Douglas Murray and Brian Lee Crowley: In Defence of Western Civilization



A thought-provoking discussion in downtown Vancouver, organized by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute: in this exclusive event, Douglas Murray, esteemed author and journalist, engaged in a captivating armchair conversation with Brian Lee Crowley, MLI Managing Director, on the theme of the defence of Western civilization

Douglas Murray, renowned for his incisive commentary and unwavering defence of Western values, is the author of several bestselling books, including most recently, The War on the West, to the forefront. Murray’s compelling narrative seeks to dismantle the unfounded criticisms levied against Western culture, highlighting its enduring contributions to humanity.

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24 thoughts on “Douglas Murray and Brian Lee Crowley: In Defence of Western Civilization”

  1. I'm thrilled to see one of the contemporary world's greatest public intellectuals speaking in Canada!!! No country needs to hear his frank, unapologetic defense of Western Civilization more than Canada, as this country has been so immersed in "progressive" dogma and indoctrination since roughly 2015. Vancouverites are very fortunate to have been exposed to Douglas's insight, honesty, and wisdom. Hopefully, audiences in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal will also have an opportunity to learn from exposure to his ideas, as the residents of these woke-infested metropolises desperately need to hear his clear-thinking message.

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  2. Douglas is wonderful – but after 20:00 he knows/senses he’s on weak ground around western medicine, because he hesitates. Western medicine, and especially its gatekeepers and the socio-political mesh which bodies it forth, have become much more contested and complex since covid. And he knows – or ought to know – that sophisticated herbal medicine systems can treat illnesses, including cancer, very effectively.

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  3. 41:00 “Show me what you accuse the Jews of, I’ll show you what you’re guilty of” – I accuse the Jews of being exceptionally insightful physicists who have made pivotal contributions to the development of much of modern science! …. What happens now? …. I still seem to be really mediocre …. Do I just wait a bit? Or will there be a flash of lightening? 🤪

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  4. And why are some attacking the laws of physics? Could it be because of the destructive work of radical atheists like Richard Dawkins? Newton knew he would find laws in nature because there is a lawgiver who created the physical universe (Genesis 1:1). We have an entire generation who does not believe in a lawgiver and therefore attack the laws of nature.

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  5. Always such a pleasure to listen to the wise intellect of Douglas Murray! There is either free speech or not. These ideas to me are pure evil! If you speak freely you always risk the chance of somebody being offended!. These people just shout so much louder, over polite people. Best up bringing , our parents always told us, Sticks and Stones, may break our bones, but names, will never harm you. So many people are so uneducated. They know nothing of history. Do not seem to have travelled much. For Millennia we have swum in the waters of Christianity. That is where we get our values from. Our fathers fought in the last war, for our freedoms, and freedom of speech. You have to stand up for these principles!

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  6. 38:30: What´s with the "meow" from an audience member and Douglas' grin and nod in response?
    I know Justin likes to dress up, but what's the background to that particular innuendo? 😂

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  7. Hi Douglas Murray 👋Ohh this time so closer to My neck of woods Washington State 🤗 WOW this presentation Convo SO PACKED w Tons INFORMATION from YOU !!
    I think it would be very helpful and important..to pool series of volumes of live recordings together of your insightful wisdom directions Most informative conversations lectures observations opinions reactions of our current happenings..These times.
    I really think 🤔 its very important to preserve these ideologies commentaries not only presently but generations to come dependent on this Guidance

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  8. Reparations paid to current people populations who've ancestors suffered from 100s to 1000s years in past History..by other people tribes nations communities or of race ethnicity Heritage etc
    All Around The World..WHOS NOT GUILTY?

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  9. 21:25 in 1978 a friend was diagnosed with a particular cancer which was treated with a concoction know to the healers of tribes located around Orillia. This was an experimental regime being administered to patients either deemed untreatable by other means or those who refused surgery as my friend had. The program was being run by a Doctor by the name of Casey (not sure the spelling but the substance was called a reverse of his name something like Iseac…?) long story short was that this person was cured and was on a number of occations asked to speak at medical seminars as a testimonial….

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  10. For me, a person of mixed Hispanic and aborigin heritage, the values of the west ocuppy a predominant place in my personal mindset. It's not "colonialism" or "white imperialist imposition" as many people on the side of left ideology tend to think. I STAND with the values of the west because those values made possible the technological advances we enjoy today, the democracy, the freedom of speech (which is now in peril, specially in Canada), indivual liberty, all of them are values derived from the classical liberalism, the English and American enlightening, etc we have to defend those values from the madness of wokism, sordid hardcore socialism and self destructive hate of western civilization. Those values do matter and represent the best of humankind, not because they are of a "western origin" but because those values defend and uphold the freedom of the individual. That is precisely why they were so successful. Western Individualism gave us the gift of society, because without the concept of the individual, we will never have a free society,. The alternative is colectivism, a green, woke dictatorship and tyranny of the mobs.

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