Is Social Justice A Religion? - Andrew Doyle - #522

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Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Andrew Doyle. He's Titania McGrath, host of GB News, a comedian and a writer. There are some New Puritans in town. They have their own sacred texts, their own high priests, blasphemy, unspeakable words, rites of passage, heathens and practices of sacrilege. So much so that it seems the behavior of many social justice activists in 2022 echoes very closely to the behavior of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 Expect to learn why Ben Shapiro is a terrifying man, whether not calling me hot makes you a bigot, why social justice captures smart people just as much as stupid people, why tyrannies are particularly dangerous when they claim to help the oppressed, whether it's accurate to characterize the culture war as left versus right and much more. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Verso. It is important to get the right exercise, nutrition and sleep as we age. 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