On Life.

w/ Jamie Sinclair.

39b: Did I Misunderstand Charlie Kirk?

On the tail-end of our last discussion, my friend (and brother-in-law!) Ben Hull gave some pushback on my take on Charlie Kirk’s comments I addressed in Episode 39. If you enjoy a good argument that gets pretty into the weeds, then give it a listen!

Episode Summary

(NOTE: AI-generated summaries) Pro-life politics and Trump credit

Episode Sections

[0:00] Episode context and pro-life stance

[0:30] Trump's pro-life achievements discussed

[1:59] Charlie Kirk's comments analyzed

[4:15] Nuance of Supreme Court appointments

[5:48] False claim or lacking nuance?

[7:28] Analogy for presidential credit

[10:03] Debating Don's accomplishment

[12:43] Agreeing on fuzzy reasoning

[14:44] Disputing a lie definitively

[16:15] Unpacking Trump's misleading claims

[18:17] Trump's lies, BSing, and branding

[22:11] Trump's lie perception magnified?

[23:33] News biases on Trump lies

[24:55] Justices were a campaign promise

[26:18] Bush looked for justices overturning

[28:30] Analyzing Church's Sanctimonious comment

[30:18] Moral obligation to vote?

[32:57] Third party candidates discussed

[34:33] Investors think Trump will win

[35:29] Coolidge and dirty politics

[37:01] Watching Trump's campaign documentary

[38:15] Podcast outro and takeaways

[39:44] Clarifying and Fuzzy Reasoning Recap

[42:19] Bush: a pro-life president

[44:32] Laura Bush's contrasting opinions

[45:38] Bush signs criminal law legislation

[46:48] Federal, state, local prosecutions

[47:53] Born Alive Infant Protection Act

[49:02] Speaks to protecting unborn

[51:14] Conclusion, Bush was pro-life

[54:16] Final thoughts and disclaimers