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Dinesh DSouza will let several prominent liberal thinkers have their say in his follow-up documentary to 2016: Obamas America. The conservative filmmaker told The Hollywood Reporter that the documentary, America, will feature the commentary of Alan Dershowitz, Noam Chomsky, Bill Ayers, Michael Eric Dyson and Charles Truxillo.

In 2016, we let President Obamas voice be heard literally, DSouza tells THR. With America, we also wanted to hear directly the voices of Americas biggest critics. The conservative answer to offensive speech has always been not to silence it, but to listen carefully, consider whats been said and offer more speech. I was delighted that some of the smartest progressives in America agreed to sit down with me.

DSouza wouldnt name the prominent liberals who declined his request to appear in the film, nor would he disclose what is said by those who do appear, beyond Truxillos comments, seen in a video below.

The filmmaker is under indictment for violating campaign finance laws for allegedly using straw donors in order to give more money to a U.S. Senate campaign than legally allowed. His trial begins May 19, but he says his legal problems will not delay the release of America.

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Several prominent people, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, have said that DSouza is being targeted by political operatives who were upset with 2016, an unflattering look at Barack Obama that used lots of audio and video of the president. The movie also included an interview with George Obama, the presidents half brother in Kenya.

In video of America obtained by THR, Truxillo a professor of Chicano studies at the University of New Mexico and a leading voice on the far left on the topic of immigration airs several provocative opinions. In the film, he argues in favor of North America confederating with Mexico in a country that will be predominantly Latino and Hispanic.

Truxillo also tells DSouza that Mexican immigrants have no desire to become like the white brats in the mall and adds: I like the things the Americans have. Who doesnt? But I dont necessarily want to be part of their culture. I dont want to end up in the world of Roseanne Barr.

As for the other progressive thinkers, Dershowitz is one of the countrys most famous attorneys. Clients of the outspoken liberal have included Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson. His representation of accused murderer Claus von Bulow was the subject of Reversal of Fortune, an Oscar-winning 1990 film in which deceased actor Ron Silver plays Dershowitz.

Chomsky, a philosopher-scientist and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one of the most regarded thinkers on the American left. Dyson is a writer, radio host, television pundit and professor of sociology at Georgetown University.

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Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has congratulated Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), winner of APCs presidential primary.

Peterside, who was among the nearly 8000 delegates that voted at the partys national convention which held at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos, also called on Nigerians to unite and support the general whose enviable record, he said, is well known throughout the country. Peterside said this in a statement he issued shortly after the counting of the ballot papers.

He said, As you begin your campaign, our dear general, I urge you to remember that our country desperately needs hope and healing.

This challenge, I must say, lies squarely on your shoulders as all eyes are on you to bring about the new Nigeria of promise that we all desire. In the same vein, Peterside extolled the virtues of Buhari, who he said is widely acknowledged in Nigeria and beyond for his unblemished record in government. According to him, By any measure, you have remained the conscience of Nigeria in the last couple of decades by your actions. Today, you are celebrated and respected across our country as an exemplary leader and outstanding statesman.

The verdict here today shows that Nigerians still remember and appreciate your contribution during your time in government. No doubt, you will bring your anti-corruption asset and good name to 2015 Presidential election which promises to be interesting with this historic and divine mandate. Again, let me, even at the risk of sounding repetitive, say that your victory today has raised the ante and our country will be better for it. I am confident that you will rescue Nigeria from this unnecessary slide. Peterside believes that Buharis emergence is a sign of better things to come from the APC.

Before this election today, I had prayed silently for this day, particularly after reading through the Generals policy options which he sent to me about two months ago. His strategies, especially in the areas of infrastructure and economic policies are practicable and can easily address our lingering economic woes, he added. He therefore called on Nigerians irrespective of age, sex, tribe or creed to rally round Buhari and support the APC.

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December 11, 2014|2:27 pm

Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, delivering the Institute on Religion and Democracy's 2014 Diane Knippers Memorial Lecture, Washington, D.C., October 16, 2014.

WASHINGTON Will those liberals who value diversity and tolerance of differing viewpoints lose their fight with the liberals who have worked to drive those who do not share their opinions from the public square? Professor Robert P. George believes they will. Tolerant liberals, however, have two advantages in that fight.

On Oct. 16, George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, delivered the Institute on Religion and Democracy's 2014 Diane Knippers Memorial Lecture in Washington, D.C. In that speech (coverage and links to the video here), he argued that supporters of gay marriage will not allow for the religious freedom of those opposed to gay marriage because their ideology does not allow for the fact that gay marriage dissenters can be reasonable people of goodwill. There are some tolerant liberals that continue to support religious freedom, he said, but those liberals "will lose the battle."

During the Q&A after the speech, I suggested to George two reasons he could be wrong, that tolerant liberals could win that fight with intolerant liberals.

First, in American democracy extremism loses and moderation wins. In fact, our Founders designed our government to function that way. If most elections in the United States had a proportional representation system, candidates who can gain the support of a small portion of the population can still gain some measure of political power. Instead, the United States has a winner-take-all electoral system in which a plurality of the vote is required to win elections. This encourages candidates to build broad coalitions in order to win. In this way, our election system has a moderating effect on our candidates and our political discourse.

Intolerant liberalism has only recently become a mainstream phenomenon. It has been below the surface (or confined mostly to college campuses) for a while, but since President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, intolerant liberals have been much more strident and much more public.

This extremism will lead to a backlash. We may have already seen the beginnings of the backlash in the responses to the Houston Mayor sermon subpoena scandal, the Hitching Post Wedding Chapel storyand the Republican victories in the midterm elections.

While support for gay marriage has seen strong growth in recent years, support for religious freedom also remains strong. Political candidates, even those who support gay marriage, will not want to be associated with a movement seen as attacking religious freedom.

Second, tolerant liberals are holding views consistent with their ideology. The hypocrisy of intolerant liberals is unsustainable in the long-term as the absurdity of their position continues to reveal itself.

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