the STAR Spangled banner organ.
Bless America with or American, the beautiful, with great gusto.
you should do that by the way, if you're having a picnic
You should seeing one of the patriotic songs, it's great for kids to see adults take this country seriously. Then they will
all right time for your kissed units
all right. Take it away. My prediction: is: it will begin with high Dennis
will I be right? I don't it's. My name's k, I'm seventeen and from LOS Angeles, California, I'm sure you ve seen the recent video of the. U S, alembic ugly. Turning your back to the five during the national anthem, I was wondering if you believe that it was the place for the U S and that committee
to respond, and, if so, how? Thank you so much. Thank you so much. I wholly support for young people swimming in questions. I think it's great well, Kate,.
this angry bitter now
cystic woman. That's
all. She is angry.
You better, narcissistic, look and watch
was given in life. She's gonna go.
Tokyo, she's been around the world sent by the United States because she is capable of
throwing a hammer far that that that's pretty good life.
Most people with envy her black or white, with envy her.
What exactly is her anger at America about I'd, love to know what exactly? What would she knew? Just spout the usual systemic,
racism, tell me exactly how what what
What's tell me about your life, it's not been blessed
you are not lucky giving
giving your
went from God or nature and why
America enabled you to go with that talent which are being bought.
Can any way an obstacle to your success in life in any way whatsoever. She's a spoiled brat. I will
the tension and also look I'll. Tell you my analysis like whether its white or black left. These are deeply deeply unhappy. People.
I'm instead of looking within. Why?
I so angry and unhappy why they believe
on the society instead of working on themselves. That's what it's all about
I don't know why she show angry. I would be very key
Greece. If she has a mother and father in her life, it would be ideal
very curious and then u turn
you're back. It's not my national anthem. Really you're, not part of this nation is our right. We're
Where would you prefer to live? If they,
It's not your nation are much
you should leave, I'm just asking: where would you think you would have it better? Be an interesting questions? Also to ask this woman
by the way you she's invited onto my radio show I promised to treat you only delicately, but but
you know, doesn't matter what color, if you're on the left you
dialogue. You smear
remember what did I do that whole? I did a whole monologue here on now.
monologue of John Oliver Ripe,
on the Middle EAST,
I'll go anywhere in America and I'll pay you
Debate with me on the Middle EAST
easy for you to give a model law gonna show when nobody questions you, but I'm here
to being question. That's my life is being challenged in question. Not yours, it was stupid. Angry ran to watch.
Tat about the Middle EAST.
with sheer incoherent ignorance, but.
You never have to answer for it anyway. This woman
should be told. This is now what you do. There are rules, the? U S Olympic Committee should ever rules that
whether you like the country or hate the country when the national anthem is played, you stand and you respect
police stand there, you
to make an issue about how you hate the country, you have
all the right to do so after you're perfect,
went on the field. That's all the fee.
All this to be politically free. I don't want
I don't want pro people to turn down there,
back on the flag make they therein.
we too, but
whether I agree with you or not is irrelevant. I want sport,
to remain sports. That's all
you're ruining sports Euro
As for the other two women who were our
on that day, podium because
The attention was on you, the narcissist.
ok, Linda Pittsburgh, fifty five years old, who is
favorite founding father and why I dont have a favorite roaming father, because
I adore them all these.
Or giants founding this country giants, but Franklin was right. If you can keep it
you said to a woman who asked him about the country, one country. Is it a republic, madam, if you can keep it, maybe we can't rob.
South Korea, dear Mister, Prager, till Otto,
to say hello to the living martyr. That's very cute! Otto does not speak to the living more little tension between them, and I want to say that lab
I teach middle school social studies at the international School in Seoul. One benefit.
this past years, lunacy is being able to encounter kindred spirits quickly. Isn't that the truth,
That's why everybody should come out of the closet. We will encounter so many more kindred spirits
then you will lose friends, but a friend leaves you be
because you think America is not systemically racist. Why would you want that foreign anyway?
in conversation. I went from a new colleagues, mildly. Negative comment about masks.
Two were being a fellow Ben Shapiro listener and a matter of eight seconds that makes sense
Usually they go together, the nun
hysterics on masks tend to be conservative.
What troubles me most is that so many Americans harbour contempt for their own nation. That's right!
I move from Seattle to Seoul last July and I can confidently say that more people cherish America ear in South Korea,
Then most american cities, well,
happy to hear that South Koreans cherish America. They should.
but you're right. It is amazing, South Korea
profoundly, remember the blood of thirty seven thousand american soldiers,
shed on this soil. To me,
this nation, so free and prosperous, or
Or seventy years later,
What are some short term and long term practical steps we must take as Americans
to regain this type of appreciation and gratitude for America, for freedom itself within our own
country sincerely rob well. My wife has a good turn for educate for liberty. That's we don't do that.
Don't educate for liberty by the way, I'm I went to the memorial to
The korean war, sacrifices made by non careers
Thirty seven thousand Americans died in Korea,
The korean war is the biggest proof that America did not fight for imperial
store colonialist reasons. There was
a single mackerel resource in Korea. America fought for
there was no oil,
There was no manufacturing. There was nothing. Americans die
I'd in Korea to keep half of the peninsula free. There was a time when Americans died for freedom. Now, Americans have contempt for freedom.
That shows you the power of education in two generations, because it didn't educate for freedom educated for equity, well, educated for social justice. But
for liberty, that's what we have to do. It's. Why Prager you exists
Thirty, three Bedford, New Hampshire. I was
tell him Megan the other day. Why no questions from bed for New Hampshire
hi, Dennis Otto Snoopy Tail and maidens arm. You are in debt
regular, snoopy tail
I think we see your are more than snoopy stale before snoopy Stale,
Oh that's right now. You should have been before well
and we want your offended what I love Megan I do. That was,
me? I'm offended is the motto of the left. How do be offended is?
This is sort of the bible of the left
Is it an amazing? I am among others, of course, but I am cursed out. I mean their whole websites making fun of me. I don't think I've spent
minutes of my adult life thinking. I'm offended ok anyway,.
thanks for your commitment to being a beacon of logic that is true, b, O L, beacon of logic,
in the time we find this fleeting you
encourage my family to speak more confidently and intelligently regarding our ideals and values. That's great, thank you and also, like
point out that I do not agree with everything you believe I'm offended.
but I respect the hell out of your ability to say it. That's that's a lot of respect. He respects there,
a lot of God bless America almost
I think God bless you, but ok. Second, the fence
for instance, are not quite ready to give up on public schools, for instance, my son was able to listen to doktor, Seuss and say
pledge of allegiance this year.
Your reaction to reading that sentence just five years ago. God is that true. What,
Spots, would you give a schools reach out to their communities regarding input on De I diversity, equity inclusion.
Everyone whose anyone should know that's a sneak away to introduce this made up
equity to justify what ever woke. Mrs being tossed our way. Many thanks, you're right. I m.
Much the same level
We tell you this. If your son school is reading Doktor Susan saying the pledge of allegiance everyday keepers mused the child there,
My problem is with the vast majority of schools that, but that don't do that. That's fine!
if you're not having, if you're having that in your not having
a drag queen. Restoring our.
and the kid
a call boys and girls not stewed
because they don't want to employ
there are only two sexes. You know that a lot of
they know boys and girls anymore. That's a reason to take your kid out of school
There are many reasons, unfortunately, but you're right, so don't anyway,
if you want to fight fight,
they didn't allowed in county. It's on the internet watch that Eleven County School Board meeting
and others as well
In Florida there was a similar one in Texas, Sir
oh, if you fight find most people are not fighters and one way too
it is to take care of your children and educate them outside of the of the school. Where
Ok, you know, I don't even see these questions before him now, but I think of it. I guess we didn't try. We got distracted because Otto,
was not the imposition, and I was ready to begin where you you would have seen Snoopy in out. I was bad and ATO lying in front of him waving,
Snoopy believe Snoopy did leave
Now you see the result,
a very relaxed Otto.
Hi, Denison, of course, out of Daniel thirty four Orlando Florida, my wife and my watch, your fireside chats together each week, hello,
Daniel,
and have come to appreciate not only your sessions, but the conversations we share, afterward no kidding, that's the key word.
loving family, but still find ourselves occasionally worried about the future that our infant order will live in one.
Nothing to do with the other. You could love God and worry about the human future. God knows and ensure that things will work out for the record.
and I don't know why why? God believers even believe that God allows
people to screw up the world that that's that's the way things work
otherwise we would be robots. God
gives us the recipe for a good world, but he doesn't coercive to make it.
do you have any parental recommendations for us to use that might help pass, or our belief was still alive. We heard a question and Jones the world she grows yet
You pass on your belief when you allow and ask questions that you and that's how you do it, but you pay.
on your beliefs alike,
these parents who have set out I've heard this my whole life. Well, I will raise my child with a religion. I want them to free feel free
To choose it when there were an adult, that's like saying: I'm not going
teach my child a musical instrument. I don't want to impose a musical instrument on them,
choose when there were an adult here, but when there were an adult is too late they were
race to love, music and they don't know anything about music or about reading it thinking
musical analogy. You started
retrial that five on an instrument
no master it if they want to give it up and most children do
children by the age of fifteen, give up the instrument, but some doubt
to start at five then,
to start at all. You know
chooses and adopt. How many adults start a musical instrument, its infinitesimal
many small. I know one God bless
the guy. I mean he's in these amazing himself disciplined and gathers. He wished that his pen,
it started him at five and that he didn't started. Twenty five toe
Of course you give your child your values and you let them question them all right.
Hurry hurrah sixteen years old, Connecticut,
high school student, a conservative but a Hindu, I'm religious- and I believe in my God, but I
sometimes feel like the conservative women requires me to be a judeo christian. The conservative woman is built on a judeo Christian Foundation and why
they do not appear to those religions. I consider myself conservative in belief that we need to be increased.
Nor were due to be a conservative. That is some great question
No, you do not show
could be a Hindu,
judeo christian values, I didn't see you
The christian theology keep your hindu beliefs visit. People
mistake, us all the time, their people,
Jews and Christians. Have you say judeo Christian? They don't, then are the same beliefs, Christians,
even Christ, use don't, etc, etc, but
but he speaks about Judeo, christian theology or Judeo.
beliefs. We talk about your day,
christian values?
how would the Hindu not have judeo christian values.
Do you believe that the ten commandments, for example, that the source of judeo christian values? Do you think
it's a good idea, but you you do.
You have every reason, as a conservative,
to one american states committed to its judeo christian values.
good for you, the Hindu, Mickey Hayley.
come from a seek family s, eye
I cite cage seek family. These people love America. They they don't give up their Sikhism.
that's one of the great things about America. You don't have to give up your beliefs,
firstly, they are counter to what we affirm.
By the way I have a series on the internet. I wrote it. I've been running
college for twenty years, so I wrote once I think, a six part, maybe even eight part column.
what our judeo christian values just look them up, demonstrated their christian values and I'll
but you can affirm ninety nine or on even a hundred per cent of them
You know we count you wind, join Prager force. We don't have
of induce sat right. They go I'll. Give you a big hug, a hug. I love that
Haug for hurry, hurrah, the Hindu there you go
we're good day again, values
ray to end. That is the point these are.
Collusive values are my friends a happy for.
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