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The Bryan Hyde Show - Revel in WrongThink
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Learning how to think clearly and independently is worth every bit of the effort required. I have found Paul Rosenberg's series of essays on logical fallacies and rhetorical tricks you may encounter to be especially helpful in helping to sort fact from fiction. His latest essay covers what to do when someone begins playing the victim.
Part of the problem with ever-expanding government control of our individual lives is the result of asking it to do too much. Katherine Mangu-Ward makes a convincing case for abolishing the Food and Drug Administration. She reminds us that the role of the state is to protect our rights, not to prevent us from making risky choices.
Stories like this feel like job security to me. Sixty Minutes was once a highly respected TV news program. If you've doubted whether the MSM would distort or selectively edit footage to mislead us into false narratives, you've got to see what they did with Governor DeSantis in Florida when talking about COVID vaccines.
I'll be speaking in St. George, Utah this coming Saturday April 10th at the Red Lion Inn as part of the Liberty Conference sponsored by the Liberty Action Coalition. Click here for ticket information.
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
The MSM drumbeat for greater gun control is building. Power-seeking politicians seem determined to disarm as many of the law-abiding as possible. Before we step into that abyss, let's consider what the real issue is. Mark Houser offers 4 reasons why gun control can't solve America's violence problem.
One of the most detestable slogans to have been uttered over the past year or so has been the admonition to "follow the science." As Gabrielle Bauer explains, you can't 'follow the science' when people are dressing up their value judgements as facts.
It's telling that one of the big drivers of the latest multi-trillion dollar government spending spree is so-called "climate justice." It's not an exaggeration to say that the climate change ideology has become a religion of sorts. Robert L. Bradley Jr. takes us inside the Church of Climate.
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Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Language, in the mouth of a politician, serves to distort rather than clarify the meaning of a given policy. Brad Polumbo explains how the latest $2 trillion "infrastructure" spending bill is little more than a smokescreen for implementing wasteful partisan spending.
As much as we may not want to believe it, our moment of choice is approaching. Will vaccine passports become the mandatory badge of compliance in society? Michelle Malkin has an excellent article on the global trace and track regime that is being constructed.
For most of our lives, we've been conditioned to see things through a partisan lens that neatly arranges every issue in terms of red vs. blue or conservative vs. progressive. As Jeff Minnick explains, in reality, most of the conflicts we see are based in the dynamic of the collectivists vs. the rest of us. Once you recognize this pattern, it's impossible to unsee it.
What's the difference between passion and wisdom? It's shocking how many people fail to make a distinction between them. Once the difference is understood, it becomes clear that intemperate minds cannot be free.
The military coup taking place in Myanmar is pretty disturbing to see. It's also a powerful reminder of what's taking place much closer to home--even if we'd rather not admit it. Jacob Hornberger spells out Myanmar's lesson for America.
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
One of the many hats I wear is that of an executive producer for the Moving Forward with Young Voices podcast. Today, I'm joined by Tahmineh Dehbozorgi who is the Public Relations Associate for Young Voices and an opinion columnist for the OC Register. You'll especially appreciate her insights as an Iranian-American on geopolitics.
Political correctness once seemed like no big deal, especially compared to our growing rage-driven social justice mindset. Now that movement is getting a huge financial shot in the arm with tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer money in a $2 trillion "infrastructure" plan. Robert E. Wright warns that cancel culture is just the beginning of what our cultural commissars have planned for us.
Right now we seem to be teetering on the brink of either ending the pandemic lockdowns or toppling right back into even more stringent policies. The moment of choice is upon us. Ethan Yang advises that the time has come for anti-lockdown amendments to keep ambitious authorities in check.
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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
In the age of cancel culture, it's clear that many people believe that a student's speech in his or her personal life is still the business of their school administrators. Thomas A. Berry and Stacy Hanson share an example of official overreach and explain why it's wrong at every level.
It's impossible to understand current events without some knowledge of how we got here. This is why knowing our history--instead of erasing it--is so essential. Annie Holmquist has some terrific suggestions for teaching history without poisoning it with identity politics.
There's a lot of handwringing and a bit of a media freak out going on over the bypassing of traditional mass media to disseminate information via platforms like Substack. Charles C.W. Cooke explains why the MSM is so intent on maintaining a monopoly over shaping the narrative.
On a related note, Glenn Greenwald remains one of the few principled journalistic voices challenging the official narrative rather than acting as a stenographer for the powerful. His recent piece on how journalists attack the powerless is a very worthwhile read.
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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
When it comes to authoritarianism, we're quickly reaching the saturation point in our society. For those of us who feel a moral duty to resist, Barry Brownstein has some excellent advice on how to be an anti-authoritarian.
It used to be the hallmark of totalitarian regimes to require their subjects to carry an internal passport at all times. J.D. Tuccille warns that the rapidly approaching vaccine passport accomplishes the same thing by abolishing personal privacy and freedoms.
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Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Political consultant Gary Welch joins me to discuss current events including:
1 Year of COVID, what have we learned and what do we still need to learn. What are our predictions about what is going to happen in the next couple of months?
The "assault" (pun intended) on gun owners picked up immediately by the Democrats who pushed for more regulation and gun registration control. Basically the new laws gives the FBI the authority to determine if you can own a gun or not.
The immigration surge - how policies impact actions even before they are implemented.
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Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Eric Peters from EPAutos.com stops by to discuss how the lockdown narrative is falling apart like a soup sandwich. We also talk about forced vaccinations, medical passports and other authoritarian measures that are being promoted.
When Texas lifted its pandemic mandates and opened up the entire state, lockdowners insisted this was a dangerous, reckless policy. Now it's been a few weeks and it's clear that this was not the case. Jon Miltimore has a great article that spells out just how wrong the naysayers were in their doomsaying.
Every time we seem to be on the verge of regaining our collective senses, the COVID fear-peddlers go into overdrive trying to convince us that the worst is yet to come. Their latest smokescreen has to do with whether or not to let our kids play together if they're not vaccinated. Annie Holmquist says let the kids play despite COVID.
The quest for truth requires understanding the rhetorical tools that others will use to prevent us from speaking it. Paul Rosenberg's latest essay on word-borne attacks is fantastic philosophical ammo for those who are determined to shine a light into the darkness.
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Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Why is it that every time things start to look like they're about to return to normal, we see increased scare tactics and demands for greater power on the part of the authority figures among us? Tom Mullen asks the question that's been on the minds of many of us: Why is freedom always the problem?
The official narrative is telling us that everything has changed with a new presidential administration. Don't be fooled. As Caitlin Johnstone explains, the fact that so many Americans believe that substantive change has taken place is proof that narratives rule our world.
Maybe I'm getting sentimental in my old age but it makes me happy to read that multi-generational homes are making a comeback. Hannah Cox explains how families are coming together to make the most of a highly competitive housing market.
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Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
A good rule of thumb that you're dealing with an aristocracy is when there's one set of laws for the little people and another for those in authority. Brad Polumbo has written about a perfect example of this in how the Biden administration is firing employees for having used marijuana while Kamala Harris gets away with it.
The obsession with so-called gender inequality has spilled into virtually every area of our lives, including military service. Kerry McDonald has an excellent essay about why gender inequality isn't the problem with the draft.
There's a lot of propaganda directed at us on a daily basis. This has led some to conclude that online advertising has reduced consumers to puppets on a string. Sheldon Richman explains why this bias against advertising is misplaced.
Anyone who is serious about claiming, using and defending his or her natural rights should be well-versed on the subject of self-ownership. Gary M. Galles shares some of Leonard E. Read's keenest insights on how not to be owned. It starts with learning the freedom philosophy and then living it.
By the way, the key to reclaiming your self-determination can be found in the decentralization of power. Ryan McMaken has some terrific advice on this.
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