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The episode discusses the implications of compelled speech and recent legislation regarding HIV exposure, while exploring themes of truth and cultural taboos.

Show Notes: llinois Gov. JB Pritzker just signed a bill making it LEGAL to knowingly expose others to HIV — including through BLOOD DONATIONS. The Dangers of Compelled Speech by Jake Warner The Power of the Powerless , by Václav Havel Live Not by Lies , by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn For when people renounce lies, lies simply cease to exist. Like parasites, they can only survive when attached to a person.We are not called upon to step out onto the square and shout out the truth, to say out loud what we think—this is scary, we are not ready. But let us at least refuse to say what we do not think!This is the way, then, the easiest and most accessible for us given our deep-seated organic cowardice, much easier than (it’s scary even to utter the words) civil disobedience à la Gandhi.Our way must be: Never knowingly support lies! Robert Reilly, Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything (affiliate link) Sword of Honor trilogy, by Evelyn Waugh (affiliate link) “Evelyn Waugh,” Rev. Paul Mankowski, S.J., Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome [Update: the links in this series are broken; I will try to see if we can get a fix from the Center. Meanwhile, please…

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