YouTube channel that might be of interest to TBR members

[HoustonSam]

Tim Pool's YouTube channel might be of interest to TBR members.  One of his most recent posts is here :


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This young man is *not* a conservative or Republican, but seems to be evolving in our direction day by day.  He has recently taken a strong pro-Trump, anti-Democrat position, which he articulates regularly.  I nominate him for your consideration as an example of someone from a younger generation (younger than me, anyway) who has not spent time in any Conservative or Republican echo-chamber, so whose perspective might be more valuable.  Some of his posts are longer than necessary and I certainly do not recognize some of the pop culture references he sometimes includes, but he provides an example that I find critical and intellectually honest, and for those reasons encouraging.

[roamer_1]

Tim Pool's YouTube channel might be of interest to TBR members.  One of his most recent posts is here :
This young man is *not* a conservative or Republican, but seems to be evolving in our direction day by day.  He has recently taken a strong pro-Trump, anti-Democrat position, which he articulates regularly.  I nominate him for your consideration as an example of someone from a younger generation (younger than me, anyway) who has not spent time in any Conservative or Republican echo-chamber, so whose perspective might be more valuable.  Some of his posts are longer than necessary and I certainly do not recognize some of the pop culture references he sometimes includes, but he provides an example that I find critical and intellectually honest, and for those reasons encouraging.

I will second that. I still listen to Shapiro, and sometimes Crowder, and certainly Tim Pool. I too would say he is an honest journalist, which is what I want foremost from news and commentary

[HoustonSam]

I will second that. I still listen to Shapiro, and sometimes Crowder, and certainly Tim Pool. I too would say he is an honest journalist, which is what I want foremost from news and commentary

Well @roamer_1 if you too find him worthy of attention, that's all the confirmation I need.

I also listen to Shapiro and Crowder, but I find Pool distinctly interesting because he does *not* come from a Conservative tradition so I can witness his conversion (nay, *growth to wisdom*) in real time.

[roamer_1]

Well @roamer_1 if you too find him worthy of attention, that's all the confirmation I need.

I also listen to Shapiro and Crowder, but I find Pool distinctly interesting because he does *not* come from a Conservative tradition so I can witness his conversion (nay, *growth to wisdom*) in real time.

Another one like that is Rubin. Especially since he was hanging with Peterson... But even before that. I have seen him gradually shift from flaming far-left liberal to a pretty hard core classic liberal, which is spittin distance to Conservatism.

I really enjoy the Intellectual Dark Web form - varied opinions siting down amicably for long discussions... In the end, those long discussions work more to Conservatives favor... You can't duck and dive like they do in the soundbite MSM.

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[HoustonSam]

Another one like that is Rubin. Especially since he was hanging with Peterson... But even before that. I have seen him gradually shift from flaming far-left liberal to a pretty hard core classic liberal, which is spittin distance to Conservatism.

I really enjoy the Intellectual Dark Web form - varied opinions siting down amicably for long discussions... In the end, those long discussions work more to Conservatives favor... You can't duck and dive like they do in the soundbite MSM.

My belief is that opinions typically regarded as "Conservative" come from, and withstand, in-depth critical contemplation.  Guys like Rubin and Pool are living out that transition before our eyes; and yes, they are demonstrating the value of long-form, probing thought and discussion.

I regularly observe in my professional life the shortcomings of "education" as practiced in the United States (and perhaps more broadly in the West) - people are good at, and rewarded for, narrow and parochial specialist reactions to problems, but almost no one demonstrates that they actually know how to think.  Perhaps the COVID-driven exodus of students from campuses (whether necessary or not) coupled with some Intellectual Dark Web free-thinkers, will drive toward an actual Renaissance of critical thought.

[roamer_1]

My belief is that opinions typically regarded as "Conservative" come from, and withstand, in-depth critical contemplation.  Guys like Rubin and Pool are living out that transition before our eyes; and yes, they are demonstrating the value of long-form, probing thought and discussion.

I think that's right @HoustonSam ... And those debates prove it. Liberalism as defined today requires emotional outbursts and cannot withstand real, rational thought.

I regularly observe in my professional life the shortcomings of "education" as practiced in the United States (and perhaps more broadly in the West) - people are good at, and rewarded for, narrow and parochial specialist reactions to problems, but almost no one demonstrates that they actually know how to think.  Perhaps the COVID-driven exodus of students from campuses (whether necessary or not) coupled with some Intellectual Dark Web free-thinkers, will drive toward an actual Renaissance of critical thought.

That is why I am less 'doom and gloom' than most here... I think the internet, as long as it remains free (free as in liberty, not as in beer), it is a far step forward from the chunked and formed directed debate that liberals require and prefer.

And I likewise see the rise in home-schooling to be the future - That hit here long before the rest of the country... It is doctrine among homesteaders.