
What if “empathy” is actually making the homelessness crisis worse? At AmFest, Sarah Stock joins the show to break down why letting people rot on the street isn’t compassion — it’s abandonment. They talk about mental illness, addiction, public safety, and why “anti-homeless architecture” debates miss the real issue: treatment + accountability. Then it gets even bigger: the insane social pressure around weddings, the viral ring discourse, propaganda trips, free speech double standards, mass migration, and why many young Americans feel like there’s no “plan B” for their future. This is one of those conversations that bounces from culture → policy → reality… fast. What’s the real line between compassion and enabling? What you’ll learn 👇 ✅ 🧠 Why “letting them live outside” isn’t actually empathy ✅ 🚨 The real danger behind today’s homelessness: addiction + mental illness ✅ 💍 Why modern marriage feels like a “high barrier to entry” ✅ 🌍 How propaganda tours shape opinions (witho...
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Sarah Stock
And what's weird is, like, liberals maybe feel on the right think that having empathy for them is. I don't know. Sure. Giving them food and not violating their rights by letting them live on the streets. Like, I'm sure you remember when the left did all these campaigns saying, like, this is, like, anti homeless architecture because they don't want homeless people to sleep on the benches. It's like, is it not having empathy for them to just let homeless people destroy themselves and die on the streets? And, like, you're not even doing anything to help them. There's no way for them to consent to that because they're mentally insane or they're addicted to drugs. So you're not violating anyone's consent. They're not even consenting to their own demise. It would be much more empathetic and loving to take these people and put them in an institution. And I don't understand why we can't do that or why this isn't something that's talked about more.
Interviewer
All right, guys, here at amfest with Sarah Stock, let's go.
Sarah Stock
Yeah. Thanks so much for having me. I literally just got into the conference now, and it's, like, almost over, so I've just been having FOMO this whole time.
Interviewer
So you woke up late, huh?
Sarah Stock
Well, okay, yeah, I did wake up late, but also, it was just. Yeah, we only got here from California. It was a long drive, all day yesterday, and. Yeah.
Interviewer
Oh, so you weren't here yesterday?
Sarah Stock
Yeah, no, I wasn't.
Interviewer
Wow. Yeah. I think it ends tomorrow, right?
Sarah Stock
Yes. And I'm flying out tomorrow, so I won't really be here for that either, but at least I got to experience a bit of it.
Interviewer
Yeah. What's. What's new in your world?
Sarah Stock
Well, I'm getting married in two weeks.
Interviewer
That went viral, by the way.
Sarah Stock
Yes, that went very viral. And, yeah, it's. It still doesn't feel real that I'm literally having my wedding two weeks from now.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
It's, like, the biggest day of my life. So that's kind of obviously the main thing on my mind right now.
Interviewer
But congrats on that. I can't believe how viral that went. I mean, yeah, you probably didn't expect.
Sarah Stock
It, but I still don't understand why it went viral. I mean, I. I don't understand, like, all these people hating on my ring, but then for some reason, like, the. There was this whole, like, viral energy around attacking the people hating on my ring. I don't. I didn't really get it, but the.
Interviewer
Red pill just kind of tackled on. Yeah, you know.
Sarah Stock
Exactly.
Interviewer
Pearl Davis got a hold of it and yeah. A couple other shows. I mean I didn't really get it. I got my wife a two karat ring which was about your size, I.
Sarah Stock
Believe and I, I picked out my own ring.
Interviewer
Yeah, I could have bought a bigger one. I could have bought a smaller one.
Sarah Stock
Yeah, he would have gotten me whatever I wanted. But this is just the ring I wanted and I don't want to waste money on it.
Interviewer
It's a lot of money. I spent a lot of money and yeah, I mean the average person cannot afford like a four karat ring. Like it's over $10,000.
Sarah Stock
Oh, exactly.
Interviewer
You know what I mean? Yeah. So I'm glad it didn't affect you too.
Sarah Stock
It's just like a crazy social expectation that like this is why people, young people aren't getting married anymore. It's like you have to have, you have to have a home. You have like a man has to be able to provide and own a home first. Yes. You'll to afford a ring that costs like what, three months salary is the expectation you're supposed to have this massive wedding with. Everything has to be Instagram worthy, everything has to be perfect and people will have two year engagements just to plan a single day party. Like none of it makes any sense when like it's just like such a high barrier to entry for getting married. It's like, yeah, of course. And people don't even focus on the marriage, it's just on the wedding.
Interviewer
Yeah, I can see why people don't get married if, if that's the case. I didn't know the three month salary rule, but that's a lot of money.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
For a ring.
Sarah Stock
Oh yeah.
Interviewer
Three months. Jesus. So I would have spent what, 90k? Jesus. Yeah, 90k.
Sarah Stock
It's like a, it's kind of just like a female competition thing to like try to, you know, you want to try to like have like a bigger ring than the other woman to prove something. You know what I mean? It's like that means you're loved more.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
And stuff. So I guess that's what Emily Saves America. I was trying to get at with that.
Interviewer
Yeah. How did you, did you even know her before she made that tweet?
Sarah Stock
Yeah, there's a little bit of Laura there because she had posted a video a little while before. Basically just hating on trad wives, like stay at home moms by saying they're boring. You know, their lives are boring. They're trapped by a man. It's a stupid decision.
Interviewer
Whatever.
Sarah Stock
And I. I didn't attack her personally, but I was like, this is really bad rhetoric. Like, this is someone who is supposed to be a face of our conservative movement. Why are you attacking women who are choosing to do the traditional conservative thing? You know, so. So that sort of happened a while before. So I think she, you know.
Interviewer
Oh, so she already didn't like you. Okay, so she wanted trad wives, or you wanted trad wives and she didn't. Is that what happened?
Sarah Stock
Yes, exactly.
Interviewer
Wow.
Sarah Stock
That. That was what it is. But.
Interviewer
A whole battle and then where's the. The beef at now? Have you made up. Have you talked.
Sarah Stock
I haven't talked to her. I would make up with her. We could. Maybe we can. Some other things. I don't care. I don't really. Like.
Interviewer
There's bigger battles, I think.
Sarah Stock
Yeah. I don't really hold GR against people for that sort of thing, but I.
Interviewer
Think with all the infighting on the. Right now.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Bigger battles than ringside.
Sarah Stock
Hey, it was like she was getting paid by Israel. Right. And now she's getting paid by Qatar.
Interviewer
Saw that.
Sarah Stock
So now we might have, like, a little bit more in common. You know what I mean?
Interviewer
Did you get accused of that stuff Israel? Oh, you did too?
Sarah Stock
Yeah. The whole getting paid by Qatar. Not as much as other people.
Interviewer
Were you at Qatar? Like, what happened?
Sarah Stock
No, I've never been to. It's just like, if you don't want America to be funding Israel's wars and you don't want Israel to be controlling our government, then you're also. You're apparently getting paid by a foreign government is sort of the.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
The argument, which doesn't really make sense.
Interviewer
To me, but I've been hit with the Israel one. I have not been accused of the Qatar one yet.
Sarah Stock
Okay.
Interviewer
But I'm sure with some of the guests I've been having on and come.
Sarah Stock
Well, even with the Israel thing, I mean, not everyone who is shilling for Israel is getting paid. Like, so I think there are people who just for whatever religious reason, like, even Christians support Israel. I think they're wrong. But it's kind of silly to accuse everyone of getting.
Interviewer
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, let's be honest. Someone's getting paid, whether it's direct or indirect, but not all these guys.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
You know what I mean?
Sarah Stock
Definitely. It does exist.
Interviewer
Yeah. 100. On any. Any government or. Or big company.
Sarah Stock
I've been offered Israel trips before. I've been. I just graduated from college and I was presented with opportunities to bring some pro Israel speaker to my campus and get paid like $2,000, which like, maybe if I was like another college student and I didn't really care about, I would have like taken them up on that as a college student, you know what I mean? So they're definitely doing that.
Interviewer
No, I've been offered the flight. Yeah, believe me, I've been offered. But is that like getting paid just because you took a flight though?
Sarah Stock
Well, I think a lot of times they bring you on these tours so like everyone I know that's had this situation, like they sort of just bring you on a propaganda tour and while you're there they want you to be like posting like pretty pro Israel stuff. Like that's sort that to me, people that I've spoken to, like that's kind of the expectation and that's what happens. And they're kind of just like hit with propaganda the whole time. And on some of them it works. And like a lot of people, I think in our conservative movement, it's not maybe even necessarily that all of them are getting paid, but it's like some of them went on these propaganda tours and they're like, oh yeah, I love Israel, you know what I mean? Because they like had a cool experience there and they believed everything that was told to them.
Interviewer
Yeah, that to me is weird. Like, I mean Qatar or not Qatar, Dubai wants to fly me out, but it's for a business conference for me to do interviews.
Sarah Stock
Yeah, yeah, that's a little bit different. It's kind of, it kind of sucks too. Cuz like I want to go to Israel at some point too. Just cuz I like seeing new places. Like yeah, like that's where Jesus was born. That's where he died. I want to see those sites. But it's also like now you can't really go and let like, like now it's like I don't want to go to Israel because I just, you know what I mean?
Interviewer
If I ever went there, I would never post it.
Sarah Stock
Yeah, exactly. So it's like, it's kind of like. And then also I'm kind of like scared of the Israeli government. Like I don't, I don't know, I think I would literally feel safer going to like Russia or China than Israel.
Interviewer
In terms of the government. You would probably need like someone there to guarantee your safety.
Sarah Stock
Exactly.
Interviewer
You know what I mean? Have you been pretty outspoken about Israel or.
Sarah Stock
I, I would say not as much as other people. Like, it's not really, I guess my number one issue or anything. But yeah, like I'll speak about it. Yeah. I mean, I know an American journalist that I used to work with that was quite literally kidnapped by the Israeli government. He was placed in solitary confinement with little to no food for three to four days. His name's Jeremy Lofredo. He's like shared the story in detail.
Interviewer
He's a U.S. citizen.
Sarah Stock
Yes. He's like completely.
Interviewer
He's like, oh, how is that possible?
Podcast Host
That's crazy.
Sarah Stock
He was on a journalist trip. He was in the West Bank.
Interviewer
Yeah. But a U.S. citizen, that's. That's just crazy to me. Wow.
Sarah Stock
Yeah. They tried to accuse him of like espionage or not espionage, but.
Interviewer
Well, I know they don't like outside journalists. Yeah, that's. I think everyone can agree on that.
Sarah Stock
It was, it was a terrifying story and it was just so crazy because when that happened, I was, I was assuming that there were people that knew him that I knew that usually defend free speech in America or other countries like Canada, Australia, whatever. And so it is kind of crazy. Like if that happened in America, like if America was arresting journalists for doing journalism, like this would be the biggest human rights crisis ever.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
And like every conservative would be speaking against that. But when it's like a foreign government does that to our people, you don't even want to criticize that government.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
And that's crazy.
Interviewer
I guess free speech isn't everywhere.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Yeah. You actually went to Canada.
Sarah Stock
Yes.
Interviewer
You did not like it?
Sarah Stock
Well, I. So I was born in Canada.
Interviewer
Oh, you were born there?
Sarah Stock
I'm a dual citizen. Canadian, American. I live here now. Marian. Americans are going to stay here. But I did grow up in Canada.
Interviewer
In Toronto?
Sarah Stock
No, I grew up in Ontario, but I've. I lived in Toronto for a summer doing journalism like man on the street type videos. And no, that was not really the best.
Interviewer
Not safe.
Sarah Stock
I'm just not a fan of Toronto.
Interviewer
I don't hear the best things about it.
Sarah Stock
Well, there's really just like.
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Sarah Stock
Sean Mobile qualities. In terms of cities, like I like a lot of cities actually, but it's like so overpriced. Obviously. Weather is not great in Canada. It's like cold most of the time. In addition to that, like the whole, whole city smells like pee and there's homeless everywhere. But then also it's like no one speaks English even. Yes. It's just been flooded with Indians.
Interviewer
Wow.
Sarah Stock
So it's like the entire city, it's like, it's like hard to find like a English speaking person. It's like you're in a foreign country or something. So I was doing journalism there and it. Sometimes I would be like, I feel like I'm like the only white person I've seen in blocks. And that's kind of crazy because this is like Canada.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
You know what I mean?
Interviewer
That's how I feel in Miami sometimes.
Sarah Stock
Yes.
Interviewer
Everyone speaks Spanish there.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Yeah. It's pretty crazy other cities. Have you been at Dearborn, Michigan yet?
Sarah Stock
No, I have not.
Interviewer
You haven't reported there yet?
Sarah Stock
I have not. I don't know if I want to go.
Interviewer
Yeah, that might be dangerous, right? Yeah, I think Cam Higby just went there, so. Okay, well, we'll leave it to him to that dude gets assaulted.
Sarah Stock
Ohio. Maybe next year.
Interviewer
What's going on there?
Sarah Stock
Those are the Haitians reading. The cats eating the dogs.
Interviewer
They're still wreaking havoc over there, I guess so.
Sarah Stock
I haven't heard anything about that in a while, but yeah.
Interviewer
Yeah. Major cities are being overrun these days in America.
Sarah Stock
Oh yeah. And it's, it's like there's no, like, I can't even think of a single major American city that's like a nice place to live anymore, you know what I mean?
Interviewer
Even here I was. I'm sure you've seen all the homeless people walking around even.
Sarah Stock
Because I think of Phoenix as like, sort of like a clean, nice city. Like most people I know here are nice. Like well dressed, everything like that. And you walk outside, it's like, why is there homeless people everywhere?
Interviewer
Every block? Yeah, every block. Yeah. It was sketchy last night, walking around.
Sarah Stock
Oh yeah.
Interviewer
My. My editor walked back to the hotel and he said he had to like start running at a certain point.
Sarah Stock
Oh yeah. No, it's like scary. It's like, it's like we're in the Walking dead. I feel like everyone. People don't talk about, like how homelessness is such a big issue, but it's like you feel like you're in the walking dead. Like you don't know what these people are going to do. You know what I mean?
Interviewer
Because there's a drug issue now, there's a mental health issue. It's not just like a homeless issue.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Because homeless people used to be. Whatever.
Sarah Stock
Like, yeah, like maybe you would have someone whose house burned down and they need to couch surf or. I don't know, like that's a little bit different. Like almost every single homeless person now has either like insane addiction problems or insane mental illness issues. And usually it's both. And I don't feel safe, like being in the streets alone of any major city. And I don't think it should be like that.
Interviewer
I used to have a lot more empathy. Like, it sucks to say this, but, like, I used to have a lot more empathy for homeless people. I would give them food, give them water, sometimes money. But now these days, like, I need to value my safety.
Sarah Stock
Yeah. And what's weird is like liberals and even maybe people on the right think that having empathy for them is. I don't know. Sure. Giving them food and not violating their rights by letting them live on the streets. Like, I'm sure you remember when the left did all these campaigns saying like, we need. This is like anti homeless architecture because they don't want homeless people to sleep on the benches. It's like, is it not having empathy for them to just let homeless people destroy themselves and die on the streets? And like you're not even doing anything to help them. There's no way for them to consent to that because they're mentally insane. Right. Or they're addicted to drugs. So they're not. You're not violating anyone's consent. They're not even consenting to their own demise. It would be much more empathetic and loving to take these people and put them in an institution.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
And I don't understand why we can't do that or why this isn't something that's talked about more. But I don't know, it's like we're not loving the homeless people and we're not protecting children, women, like all the people who have to walk the streets and be around these crazy people.
Interviewer
Well, it's because people think government can solve it, and we think we could give the government money to solve it, and then nothing gets done.
Sarah Stock
Well, it's like they think you can just like, throw money at them and they're not going to have these, like, deep rooted issues.
Interviewer
Yeah, that's not how money doesn't work. Yeah.
Sarah Stock
Never.
Interviewer
Yeah. I used to actually, like, go to Venice beach and, like, donate, like, give out sandwiches. Now I just go straight to the shelter because safety is just, like, an issue now.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
You know, some of these guys got weapons. Last night there was one with a knife and I was just walking around and I could see him eyeing me up. I was like, holy.
Sarah Stock
Venice beach is the worst. I remember I had to go never, like, stay at Venice beach for long and, like, have to go to the bathroom because there's nowhere to go. And then you go in the bathroom and it was like every single stall had feces, like, on the ground and like on the walls. Like, that was like a nightmare. I didn't even. I didn't go in there. It was like I almost threw up seeing that.
Interviewer
I would have held it in.
Sarah Stock
Yeah, no, I did. Because it's, like, horrifying. It's like we're like, we're allowing these people to just like, live literally, like wild animals and just like poo and pee everywhere.
Interviewer
Yeah, It's.
Sarah Stock
Why are we doing that?
Interviewer
Other than homelessness, what else do you think is a big issue?
Sarah Stock
This country needs to focus on 100% mass migration. Immigration issue. Yes.
Interviewer
Getting them out or.
Sarah Stock
Yeah, get the illegal ones out. I think some need to be denaturalized and also just stop the flow. I mean, we're still. Even under the Trump administration, they're still letting legal immigrants come.
Interviewer
Are they in? I thought he closed down the border.
Sarah Stock
Well, illegal ones, yeah. But they're still letting mass waves of legal.
Interviewer
So do you want in a moratorium where they pause all. Yeah, immigration.
Sarah Stock
And people think that's extreme, but it's actually very precedented. Like, even in the past, we would let Irish people in and then it would be like, okay, the Irish are causing a few problems. Right. Let's. Let's take a. Let's just like, pause and figure out what's going on. Right. And that's how immigration worked. It would be like, we'll open the doors for a bit. We'll pause and let everyone integrate.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
And make sure we don't have anyone we let in who is causing a bunch of problems. And if we did, we send them back.
Interviewer
Yeah. Because there's a housing issue right now. The jobs are being taken with AI and with the illegals, I think. So I guess a pause wouldn't be the worst idea.
Sarah Stock
I think it's literally necessary because it's. And it's. Yes. The economic issues are important, and I think that affects young people more than anyone. We want to have a future. We don't want to live in an apartment for the rest of our life and be wage slaves and whatever. We want to be able to have what our grandparents had. But it's not just economics. We want to have a country. Right. We want to have a unified group of people that we feel like we have something in common. We have a shared history. We have a shared future. And I just feel like we. Like, what does. What do Americans even have in common at all anymore?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
Right. And it's like, the more people we let in that treat our. Our country like an economic zone. And they'll be open about that, right?
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
They'll say, I came here for the financial opportunity. If my home country had better economics, I would have stayed there. I've seen them say this, and this is how most of them feel. So they treat our country like it's just a place to extract wealth, where we. This is just our home. Right. But we don't have anywhere else to go.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
You know what I mean?
Interviewer
Yeah. I don't have a Plan B. Unfortunately, we don't have.
Sarah Stock
Not everyone has a Plan B. Not everyone has a home country where all their families at and whatever. It's like, this is our home. This is the only place our children are going to live, our grandchildren, and we don't want them to become a minority in a country where everyone else just got there.
Interviewer
Yeah. Yeah. If Newsom wins at 28, we got to start thinking of plan Bs. I think. I don't know where to go.
Sarah Stock
Well, I don't think there is a. I don't know. I don't think there is a Plan B. Like, for me, it's like, it'd be.
Interviewer
Tough in our space because free speech is important for our jobs.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
I don't know any other countries, honestly, where.
Sarah Stock
I mean, Think about it. So, like, if. If white Americans become minorities in America, which is happening. Which is.
Interviewer
Yeah, we're.
Sarah Stock
We are literally on that trip. Even if we paused all immigration now, it would likely they will still be.
Interviewer
Because we're not having kids at a high enough.
Sarah Stock
Exactly.
Interviewer
So I think within our lifetime, actually, it will happen.
Sarah Stock
Yeah. So, like, if white Americans, like, if you want to be in a country where you're not the minority, where do you go? Europe. The same thing's happening there.
Interviewer
Well, certain countries are doing better than others.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
I would say a majority of them are struggling even then.
Sarah Stock
It's like, I don't want to go to Europe. My ancestors built America.
Interviewer
Yeah. Yeah.
Sarah Stock
I want to say I feel like I, you know, they did this for me.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
I didn't do this for people on the other side of the world. They did it for me. Right. It's my country.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
And I don't know that's. I just wish more Americans realized that, like, we don't have a plan B. This is our home, and everyone else kind of does.
Interviewer
Have you taken any sides yet on all this fighting between Ben Shapiro calling out Megan and Candace? Who else is calling people out? Tucker's calling out Ben Shapiro. Are you just kind of staying in the middle of all of it?
Sarah Stock
Yeah. So I think Candace Owens is insane, personally. I mean, I used to like her stuff, but I. I've just seen her. I just like her thinking. Just, like, devolve with this Charlie Kirk thing where I. I don't think anything she's saying is really coherent. I mean, I've watched it myself. Right. And her theories just. It doesn't make any sense. Like, sure, you can say pinpoint and say, yeah, there's some weird things. But instead she does this thing where she's like, we know. We know what they did. We know they're all in on it. The people closest to Charlie were. His life was like a Truman Show. He was portrayed by the closest people closest to him. And she's stating this stuff like it's a fact. And when she got pressed about this recently, trying to remember who it was. That.
Interviewer
Pierce.
Sarah Stock
Yes. By Piers Morgan. She got pressed about this stuff, and she literally said, well, I don't have any direct evidence that they knew about the murder, but it's a feeling. Right. So it's like, okay, so you're accusing Charlie's friends and family that just lost him, that saw him get brutally murdered of being in on it, but you don't even have any evidence, and you have millions of people watching this and believing this lie. And her fans are crazier than she is.
Interviewer
Yeah, her fans believe everything. Yeah. I would have loved to see that meeting she had with Erica. I wish they recorded part of it.
Sarah Stock
You know what it was? It was like, okay, so here's the evidence. We didn't kill Charlie and here's the evidence you're wrong about these things. So now. And we have evidence that you view this evidence. So now we'll just sue you for libel if you continue in defamation, say.
Interviewer
That they were ready to sue her, so.
Sarah Stock
Oh, that has.
Interviewer
I'm sure she.
Sarah Stock
I mean, four lawyers. I wonder why. It was lawyers that were.
Interviewer
I'm sure Erica brought legal cuffs. Yeah, I was.
Sarah Stock
Eric, I'd be pissed.
Interviewer
I she toned back since I haven't been following her. She does.
Sarah Stock
Oh, yeah. Well, since that video, she was basically like walking back on a few things and now her fans are all mad at her and our fans now think like, she's in on it too. And like she's a fed, which is like really funny. It's like the monster she created. You know what I mean?
Interviewer
So they think Tucker's a fed and Candace is a fed now.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Crazy times. We're in. What's the next investigation you got planned or anywhere you're going?
Sarah Stock
I don't really have any investigations planned right now. I guess in terms of like investigative journals. One thing I was looking into was, which I have a very in depth article about. This is left wing academics trying to endorse pedophilia. And this is a real thing. There are academics from Harvard, from like plenty of these elite institutions who are part of a group that seeks to destigmatize pedophilia because they basically think it's like bad to shame people for having attraction to children. And they've been doing this for a while and then you see they've actually been changing the literature are changing. They have lobbied to basically change the definition of pedophilia in the DSM 5. So this is like sort of where we're headed right now. Right. I think this is the next thing. And I don't think anyone knows about that. So that's one thing.
Interviewer
Yeah, I haven't heard about that. It doesn't shock me, though. Yeah. Because I feel like that makes sense to me.
Sarah Stock
Yeah. It's sort of this whole idea that's like. Because if people, if you think about it, if you make the argument you're born gay, you can't control who you're attracted to, it's only one step further to say, well, you're born attracted to children. Right. You can't control that. So we shouldn't shame people for being attracted to children. And so there's plenty of these groups in Germany. They're legalizing child sex dolls and that sort of thing. So they're trying to say, oh, there's an ethical way for pedophiles to engage in pedophilia. Right, right. And then it's like, I'm pretty sure the reason there's so many pedophiles right now. This is, like, a very dark subject.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
Is because there's so much child.
Interviewer
I can see that.
Sarah Stock
And that's what.
Interviewer
More exposure.
Sarah Stock
That's what leads them down this path. So the idea that you're going to stop that by giving them more of it instead of just, like, locking them away forever, I. I think that's crazy.
Interviewer
The gay stuff fascinates me because, yeah, there's more gays now, but it makes you wonder, like, was that because you instilled thoughts into children's heads?
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Or is it because they're more open to speak out? Or both. It could be both, but, yeah.
Sarah Stock
I mean, I don't. I don't think people are. I don't think there's, like, a gay gene. I don't really know what the. I don't think there's one factor, though. I think there's, like, multiple environmental factors.
Interviewer
Yes.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
I mean, when I grew up, like, it was a big deal if you came out as gay, like, in Jersey.
Sarah Stock
And that's, like, cool. Like, if you're straight, you're born.
Interviewer
Yeah. Now it's sick. Like, if you come out as gay, people hype you up.
Sarah Stock
Well, it was like, every girl in my high school was, like, bi.
Interviewer
Yeah.
Sarah Stock
They're all dated guys. And I feel like that's like a big. That's a big thing, right?
Interviewer
All the girls. Vegas is known for that.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
All the girls are by there.
Sarah Stock
It's like, I feel like if you're. If you're a girl and then you're like, I'm bi, usually just means you're a hoe, you know?
Interviewer
Like, I love that.
Sarah Stock
That's kind of true.
Interviewer
Where can people find you, though?
Sarah Stock
People want to find me. I'm on X. That's where I'm most active at. Sarah C. Stock. I'm on YouTube. Sarah Dash stock. And I'm also on Instagram. Sarah Cstock.
Interviewer
Congrats on the wedding and enjoy the honeymoon.
Sarah Stock
Yeah.
Interviewer
Good to see you. Yeah. Check her out, guys. Peace.
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Interviewer
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Digital Social Hour – Episode #1784
Guest: Sarah Stock
Host: Sean Kelly
Title: “Empathy” Is Making Homelessness WORSE
Date: January 24, 2026
This episode of Digital Social Hour features Sarah Stock, a notable commentator, as she discusses controversial approaches to homelessness in America, social expectations around marriage, current right-wing controversies, mass migration, and academic trends. The conversation ranges from personal anecdotes to heated takes on cultural and political trends, maintaining a candid and provocative tone throughout.
Stock’s Core Argument:
Sarah Stock questions the prevailing idea of “empathy” in handling homelessness, claiming that allowing homeless individuals to remain on the streets is a form of neglect rather than compassion:
“Is it not having empathy for them to just let homeless people destroy themselves and die on the streets?... It would be much more empathetic and loving to take these people and put them in an institution.” — Sarah Stock [00:00, 13:59]
On Mental Health and Addiction:
She argues that most homeless individuals today suffer from addiction or mental health issues, making them unable to “consent to their own demise,” thus warranting intervention.
Critique of “Left” Approaches:
Discussing “anti-homeless architecture” and campaigns focused on preserving homeless people’s rights, she suggests such approaches are misguided.
Host’s Experience:
Sean Kelly relates feeling less safe and more wary around the homeless over time, shifting from giving directly to using shelters for donations.
“I used to have a lot more empathy… but now these days, like, I need to value my safety.” — Sean Kelly [13:47]
Call for Institutional Solutions:
Sarah openly questions why institutionalization isn't more widely considered:
“I don't understand why we can't do that or why this isn't something that's talked about more.” — Sarah Stock [14:43]
Wedding Going Viral:
Sarah discusses her upcoming wedding, notable for going viral due to criticisms over her engagement ring size.
Critique of “Three Months’ Salary” Ring Rule:
Both Sarah and Sean ridicule excessive expectations, noting how social media pressures deter many from marrying due to unrealistic standards:
“It’s just like a crazy social expectation... this is why young people aren’t getting married anymore.” — Sarah Stock [02:32]
Trad Wives & Internet Infighting:
Sarah details online drama with “Emily Saves America,” related to attacks on traditional/conservative women’s roles.
Foreign Government Funding Accusations:
Both guest and host discuss being accused of “shilling” for Israel or Qatar, dissecting how such allegations swirl in online conservative circles.
“If you don’t want America to be funding Israel’s wars … apparently you’re getting paid by a foreign government.” — Sarah Stock [07:09]
Propaganda and College Experiences:
Sarah recounts being offered payment to bring pro-Israel events to campus, highlighting soft-power tactics used by states with political interests.
Personal Safety Abroad:
Stock expresses concerns about visiting Israel, referencing the case of an American journalist allegedly detained by Israeli authorities.
“I literally feel like I would feel safer going to Russia or China than Israel.” — Sarah Stock [07:36]
Canadian Upbringing:
Sarah, a dual US-Canadian citizen, shares her experience living in Canada, noting high costs of living, poor weather, cleanliness, and demographic shifts:
“The whole city smells like pee and there’s homeless everywhere. But then also it’s like no one speaks English ... it’s like you’re in a foreign country or something.” — Sarah Stock [11:09]
Homelessness in US Cities:
Both describe a sense of urban decay in major US cities, with widespread homelessness linked to safety concerns for ordinary residents.
Mass Migration and Demographic Change:
Sarah calls mass immigration the nation’s central issue, advocating for deporting illegals, denaturalization in some cases, and a total “moratorium” on new immigration to prevent cultural and economic fragmentation:
“It’s literally necessary … We want to have a country. We want to have a unified group of people … What do Americans have in common at all anymore?” — Sarah Stock [17:17]
No ‘Plan B’ for Native-born Americans:
Asserts that, unlike immigrants, native-born citizens have nowhere else to go, expressing anxieties about becoming a minority:
“We don’t have a Plan B. This is our home, and everyone else kind of does.” — Sarah Stock [19:36]
Candace Owens vs. Others:
Sarah sharply criticizes Candace Owens, calling her theories incoherent and libelous regarding the “Charlie” situation. She accuses Owens of making unfounded public accusations.
“When she got pressed … she literally said, ‘Well, I don’t have any direct evidence … but it’s a feeling.’ … her fans are crazier than she is.” — Sarah Stock [20:45]
Pedophilia Destigmatization Claim:
Sarah details an investigation into academic efforts to “destigmatize pedophilia,” claiming some elite academics campaign to redefine clinical terms and legitimize “ethical” outlets for pedophilic attraction:
“There are academics from Harvard … part of a group that seeks to destigmatize pedophilia because they basically think it’s bad to shame people for having attraction to children.” — Sarah Stock [22:13]
LGBT Discussion & Social Trends:
The conversation briefly turns to whether an increase in people identifying as LGBTQ+ is due to social influence versus innate causes, with Sarah arguing environmental factors play a large role.
On Homelessness and “Empathy”
“It would be much more empathetic and loving to take these people and put them in an institution.” — Sarah Stock [00:00/13:59]
On the Engagement Ring Controversy
“I still don’t understand why it went viral … There was this whole like, viral energy around attacking the people hating on my ring.” — Sarah Stock [01:41]
On City Life in Canada
“The whole city smells like pee and there’s homeless everywhere … it’s like you’re in a foreign country or something.” — Sarah Stock [11:09]
On Foreign Influence Accusations
“If you don’t want America to be funding Israel’s wars … apparently you’re getting paid by a foreign government.” — Sarah Stock [07:09]
On Mass Immigration
“We want to have a country. We want to have a unified group of people that we feel like we have something in common.” — Sarah Stock [17:17]
On Conservative Drama
“Her fans are crazier than she is … it’s like the monster she created.” — Sarah Stock [21:13]
On Pedophilia in Academia
“There are academics from Harvard … who are part of a group that seeks to destigmatize pedophilia.” — Sarah Stock [22:13]
Sarah Stock can be found on X (@SarahCStock), YouTube (Sarah-Stock), and Instagram (@SarahCStock). She signs off with thoughts on mass migration and social trends, while Sean congratulates her on her upcoming wedding and wraps the episode.
Tone:
Candid, confrontational, unapologetically direct, and openly critical of conventional sociopolitical stances—true to the “unfiltered” ethos of Digital Social Hour.