One reason to doubt the anecdote: Harris' turn to extremism pre-dates 2006. In a 2004 book he was already suggesting that pre-emptive nuclear attack on Muslim world might be only option for West.pic.twitter.com/zGbsZjp0yo
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One reason to doubt the anecdote: Harris' turn to extremism pre-dates 2006. In a 2004 book he was already suggesting that pre-emptive nuclear attack on Muslim world might be only option for West.pic.twitter.com/zGbsZjp0yo
Listen to him talk over the course of years, just sampling his podcast. He does stuff like this a lot. I'm surprised no one has called him on it before. There's a Very Bad Wizards episode on Revenge where they make fun of him for doing this.
FYI, there is literally a video of @NitaFarahany being read the entire excerpt and not denying a word of it.
https://twitter.com/ashleyschaeffr/status/994069504983486464?s=12 …
Wow good to see my Canadian girlfriend has gone on to such big things.....
Harris says that (possibly bogus) event was a tipping point for him in rejecting all the thinking that he associates with the *Left*. He now claims intellectual rigour yet associates with loose cannons like Cernovich & Alex Jones in order to have access to their audiences.
He doesn’t associate with either of them and has repeatedly referred to Jones as a whack job.
It doesn't matter ultimately. The clash with Ben Affleck was the same sort of tipping point; and it's what turned @RubinReport. Made up or not, it reflects a real problem.
There is literally a video of @NitaFarahany being read the entire excerpt and not denying a word of it.
https://twitter.com/ashleyschaeffr/status/994069504983486464?s=12 …
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