Episode #289: Dialogue with David Frum: Young Conservatives and the Far Right

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Published 2023-08-04
This is the thirty-seventh episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss recent high-profile cases of young conservative activists and journalists who have fallen down a far-Right path, including what is behind these trends and what can be done to reverse them.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.

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All Comments (10)
  • @TheGoodShepherd117
    I don’t consider myself conservative but David Frum is one of my favourite political thinkers. I think his brand of conservatism is very logical and not the obnoxious kind you are seeing in certain places. I see the same obnoxious and foolish tendencies in the Left Camp and sometimes even among centrists so I’m not trying to slander any group in particular. Either way I’d gladly vote for the kind of Conservative party he suggests, even if I would’nt agree with all its points. I actually think most Canadians and Americans are getting tired of the zealots on both spectrums and just want reasonable, and unassuming politicians in power again.
  • @ColonelFredPuntridge
    The breakdown in moral restraint started long before Tucker Carlson. It really started (in the current iteration) with Newt Gingrich and Frank Fahrenkopf.
  • @daviddickson2228
    Worth adding another name to that list of young conservatives turning out foul: Richard Hanania. Turns out he was writing explicitly racist and eugenicist articles under a pseudonym, long before he became famous under his own name. I think the news on that broke just minutes after this video posted. It's relevant because he was a respectable name throughout industry and politics--even David Frum posted a link to one of his articles mere days ago. I read that article and thought "Half a good point or two aside, this guy has bad news written all over him." I'm sure David is likely thinking the same thing right now. 😕
  • @Jaxonbass
    The first international game of cricket was between Canada and the US, in the 1840s
  • @patriciajay1
    David Frum you made a lot of sense in this talk, I wish we could see this in the today’s federal Conservative Party! I’ve voted for all the parties at one time or another but not now too many loud far right voices:(
  • @jasonhooy6765
    Had Mr. Frum quoted the supposed far right extremists, rather than simply labeling their words, which I have never heard (not a subscriber to any of the names listed), I could bring his points to fruitful discussion with subscribers of those supposedly far-right voices. I hear what he is saying but I am insufficiently informed here alone to cite him and his points in discussion. I just know my interlocutors would press for examples and I have none from here. Still interesting take on what conservativism meant to him in the 70s and 80s
  • @DB-gr7ch
    Why no cricket? Because baseball.