The Bird & The Bear - Session 64 - "The Conservative Grift"

Published: Oct. 19, 2023, 9 a.m.

(0:00) - The boys open the show with their individual life updates, Daryl came back sick from a cabin trip, and Sammy has been called in for jury duty, \u201cI\u2019ve had enough people in my life cough directly in my mouth\u2026\u201d - (9:05) - The boys take a minute to talk video games, Sammy has been playing the hell out of Stardew Valley, while Daryl has been balls deep in Starfield, \u201cIt\u2019s kind of objectively boring, but for some reason it\u2019s like, compelling\u201d - (19:37) - Daryl tells a quick story about the time he tested the psychological horror FPS, Fear 3

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(21:05) - The boys kick off their discussion on the \u201cconservative grift\u201d with a conversation about the billionaires behind some of the major conservative media outlets, \u201cThese small amount of topics have so much energy that they over shadow the things that really f**king matters\u201d - (28:55) - The boys point out the lie that Hollywood controls the country or is controlled by democrats, \u201cOil runs the f**king country \u2026 Corn runs the f**king country\u201d

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(35:50) - The boys move into the second portion of their \u201cconservative grift\u201d discussion with a conversation about Fox News anchor, Jesse Watters, \u201cWatters can dance that line between the mainstream conservative voter and the Trump conspiracy freak\u2026\u201d - (43:01) - The boys talk about the different psychological tactics that Watters uses in all of his reporting, \u201cFirst off, I wanna bring up the fact that he looks like Stick Sickly and Earthworm Jim\u201d

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(47:49) - The boys begin the third part of their \u201cconservative grift\u201d discussion with their analysis of Ben Shapiro\u2019s YouTube content, \u201cThe team of people editing your video probably don\u2019t f**king agree with you \u2026 You\u2019re just paying them to\u201d - (55:34) - The boys point out how Ben makes bad faith arguments by manipulating facts and presenting them as truths, \u201cAnybody that says they deal in facts and never changes their position \u2026 Is factually, a f**king liar\u201d

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(1:03:30) - The boys make it to the last portion of their discussion on the \u201cconservative grift\u201d and give their reactions to some of Ben and Jesse\u2019s recent Israel/Palestine takes, \u201cThere\u2019s no desire for peace in his heart, and you can tell\u201d - (1:13:19) - As an added bonus the boys react to a debate between Cornell West and Alan Dershowitz on the Israel/Palestine situation, \u201cI think there\u2019s a whole documentary about this \u2026 Oh god, what was it \u2026 District 9\u201d - (1:25:52) - The session wraps up with the boys reactions turning into their own friendly debate, \u201cIf you so much as smell the thought of firing a bullet \u2026. Everything we give you is gone\u201d\xa0