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Wednesday, April 20. 2016

Bill Whittle speaks to college kids

Bill Whittle Goes Into the Lion's Den


Darn good job.  Why the college admin called him a Nazi and deleted his speech/Q&A is beyond me. Why not just call him a poopy-face or something if you don't like his points of view?


Whittle is a likeable, humble, engaging fellow. I would enjoy meeting him over a beer.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 16:44 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Agreed. Whittle always make a cogent argument in an engaging manner. America needs more men like him.
#1 altered states on 2016-04-20 17:24 (Reply)
Hitler = "I have no valid argument and I know it."

When you poke holes in someone's ideology they react badly. How badly depends largely on how invested they are in that ideology. Kids, by nature of being young don't have much invested in it. So when you poke it full of holes they sometimes, occationally see the light come thought and it gets them thinking.

Older folk - well it becomes their identity - it's what they are. And when you point out that their life is a lie they're apt to react very badly.

I have to say, I'm impressed. I usually find most kids too think in the head to really get it, but now I'm thinking I need to adjust my approach. Kids I think you can reach - Once they're in college? I'm not so sure. I feel like my time is to valuable to spend it on someone who things they need to be protected from ideas.
#2 vince on 2016-04-20 19:09 (Reply)

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