Ep #8 - Does Liberty Mean The Freedom To Infect Other People? A Critique Of Paul Krugman’s Argument For Federal Government Covid-19 Mandates

In this episode I critique Paul Krugman’s hypocrisy, and inconsistency, with regard to demanding government mandates.

Krugman argues that:

“many things should be matters of individual choice. The government has no business dictating your cultural tastes, your faith or what you decide to do with other consenting adults.”

But Krugman has spent his who career advocating for the government to make it their business what you do with other consenting adults.

He also suggests that any time we do anything that could potentially put any one else at risk the government should get involved. But that’s just absurd. Think of all of the things we do every day that have some risk involved for others. Driving cars, playing sports, etc.

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A Critical Analysis of Trump’s QAnon Question and Answer

In today’s episode I provide a critical analysis of Trump’s Answer to Guthrie’s question regarding QAnon and Trump’s willingness to disavow, and/or condemn QAnon.

What is QAnon? A Couple of Key Points

Trump Does Side-Step This Issue To A Certain Degree, But Why and Is He Justified In Doing So?

Trump was right to discuss the nuance of the issue, and Savannah Guthrie was intellectually dishonest in both her summary of QAnon and her request that Trump disavow the entirety of QAnon’s opinions.

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In today’s episode of Zero Politics I discuss various logical fallacies at play in debates over Hunter Biden’s laptop and the contents therein. I also provide examples of the Red Herring logical fallacy from Trump.

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Today’s show is a combination of both yesterday’s and today’s recordings. I discussed a random group of topics that have been in the news regarding the ACB Hearings, changing definitions for political purposes, and Twitter & Facebook's massive censorship and cover-up of the breaking Hunter Biden stories.

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The logical fallacy of Equivocation is one of those fallacies that is often easy to spot, but in some cases flies completely under the radar. Equivocation is often pivotal to propaganda and political manipulation

The recent attempt by Democrats to use the term court-packing to refer to the imminent approval of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is an example of equivocation. And, frankly, a very poor attempt on their part. They followed it up by attempting to redefine the term as “depoliticization.” An equally egregious attempt to  manipulate the public. 

I also discussed the state of California, as well as few other short clips including a segment by Kyle Kulinski on an argument for universal single payer healthcare. 

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In today’s episode I discuss how updates to the Associated Press stylebook discourage use of the word ‘riot,’ and how they've expanded the definition of the word ‘protest’ to include ‘violence’." I discuss how this equivocation (an often used logical fallacy) is common in propaganda. In my opinion this is a perfect example of how words are being redefined for propagandistic purposes. I also discuss, for a moment, some of the flaws in both the Left and the Right's take on Black Lives Matter, and Antifa, protests. And at the end I spend a few minutes discussing an example of the varied use of the words "claim" and "said" in news media reporting in order to suggest clear implications to readers and listeners. 

Zero Politics focuses on critical thinking in politics. Adam critiques the logic of arguments from both sides of the political paradigm. Zero bias, zero partisanship, zero irrationality. On today's show I discuss the logical fallacies present in coverage of Dexamethasone.  I ask whether it's logical, and fair, to call Trump's photo-op outside the white house Trump's "Mussolini Moment?"  I discuss Michelle Obama's comments on racism and the stoking of fears of black people moving to the suburbs. Does it make sense to compare Trump's Post-covid economy to previous president's economies? Was the right's coverage of Jill Biden's "handling" of Joe Biden logical and fair? Why has the "news media" become synonymous with the left when so many right-wing news media outlets exist? 

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It's like a critical thinking course for politics. Zero partisanship, zero bias, zero irrationality. The only agenda is a pursuit of facts, logic, objectivity, and some laughs. Adam turns’ the firehose of critical inquiry on the dumpster fire of modern American politics and no one is safe. Least of all the media, government, politicians, and partisans. It's a podcast about politics for people who still care about objectivity, logic, and rational discourse. Make no mistake, this podcast is not for the faint of heart, or mind. Give it a try, take a listen, you'll surely learn something.