Is Government Schooling is Poisoning YOUR Children? (ft. Warrior Poet Society)

John Lovell, founder of Warrior Poet Society, joins State of the Second to make a direct case that the fights gun owners care about are being lost upstream, in the culture, before they ever reach politics. He describes Warrior Poet Society as a values based community of people committed to defending others, built around two archetypes: the warrior and the poet. He explains why he started capturing emails and building his own website and training brand from day one, because an audience that lives only on YouTube can be loaned out, throttled, and taken away. He frames big tech censorship as a deliberate strategy to quarantine dissenting voices and slowly reprogram audiences using algorithms and artificial intelligence, rather than cutting people off outright and creating martyrs. The heart of the episode is a blunt charge to the silent majority. Lovell argues that waiting for a hero or champion in the public arena to rescue you is not working, and that real change only happens when ordinary, self censored people start speaking, drawing lines, and demanding their rights back. He warns that standing for freedom will cost you, says it has already cost him a fortune, and tells listeners plainly that staying silent in serious times is cowardice. The hosts connect this to GOA's long held definition of a gun rights activist as someone who takes personal responsibility both in the use of their firearms and in the defense of the right to own them, and to the grassroots work of comments, calls, lobby days, and lawsuits that moves the needle. From there the conversation turns to schooling, where Lovell is most forceful. He urges parents to get their kids out of government schools, prefers homeschooling, and warns that many private schools run a similar government school curriculum and learning model with a code of conduct and a chapel service added on. He shares that he and his wife were reluctant homeschoolers who moved into a smaller apartment and went into debt to become a single income family, and he teaches at Great Homeschool Conventions around the country. The episode also covers constitutional carry wins in South Carolina and Louisiana, his view that all gun permits are infringements on the Second Amendment, ATF overreach on pistol braces and bump stocks, the need to enjoy freedom in order to fuel the fight for it, and his reading recommendations, led by reading the Bible every day, plus fiction from Steven Pressfield and Jack Carr and the novel Ben-Hur. Links warriorpoetsupplyco.com Questions this episode answers Why did John Lovell start building an email list and his own website instead of relying on YouTube? Lovell built his own website, training brand, and email list from day one because an audience that lives only on YouTube can be loaned out, throttled, or taken away. He argues that without captured emails you do not actually own your audience. How does John Lovell describe big tech's strategy for handling voices it disagrees with? He frames censorship as a deliberate effort to quarantine dissenting voices rather than cut them off outright, which would create martyrs. He believes platforms use algorithms and artificial intelligence to slowly reprogram audiences over time. What advice does John Lovell give the silent majority about how to combat the culture war? Lovell says waiting for a hero or champion in the public arena to rescue you does not work, and that change only comes when ordinary, self-censored people start speaking, drawing lines, and demanding their rights back. He warns that staying silent in serious times is cowardice. Why does John Lovell tell parents to take their kids out of government schools? He urges parents to pull their children from government schools and prefers homeschooling, arguing the culture is lost upstream of politics, before fights ever reach the ballot box. As he puts it, government schools are not free because they cost you your kids. Are private schools a real alternative to public schools in John Lovell's view? Not necessarily. Lovell warns that many private schools run a similar government school curriculum and learning model, just with a code of conduct and a chapel service added on top. What sacrifices did John Lovell and his wife make to homeschool their kids? He says he and his wife were reluctant homeschoolers who moved into a smaller apartment and went into debt to become a single-income family. He now also teaches at Great Homeschool Conventions around the country. What does John Lovell believe about constitutional carry and gun permits under the Second Amendment? Lovell holds that all gun permits are infringements on the Second Amendment, so he treats any permit requirement as a violation of the right itself. The episode also covers constitutional carry wins in South Carolina and Louisiana. What books does John Lovell recommend, and why does he push fiction so hard? He leads with reading the Bible every day, then recommends fiction from Steven Pressfield and Jack Carr and the novel Ben-Hur. Lovell is also the author of "The Warrior Poet Way," which he describes as a national bestseller. Chapters 00:00 — Welcome and who John Lovell is 01:46 — Taking on censorship head on 02:20 — Capture emails or you have no audience 04:35 — Why he turned on the camera 07:14 — Culture is upstream of politics 10:35 — Advice to the silent majority 13:31 — Speak up before we lose our country 16:12 — GOA's definition of a gun rights activist 18:34 — Government schools and homeschooling 22:55 — What it cost to become a single income family 28:33 — Schools and the war on boys 35:11 — Take back communities, family first 36:21 — Constitutional carry and gun permits 44:48 — Enjoy freedom to fuel the fight 45:55 — Read to lead: book recommendations 50:55 — Where to find Warrior Poet Society About the guest John Lovell is the founder of Warrior Poet Society, which he started about seven or eight years ago as a values based community of people committed to defending others and to becoming, in his words, fully warriors and fully poets. He leads a training organization inside Warrior Poet Society that runs in person pistol and rifle training around the country, and he speaks at events and publishes YouTube videos. He says he has a former background in training all kinds of fighting and military. He and his wife homeschool their children and teach at Great Homeschool Conventions in multiple states, and he is the author of "The Warrior Poet Way," which he describes as a national bestseller. He attended both public school and private school. Key quotes "If you don't capture emails, you don't have an actual audience." — John Lovell "If you don't gain some ground in the culture war, you end up in a physical war later on." — John Lovell "It's not the hero in the limelight that's going to be the champion for you." — John Lovell "You can't be a good man and a coward at the same time. You have to speak." — John Lovell "Government schools are not free. They cost you your kids." — John Lovell "All gun permits are infringements on the Second Amendment." — John Lovell "It's better to stand up than to stay quiet." — John