The Dangers of Free Speech
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What are Dave and Robbie discussing in this episode?
what's up what's up everybody welcome to a brand new episode of part of the problem i am dave smith he is robbie the fire bernstein how you living brother i am doing well my friend how was your weekend uh it was good it was good weekend weekend with the family uh it's very nice went down to my in-law's house and uh hung out with the kids a bunch how about you what'd you do uh not a whole lot filmed some stuff yesterday check out run your mouth on wednesday new sketches coming out this week Hell yeah. Well, there's something to be excited about. And, of course, we are only a few days away from Houston, Texas, which is going to be a lot of fun. Looking forward to going down there. I believe the tickets are moving fast, but there still are some available. So if you'd like to come hang with me and Rob in Houston, go to ComicDaveSmith.com. You can get the ticket link there.
We'll be at the Punchline. I believe this is our first time doing the Punchline. We've done Houston before, and it's a great, great comedy town. But anyway, then right after that, we will be in Buffalo, New York. Going forward, maybe we're going to try to book that one in the summer. But we're going to Buffalo in the middle of winter to do Helium Comedy Club, which I have heard. I love Helium in Philly, but I've never done the one in Buffalo before. I've heard it's a great, great club. So very much looking forward to that. So Houston and Buffalo are the next two coming up. ComicDaveSmith.com for those ticket links. All right. Well, there's been a lot going on. in the world.
Why does Dave Smith dismiss European politics?
And there's, particularly of the very viral stories at the moment, a lot of them seem to revolve around the topic of free speech and Europe more broadly. And you know, Rob, I've been on the record for many years now, unapologetically, that I do not care about Europe. I just don't really care that much. I mean, look, I care once it starts affecting America. You know, I certainly care a lot about the war there in Eastern Europe that's been going on for the last few years. But in general, like I'm not and this is kind of how I feel about it. Like, I think it almost is the correct default strategy. position like I don't I care. Obviously, if there's like horrific things going on, if there's horrible human rights, human rights abuses, we'd all rather that not happen. I hope everybody's free and prosperous. And I root for everyone. You know, I mean, I hope I hope the North Koreans are free. Their prospects for that don't look so great at the moment. But like, I hope they're free.
I root for prosperity and freedom across the board. But I really care much more when it actually affects America or when America is involved or, as is the case far too often, America is doing the killing or backing the killers or whatever. But it is... Perhaps the case that, you know, one ought to care a little bit. It's not a good state of affairs if Europe is falling. But between the there's first, I guess we could start with J.D. Vance's speech that he gave in Germany. And then there was the 60 Minutes piece that's been going super viral. We're going to play a clip from that in a second.
ukraine and all of them are kind of there there's some overlap between all of them but let's just start um with jd vance's speech uh because i did find it to be a truly remarkable uh political speech that seemed almost it seemed more like the type of thing you might hear on like a podcast that we do rob or somewhere in our world and it seemed it
What did JD Vance say in his speech that was controversial?
the thing to me that was really striking was that the guy who's a heartbeat away from the presidency and probably right now the favorite to be the republican nominee in in 28 i mean i'd assume it would have to be jd bounce i'm not sure i'm sure there are betting markets on on that type of stuff but i'd imagine he's the overwhelming favorite right now it was just kind of interesting to hear him say uh some of the things he said so did you did you watch the speech rob this i saw that it made the headlines and i did not watch this speech
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Dave and Robbie discussing in this episode?
0:06–1:44
2
Why does Dave Smith dismiss European politics?
1:44–4:08
3
What did JD Vance say in his speech that was controversial?
4:08–7:49
4
How is free speech perceived in Europe according to the podcast?
7:49–10:37
5
What is the media's reaction to JD Vance's statements?
10:37–14:00
6
How does the podcast critique historical interpretations of free speech?
14:00–19:02
7
What concerns do Dave and Robbie have about government censorship?
19:02–23:21
8
What is the criticism of the media's portrayal of government actions?
23:21–1:07:36