Speaker 1: I want to make a goal of mine publicly known so that you can hold me to it.
You know, one of the best ways to actually get something done is to tell other people
that you plan to do it.
And my goal is to stop explaining myself to idiots.
Now you might say, Well, whoa, sir, that's very aggressive language.
What do you mean?
In order to try to save myself from thousands of horrible comments, tweets and emails, I
will often over explain things and give disclaimers.
And I really am only doing that to people who are just nuts or our bad faith actors.
So like when I say, Hey guys, you know, in the in the Russia Ukraine thing, Putin's the
aggressor.
But to be clear, I don't support American imperialism.
I don't think the U.S. is a perfect actor with an unblemished record of foreign foreign
relations.
I do not favor the U.S. sending troops to Ukraine.
I do not think the U.S. should choose the leaders in other countries.
And all of those disclaimers are really for like five percent of my audience.
Now I wish it was like one percent or less, but it is about five percent of the audience,
but it's a very loud five percent.
It's a very weaponized five percent.
But most of you know that I don't mean invade Russia when I say Putin is being the aggressor
here.
And likewise, when I say, you know, I can't support the former Chavez now Maduro regime
in Venezuela because they've raped and pillage the country's resources for themselves while
spewing false populist rhetoric about how they're going to help everybody.
And meanwhile, people can't even afford food, which there are shortages of anyway.
I don't mean invade Venezuela.
I don't mean assassinate Maduro.
I don't mean that the U.S. should pick who is the leader in Venezuela.
I only mean, I don't like Maduro. 95 percent of you get that.
But the five percent that don't or refuse to are really loud and really annoying.
But this isn't normal.
This isn't a normal way to talk about things, and this is sadly a toxic reality of the internet.
This is kind of like how Twitter works in social media.
All these platforms select and and highlight reactionaries and outrageous responses to
content.
I'll give you kind of like a benign example.
I post a picture of myself having a cappuccino at a coffee shop in Los Angeles the way I
did two months ago.
This was on Instagram, not Twitter.
99 percent of the people who see me with my stupid cappuccino say nothing.
I never hear from 99 percent of the people who see that picture.
One percent leave a comment.
90 percent of the comments are completely normal.
Weather looks great.
Looks great.
Have fun yet whatever of the comments.
OK, so we're talking 10 percent of the one percent the people who choose to comment of
those comments.
10 percent.
People go crazy.
David, you're traveling during a pandemic.
You're so irresponsible.
How dare you?
You know, people died of COVID today.
The other one.
You're not wearing a mask, David, sit.
You don't you don't care about other people.
You're so self-centered that you drink a cappuccino with no mask and No.
Three.
Are you drinking cow's milk?
How were you not a vegan?
You're a terrible person.
It's not normal.
And social media really skews this because most people see a guy with a coffee and they
move on with their day.
But the internet has created this almost defensive status quo for posting anything.
And on my show, I'm in this defensive mode.
Whenever I comment on stuff, even though anybody normal or acting in good faith realizes these
are not normal reactions and that I'm not saying whatever the worst faith possible interpretation
of my words actually is.
So my new effort is going to be not to do the disclaimers and the defensiveness when
I just give my opinion about things on the show.
Because at the end of the day, not only is it preposterous to cater to people who are,
quite frankly, nuts or bad faith actors.
It also won't stop them from saying the exact same things.
And I've got an example for you.
Look at the comments on my recent Russia clips in those videos.
I say Putin is the aggressor, but I'm not an imperialist.
I don't want war.
I don't want U.S. troops there.
I don't want U.S. involvement beyond, you know, if Naito as an organization, says, Well,
we're going to support Ukraine in some way.
I don't want the U.S. doing regime change, and I look at the video and I see comments
like the ones I'm putting up on the screen for you right now.
You're just repeating establishment talking points and neocon lies.
David.
I'm not imperialist, but let's have war now.
I did the disclaimers and I still got the comment.
Next comment.
You are an imperialist.
No, no, no.
I explained it.
Another comment.
Tulsi is a twisted grifter, but you're brazenly lying.
Warmongering imperialist trash, David.
I'm going to do my best because either way, they're going to say that stuff.
So at the end of the day, I don't do the show for that crazy five percent.
I'm doing the show for the good faith, 95 percent.
So the other five percent can, quite frankly, you know, go go to wherever.
Hold me to it.
Keep me honest.
OK, I appreciate that.