Brad Stine Has Issues: What Would It Take To Be A Communist? – Patheos
Welcome to the New America. Dubbed Gods Comic by the New Yorker, for 16-years, Brad Stine has been the comedic trailblazer of politically incorrect, Christian and Conservative comedy. His new show, Brad Stine Has Issues, covers cultural issues with his signature brand of comedic sarcasm and satire with insight that will be appreciated by everyone who loves laughter, liberty, and the freedom to tell the truth without fear.
Is it possible that the coronavirus problem is more than a virus, but also a way of getting Americans used to giving up our freedoms? Can it be used not only to get us sick, but to turn us into something we are not?
How many of you out there are what they used to quaintly refer to as card carrying communists? You know, the communism that demands allegiance to the state. That commands you to drop any outmoded idea like free speech, personal autonomy, free enterprise, private property ownership, and entrepreneurship? For most Americans being a communist is such a counter American idea and is so fundamentally abhorrent to all this nation was founded on that it is difficult, seeing its track record how anyone could be so stupid as to give their intellect and freedom over to its premise.But on the other hand if there was a specific group or country that wanted to infiltrate and to fundamentally destroy America from within all it would take is to get Americans to abandon their history, accomplishments, traditions and constitution. BUT, wouldnt that be an extremely difficult thing to do? I mean even the most politically uninvolved American certainly would see someone trying to convert them to communism and would easily be able to deflect their attempt. Or would they? Could it be possible to surreptitiously get someone to willingly give away their fundamental rights and gladly become absorbed into the collective of communal participation and accept their role as submissive cogs in a wheel of a machine more important than them? If so, how would it work? What if I created a crisis that affected everyone. Something that wasnt obvious like a terrorist attack or a military invasion. Something that was spread throughout the country through fellow Americans without their knowledge at first. What if it was something we as humans were familiar with but historically werent able to combat it equally effectively each time. A virus perhaps that was spread communeley as all viruses are, and yet when it was first recognized it was just exotic enough to impose the possibility, the possibility mind you, that could potentially cause untold amounts of death to everyone that contracted it. Thus it gained a foothold because of 2 realities. One, it was in fact a real virus and two it was potentially able to wipe out millions of people of every age, gender, and nationality. If we were prudent people we would take every precaution necessary to defend ourselves and our loved ones from contracting it. Because of its unique, man made nature we might even overreact to how to defend against it. Maybe shut down our freedom to travel and even shut down our businesses and churches. Our entertainment venues and our restaurants. Even those these social institutions and accommodations are the backbone of our traditions and flow of commerce the least we could do, being as this may be the worst virus in human history, is sacrifice our freedoms just for a week or two until the dust settles and we get a handle on what we are actually dealing with. I mean what red blooded American would be so callous as to not be willing to pitch in and sacrifice for the good of our fellow man? As a matter of fact that would be a theme that if it took root could be used continually especially if people began to balk and protest the irrational, ineffective means we may implement to the detriment of literally millions. What if we then added something that would intrude on the most basic fundamental rights of an American by forcing them to wear something that was uncomfortable, made it difficult to breathe and also eliminated the individuality of the wearer. A mask perhaps that was never designed to be worn daily and for hours at a time and naturally people would be uncomfortable with it and many would protest. It would be then that we could once again play the empathy card and shame these Americans for even contemplating the notion that perhaps there was a bigger game afoot and the constitutionality of freedom doesnt disappear just because someone might be in harms way. Remember that the person that just might be affected by contracting the virus needs to be placed in a separate category from the rest of us. The category that actually raises their status to such a degree that even those who are healthy and will never actually get the virus must succumb to a willingness to give up their rights or be shamed by not doing so. This would be a great exercise in conditioning Americans to no longer see themselves as deserving equal representation but in fact to view their personal freedom as an affront to anyone else who decides they are dangerous. Maybe we could even coax neighbors and children to call authorities and turn in our former friends and neighbors for breaking the social gathering rules set in place by mayors and governors who by the way will never suffer a lost paycheck or lost a business or lost dignity. If, by conditioning Americans that to be a truly good citizen, betraying and turning in neighbors is actually an American thing to do then slowly, bit by bit, freedom by freedom we will watch freedom and constitutional rights not be stolen by the point of a gun. No need. We will get Americans to slit their own throats and actually pat their own backs as being the best of citizens all the while watching themselves bleed out by their own hand.
Support my ministry at Patreon.com/BradStine
Be sure to subscribe to Brad Stine Has Issues YouTube Channel so that you dont miss a moment of Brads shenanigans both in front of and behind the scenes!
Check in with Christian Podcast Central for more incredible content like this every day!
More:
Brad Stine Has Issues: What Would It Take To Be A Communist? - Patheos
- Stephen A. Smith reportedly agreed with Donald Trump that socialism and communism have no place in government - Yahoo - October 17th, 2026 [October 17th, 2026]
- London Film Festival 2026: AI friends, capitalism and communism and the Hollywood celebrity machine - The Arts Desk - October 17th, 2026 [October 17th, 2026]
- Hamas in its own words: Jew-hatred, genocide and anti-communism - The Militant - October 17th, 2026 [October 17th, 2026]
- The Steaua Rosie Museum of Communism to open on 21 October, with former President Emil Constantinescu attending - Agerpres - October 17th, 2026 [October 17th, 2026]
- Ideas Have Consequences: Eric Metaxas on Communism, Freedom and Faithfulness - Cornerstone University - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- Commentary: Cold War may be over, but anti-communism is hot again and Latter-day Saints are in the thick of it - The Salt Lake Tribune - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- To the editor: Perils of communism mocked but shouldnt be - Toledo Blade - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- 'He sold his anti-communism to communists': Former Rep. David Rivera gets 10 years in prison - Fortune - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- Why Not Communism? The Promise, the Truth, and the Gift of Freedom - Cornerstone University - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- AI, Judaism and what to do about Fully-Automated Luxury Communism - The Forward - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- President Trumps U.S. Department of Education Calls on Schools to Strengthen Education on the History and Dangers of Communism and Socialism - Sierra... - October 4th, 2026 [October 4th, 2026]
- Blessed Fulton J. Sheen and the fundamental error of communism - Catholic World Report - September 29th, 2026 [September 29th, 2026]
- Melania Trump Says She Had A 'Very Beautiful Childhood' Living 'Under Communism': 'I Didn't Miss Anything' - Yahoo - September 29th, 2026 [September 29th, 2026]
- Artificial Intelligence and Chinese Communism: Innovation, Information and Security as a Recurring Stress-Test of Party Control - tovima.com - September 29th, 2026 [September 29th, 2026]
- Fox News hosts happy to hang with Xi after railing against communism in US - The Independent - September 29th, 2026 [September 29th, 2026]
- For Warhorse's 15th birthday, we chatted with its co-founder about the demand for 'grown-up' RPGs, AI, why games are too cheap, and his role in the... - September 29th, 2026 [September 29th, 2026]
- A CNN panelist says Fox News hosts spent years warning about communism, then every one of them got dressed up for dinner with Xi Jinping - The Mary... - September 29th, 2026 [September 29th, 2026]
- Trump Hates Communism But Likes Hanging Out With Communists - New York Magazine - September 24th, 2026 [September 24th, 2026]
- Wisdom Conversations Marks 10th Event with Timely Discussion on Communism, Freedom and the Future of America - Cornerstone University - September 24th, 2026 [September 24th, 2026]
- Heights reader warns of danger of resurgence of communism in U.S. - The Killeen Daily Herald - September 24th, 2026 [September 24th, 2026]
- 'Communism will never come to America, freedom will be coming to failed state Cuba': Donald Trump - Deccan Herald - September 24th, 2026 [September 24th, 2026]
- Office of the President: Farmland Survey as Communism? Nonsense Claims of Low-Price Sales Are Excessive Incitement - - September 22nd, 2026 [September 22nd, 2026]
- I fled communism. Are Gen Z drawn to it? - Fortune - September 22nd, 2026 [September 22nd, 2026]
- Talk of Trump-style communism reaches Capitol Hill ahead of the midterms - MS NOW - September 22nd, 2026 [September 22nd, 2026]
- Covid Masks, a Gay Communism Hat, and Hasan Piker: Inside the Socialism 2026 Conference - City Journal - September 11th, 2026 [September 11th, 2026]
- The truth about communism: Heres what kids are learning in Floridas new required coursework - WKMG - September 11th, 2026 [September 11th, 2026]
- Florida begins first full school year with expanded anti-communism curriculum - Floridas Voice - September 11th, 2026 [September 11th, 2026]
- Bertrand Russell Explains Why Karl Marx's Philosophy Produced the Disaster of Communism - Open Culture - September 11th, 2026 [September 11th, 2026]
- Trump Says His Base Should Vote in Midterms to Fight 'Communism' - WSJ - September 11th, 2026 [September 11th, 2026]
- Communism, Shariah and executions: Georgia GOP push politics of the past. - AJC.com - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- Johnson launches website to teach young voters about socialism and communism ahead of midterm elections - Washington Examiner - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- Joe Rogan, Shane Gillis Agree Communism Is The Gayest Sh*t Ever But Free Healthcare Is Cool - The Daily Wire - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- Trump decries communism but greets Putin with open arms - thegazette.com - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- Op-ed | Trumps hypocritical rhetoric on socialism and communism - amNewYork - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- Letter: Communism, socialism can never be the answer - Grand Forks Herald - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- WATCH: Socialism? Nope, its communism and it can be fought - Washington Times - August 16th, 2026 [August 16th, 2026]
- Ted Cruz Issues Communism Warning In Billionaire Rant - Newsweek - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Bill Mahers latest bit: Communism, the DSA, and the Democrats - Why Evolution Is True - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Scoot: Should you be worried about communism in America? - Audacy - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- Ted Cruz bashes communism but theres 1 problem: Crazy that he cant see the irony - AL.com - August 1st, 2026 [August 1st, 2026]
- PolitiFact: Asking people to voluntarily lower their energy consumption is not communism - Buffalo News - July 28th, 2026 [July 28th, 2026]
- Corruption, not communism, is the real threat to economy - The South Dakota Standard - July 28th, 2026 [July 28th, 2026]
- AOC Says Trump Raising the Alarm About Communism Is Very Silly: We Cant Even Raise the Minimum Wage - People.com - July 28th, 2026 [July 28th, 2026]
- 'Jesse Watters Primetime': Are the people cool with communism? - Fox News - July 28th, 2026 [July 28th, 2026]
- Trump Claims Communism Is 'Greatest Threat to Our Country in History' - Yahoo - July 28th, 2026 [July 28th, 2026]
- The specter of AI communism: Chinese open-weight models and the crisis of the American AI bubble - World Socialist Web Site - July 28th, 2026 [July 28th, 2026]
- Why the GOP loves to use communism as an attack - Daily Kos - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- An OpenAI Exec Thinks Kimi K3 And Other Open-Weight Models Are Bringing On AI Communism - Wccftech - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- When some Christians made Common Cause with Fascism Against Communism - The Times of Israel - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Communism Is Back! Say Republicans Who Cant Understand Why People Want Better Health Care or Affordable Housing - Esquire - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Trump lauds killer ICE agents, and GOP keeps trying to make communism happen - Daily Kos - July 20th, 2026 [July 20th, 2026]
- Steve Forbes backs Trump's Mt. Rushmore warning on communism: 'He's right' - Fox News - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Joseph Wyatt: Slaying the dragon of communism (Opinion) - Charleston Gazette-Mail - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Net zero isnt conservatism. It has more in common with communism - The Telegraph - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- The power of ideas: how you can prepare for the World School of Communism - In Defence of Marxism - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Trumps warnings on creeping communism have a familiar ring, given abuses by his own administration - Cleveland.com - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Trump wrongly equates the Democratic Party with communism - PolitiFact - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Communism, the Bible, and Personal Financial Literacy to Be Taught in Texas Schools - Daily Signal - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Trump warns communism is forming in America: Id be the greatest communist in history - NJ.com - July 13th, 2026 [July 13th, 2026]
- Trump Says Communism Is Cancer Days After Saying He'd Be the Greatest Communist' - People.com - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Socialism, communism, and Marxism: A guide to the ideologies behind the blue scare - Washington Examiner - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump Condemns Communism as Cancer at U.S. 250th Anniversary - - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump hails US as 'light and the glory' of the world on 4th of July, condemns 'cancer' of communism - New York Post - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump focuses America's 250th anniversary speech on Communism and unity - NBC News - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump extols America and rails at communism in U.S. 250th celebration - The Japan Times - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump marks Americas 250th with Mount Rushmore speech warning of communism threat - eciks.org - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump Describes Communism as a Cancer During July 4 Speech, Days After Saying He'd Be the Greatest Communist in History - AOL.com - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Trump praised for National Mall address calling out the rise of communism - Yahoo - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- America at 250 Trump rails at communism, says U.S. 'knocked the hell out of Iran' on July 4th - Haaretz - July 6th, 2026 [July 6th, 2026]
- Communism isn't taking over the US, despite what GOP says | Opinion - USA Today - July 1st, 2026 [July 1st, 2026]
- Communism is greatest threat to U.S., Trump says at Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference - Spectrum News - July 1st, 2026 [July 1st, 2026]
- Trump says communism greater threat than WWI, WWII, 9/11, and Pearl Harbor - Denver Gazette - July 1st, 2026 [July 1st, 2026]
- Trump calls communism the greatest threat to US since World Wars and 9/11 - The Indian Express - July 1st, 2026 [July 1st, 2026]
- Trump claims communism is bigger threat to US than 9/11 and Pearl Harbor - The Independent - July 1st, 2026 [July 1st, 2026]
- Enemies Within: The Threat of Communism to America - The Washington Stand - July 1st, 2026 [July 1st, 2026]
- Communism is greatest threat to the U.S., Trump says - Spectrum News - June 28th, 2026 [June 28th, 2026]
- Trump says communism is the biggest threat facing America on eve of 250th birthday - Washington Examiner - June 28th, 2026 [June 28th, 2026]
- Trump addresses 'communism threat' in America at Faith and Freedom Coalition in D.C. - WZTV - June 28th, 2026 [June 28th, 2026]
- Jesse Watters: There's no negotiating with communism - Fox News - June 28th, 2026 [June 28th, 2026]
- Why Socialism and Communism Are Surging Now - Elliott Wave International - June 28th, 2026 [June 28th, 2026]