I've been putting off signing up for Bari's substack for the simple reason of time and money but I think I might have to just to hear this interview and to get the transcript in context.
Did you really say that you were sorry that half the country voted for Donald Trump and that people actually supported him? Personally I think the man's a pig but I also think as a president he did some really important things. If you are disparaging half of the country as ignorant troglodytes on one side of your mouth and then saying that everybody ought to get in the same boat and row as far as race relations... Well I'm not sure what to make of that. Since I couldn't listen to voice inflection which is a big part of context I think I'll go drop the 60 bucks and listen to it for myself. I love you brother but that was you backsliding into the Ivory Tower of the intelligentsia and the privileged... Keep making comments like that and pretty soon you'll get invited to all the cool cocktail parties... But hey I get it you were talking to Bari Weiss ...
Okay I just gave Bari her blood money and listened to the podcast. In listening to it I realize that it can be taken two ways.
One way of hearing the phrase "I'm sorry to say"... which was thrown out sort of parenthetical is that you're sorry half the country voted for Trump or supported him. After listening to it I'm more inclined to believe that what you were saying was that what you're "about" to say about our news media is something that "you're sorry to have to say". That being the case my above post was a bit reactionary and you need to have a conversation with whoever made this clip and posted it. I don't think it reflects your beliefs but it seems to indicate a bias that I don't think you have. If my original reaction is indeed how you feel then I would invite you to reflect on that...Sorry for the confusion brother. Keep up the good fight.
As much as I love the guy and admire his insight, at the end of the day he is a life long Ivy League academic married to a Bernie Bros and surrounded by committed progressives like John McWhorter. I take all of his caveats about partisanship and Trump voters is the price he pays for tranquility in his life, domestic and otherwise.
To some extent I think this tendency is an extension of his flirtation with the Jesse Jackson types back in the '90s. You could say it's walking a thin line and he struggles with figuring out which side he wants to be on. At age 73, maybe it's time for him to figure it out and get off the pot.
I had no confusion with the remark. Something like smilingly telling a friend a sports score. "I'm sorry to say, your team lost to mine 42-0."
For what it's worth, I don't think it's especially useful to put Glenn and John to a litmus test over broad ideology every time they express an opinion. In my case, my own views are too disparate for that. I created two lists a while back of my "conservative" and "liberal" views on various topics. I had quite a nice mix. No team would want me. And I don't want a team.
I've been putting off signing up for Bari's substack for the simple reason of time and money but I think I might have to just to hear this interview and to get the transcript in context.
Did you really say that you were sorry that half the country voted for Donald Trump and that people actually supported him? Personally I think the man's a pig but I also think as a president he did some really important things. If you are disparaging half of the country as ignorant troglodytes on one side of your mouth and then saying that everybody ought to get in the same boat and row as far as race relations... Well I'm not sure what to make of that. Since I couldn't listen to voice inflection which is a big part of context I think I'll go drop the 60 bucks and listen to it for myself. I love you brother but that was you backsliding into the Ivory Tower of the intelligentsia and the privileged... Keep making comments like that and pretty soon you'll get invited to all the cool cocktail parties... But hey I get it you were talking to Bari Weiss ...
Okay I just gave Bari her blood money and listened to the podcast. In listening to it I realize that it can be taken two ways.
One way of hearing the phrase "I'm sorry to say"... which was thrown out sort of parenthetical is that you're sorry half the country voted for Trump or supported him. After listening to it I'm more inclined to believe that what you were saying was that what you're "about" to say about our news media is something that "you're sorry to have to say". That being the case my above post was a bit reactionary and you need to have a conversation with whoever made this clip and posted it. I don't think it reflects your beliefs but it seems to indicate a bias that I don't think you have. If my original reaction is indeed how you feel then I would invite you to reflect on that...Sorry for the confusion brother. Keep up the good fight.
I went through a nearly identical thought process and was thinking about how to pose my comments. You beat me to it.
Neither. I was saying, "I know many of you don't want to hear it, but as a matter of fact nearly half the country voted for him..."
As a matter of fact... you are correct.... but that misses my point as I am sure you know... evasion does not become you...
As much as I love the guy and admire his insight, at the end of the day he is a life long Ivy League academic married to a Bernie Bros and surrounded by committed progressives like John McWhorter. I take all of his caveats about partisanship and Trump voters is the price he pays for tranquility in his life, domestic and otherwise.
To some extent I think this tendency is an extension of his flirtation with the Jesse Jackson types back in the '90s. You could say it's walking a thin line and he struggles with figuring out which side he wants to be on. At age 73, maybe it's time for him to figure it out and get off the pot.
I had no confusion with the remark. Something like smilingly telling a friend a sports score. "I'm sorry to say, your team lost to mine 42-0."
For what it's worth, I don't think it's especially useful to put Glenn and John to a litmus test over broad ideology every time they express an opinion. In my case, my own views are too disparate for that. I created two lists a while back of my "conservative" and "liberal" views on various topics. I had quite a nice mix. No team would want me. And I don't want a team.
I think we are talking past each other on this.