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Derrick Van Orden: “The whole purpose of this book is to have people take…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

Derrick Van Orden on the Lost Art of Manhood #ORadio

Published October 5, 2015 | Video Starts at 19:02

And die of exposure. And I'm speaking to him and I'm like, okay, number one, you're getting $600 an hour, so I think you probably want to stretch this out. But two, The whole purpose of this book is to have people take responsibility for their actions. And by putting in more cautions and warnings as we go along, I'm removing their ability to take responsibility for their actions. So I got a little miffed. (19:02–19:11)

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Asserts that the purpose of his book is to encourage personal responsibility.

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