Episode 56: Freedom w/That Dang Dad – The Misled Right-Wing Rallying Cry

In this episode we explore the concepts of freedom (both positive and negative) with youtuber and former-cop-turned-police-abolitionist That Dang Dad (also named Phil) to discuss what it means, how the right-wing has co-opted it, and plenty of topics surrounding his time as an officer, including how it broke his brain.

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• Find more from Steve at SteveRosePhD.com
• Reach out to us at ConceptsWithPhilAndSteve@gmail.com
• This episode was edited by TJ Timusk.

Citations

• Positive Freedom: the possession of the power and resources to act in the context of the structural limitations of the broader society which impacts a person’s ability to act, as opposed to negative liberty, which is freedom from external restraint on one’s actions
• That Dang Dad (Youtube)
• That Dang Phil (Twitter/X)
• 4th of July Episode on Freedom – The video of his that spurred this conversation!
• His Video on Does Prison Abolition Include Psychiatry?
• His Video on how Slavery is Still Legal (For Cops)
• Diathesis Stress Model: a psychological theory that attempts to explain a disorder, or its trajectory, as the result of an interaction between a predispositional vulnerability, the diathesis, and stress caused by life experiences.
• Whisky Lullaby by Brad Paisely (Steve says it’s the saddest country song)
• Dax – Hiphop artist trying to break into country
  • Dang Dad did a video on Dax’s view of masculinity
• Erich Fromm:  a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States.
• Anger is a Secondary Emotion
• You Are Good
• The Scuttlebutt Podcast episode Phil was on – 217 – Consciousness, AI, & the Future w/Phil from the Pros & Concepts podcast
• Behind the Bastards – Bastard Manifesto
• “We should be kind to individuals and ruthless to systems” – Micheal Brooks
• The Dictator’s Handbook by by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
• Tall Poppy Syndrome: successful people being criticised. This occurs when their peers believe they are too successful, or are bragging about their success. Intense scrutiny and criticism of such a person is termed as “cutting down the tall poppy”.
• Preliminary Research on Police Union Outcomes (Rob Gillezeau)
• The “Fed War”: In June 2020, the Trump administration began deploying federal law enforcement forces to select cities in the United States in response to rioting and monument removals amid the George Floyd protests.
• That Dang Dad’s “The Least of These” Video – Amazing video using christian doctrine to call them to do what the left does.
• Phil’s Recommendations:
  • Black Marxism by Cedric J. Robinson (Book)
  • Only Murders in the Building (Show)
  • Righteous Gemstones (Show)
  • Dredge (game)
• Tonic Masculinity: The opposite of Toxic Masculinity; A healing, supportive masculinity that does what men need to do while being emotionally aware and communicative. They talk about their problems, express themselves in nondestructive ways, and use others for support (as opposed to substances or violence)