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Id ask each of the witnesses for the second panel to please take your seats. I apologize for that delay. We went through the three votes we had. We will now begin the second panel of five witnesses. Each witness will have a fiveminute Opening Statement followed by rounds of questions. Our first witness is Mister Dennis prager. Dennis prager is a bestselling author, columnist, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and also the cofounder of Prager University, an institution of Higher Learning on the internet which produces fiveminute videos in which experts distill complex topics in political science, history, philosophy, economics and psychology. Mister prager was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the us delegation to the vienna review conference on the helsinki accords. He was also appointed by george w. Bush to the us Holocaust Memorial council. Our second witness is facing kint, ceo of Digital Content, a trade association that serves the unique needs of Digital Content companies. Be
Our weeklong look at political podcasts continues with fox news digital politics editor chris tire will, cohost host good morning. 8, 2019. Rsday, august the flags at the capital remain at halfstaff today following the shootings in dayton and el paso. We begin our conversation with gun owners. Any,nt to know what, if gun restrictions you support. If you are a gun owner who does not support any new gun laws, 2027488001. If you are a gun owner who supports new gun laws, 2027488000. You. D thursday morning to hour as weonly this show you the front page of todays usa today. Protesters rallying outside the hospital in dayton, ohio, where President Trump visited shooting survivors on wednesday. Trump opens the door to background checks. The president making that opening in those statements before leaving for el paso. [video clip] i think background checks are important. I dont want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people or people with rage or hatred. What about assault rifles
Antigovernment. What we have been talking about is white supremacist extremism. That is an ideology that most people understand to include dehumanizing kinds of kinds of racism and homophobia. Two parts, ades sense of existential dread. You have been hearing the great replacement theory part of the manifesto in christchurch and reportedly in el paso. They believe that they are accident existentially at threat, going to be replaced by immigrants, that there will be a White Genocide. The third doctrine is acceleration, that there obligation is to accelerate societal discord through violence to bring about a new world order. That is what we talk about when we talk about weight super assist extremism. It is not just the ideology that is troubling but this other set of beliefs. Viewers can call in as we have this conversation. They are split up regionally. 202 7488000 if you live in the eastern or central time zones. 202 7488001 in the mountain or pacific time zones. What are the estimates
[inaudible] your unfiltered view of government so you can make up your own mind. Milleridriss joins us for a discussion on White Supremacy in the United States. She is a professor here in d. C. , a seniors a senior fellow at the center for analysis of the radical right. Explain some of the terms we hear in this discussion, White Supremacy, White Nationalists, neonazi. What is the difference . Guest everyone is confused about this. No one has a complete agreement on it. Your question is wellplaced. Refer to the far right as a spectrum of ideologies that includes white supremacist extremism but also a range of other kinds of systems oneliefs and the far right spectrum including antigovernment. What we have been talking about is white supremacist extremism. That is an ideology that most people understand to include dehumanizing kinds of kinds of racism and homophobia. Two parts, ades sense of existential dread. You have been hearing the great replacement theory part of the manifesto in ch