Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome to a brand new episode of Part of the Problem. I am Dave Smith. He is Robbie the Fire Bernstein. How are you feeling today, Rob? I mean, the world's in chaos, but we're going to be doing comedy in Pittsburgh this weekend. So I'm looking forward to that. Also tomorrow night, tomorrow night and Saturday night out in Pittsburgh. Come see us.
There's still, I think like two of the four shows have sold out the next, they're going to all sell out. So come grab tickets right now. Comic Dave Smith.com. Come on out Pittsburgh. Also check out. I did a 1950s newsreel parody of the Iran war to intro my show. So check it out. I loved it. I'm going to share it after this. I loved it. Well, it is a fun moment that we're at.
Oh, by the way, before we get into the show, one more reminder. My amazing, beautiful, lovely wife, her children's book, Healthy Hibernation, is available now in paperback as well. It's a bestseller, and we've really been blown away by how many people have loved it. And so thank you to everybody who's purchased it already. It's a really sweet thing. It's not the dark world that we live in.
It's just a nice mom making a book for little kids about eating healthy. And it's really sweet, really beautiful, really beautifully illustrated and very beautifully written. Anyway, Healthy Hibernation by Lauren Smith is available on Amazon. All right, Rob. So look,
as you were kind of getting into in your intro things are a little bit confusing right now okay now we're okay so we are now a week into a war with Iran well it okay it's not a war but they well it's been a war for 47 years but it's not a war well it's a war from them on their side it's a war Our side, it's not a war because it would be totally illegal if it was a war.
It's not a war where we're just bombing the crap out of the country and we killed their leader. I could understand where a lot of you might confuse that with a war, but it's not. It's not a war. Okay, well, it is a war, according to Pete Hegseth. According to the Secretary of War, it's a war, but not according to the Speaker of the House. So it is a war, but it's also not a war.
I think the important thing to remember here, Rob, is that this is nothing like Iraq.
it's nothing like iraq now we are going to arm the kurds but don't let hold on don't let that with you too much which kurds well the iraqi kurds yes the same kurds we are in the iraq well okay fine so it's got that one similarity uh to the war in iraq aside from that but it's not even a war so how similar could it be to the war in iraq and it's gonna take weeks and not months
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Chapter 2: What are the confusing details about the war with Iran?
It's, it's Brian Stelter telling you that Joe Rogan is this fringe figure who's, you know, must want people to die. And that's why he doesn't support lockdowns or something like that. It's the exact same thing. I actually thought that was quite funny the other day with the Pierce Morgan episode in question here. But at one point, Ben Ferguson said that Tucker Carlson was fringe.
And, like, I think the entire panel just laughed at him. It was just, we all just literally, I mean, it was like a genuine, like, gut laugh reaction. Yes, yes, Tucker Carlson represents a real fringe. No public support amongst the right wing. But Ben Ferguson is, it's...
probably 600 listeners an episode of his show he really has his finger on the pulse well anyway here is angry little ben shapiro um coming after me let's let's play it and let's give our thoughts He had on Dave Smith. Apparently, his job is never to tell jokes, but to instead give poorly informed foreign policy takes and also to hate America. Here we go.
The IDF is the worst terrorist organization in the region. Let's get real. The United States of America is arguably the worst terrorist organization in the world. If you want to look over the last 25 years, how many innocent civilians we've slaughtered. You're getting us. You're getting us into the neocon. Yeah, that's right. You're getting us into the neocon seventh war. Ben Foley.
Ferguson rightly notes at that point that he might want to take down the American flag behind him. That is right.
It doesn't matter, it turns out, how many times you appear on Joe Rogan's show or how many times you hide behind your title of comedian who holds the Guinness Book of World Records for fewest jokes told or how many times you spew puerile analogies that demonstrate nothing but unbelievable, willful ignorance of the nature
oh an unbelievable willful ignorance all right so this is so it's it's really funny that you know this is just the way ben shapiro is he jumps he jumps on whenever he thinks there's a weakness like he you know this guy must be watching my because anytime he thinks that there's something like oh i got him on this one and so this is his game literally uh ben ferguson that that was his response
As Ben Shapiro pointed out and said, good job. His response was, you might want to take that American flag down behind you if you're going to say America is the biggest terrorist organization in the world. And it was I mean, I responded by saying, yeah, that's the dumbest response I've ever heard. The entire comment section of Pierce Mortgage is just talking about how dumb Ben Ferguson is.
And Ben Shapiro thought this was the thing to jump on. Like, you hate America. Really, Rob? This is the fight he wants to have? Is that what if you oppose the wars, therefore you hate your grandma? What can you even say to this, Rob? Hasn't this just already been taken apart a million times? I don't think we dedicated our lives to this show and following these topics out of a hatred for America.
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Chapter 3: What arguments are presented regarding the Kurds' involvement?
I just, I don't... No, I don't know. I've been doing comedy for 20 years. I don't care what random people who hate my politics opinion of my comedy is. I know where I'm at as a standup and people who come out to the shows and come see us, they know what's up. So like, I don't, whatever, this is just all so dumb.
But yeah, it is pretty funny that he did the graphic that didn't even work with the joke. He's not, the thing about Ben Shapiro is he's not actually that bright. I know he's not as dumb as the points he's making here, but he's not a very bright guy. All right, here, let's keep playing. of war. I'm sorry, but you hate the country if you say America is the worst terrorist organization in the world.
You just do. To make that argument, you have to deliberately obscure the difference between actual terrorists who actually are seeking deliberately to kill innocent people in the name of politics, not collateral damage, deliberately seeking to kill innocent people and nation states
i mean look dude this is again you could just say this he has to just he can't actually if you notice rob he can't actually engage in the argument he has to just say there's no argument you just do you just hate america if you're gonna say we're terrorists and you can't distinguish between the real terrorists okay the real terrorists intentionally kill civilians
So this is the argument we're getting ready for. Actually, you know, just back up a couple seconds here and let's play this. Let's let him finish his point because we'll respond to this for the millionth time. But here, let's play it.
Terrorists who actually are seeking deliberately to kill innocent people in the name of politics, not collateral damage, deliberately seeking to kill innocent people and nation states who are seeking to avoid civilian casualties, often while fighting those actual terrorists. which of course is the point for people who hate America.
Okay, so pause it here, and then bring it back a few seconds for the next point. So he said, oh my God, if you're conflating the terrorists who intentionally kill civilians with the nation states that have collateral damage, but do everything they can to not kill innocent civilians. Okay, well, let's examine that a little bit.
don't do everything they can right because like one one thing would be to not drop bombs on people so that's one thing at least they don't do to avoid it right the thing that kills the civilians they don't do that so you can't really say they do everything to avoid killing civilians um so let's go let's go to this word deliberate What exactly does that mean?
I mean, look, as I know, they always want to come up with a euphemism or a social construct. So it's not intentionally killing civilians. It's collateral damage. Okay. It's just a term you made up. It's just a euphemism. They'll come up with some construction, some social construct about, you know, the rules of war or international law.
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Chapter 4: How does Dave Smith respond to Ben Shapiro's claims?
I know Dave's in his basement right now screaming at his TV. I was...
okay like i i i own a nice house but okay ben like i don't know i was screaming no i i was laughing i had a big smile on my face i was excited to respond to this sure no you won't debate me ben and we all know why you won't debate me because i will kick your in and here's the thing rob and i i posted about this on on twitter yesterday it was trending uh today but
The thing is, Ben, like, no one really cares. Don't really care if you want to do the debate or not. I'm not seething. Oh, debate me, bro. It's like, I mean, I would debate you. I'll debate you this afternoon if you want to, because sure, it'll be a huge show. It's easy work, and I'll fucking embarrass you. OK, not even because I'm smarter, because I'm a better debater or anything.
It's just that you're a complete liar and you have no argument on your side. So, of course, I would do that. But no one really like it doesn't really matter. It doesn't really have to happen. And this is what I said on Pierce the other day, too, that. You guys have already lost the debate. Ben Shapiro lost it by default, by being too much of a coward to debate. And not me.
I'm saying he wouldn't debate any competent critic of Israel or the warfare state. He just won't do it. He branded himself as the free speech debate guy. I'll go in there. Oh, you give me the meanest 20 year old chick who thinks she's a dude. Ben Shapiro will debate. But oh, no, a guy who's a Ron Paul guy. That's too far. That's way too out there.
He'll debate a Maoist, an abortionist, any type of, you know, as long as they're a kid, they'll debate any of them. But yeah, no, he won't debate a non-interventionist right winger. Of course not, because he's getting shit kicked in.
And to sit here and make any other excuse for it, it's like, no, dude, you went years intentionally not saying my name because you didn't want to give me any attention, right? And then after a certain point, I just got big enough and relevant enough that you were like, fuck, well, that doesn't really work anymore. So now you'll say my name. You'll do these segments on me.
And then you'll announce at the end that, no, I won't debate you. Like, yeah, of course you won't. Like, I don't know. You're a fraidy cat. That's OK. But what are you going to do? Of course, you can't debate. What are you going to debate that? I hate America. Is that is this what you're going to bring to the debate stage? His real motives are to destroy America and hand it over to the Ayatollah.
I mean, like maybe if the audience was Fox News watching 90 year olds, they'd be moved by that shit. But no one, no one who's not a boomer is is even slightly moved by by this. All right, guys, let's take a moment and thank our sponsor for today's show, which is Massa Chips. You don't have to overhaul your whole life in 2026.
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