RE: I Used To Be A Fan But I Am Now Shocked, Disgusted And Appalled With Sam Harris
May 28, 2017 at 2:29 pm
(This post was last modified: May 28, 2017 at 2:31 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 28, 2017 at 1:29 pm)Crunchy Wrote: Harris has been the victim of an intentional smear campaign from the left where his words were purposefully misinterpreted and lies were spread about him
I agree with all that.
Quote: so I think he is probably going to be friendly with people who disparage the regressive left and laugh at their jokes about political correctness.
Fair enough but laughing and agreeing with bigoted opinions on gender issues is bigoted.
Quote: I don't see why it makes sense take the least charitable interpretation of a tiny part of a long conversation he had as proof positive that he is an ignorant bigot.
It's not. It's his complicit laughter in the face of statements that transgender people are "weirdos" or men with penises, that makes him an ignorant bigot.
Sam is always willing to express his disagreement honestly, he's a champion of honestly, he wrote a whole book on how it's always wrong to lie. And yet he failed to tell Murray how wrong he was about gender issues. And how real and serious the issues Murray was trivializing was.
It's beyond obvious that both him and Murray think this is acceptable. It's far from funny. It's indefensible.
Least charitable interpretation my arse. I'm being as charitable as I possibly can. I've been a fan of Harris since 2009. He's been my favorite public intellectual for over 8 years. I tried very hard to see it any other way but to see it any other way would just be denying reality.
