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EPISODE · Jan 12, 2026 · 8 MIN

J6ers are Stubborn and DEAD WRONG, but they're right to be

from Marketplace of Ideas - Critically Thinking the Seemingly Simple · host Charles Chakkalo

People are allowed to be dead wrong in America.That’s not a bug. It’s the point.Five years after January 6th, there are still Americans who believe — sincerely — that the 2020 election was stolen. The evidence doesn’t support it. The courts rejected it. The facts are settled. And yet… they’re still allowed to believe it, say it, argue it, and vote based on it.Meanwhile, in Iran, people are being killed for far less — for questioning power, for speaking openly, for trying to organize dissent. The regime shut off the internet and phone service precisely because public discourse is the threat.This video connects three moments from this week:• Protests and repression in Iran• The Minnesota ICE shooting and the instant, prepackaged talking points that followed• The five-year anniversary of January 6thAnd it asks a simple question:Do we still understand what a marketplace of ideas actually is?Because real freedom means tolerating bad ideas — and defeating them with evidence, debate, and time. Not force. Not censorship. Not mob judgment.If you’re here for slogans, you’ll be uncomfortable.If you’re here to think, welcome.👉 Subscribe if you value independent analysis over tribal narratives👉 Join the newsletter to be part of the ongoing conversation: Chakkalo.com

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