Joe Rogan Experience #252 - Jamie Kilstein

Billionaires, not small business owners, are the 1%

UC Davis budget cuts driven by refusal to tax billionaires

Police accountability has reduced brutality incidents

Tasers used excessively on vulnerable populations instead of physical restraint

Police training shifted from physical restraint to taser use

Poor police leadership corrupts younger officers with bad attitudes

Police distrust stems from historical corruption and brutality

Security personnel trained to use force against disruptive patrons

Women need guns for self-defense due to physical vulnerability

Women face sexual harassment from family members at gatherings

Child sexual abuse by uncles has damaged the uncle role

Undercover police infiltrated peace activist groups

Undercover police engaged in sexual relations with activists

Improving impoverished communities is essential to national progress

Corporations benefit from public infrastructure while avoiding taxes

Welfare dependency creates negative psychological patterns

Welfare incentivizes single mothers to have more children

Wealthy people often exploit others to gain riches

Criticism of Obama's drone strikes generated backlash from media

Far-left activists criticize any commercial success as selling out

Michelle Bachman holds young-earth creationist beliefs

Gay conversion camps use physical contact while claiming to pray away homosexuality

Santorum rally attendees chanted USA during gay kiss protest

Religious policy lacks evidence-based justification

Religious certainty about God's will reflects education deficiency

Belief in God correlates with selfishness; agnosticism is indecisive

Living as if there is no God encourages better moral behavior

Religious upbringing creates fear of hell even among skeptics

Catholic school creates unhappy, dark environment

Religious belief used to excuse personal failures

Secular morality superior to fear-based religious morality

Jiu-jitsu training confronts ego and builds character

Combat sports provide objective feedback unlike other pursuits

Progressive critics attack martial arts as violent blood sport

Martial arts communities more welcoming than liberal activist spaces

Progressive opposition to combat sports reflects evolved thinking

Male testosterone drives need for violent competition

Male identity requires proving oneself through competition

Male competitive instinct manifests even in non-competitive yoga

Mark Maron's inability to handle losing reflects poor parenting

Failure is necessary for personal growth and improvement

Jonah Goldberg advocates killing brown people in foreign policy

War advocates should be barred from commenting on future conflicts

Iraq War reframed as success despite massive casualties

Conservative talk radio promotes dumb ideas about Christianity and law

Iraq War justified by false claim of Iraqi responsibility for 9/11

Iran hawks motivated by Israel concerns, not democracy promotion

Jonah Goldberg advocates beating socialism out of children

Congressman blamed Muslims for threats despite mosque attacks

Jonah Goldberg compared vegetarians to Nazis

Jamie Kilstein challenged Jonah Goldberg to a charity fight

Challenging non-fighter to combat is unfair and creepy

Challenging non-fighters invites retaliation from opponents

Proposing to fight someone over political disagreement is assault

Audience members challenge comedians to fights after shows

Wrestlers can defeat smaller skilled fighters through raw athleticism

Small skilled fighters can defeat larger untrained opponents

Prolonged fights risk serious injury to both participants

Censoring comedy about violence victimizes all trauma survivors

Murder is worse than rape as a crime

Murder deserves harsher punishment than rape

Rape motivated only by sex or control, unlike murder

Murder has more varied motivations than rape

Liz Winstead falsely claimed Tosh's rape joke wasn't a joke

Liz Winstead interrupted open mic comedians to censor jokes

Liz Winstead abused power to censor open mic comedians

Liz Winstead threatened to use connections to silence comedian

Liz Winstead part of exclusive female comedy clique

Censoring comedy enforces ideology and prevents creative freedom

Liz Winstead omitted context of Tosh's rape critique

Tosh's rape joke was appropriate response to heckler

Tosh's rape joke was clearly not serious, just comedy

Heckler should be publicly shamed for not understanding comedy

Trauma survivors should avoid comedy clubs to prevent offense

Heckler is dummy unfit for comedy club attendance

Hecklers must accept consequences for interrupting performers

One in four women sexually assaulted; rape underreported

Feminist bloggers received rape threats after Tosh controversy

Women fear rape when going to public spaces

Men embarrassed by male sexual violence but not personally responsible

Rape jokes are lazy comedy targeting already-victimized people

Rape jokes can be appropriate in certain comedic contexts

Daniel Tosh is a good, friendly, non-hurtful person

Tosh's comedy is well-executed; critics are silly

Censorious people are not worth dealing with

Claiming comedy contributes to rape culture advocates censorship

Twitter activists say things for social approval

Activist tweets preach to already-sympathetic audience

All comedians disagree with criticism of Tosh's rape joke

Only comedians understand difficulty of ad-lib responses

Criticizing Tosh excuses the heckler's behavior

Tosh's rape joke was perfect response if facts accurate

Disagreement on comedy doesn't diminish personal respect