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Ezra Levant

👤 Speaker
1028 total appearances

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

It was fascinating to deal with them. They are so used to making deals with rational business people who say, there's no way I'm going to win here. Just pay it out and get it over. They offered me, they said, if you pay that imam, I think it was like eight grand, and give him a page in the magazine to write whatever he wants, we'll let you go. And they assumed I would take it.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

It was fascinating to deal with them. They are so used to making deals with rational business people who say, there's no way I'm going to win here. Just pay it out and get it over. They offered me, they said, if you pay that imam, I think it was like eight grand, and give him a page in the magazine to write whatever he wants, we'll let you go. And they assumed I would take it.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

It was fascinating to deal with them. They are so used to making deals with rational business people who say, there's no way I'm going to win here. Just pay it out and get it over. They offered me, they said, if you pay that imam, I think it was like eight grand, and give him a page in the magazine to write whatever he wants, we'll let you go. And they assumed I would take it.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And any rational decision maker would have taken that deal. Instead of fighting, you're not going to win. Look at the law. It depends on what you mean by win. Well, that's right. And we can talk a little bit more about my friend Tommy Robinson and how, in a way, he is irrational, too, if the idea is to save yourself. Like, he was in court in the UK.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And any rational decision maker would have taken that deal. Instead of fighting, you're not going to win. Look at the law. It depends on what you mean by win. Well, that's right. And we can talk a little bit more about my friend Tommy Robinson and how, in a way, he is irrational, too, if the idea is to save yourself. Like, he was in court in the UK.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And any rational decision maker would have taken that deal. Instead of fighting, you're not going to win. Look at the law. It depends on what you mean by win. Well, that's right. And we can talk a little bit more about my friend Tommy Robinson and how, in a way, he is irrational, too, if the idea is to save yourself. Like, he was in court in the UK.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I sat there and I watched the judge say to him, will you take down that video? Shortly after you interviewed him, he put up a video on Twitter. A judge said, don't do it. Don't do it. He did it. He was brought before the judge. I'm switching gears now. And he was in the dock. And the judge said, I'm going to give you the maximum sentence.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I sat there and I watched the judge say to him, will you take down that video? Shortly after you interviewed him, he put up a video on Twitter. A judge said, don't do it. Don't do it. He did it. He was brought before the judge. I'm switching gears now. And he was in the dock. And the judge said, I'm going to give you the maximum sentence.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I sat there and I watched the judge say to him, will you take down that video? Shortly after you interviewed him, he put up a video on Twitter. A judge said, don't do it. Don't do it. He did it. He was brought before the judge. I'm switching gears now. And he was in the dock. And the judge said, I'm going to give you the maximum sentence.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

million times, the judge said, you take it down now, I'm going to lop months of... Silenced? That's right. And Tommy wouldn't bend the knee.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

million times, the judge said, you take it down now, I'm going to lop months of... Silenced? That's right. And Tommy wouldn't bend the knee.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

million times, the judge said, you take it down now, I'm going to lop months of... Silenced? That's right. And Tommy wouldn't bend the knee.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

Well, I visited Tommy in Spain and came back with him on the flight because we thought he would be arrested the minute he landed. They waited a few days, and they picked him up strategically so he could not attend a rally. Oh, yeah. And let me talk about that moment just for one second. Tommy has flaws, but he also has within him a gleaming diamond that is rare. And let me tell you what that is.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

Well, I visited Tommy in Spain and came back with him on the flight because we thought he would be arrested the minute he landed. They waited a few days, and they picked him up strategically so he could not attend a rally. Oh, yeah. And let me talk about that moment just for one second. Tommy has flaws, but he also has within him a gleaming diamond that is rare. And let me tell you what that is.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

Well, I visited Tommy in Spain and came back with him on the flight because we thought he would be arrested the minute he landed. They waited a few days, and they picked him up strategically so he could not attend a rally. Oh, yeah. And let me talk about that moment just for one second. Tommy has flaws, but he also has within him a gleaming diamond that is rare. And let me tell you what that is.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

The video had been seen 55 million times. The judge was saying... If you take it down now, you'll go home to your family months earlier. And I'll confess, I said to Tommy, I said, look, brother, you've had the most watched documentary film ever produced in the UK. That's the biggest win of all time. Take it down and don't be away from your family. And I said that to him as a friend.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

The video had been seen 55 million times. The judge was saying... If you take it down now, you'll go home to your family months earlier. And I'll confess, I said to Tommy, I said, look, brother, you've had the most watched documentary film ever produced in the UK. That's the biggest win of all time. Take it down and don't be away from your family. And I said that to him as a friend.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

The video had been seen 55 million times. The judge was saying... If you take it down now, you'll go home to your family months earlier. And I'll confess, I said to Tommy, I said, look, brother, you've had the most watched documentary film ever produced in the UK. That's the biggest win of all time. Take it down and don't be away from your family. And I said that to him as a friend.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I said, you have the biggest win you can, 55 million views. He said, no. Now it has over 150 million views, and the world is talking about it, including Elon Musk himself, who retweeted it. And see, the law isn't used to dealing with people who are not rationalizing, sort of maximizing the optimal outcome for reducing pain.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I said, you have the biggest win you can, 55 million views. He said, no. Now it has over 150 million views, and the world is talking about it, including Elon Musk himself, who retweeted it. And see, the law isn't used to dealing with people who are not rationalizing, sort of maximizing the optimal outcome for reducing pain.