Dennis Prager notes The Atlantic publishing articles he considers non-woke, though he doubts it will continue. He recounts a New York Times orientation where he mispronounced Starburst and describes the HR representative's hostile reaction to his mention of a gay sandwich preference.
I'll certainly take the cold of Fairbanks, Alaska over the heat of many places on Earth. Heat is— there's not much you can do about heat. Obviously air conditioning is the primary answer, but that's it. You can bundle up for cold, but you can't unbundle for heat. As little as you wear. It's still hot. Anyway, hi everybody, wonderful to be with you. Something seems to be happening at The Atlantic. I, I'm not all that optimistic that it'll— it will continue, but they're actually publishing some non-woke pieces, which is, uh, And I don't know why, but here's an example. I was a heretic at the New York Times. Just came out, let's see, yesterday. I was a heretic at the New York Times. I did what I was hired to do and I paid for it. Man named Adam Rubenstein. On one of my first days at the New York Times, I went to an orientation with more than a dozen other new hires. We had to do an icebreaker, pick a Starbust out of a jar and then answer a question. My Starbust was pink, I believe, and so— Starburst, sorry. What did I say? Starbust. I've never had a Starburst. You never had a Starbust, but you've had Starbursts. It sounds delicious. It sounds delicious. Thank you. That was very sweet of you. I don't think I've had a Starburst or I wouldn't have made that mistake. There's no question. This is a new one for me. And so I had to answer the pink prompt, which had me respond with my favorite sandwich. What is my favorite sandwich? Russ and Daughter's Super Heapster came to mind. But I figured mentioning a $19 sandwich wasn't a great way to win new friends, so I blurted out the spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A and considered the ice broken. Again, this is on one of his first days at the New York Times. The HR representative— what is HR? Human relations, right? Human resources. Shows you how little I have contact, praise the Lord. Human resources. Oh God, human resources. It's painful. What I'm about to read to you gives you an idea of the way the New York Times is run. And again, this is printed in The Atlantic. Which is quite surprising. The HR representative leading the orientation chided me, we don't do that here, they hate gay people. Wow. I'm going to talk to you about that in a moment. For the full episode of The Dennis Prager Show, go to pragertopia.com, sign up, and become a full member.
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