tucker: veterans park in belle plaine, minnesota once featured a christian monument. that was dangerous and offensive so the city declared the monument location a free speech zone. that drew the attention of a satanist group which wanted to erect a satanic shrine. the city is reversing itself and will remove all religious symbols from the park instead. the cofounder of the satanic temple, joining us tonight. thank you for joining us. i don t know much about satanism. what are the five pillars of satanism? we have seven tenets. they are irrelevant for having us be in the free speech zone. having us be a religion is tucker: you claim to be a religion. is it the worship of satan? no, we are not theistic.
we are nontheistic. there modern scholars of satanism. it has no bearing on our claim to access to the free speech zone. tucker: the reason i m pressing you is because i know a fake media story when i see one. the whole satanism thing seems like that. i m trying to take you seriously because i take religious people seriously, all of them. this seems a way to give the finger to everyone else. they re probably not a lot of satanists in this town of 600 and minnesota. are there? there are some. a good deal of veterans within our ranks. 100,000 members. many veterans. there are veterans who don t identify with us for still stand up for our right to speak. we find that very often we ask for equal access. it s veterans who come forward in our defense. the values that they fought for. tucker: i agree with
tucker: veterans park in belle plaine, minnesota once featured a christian monument. that was dangerous and offensive so the city declared the monument location a free speech zone. that drew the attention of a satanist group which wanted to erect a satanic shrine. the city is reversing itself and will remove all religious symbols from the park instead. the cofounder of the satanic temple, joining us tonight. thank you for joining us. i don t know much about satanism. what are the five pillars of satanism? we have seven tenets. they are irrelevant for having us be in the free speech zone. having us be a religion is tucker: you claim to be a religion. is it the worship of satan? no, we are not theistic.
satanism. there s books about new religion that covers satanism. as i ve said, it has no bearing on our claim to access to the free speech zone. tucker: the reason i m pressing you is because i know a fake media story when i see one. the whole satanism thing seems like that. i m trying to take you seriously because i take religious people seriously, all ofiis them. this seems a way to give the finger to everyone else. they re probably not a lot of satanists in this town of 600 and minnesota. are there? there are some. a good deal of veterans within our ranks. we have 100,000f members. many veterans. there are veterans who don t identify with us who still stand up for our right to speak. we find that very often when we ask for equal access. it s veterans who come forward in our defense. the values that they fought for. tucker: amen. i agree with that wholeheartedly. hence, your appearance tonight.
free speech zone too confronted by the so-called antifascists and, of course, it turns violent at some level, what do you make of all of this? i thought the united states was a free speech zone. i mean, i didn t realize that we had a set up specific spot where people could voice their political opinion. you know the sad part about all of this, as a trump supporter these days with unof the make america great hats again you are probably safer in north korea than berkeley. in the berkeley campus there is near 100% chance that you will probably be assault bid some luny tunes liberal which by the way should standby antifirst amendment and not antifascist, this is nonsense. abby: 20 people that were arrested. one person was even stabbed in these protests. dan, if you get caught up in one of these, what is your advice,a?