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And be faithful in your marriage, and reject pornography.
Who said it: G. K. Chesterton, John Wayne, or Jordan Peterson? "We need bullies.
Pressure makes diamonds. Not hugs. Hug a piece of coal and see what you get. You get a dirty shirt."
Buzzer sound. The answer is none of the above. Chris Rock said it, on his new Netflix special
Tamborine. Rock isn't a political conservative, and I doubt he's ever voted Republican in his life.
But in his one-hour standup routine he articulates a vision in which the harsh facts of existence are to be welcomed rather than bubble-wrapped, sexual morality is the core of a successful marriage, and men acknowledge their special burden to toil for others. Take out the "mother*****r"s, of which there are many, and you could almost be listening to an unusually sharp-witted pastor.
Near the outset, Rock recalls attending a high-school orientation session for one of his daughters that promoted the kind of touchy-feely wish-based thinking that infects education these days. Noting that the kids were told, "You can be anything you want to be," he thought,
"Why are you lying to these children? Maybe four of then can be anything they want to be. But the other 2,000 better learn how to weld." He imagines a more truth-based approach to pedagogy:
"You can be anything you're good at, as long as they're hiring. And even then it helps to know somebody."
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