Original Air Date: 12-15-22
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Erin, and Deon discuss:
- Why framing corporations are moral actors is a step on the path to conspiratorial thinking
- Conservative framing that doesn't make them look as good as they think it does
- Indoctrination as a scare word
- Defining political topics that are beyond the scope of civil debate
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References:
Tucker Carlson: Apple is covering for the Chinese government
Apple is willing to engage in global censorship: David Sack
Apple CEO confronted over China protests
Alito asks a hypothetical about a Black Santa at the mall who doesn't want to have his picture taken with a child dressed up in a KKK outfit.
Kanye STORMS OUT On Tim Pool After Claiming Jewish Cabal Is Targeting Him - The Majority Report
MAHER: ‘Don’t Say Gay Law’ Could Have Been Called ‘Let’s Do Things the Way We Did 5 Years Ago Law’
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