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" I remember thinking Democrats and liberals were the good guys. They cared about the little guy. They cared about poor people. They cared about minorities. "
Dave Rubin
Good
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People
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" Prohibiting any words not approved of as 'politically correct' - that's not progressive. Putting 'trigger warnings' on books, movies, music, anything that might offend people - that's not progressive, either. "
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" I don't like Mitt Romney. I wouldn't vote for Mitt Romney in a million years. Mitt Romney is no ally of the gay community. "
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" People are going to say mean things to you. They're going to say things that upset you. They're going to lie to you. They're going to lie about you. You'll survive. "
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" Whatever differences we have, tolerating others' opinions is a prerequisite to a functioning and free society. "
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" I'm not even proud to say this, but I've never voted for a Republican in my entire life. "
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" It's not always about winning. If you can, really, just show people - If they're being awful, be less awful. "
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" Everyone that we disagree with is a racist and a homophobe and Islamophobe and a bigot. It's just silly. It's lazy thinking, and I think it gets us nowhere. "
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" The Right, much more than the Left, believes in the notion of live and let live, and that is the true definition of tolerance. "
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" I got into politics when I was 12, back when George H. W. Bush was running against Michael Dukakis. We did a mock election in my social studies class, and I remember how so much of what was thought of as liberal made sense to me. "
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Election
Politics
Back
" The election of Trump threw the chess board up. The pieces are all over the place. That's upsetting to a lot of people, but what I think is there's a lot of fertile ground for good ideas. "
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Good
People
Think
" Think about your friends on the Left - are they tolerant of people who aren't for gay marriage? Or of people who are pro-life? These used to be just political differences, and now they are a referendum on what type of person you are and whether you can be in someone's life at all. "
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Political
Life
Marriage
" I think we're innately good. But it doesn't mean we're gonna do good all the time. It means you have to strive. "
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Good
You
Time
" Just by existing as men, we are automatically guilty of everything in some people's minds. And, on top of that, we've created a situation in the media where men are only allowed to talk about politics and sport. "
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Media
Men
People
" I spent too many years of my life stressing over and struggling with my sexuality. But it was a valuable lesson. I realised that by not sharing how you feel, you become inhibited in every facet of life. "
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Life
Become
Feel
" I was closeted into my mid-twenties and even into my late twenties. It screwed up my relationships; it screwed up things with my family that I've since repaired. "
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Relationships
Screwed
Up
" My policy with interviewing is I'm not there to teach the people I'm across from a lesson. "
Dave Rubin
Across
Teach
Policy
" I'm not a huge parade guy myself. "
Dave Rubin
Parade
Myself
Huge
" Cable news is force-feeding you an endless back and forth of pundits who consistently get everything wrong, while at the same time, they mask their opinions as facts and argue about the endless minutia of a broken Washington, D.C., instead of arming you with real knowledge and new ideas. "
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Knowledge
Mask
Ideas
" I would rather stand for what I believe in than bow down and be loved. "
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Believe
Stand
Loved
" Obviously, I agree with Trump on many of his criticisms of the mainstream media. You can absolutely argue that their failure to report honestly, to get outraged before we could, and to collude with the Clinton campaign directly led to the rise of Trump. "
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Rise
You
Campaign
" Sometimes inaction is worse than action. "
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Worse
Than
Sometimes
" The terms 'progressive' and 'liberal' have virtually nothing to do with each other anymore. And if you are a classical liberal, you certainly aren't a leftist. "
Dave Rubin
Liberal
You
Progressive
" What we need more than anything else is an informed populace. I believe people want to be informed. "
Dave Rubin
I Believe
Want
People
" I'm a classical liberal. A free thinker. "
Dave Rubin
Liberal
Classical
Free
" You can Google me, and I'm pretty sure the first thing that comes up is 'gay,' so that's out there, and I'm proud of that. "
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Me
Proud
You
" If you took one of these One Direction kids, because they basically are kids, my guess is one of them is gay. "
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Because
You
Took
" Seriously, we all need to get over being offended every time someone says something you don't agree with. Guess what? That's life. And I'd rather have that life any day than only hear from people who agree with me. "
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Day
Time
People
" The whole point of real comedy is that you can say something that is true, and by being funny, you can make it tolerable for people, and hopefully they'll laugh at you, too. "
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Laugh
Comedy
Funny
" I believe the regressive Left - the group of people who use illiberal tactics to silence those defending liberal principles - to be the Left's version of the Tea Party. "
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Group
People
Believe