Cenk Uygur

When Biden came out in favor of gay marriage in 2013, we're like, this is comically late. So like, we're all supposed to like congratulate him in the year 2013 that he thinks gay people should have the same rights as straight people. And then he had to push Obama to get there. Right.

So on the other hand, I'm like, guys, if you allow trans women to go into professional sports, not at the high school level, but professional sports, but let's say they go into MMA or boxing. And a trans woman, I mean, it happens in boxing. It happens in MMA. Punches a biological woman so hard that she kills her, right? So you're going to set back trans rights 50 years.

So on the other hand, I'm like, guys, if you allow trans women to go into professional sports, not at the high school level, but professional sports, but let's say they go into MMA or boxing. And a trans woman, I mean, it happens in boxing. It happens in MMA. Punches a biological woman so hard that she kills her, right? So you're going to set back trans rights 50 years.

So on the other hand, I'm like, guys, if you allow trans women to go into professional sports, not at the high school level, but professional sports, but let's say they go into MMA or boxing. And a trans woman, I mean, it happens in boxing. It happens in MMA. Punches a biological woman so hard that she kills her, right? So you're going to set back trans rights 50 years.

I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you. You have to do bounds of reason. So when I say simple things like that, and I say, you give LeBron James every hormone blocker on planet earth, he's still going to dominate the WNBA. Okay. It would be comical. He might score a hundred points a night. Okay. And they'll say, oh, that's outrageous. And they've, some have called me Nazi. Hmm.

I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you. You have to do bounds of reason. So when I say simple things like that, and I say, you give LeBron James every hormone blocker on planet earth, he's still going to dominate the WNBA. Okay. It would be comical. He might score a hundred points a night. Okay. And they'll say, oh, that's outrageous. And they've, some have called me Nazi. Hmm.

I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to help you. You have to do bounds of reason. So when I say simple things like that, and I say, you give LeBron James every hormone blocker on planet earth, he's still going to dominate the WNBA. Okay. It would be comical. He might score a hundred points a night. Okay. And they'll say, oh, that's outrageous. And they've, some have called me Nazi. Hmm.

For saying that trans women or that professional leagues should make their own decisions on whether they allow trans women in or not. So why do they say that? Because they're so besieged, they think we cannot give an inch. We cannot give any ground. If you give any ground, you're a Nazi. Okay. So we've got to get out of that mindset. You can't function in a democracy saying,

For saying that trans women or that professional leagues should make their own decisions on whether they allow trans women in or not. So why do they say that? Because they're so besieged, they think we cannot give an inch. We cannot give any ground. If you give any ground, you're a Nazi. Okay. So we've got to get out of that mindset. You can't function in a democracy saying,

For saying that trans women or that professional leagues should make their own decisions on whether they allow trans women in or not. So why do they say that? Because they're so besieged, they think we cannot give an inch. We cannot give any ground. If you give any ground, you're a Nazi. Okay. So we've got to get out of that mindset. You can't function in a democracy saying,

and be in an extreme position and expect the rest of the country to go towards your extreme position. So why do you think we are not in a meritocracy? So because of the corruption. So for example, but there's also, but remember, Corporate media is the matrix. And they plug you into cable, right, in the old days. Now it's a little bit different because of online media.

and be in an extreme position and expect the rest of the country to go towards your extreme position. So why do you think we are not in a meritocracy? So because of the corruption. So for example, but there's also, but remember, Corporate media is the matrix. And they plug you into cable, right, in the old days. Now it's a little bit different because of online media.

and be in an extreme position and expect the rest of the country to go towards your extreme position. So why do you think we are not in a meritocracy? So because of the corruption. So for example, but there's also, but remember, Corporate media is the matrix. And they plug you into cable, right, in the old days. Now it's a little bit different because of online media.

But especially 10 years ago, and remember, we started 22 years ago, so I've been losing my mind over how obvious corporate media corruption has been for decades now, right? But no one acknowledged it until online media got stronger. But one of the myths that corporate media creates is the myth of meritocracy. Not that meritocracy can't exist or shouldn't exist, but they pretend it exists today.

But especially 10 years ago, and remember, we started 22 years ago, so I've been losing my mind over how obvious corporate media corruption has been for decades now, right? But no one acknowledged it until online media got stronger. But one of the myths that corporate media creates is the myth of meritocracy. Not that meritocracy can't exist or shouldn't exist, but they pretend it exists today.

But especially 10 years ago, and remember, we started 22 years ago, so I've been losing my mind over how obvious corporate media corruption has been for decades now, right? But no one acknowledged it until online media got stronger. But one of the myths that corporate media creates is the myth of meritocracy. Not that meritocracy can't exist or shouldn't exist, but they pretend it exists today.

So the problem with that myth, Lex, is that it gets people thinking, well, if they're already rich, they must have merited it by definition. So all the rich have merit. And the reverse of that. If you're poor or middle class, well, you must not have merited wealth. So you're no good. We don't have to listen to you. And that's a really dangerous, awful idea.

So the problem with that myth, Lex, is that it gets people thinking, well, if they're already rich, they must have merited it by definition. So all the rich have merit. And the reverse of that. If you're poor or middle class, well, you must not have merited wealth. So you're no good. We don't have to listen to you. And that's a really dangerous, awful idea.

So the problem with that myth, Lex, is that it gets people thinking, well, if they're already rich, they must have merited it by definition. So all the rich have merit. And the reverse of that. If you're poor or middle class, well, you must not have merited wealth. So you're no good. We don't have to listen to you. And that's a really dangerous, awful idea.

And so if we get to a meritocracy one day, I'll be the happiest person in America. But right now, look, here I'll give you an example that I put in the book. and it's not us, other folks at this YouTube video, I can't even quite find who they were, but it was a brilliant video. And they said, okay, we're gonna do a 100-yard race.