Miscellaneous
In this episode, I take on California's Republican Frontrunner in this month's recall election, Larry Elder. Specifically, I debunk a series of claims he made in a now-viral 2016 interview on a show called The Rubin Report. I demonstrate why Elder is wrong about systemic racism not existing, wrong about the origin of racial disparities in non-nuclear homes, wrong about conservatism and libertarianism being compatible, and wrong about various other things. If you want to listen to the parts that interest most but don't have time to listen to the whole thing right now, I have included below some time stamps that show you what subject matter is covered at various points of the episode. 0:-9:05: Background on who Larry Elder is 9:06-14:53: Background on Dave Rubin and his interview with Elder 15:54-23:25: Discussion of how Elder papers over the drastic differences between libertarianism and conservatism, misrepresents the Founding Fathers, and downplays the importance of gay marriage as a civil liberties issue. 23:26-25:45: How Elder contradicts himself on Democrats and fatherlessness vs systemic racism 25:46-30:53: How Elder uses black-on-black crime as a way to dismiss issues of systemic racism, ignores all the black people on the left who have spoken up about "black on black crime" and is enabled by Rubin. 30:54-34:00: How Elder misrepresents what the concept of systemic racism actually is to support his arguments 34:01-36:52: Why the study Elder cites doesn't show a lack of racial bias in police killings 36:53-49:18: Why Elder's "comply and you won't get killed" narrative is a canard, and how he lied about a police shooting that disproved his claim. 49:19-105: Why, contrary to what Elder says, black people still don't have equal opportunities in America, why the root cause of racial disparities in non-nuclear homes is slavery, NOT federal welfare programs, and how Elder misrepresents data without being fact-checked by Rubin(again.) 105:1-107:12: How Elder gets the Moynihan Report wrong 107:13-110:49: How Elder overstates his case on black voters skewing conservative in the aggregate, completely contradicts himself, and comically overestimates Trump's share of the black vote. 110:50-111:55: How Elder changed his mind about Tim Scott fast 111:56-115:05: How Elder accidentally admits the Democratic and Republican parties have switched on race issues. 115:06-:116:20: How Elder parrots white supremacist talking points about Hispanic Americans and immigration 116:21-119:27: How Elder overstates his case on Dick Cheney being an ally to gay people 119:28-121:00: How Elder makes me defend Tavis Smiley 121:01-122:07: Elder criticizes cancel culture before defending it in 2017 122:08-124:11: How Elder contradicts what he's been saying for almost the entire interview in order to take a potshot against illegal immigrants and what we can do to keep him from becoming governor.