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Maybe, but there need to be facts to shout out. People (rightly) lost their minds about the pedophilia in the Catholic church. Is the situation worse in government schools? I think they may be, but need evidence to know for sure.

Agreed, stats for the whole government school system. I just want to make sure that those stats include female teachers having sex with students as actual rape, not ignored as a "lucky" kid.

We see it on the news practically every week. Another teacher who has raped a child in public school, only it's not called "rape" because the perpetrator is a woman. I know Stef has alluded to the data before, but I haven't seen it laid out. Does anyone know where to find the rape rates for public schools that INCLUDE female teachers raping students?

Hi Matthew, great response. Thank you for your input. A little bit of constructive criticism here: Remove "just" from your vocabulary. It weakens your arguments and provides you with a weasel way out. Your arguments are strong, state them boldly.

Divorce can be a red flag or a green one. My wife and I are both divorced. Not from each other (that's my go-to joke, every time). We both were the initiators of divorce in our previous marriages, which were our first marriages. Divorce taught us both a huge amount of what it takes to make a successful relationship. If not for our divorces, we would be entirely different (and miserable) people today. Instead, I can objectively say that we have the most healthy relationship I know of. Better than I had ever dreamed. Divorce taught us how to "fight." The secret is to remember that if your partner messed up or slighted you that it wasn't on purpose. That they're your teammate, and you need to support each other when mistakes happen. If she trips and knocks into you, you don't get mad at her. You make sure she's ok and check to see what she tripped on so you can avoid it in the future. Divorce taught us how to be honest. Honesty is not just telling the truth. It's explaining how you feel about the truth especially when it seems unnecessary. Openness isn't responding to a question honestly, it's bringing up something without being asked and asking how your partner feels about it. There's a number of other things, but those are the two big concepts. Some of the mentioned red flags are unavoidable, but others really need to be explored before you cut someone out of the running. Still, after you explore, don't be afraid to cut them if it turns out to be red. Never get into a relationship to try and "fix" someone.

In one of Stefan’s most recent call in shows, he mentions the Black Book of Communism (BBC), which has been on my “to read” list for a while. The mentioning of it prompted me to finally dive in. But before I could, an internet search brought up Jason Unruhe’s video titled “Black Book of Communism Debunked.” I couldn’t resist that. There’s so much gold in this 18:30 video. I’ll give you some of my highlights. Introduction: Mr. Unruhe’s first round of arguments is so close, yet so far away from devastating. He brings up the death tolls in Ukraine from the famines and says “compared to what?” What about the famines in capitalist countries? A great point except for two major omissions. One, he never defines communist countries OR capitalist countries. And two, he never answers his question. He just floats it up there, expecting us to believe that capitalist famines must be so much worse. Ukraine Famine: Right out of the gate comes this direct quote: “[bBC Author] claimed that the soviet grain requisitions must have caused mass starvation. Of course at no time did [the author] mention the right of people living in cities not to starve to death.” Actually, he’s absolutely right by communist logic. The lowest class of people have no rights, while the oligarchy in charge are kings. Wikipedia says that the famine started in 1921 and ended in 1923 and that throughout 1922 and 1923 Russia was exporting grain. Let that sink in. Famine. Mass starvation. Take the food and seed crop from the starving farmers and export it so the rulers can have more money. So yes, Mr. Unruhe is correct, the only people who matter in communism are the rulers. The people have no rights and their deaths are meaningless and acceptable. It should be pointed out that there’s a year discrepancy here. Wiki says 20s, BBC says 30s. I’m no expert on this, but the idea is that these events occurred at the same time. Later he goes on that much of this information comes from Nazi sources and that Nazi’s are a terrible source of the truth. Again, this is coming from a communist. Good lord look at this paragraph he posted on screen: “Stalin did not gain from starving Ukrainian peasants, unlike the way capitalist speculators who hoard food grain when peasants starve. To say that Stalin did gain is a simple projection of life under capitalism to life under socialism where often the politicians also personally gain from development, weapons or other deals they broker politically.” Pardon, my millennial brain but I can’t even. Admissions Regarding the Soviet Union: Summed up: Here are a bunch of communist authors who say that the numbers are way over exaggerated and we REALLY know exactly how many people were killed TO THE MAN. China: Summary: The math is speculative and wrong. The [bBC] authors are stupid. There is much stupidity by the authors. Mr. Unruhe poorly reads from a piece of paper under the camera. The death toll was 50 Million, not a 100 Million. Again, you can’t trust numbers from Nazi collaborators. Accurate information from the Communist parties of China and the USSR. Conclusion: Paraphrased: The other communist countries in the book are not actually communists. Finally, some attempt at a definition. Mr. Unruhe goes on to say that readers of the BBC who give it good reviews are obviously bad at math and are poorly educated in history and that the media will “buy anything anti-communist.” I guess he only watches Fox News. More poor reading from a note card taped to the camera. Finally (life be praised) he ends with “Nothing will eradicate that fact that the average person lived longer under socialism than under capitalism.” I hope you enjoyed my summary and it was as fun for you as it was painful for me.

Hey ya'll. I've got an old friend who got in touch with me over a political post I made on Facebook. He's a good guy, smart and open minded. He's looking to learn more about liberty. I started him on Bastiat's The Law because it's short and I get off on how unavoidable the logic is. I want to introduce him to FDR, but I don't know the first video to start him on. What do you think?

If you watch the movie first you'll miss out on a maybe 80% of the experience of reading the book and will be confused. If you read the book first and then watch the movie, you'll be angry at the movie. Read the book.