Andrew Seidel on the American Crusade
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- I'm talking with Constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel on his newest book, "American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom".
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Andrew Seidel is a gem, thank you, Aron, for promoting him and his new book.
Andrew is doing crucial work. Thanks for amplifying. 🎉❤
I respect everything you do, Aron Ra. You are an absolute legend. Rock on.
@@realitycheck966 he literally says "everything you do"
We need Andrew to have a regular spot on media. People should know the truth whether they want to or not.
I bought the new book, in Hardcover, and own the first book, The Founding Myth as well. So glad AronRa took the time to give Andrew his platform to promote this. Just letting you know this is how I discovered the new book was out.
I'm loving these: "Aron just sits at a random restaurant or bar and talks about political/religious things" whether it's with someone or not videos
I feel your pain Aron. My dad is a Faux News Republican, and it’s beyond frustrating to hear his take on current events. Keep up the good work sir.
Andrew's so onto it. To beat christian nationalism (the crusaders), everyone needs to become an activist. Voting's not enough.
I'm in Norway and I don't want these christian nationalists to influence us. The political discussion in the US affect us, and we want that influence to be positive, not christian. Luckily it hasn't done much negative at all in Norway, but let's make sure it never will and put that nonsense in the grave. Go Aron Ra!
I live in the UK, I can barely get people to talk about politics and climate change. It's something that is over there. Facing up to the decisions we need to make as individuals and the consequences they would cause, people just don't want to even think about.
Trying to get them to deeply thing about constitutional issue, I don't even bring it up as I cannot even start discourse on the simple stuff.
It's sad to say, but my own experience has lead me to believe most humans are selfish and extremely short sighted. I've watched people make bad decisions, that come back to haunt them, literally within minutes, because they cannot be bothered to take the slightest bit of inconvenience.
I seem to be in the tiny minority that actually seems to give a shit about how everyone acts, and therefore considers my actions. My other half thinks I'm a fool for doing the right thing, when others are taking advantage of a situation, and I refuse to. But if people don't start acting like they are living in a social society, and their actions have consequences for everyone then we're all (more) screwed.
@@mism847 We are fighting these crusaders my friend. They're bad for the world.
There can be no freedom of religion, without freedom FROM religion.
Happy 60th birthday Aron!
Its heartwarming to see you both on the same table …
Aron Ra, I believe that you and Andrew together could take on any political religious zealot (or group of them) in an honest exchange and utterly destroy them with facts over their "feelings".
And I truly hope to see it happen.
👍😎💪
Thanks to BOTH of you for all y'all do
@@realitycheck966 So, 🤔
You consider yourself a "political religious zealot"?
@@realitycheck966 Now's as good a time as ever to present your facts & evidence. Please, you have the floor.
@@realitycheck966 That's fine, I mostly agree, but it has nothing to do with atheism or creationism or any god(s).
NDE's are too subjective to be counted, as are spiritual experiences.
I'm curious about your claim about historical evidence.?
@@realitycheck966 So are they. 🤔
Maybe instead of "talking smack" in their comments section to commenters, you should posit your "proof" to either of them instead 🤷
And see what happens.
Or check Aron Ra's older videos, he may have already addressed your Beliefs😏
@@realitycheck966 Who knows. Maybe y'all can make a video together😎
Thank you both Aron and Andrew. You're doing crucial work to prevent this country from turning into a Christian theocracy. Aron, the science education you regularly put out is extremely well done and I can not thank you enough for it. Your arguments against god claims and religion have become integral to atheists everywhere, and you're a masterful debater. Again I sincerely appreciate all you've done 👍
Gods law is all there is, there is no man's law.
The bible is 100% accurate, especially when thrown at close range.
@@atheismandthemythof50gende54 You somehow managed to flip that around. Here, I'll correct it for you: Man's law is all there is, there is no gods law.
@@atheismandthemythof50gende54 tell your god to come down with a home printed copy then , all the holy books versions only shows its nothing but man made laws given authority by ther favorite invisible friend.
seconds that , its the one reason i hoppe he can keep going in the states for a while longer rather then migrate over here and help hard counter the 'inspired' locals ...its always more effective to counter bs at the source so to speak.
Now, I totally want a buddy cop movie with Andrew and Aron.
Perp: "It's my God-given right!"
Aron: "I'm too old for the sh*t!"
God doesn't give you any rights. your rights are in the constitution.
@@musicauthority8704 and rights are never given, they are taken by force and only last as long as the people stay vigilant and willing to shed blood for them
Going to get a few books signed at Houston Oasys, to hand to friends. Great work Andrew !
You do great work Aron Ra.
Non fiction is pretty good but I like to read Sci Fi and fantasy as often as possible 😂
You might like John Michael Godier. He has a UA-cam channel, check him out
Great chat from both of you. Really enjoyed it and hope you guys get together again for more.
Damn, I meant to be there last night! It looks like it went well at least. Glad to see a conversation between you two.
Great conversation, Andrew and Aron. Always a pleasure to hear intelligent people share ideas!
Great video featuring Andrew Seidel. I was so disappointed when he left FFRF but understand he needed and wanted more in his life. Thank You 🙏🏻.
Thanks for the interview Aaron (and Andrew). I just ordered the book because of this.
Happy Belated Birthday, Aron! 🎈🎂 Stay Healthy, Happy and Wonderful!!!🥰 I absolutely Love ALL your videos!!!
It was great to see Andrew Seidel on your show! You're both AWESOME!!! I will definitely buy his second book. I already have the first one and it's simply BRILLIANT!!! Also, hail TST for their phenomenal work!!
Thank you for this video, it's very insightful and extremely relevant!
Big Hugs to both of you from a Canadian living in Frankfurt. 🤗🥰
Love your work aron.
Happy birthday, Aron! Keep up the amazing work!
Awesome to hear from Andrew again..
I await for a whole parody of him in his Hawaiian shirt and mocking Kent in his impersonation.
Thank you for making this interview happen. Looking forward to picking up these books for some solid brain candy reading.
Just imagine if all the people who listen to Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, etc. started off by listening to Andrew and AronRa instead.....(answer: this country would be in a much better place)
Imagine if you actually did listen to what the other side instead of project, perhaps you'd have an even better grasp of the world! I happen to listen to Aaron ra and a good number of others and Tucker Carlson, he has very good takes at times as well, the truth is all ways in the middle
Brilliant conversation. The immediate issue is that Mr Seidel's well researched book shares the same title as a "book" with the opposite information (coincidentally "written" by a Fox News commentator). If you attempt to order Mr Seidel's book, make sure you are being sent the correct one.
USA: Ignorance is Strength
Ignorance is mere lack of knowledge. Fundamentalists are willingly stupid.
When I look at the Supreme Court and their abuses of power, it reminds me of Munchkins. Specifically a passage in the rule book that states "In case of disagreements, whoever bought the game has final say". This means essentially, if you bought the game and don't care about keeping friends, you can start arguments and just decide you're correct in order to manipulate things however you want.
Yay! Luv you Aron.
Two giants of the movement choppin it up over some brew... that's whats up🙌🙌🙌
The fight to be FREE from religious dogma, is getting more difficult every day.
Our courts are equally to blame, with its own version of separation from the people, with the old 'tradition' of court of admiralty, and common law.
How can we make people wake up and actually see the level of destruction to society this has and is causing?
They will see it when the Theocrats are in absolute power and their own religion is excluded from being "The True Faith" as then they will be persecuted instead of persecuting.
I use Islam as an example to them. It doesn't always work, but they understand.
Great job. Well done 👍
Thank you both for continuing to elucidate the nature of this threat
I can't wait to get Andrew's new book!
I got the book now a have audio which helps me.
Thanks
Love your work, both of y’all , thanks
Here in the UK we have a party that has been in power too long and clearly cares nothing for the people. At the same time the usual opposition has fallen apart and offers little or no challenge. Many of us are deeply concerned about our economy and society falling apart. But what we see in the US, in the rise of a right wing Christian theocracy, is a whole other level of existential dread. Kudos to people like Andrew and Aron for speaking out. And before anyone tells me it's not my business, the US is the most powerful and the most influential country in the world and what happens there, affects us all.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Another Brit here and would like to point out that might be worth taking a look at what has just happened in our country whenever Libertarians start spouting off, we have a real world example of what happens when those sort of policies are implemented, it crashed our economy in under a week and has sent inflation spiralling out of control to the point that that Bank of England had to bail out the government. Almost like the free market was a complete lie/grift to try and extract as much wealth from the bottom to the top as quickly as possible. A reverse Robin Hood if you will.
@@thomasharris7881 Whilst you are right about the situation directly caused by our government's appalling actions, I'm not sure I would class the Cons as libertarians.
I think their fiasco goes well beyond minimal interference in a free market. They did interfere but what they did was incompetent and disastrous 😁
Almost finished the book. It has been incredible so far. It's what I have been looking for to have conversations with people. I just wish I could retain more than 2% of it.
Guess I'll have to read it a coupe of times 😉
I can't wait to get the book.
If you want to retain what you read, talk about what you've read.
Love Andrew. Bought my fundamentalist christian mom his last book. Looking forward to reading his new one. But, that shirt and tie combo?
Not terrible. It works in the "I don't give damn" sense.
A new Andrew Seidel book? That's on my amazon list, now. The founding myth was absolutely fantastic piece of historical writing!
Love this guy, just saw him on Seth's show. Ya shit I watch all FFRFs stuff on youtube too.
Articulate advocates for atheism like these two gentlemen need to be widely imitated. Spread the truth, folks.
The Denver baker now should be able to deny service to Jews and POC if doing so offends some “religious belief” as it did so many in the past. Our only hope is that the nones become so numerous that religion becomes insignificant.
This is a photo of me tossing crackers into the gaping maw of the algorithm
Just wanted to say, Happy Birthday Mr Ra. You are a Wizard of truth and knowledge that's real magic.🧠🎂
This interview reminds me of one time I was driving through rural Kentucky and I passed a house with a massive wooden cross and a sign that said "America will never be a neighbor country!"
But they didn't say neighbor.
Frightening truths, but very good talk. Good reading recommendations!
Aron, you read fiction every week right on your channel. In fact you have two current series (Reading Joseph's Myth and Blasphemers Bible) where you're reading books of fiction.
I got the pleasure of speaking with Andrew on the atheist experience, caller Thomas here
On the day that people I served with in the US Navy read these Great books I will feel relieved for they will hopefully Open their eyes to what is going on. Peace
Andrew Sei the Constitution Guy strikes again!
Seidel is such a breath of fresh air.
Aron’s imitation of his mom saying, “Those damn Democrats” killed me... 😂👍
I still consider myself a Christian, but the thought of Christian Nationalism and the subversion of the current SCOTUS is terrifying. Personally I thank God (and my passion for voting and speaking out) for you two men who are working so hard to keep religion out of government and public education.
That’s an amazing book! I have the audiobook version and the hard copy! The idea that Christian Nationalism becomes the law of our land it’s a scary thought indeed.
I'm telling my kiddo that this is the REAL Capt America. ❤❤❤ Andrew Seidel is one of the best humans. Thanks for this interview, Aron.
Aron, bin working out bro! Whisky bounty, nice work 👍
I like this guy very centered and calm
Thanks!
His voice sounds like Matt Powell
thank you
great cause, 'sacred' objective and i wish you the best of luck!
Was that from J Gilligan's yesterday? I'm so bummed that I wasn't able to go!
looks like a nice cloudy beer there. perhaps a Hefweisen? anyway cheers Aron, keep it up.
Will this book make it into town libraries? I'd like to read it, but buying it is not an option.
I guess you could ask your local library to get it.
Library Genesis has books to download for free, not everything, but almost everything. Just make sure you spell the title correctly
@@doneestoner9945 Thanks, I'll do that.
Seidel for president!!
The hero’s we need
This very much looks like Arlington. What a trip it would have been to run into you’s.
Aron, how you find the time to do these things will never cease to impress me. Hell, I am just for ever and ever been trying to make a new video.
Nothing against Andrew, but does he know that this is not 1981? Tie, shirt, glasses... 81 style.
Now a days...who are blacks...who are Jews. Heaven forbid one says "Jews" with out getting strangled as being anti-Semitic!
We live in a republic, not a democracy.
I love passion...but...
Variations of government will always exist within our governmental system. That is the beauty of it! We are the only governmental system on this planet that has been roughly duplicated around the world due to its loose structure.
As of yet, we have never had a black president, nor have we ever had a black vice president. Folks get into conflict when it comes to definitions of race. Sadly, nowadays it has nothing to do with genetics....only eyes and what each individual determines and laws as to a definition of a race.
@11:02 "We had a war about Nazism."
That's what puzzles me the most as a German. I mean, I am glad that Hitler lost the war and that we are living in a democracy now. And that Americans went to Europe 80 years ago and put their life on the line against the evil dictatorship of Hitler and the Nazis. Just yesterday my 84 year old mom told me about how she as a small kid met american soldiers when the war was over and how they always had chocolate and fruits for the starving german children. Something she will remember forever.
And now the grandsons of those Americans who paid a hefty price in blood support that exact evil notion of fascism and racism? It makes your head spin!
I think Aron should have a pint intravenously hooked up to him, I don't think I've ever seen a video of his where he hasn't got got a beer on the go! 😄🍺
My state of WV is soon to vote on Ammendment 3, which allows churches to incorporate and gain the benefits people. it's spun as a religious freedom issue by pro-ammendment elements.
Jordan Klepper about hungary is highly recommended.
Hungarian government pays youtube. Almost every single commercial about government and religion. Estimated 1 billion USD (1:100/ 1%) GDP spent on propaganda just like communism. BTW I do not see the left in communism. I see communism in practice as christianity.
We do not have constitution law about separation of church n state. The leading right wing party rightfully can call Hungary as a christian nation. In our "Base Law" (Alaptörvény) children is protected to HAVE christian raising. They are also protected to have the same gender as their genitals. Do you see where I'm going with this?! Sex education is forbidden under 18y old. Hiding child molester priest this way.
Your videos about the education board opened my eyes. Thank You!
My childhood was without bible but David Attenborough books instead! My mother become atheist around 6 y old. I have no info about my father except he can not stand priests and church speech.
Number about GDP corrected. It is around 100 billion USD
Like how women are free to wear burquas in Iran? That kind of freedom you mean?
"I actually hired two different attorneys for both of these books and I paid them a bounty for every error, or misquote or mistake that they could find"
🙄 Imagine if the fundamentalists did this in their books, you could buy blank journals from preachers.
So many days I missed you and I'm working on that billboard I swear it
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why does it say 322 in the background.
Before I watch, let me guess: You're going to trick him into eating something super hot and burn his face off? 🌶 🥵 👹
I thing we're partly to blame because some of us have been to passive and ironically treating religious freedom as a sacred cow to appease the Buffet Christians and also getting easily trapped into their culture war and somewhat being social conservatives ourselves only when it comes to PC and cancellations. We can't beat them by using fire against fire.
For some reason I can't seem to be able to find the terms "Justice or Justices" within ARTICLE III of that funny part in that Constitution they want to call Judicial.
I am sure that if the "Founding Fathers" of the Constitution meant for there to have been something called a "Justice" or "Justices" in the Supreme court,,, don't ya think they would have written that term in ARTICLE III?
Yep, not being allowed to force your beliefs on others goes against their 1st amendment rights.
Funny if I start seeing that lady in the background of different interviews all over UA-cam.
First time I have ever seen here Wouldn't be surpised if she was a Trumper. I wonder if Aran and Andrew realized she was there. Hard to believe that they didn't know the flash go off on her phone.
I don't reside in te US but when observing the discourse it comes across as a kind of battle against a sort of Iran-light?
Top book
🐊 rhythm
It's difficult to explain to straight, cis, white people how surreal and alarming it is to watch other people, both in and out of government, debate and argue my legitimacy as a person and whether I'm deserving of the same rights as everyone else. I've watched it in regards to my sexual orientation, I'm currently watching it in regards to my gender identity, and if Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas have their way, the supposedly "closed" issue of sexual orientation will be coming up again in the near future. I don't think whether a person's identity is valid should be up for debate, yet the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in this country, is all too happy to do just that. It's distressing for me now, in my 30's, but I remember very keenly what it was like when I was a kid. I'm still damaged from all the years I spent thinking I was an aberration, and now they're putting another whole generation through it again. There are times I think our species *deserves* to go extinct due to climate change. I just wish we weren't killing the rest of the world along with us.
wonder what that woman said the very end
I think the extreme postions held by some people and religious grifters are making people think more critically about religion. It's a lot easier to accept your religion when all it asks of you is to waste 2 hours on Sunday than if it's asking you to let your wife die because a medical procedure is now sin. Or to let your children go hungry because your pastor needs another private jet. They are doing a pretty good job at making more people leave religion by themselves.
Throw Matt Dillahunty a chair and that would be a drunken conversation I would love to be in. I've been warning about the religious right nut jobs since I went to one of their school in 8th grade (back about 83 or so). In my wildest dreams I never expected a failed insurrection and the SCOTUS issuing religious edicts :(. Sad thing I'm seeing with so many people of my daughter's generation is that they don't care unless it directly involves them directly :(.
BTW - Happy Birthday AronRa.
I can't believe how antifa got away with their insurrection too, mind blowing.
We do need to work on getting a 15 member Supreme Court
Yes !
Not every christian conservative wants that guys, a lot of them do, yes. But most christian conservatives don't want that. Don't lump every conservative together, every individual is different in every group, they are not a monolith.
Andrew siedel took some precepts from darth 😂😂😂
This is why we need to push back every chance we get and fk the you have to respect beliefs BS no the FK we don't.
I honestly think he overrates the value of "truth" as a guiding principle. Most people stick to religion for the numerous utilities it provides, regardless of their factual value. They allow for a somewhat coherent worldview, and offer a refuge from the world where everything, from our health, through education, all the way to love is commodified and seen as a market good. Tis not an accident that the more equal and opportunity-rich nations like Scandinavia are also less religious. As comrade Lenin said, no science book can eradicate religion as long as the widespread, ubiquitous systemic injustice exists. Had we truly desire people to focus on this world rather than whatever comes afterwards, the first step is to make life on this planet less of a hassle. 🚩
Don’t get me wrong, they *are* hypocrites, but holding people to a double standard doesn’t actually run counter to conservative ideology… because treating people equally isn’t a core value of theirs.
A lot of the power these wrong people have (holding wrong ideas and are the wrong people for the positions they take), comes from the shifting of attention to federal elections.
People are misled by national channels to think federal elections are important and local elections not so much ,if at all, (not necessarily intentionally, but definitely by the nature of their content), when the exact opposite is true.
Most of the effect on the average citizen comes from local government, and that's also where the average citizen has the most effect.
If people won't neglect local elections the federal would be of lesser consequence, because the authoritarian minority which always votes at extremely high percentage, won't be able to win enough local seats, won't be able to redistrict a state to favor a future win for their dwindling numbers, won't be able to favor restriction of rights, and their representatives won't "graduate" to federal office where they won't be approving of authoritarian judges and voting to restrict rights federally.
Vote locally.
Vote for the not-crazy candidate that isn't backed by dark money PACs.
Aron what's your opinion on Joe Biden?
Makes me glad I live in Canada.
Unless that insanity comes here,,,
have you looked at parliament as of late? It is here, just the woke cult is at the helm atm and not the right wingnuts, and for every action there is a equal and opposite reaction, just hope turdy and the sycophants enjoy their own rules went he other side uses them for their means
@@Refertech101 Uh huh. Every time someone says 'woke'... it sounds like someone objecting to respect for gay, trans and people of different colour.
I understand the notion that 'woke' might be going too far the other way... but for me that term has come to symbolize intolerant attitudes.