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The Bryan Hyde Show - Revel in WrongThink
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Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
The official narrative surrounding the events of Jan 6 at the U.S. Capitol has been curiously slanted in favor of those in power. What if there was mounting evidence that the FBI may have had informants and instigators actively inciting the ruckus? It's not like they haven't done this sort of thing before.
When I go to a restaurant, I go to be fed. Not to be force-fed a heaping helping of guilt with a social justice chaser. Jon Miltimore reports on a curious new trend where restaurants are now adding "equity" charges to their customers' checks to fight oppression.
Here's a question that I've posed to my listeners over the years regarding the way public education is being transformed into state-sponsored indoctrination: What would it take before you, as a parent, chose to remove your child from the public school system? We may be reaching that breaking point. Kerry McDonald has an excellent article about 4 signs that parents won't be sending their kids back to public school this fall.
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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Political consultant and fellow wrongthinker Gary Welch joins me to discuss current events. We take a stab at the following topics:
Ammon Bundy's decision to run for governor in Idaho
Is it time for the USPS to go?
Patriotism vs Nationalism. Are most conservatives nationalists, not Patriots?
Those of us who've been drafted into the culture war will find that the heavy lifting that needs done doesn't require enacting more volumes of public policy. More than anything, it requires that we get our individual character squared away. As Jeff Minnick explains, that means there ain't no such thing as free love.
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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
When Eric Peters and I discuss the lockdowns we rarely focus on potential silver linings. But this time around, I think Eric has a solid upside to the lockdowns. It's helped all of us spend our money more wisely. We also talk about how the liability insurance we're required by law to purchase seems to be a lot more about spending our money than protecting us from litigation.
Not to shake your faith in the state but why on earth would California need to approve a $100 million tax-payer bailout of the marijuana industry? As Jon Miltimore explains, this teaches us most everything we need to know about its oppressive taxation and regulation habits.
When it comes to understanding the nature of government, few resources are as accurate as the Tenth Amendment Center. Mike Maharrey has a fantastic essay about the first question we should ask whenever someone suggest that the federal government do something.
Those of us who've been drafted into the culture war will find that the heavy lifting that needs done doesn't require enacting more volumes of public policy. More than anything, it requires that we get our individual character squared away. As Jeff Minnick explains, that means there ain't no such thing as free love.
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
It's been fashionable for some time to blame our parents for whatever our issue happens to be at the moment. Having just celebrated Father's Day, I thought Paul Rosenberg does a marvelous job in his latest essay. He revisits parenthood, after a century of Freud and socialism.
We often tell ourselves that taxes and regulations are the "price we pay for living in a civilized society." But is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Anthony Gill has a timely reminder about how the neighborhood lemonade stand is the classic example of free enterprise at work. For me it's powerful motivation to stop and patronize these stands rather than driving by.
John Whitehead from the Rutherford Institute has been a voice of warning for a long time. His latest column on the FBI's growing tendency to "save" us from plots that it has created is very eye-opening. Government shouldn't be in the habit of creating crimes to justify its existence.
Remember how we comforted ourselves during the Covid stay-at-home orders with the idea that they were, somehow, saving lives? Turns out that a new study is showing that not only did those stay-at-home orders fail to save lives, they actually may have cost more lives. Brad Polumbo has the details.
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Persuading others that freedom is a better way of life than servitude or perpetual childhood can be tricky. We've all been conditioned from a very young age to believe that people-who-know-best should be planning our lives. Allan Stevo begs to differ. He says freedom doesn't need a plan.
A related area of learned helplessness can be seen in how easily we've allowed ourselves to become convinced that it's dangerous for the state NOT to be watching our every move. Aden Tate has a great take on why it isn't for our own good.
Why should questioning the integrity of a free election be considered borderline criminal behavior? Sheldon Richman has an excellent breakdown of how the term "free election" is an oxymoron.
Homeschoolers get a bad rap from parents who are worried that it will make their kids turn out weird. You know, somehow different from little Timmy whose birthing/non-birthing humans encourage him to wear dresses. In reality, homeschoolers often become entrepreneurs and, as Hannah Frankman explains, that's a good thing.
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Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
The political class has really pushed the "insurrection" narrative since Jan 6. Now new information, in form of audio recordings, has emerged which shows the FBI may have had a hand in organizing what happened at the Capitol. You don't have to be a Trump supporter to recognize how dangerous this kind of deception can become.
Tucker Carlson has 3 questions about the January 6 Capitol Riot for which we're not getting straight answers.
The 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force which was passed following 9/11 has been used to justify endless interventionism throughout the world. Fiona Harrigan points out that recent talk of repealing the AUMF still doesn't effectively end our government's forever wars.
Have you ever changed your mind about anything? Let's hope that the answer is a resounding "Yes!" Part of the process of growing and progressing means that we have to adapt to new truth as we discover it. Frank Shostak has an excellent article about how just because folks change their minds, it doesn't mean they're irrational or merely flip-floppers.
We're fast approaching Independence Day when we celebrate what the Founding generation referred to as "self-evident" truths about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Kent McManigal has some highly relevant thoughts on the matter.
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Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Let me see if I have this straight, people who are eager to judge me by the color of my skin, who tell me that anything good in my life is the result of privilege rather than effort, who accuse me of "fragility" when I refuse to play their word games, are simultaneously assuring me that there's no such thing as cancel culture or a culture war. Frank Furedi has a masterful deconstruction of their denialism.
Connor Boyack also has a take worth considering. He's not about to "check his privilege" and he makes a solid case why he shouldn't.
I'm not one for trying to amend the U.S. Constitution whenever the going gets tough. Having said that, Rory Margraf proposes 5 constitutional amendments that make a lot of sense. Take a read and see if you agree.
It's fashionable in some circles to criticize capitalism as the cause of most of the world's problems. John Stossel's latest video offers factual counterpoints that illustrate how misguided these critics are and how capitalism doesn't enable people to take from others but rather to create new wealth.
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Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
There's no law so insignificant that the state won't use violence to enforce it. The viral video of Maryland police tasing, handcuffing and arresting a 17 year old accused of vaping is a good example. Billy Binion says don't be surprised when stupid laws are maintained by force.
Speaking the truth takes authentic courage these days. You don't have to be provocative to find yourself at the mercy of a rabid cancel culture mob. Check out this story of a composer who made a statement condemning arson and now finds himself being treated like he's radioactive.
What does our current "woke" culture have in common with the civil rights movement? Not much, apparently. Paul Gottfried has an excellent article about where civil rights took a wrong turn.
Jeffrey Tucker has been a consistent voice of rationality during the chaos of the last year and a half. He's also been correct often enough that he has a perfect right to say the words "I told you so." It's worth taking the time to examine his recounting of what he learned during the 2020 fight over lockdowns.
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Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos joins me to explore current events. We talk about why cars are getting more expensive and in shorter supply as well as what our automobiles now have in common with our cell phones. We also keep tabs on the slow return to sanity in the age of Covid.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) looks an awful lot like a racist solution in search of a problem. But is official policy banning its teaching in public schools the answer? Scott Shackford says don't call for censorship, instead empower parents with more control over their kids' education.
The word "hero" has been co-opted by the state. Ever notice how many movie and TV heroes are somehow in the employ of government? Paul Rosenberg says we need to praise great individuals, now more than ever. Examples of personal greatness inspire greatness in the rest of us. He also makes a powerful case that if you're not seeing any obvious heroes around you, it's time to become one.
With Flag Day having just passed and Independence Day approaching, patriotism is back in fashion--for the moment. Brian McGlinchey has a thought-provoking take on why patriots shouldn't pledge allegiance.
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