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Tom Servo's avatar

Double-dipping here (please excuse it), cancel culture (like David discussed) can really mess up your life and finances if you are reliant on liberal platforms or organizations. I am a 59 year-old PhD Candidate and university Instructor. I am very careful in both environments to not discuss my feelings or thoughts about politics, society, or anything related. While I have great supervisors both in the program I am in (full ride for the PhD which will open many opportunities and they let me teach at the other university to pay the bills) and the school that I teach at, my concern is that, if push came to shove, I couldn't expect either to support my views at the risk of their careers. So I keep my mouth shut. I am pleased that Taki offers you the opportunity to speak the truth, David.

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David Cole's avatar

8 1/2 years writing for Takimag, and never once have I been told "don't say that" or "don't write about that." It's the best job in the world for a writer, because Taki is one of the last guys remaining who A) genuinely believes in free speech and B) is willing to pay writers a respectable wage.

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Tom Servo's avatar

Thanks, David, You've mentioned that Taki is very supportive in other posts and articles that you have written. I think it's great.

I am close to both my supervisor in the PhD program and the Associate Director at the University where I teach, Both have always been extremely supportive. I am just not willing to put either in a position where they need to justify their friendship with me to others that could jeopardize their careers. If my dissertation research goes well, I graduate next April, and I will become tenured at the school where I am employed (that was the deal we made). Then perhaps I can speak my mind. It is difficult to be a conservative faculty member, but here in Florida, they have been making that less of an issue.

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Flippin’ Jersey's avatar

Taki seems to be the last of a “call it like it is and if you don’t like it, go fuck yourself” generation; although you appear to have picked up that gauntlet.

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Charles "Pappy" Thomas's avatar

Taki has the platform (thank goodness!) but there are more of us around than one might think.

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Abdul Alhazred's avatar

(THE LEGEND RETURNS IN VIDEO FORMAT)

My will to live for the next 58 minutes has increased exponentially with this turn of events.

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Samuel's avatar

Hey, aren't you that crazy Arab who wrote the Necronomicon? :P

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Abdul Alhazred's avatar

I can confirm that the fact checker Snopes has rated this post as 'True.'

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Samuel's avatar

Ah, Snopes, well then it surely must be true.

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Abdul Alhazred's avatar

On this topic in particular you can be sure, that place is staffed by eldritch horrors, if anyone could confirm it'd be them lol.

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JW Booth's avatar

What was Debra Messing's best porno?

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Kawasaki's avatar

Dying laughing because I can’t stop picturing Jorge blowing leaves while watching El Gran Tabu, peacefully whistling during his job and thinking “i don’t know what happened, but I am sure it was God’s will, everything happen for a reason”, meanwhile Dave with his evil laugh going “muahahahah”…. LOL!!!

Anyways, great to see you back with the videos.

Question:

Do you have any early predictions on the 2024 presidential election (disaster for Republicans or Democrats)??

Thanks in advance!!!

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David Cole's avatar

Thank you! Glad you got a good laugh out of Jorge's story, as I did. I'll address your question in the next video!

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Robby Lightspeed's avatar

David thanks for making videos again. I'd love your thoughts on the whole "Reparations Task Force" thing? Paying millions to each Black resident in a state that never had slavery... this has got to be among the most absurd drivel I've ever heard. California is a very silly place. How do cope with it generally?

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Natalie's avatar

(psst. I got kicked off Twitter. check one of your other avenues of getting messages.)

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Grand Moff Porkins's avatar

Welcome to the club!

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Flippin’ Jersey's avatar

Just a suggestion...instead of Buy Me A Beer, maybe start a Buy Me A T-Shirt fund? That thing has more holes than the “Jeffery Epstein committed suicide” story.

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David Cole's avatar

LOL! But it's COMFORTABLE (like the “Jeffery Epstein committed suicide” story).

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Tim from England's avatar

Conversely, if enough of you say “welcome back, asshole,” and if I get good questions for a Q&A next time, I’ll continue.....will calling you a mother fucking asshole make you feel better my fave Jew? The dog was called Boo.

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Skip's avatar

My big question is this: I know we're still over half a year out from the first primaries, but is the Stupid Party going to be stuck with Trumpus yet again, or is the party going to come to its senses and realize the guy is doom?

2nd question: What are your thoughts on RFKJR's challenge to Biden? Will it accomplish anything?

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Lucky Ned's avatar

Welcome back, David. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for taking the time and effort to make it.

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David Cole's avatar

Always my pleasure; good to be back. Thank YOU for being a viewer.

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Graham Seibert's avatar

Holy crap. I have adpred your writing for years without knowing who you were. A picture is worth a thousand words. If I maintained a checklist for Jewish commentators, you would hit every tikkymark. Though your breathern call me an anti-Semite at every turn, I love you. And other bright, abrasive people like Greenwald and Berenson. Go figure.

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Bill Fenner's avatar

The raucous, unbridled, belly laughter at the end ... I've not seen someone laugh this hard for quite a while. It's infectious because I was laughing hard too! Ah, poor Jorge though ... If only we could Buy a Cerveza for him now. LOL

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Bill Fenner's avatar

Wonderful to see Dave doing videos again! So glad you migrated to Substack, sir. I think you'll like it here. I suspect there was more, shall we say, riffraff over on YouTube. Expect more high quality comments and queries for you to digest.

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David Cole's avatar

Great to see you here, my friend!

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Bill Fenner's avatar

The (literal) green screen is gone! What a shame, but I do like the gothic horror background. Very apt.

By the way, loved your story about the film festival... but just wondering, when you're contacting these Jewish organizations to "warn them" about the transgressive film that's scheduled to screen on Saturday night, are you doing so under your real name or are you doing so anonymously or under a pseudonym?

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David Cole's avatar

Well, back then I was David Stein, the mainstream guy! So I used that name, because I had lots of cred. I just had to make sure to limit the correspondence to email and not phone, because my voice was, of course, rather recognizable.

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Grand Moff Porkins's avatar

You should get an insurance rider to cover potential damage caused by Mechagodzilla, just for peace of mind

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Jeremy Madden's avatar

What was the last thing a Playboy said to Jim Brown? Answer= Help!!! Get off me.... please stop Help!!!!

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Franklin Wright's avatar

Incredible video, I always enjoy them very much. Bravo

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