The Rubin Report

Rubin Report is quite simply one of the worst talk show/ interview shows in the world of YouTube / independent media. Dave Rubin bills himself as a 'classical liberal' but in reality the show acts as a far right / alt-right safe space, whereby guests are allowed to spew falsehoods, deny climate science, promote race & IQ pseudoscience and tired anti-SJW talking points.

Rubin is a vacuous online personality, a loathsome buffoon who lacks any deep knowledge of politics or policy. He talks mainly in empty platitudes, is a weak & ineffective interviewer who never challenges his guests, no matter how unhinged their views are. Rubin bills himself as a liberal but relentlessly bashes the left for every little thing, whilst acting as a de-facto apologist for Trump, Fox News, conservatives & alt-right. To top it off, Rubin gets his funding from Koch Brothers; You will be hard pressed to find a more dishonest, sleazy & moronic character on YouTube. The show & its discourse are toxic!

Dave's got a great format going & has many interesting guests on. But, there's a lot of fluff (imho), guests who espouse the same opinions - he makes no secret of his preference for fellow atheists - and give me headaches from eye rolling.

I wanted to write of review of the show by my favorite gay married classical liberal. He is my favorite because he hates identity politics. you can tell he hates identity politics because he brings up his identity as a gay man any time people question his other political beliefs. Only a true champion against identity politics would rely on identity that much. I found him because of his platforming of Molyneux who he described as being part of the new center. I was overjoyed to learn he also platformed Milo, Lauren Southern, and Cernovich. He even had Cernovich on multiple times even after Cernovich attempted to get many people fired for their past tweets. Only a true free speech warrior like Dave would associate themselves with the person who got James Gunn and Sam Seder fired for twitter jokes. It isn't all great though. Dave has routinely associated with a drug addict. I personally believe that dominance hierarchies are good and therefore anyone who requires drugs to cope clearly is on the bottom of the hierarchy. Dave should not associate with such a messy room, chaotic beta.

Dave is one of the best interviewers around and it has been most interesting watching him evolve as he increasingly engaged with people on the right where he has found open arms and REASONED VIEWS.

So sad the leftist cancel creeps and trolls who inhabit these spaces. They contribute nothing to the discourse found in Dave Rubin's show. It is obvious that they have not actually watched the show and the the inability to do anything but spew.

So glad I live in my own home instead of my parents basement like most trolls found on this site. It would be nice if they actually had something to contribute.

It's refreshing to witness long-form interviews in a congenial environment, where the goal seems to be mutual understanding and rather than destroying the other person's credibility. If one wants to understand the perspective of political opposites, or wants to make up their own minds about prominent cultural figures, this is a pretty good place to go. If one comes pre-loaded with belief that inquiry is approval, to criticize ideas is to weaken them, or that to allow others to express wrong ideas is itself wrong, this is not a good place to go. If you like hearing opinions you disagree with, culturally taboo perspectives, or feel stuck in an ideological echo chamber, you'll enjoy this. If not, you're gonna have a bad time.

TL;DR: it's good for armchair philosophers