*sigh* *muting this conversation because the lies, misrepresentations and strawmen have begun*. RIDICULOUS.
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Replying to @IonaItalia @SamHarrisOrg and
Which one? He did defend Murray. He wrote an essay called "In Defense of Torture" wherein he defended torture. He did show his ass with Chomsky. Which part is innacurate?
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Replying to @IonaItalia @doubtthat11 and
Actually, Iona, I think you are avoiding the fact that Harris, though brilliant, has taken a good many right-wing positions. You're better off dealing w/ these & criticizing him for them than you are pretending he hasn't done so. Start w/ his position on Israel.
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Replying to @j_em_bee @IonaItalia and
What "right wing positions"? I've never seen Sam take a position that could be easily pigeon holed as either right or left wing. For example, on guns he's hated by both the NRA types and gun control advocates....
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Replying to @AtticusOz @j_em_bee and
Haha, we just discussed one. He defended Charles Murray's position on IQ and genetics. You also have torture. His position on Israel is right wing. He entire foreign policy gibberish is right wing. He has non-right wing positions, but those he has are highly offensive.
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Replying to @doubtthat11 @j_em_bee and
What is Charles Murray's position on IQ and genetics? Did you listen to it?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @doubtthat11 and
As I've said before, I don't think Murray is an honest actor in this. He plays motte-and-baily depending on the audience. But the position he put in the Harris podcast was mostly the defensible one he uses in "polite company". Is that the motte or the bailey? I can never remember
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I was also rendered suspicious by his lacklustre answer to 'Why study this? What would it achieve?'
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Replying to @HPluckrose @doubtthat11 and
Yep. Sam asked the right question. But he refused to go in for the kill after that answer. That's the new "good host"
@SamHarrisOrg. I prefer the old "terrier" Sam who would happily ruin a podcast or a show or an interview to get at a bad point.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes - 1 more reply
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