John's thinking on these political topics is so self-contradictory and shallow that it's almost impossible to endure. He needs to turn off the NPR, step outside, and maybe even try watching some of the shows that he's been told by the New York Times are yucky, rather than reading op-ed hitpieces about them from places of institutional power.
He starts off this episode lamenting the Buffalo shooting, talks about how "maybe we would associate mass shootings with the Left if they were as common from Left-wingers as they are from Right-wingers," then admits as the conversations segues into Tucker Carlson that the Buffalo shooter DIDN'T watch Tucker Carlson, WASN'T Right-wing, and HATED Fox News. Of course we all know that "RIGHT WING DOMESTIC TERRORISM WHITE SUPREMACY" etc. etc. is what any NPR-listener is bombarded with day-in and day-out, but John literally defeats his own argument within the space of about thirty seconds.
What Right-wing terrorism? What Right-wing mass shootings? Name them, John. Name the Tucker Carlson viewers who have gone on rampages. Give me a list. Name the Tucker Carlson fanatic who, like the guy who shot Steve Scalise, spends all day ranting about how Democrats are destroying the country. Is it the kidnappers of Governor Whitmore? You mean the FBI agents who entrapped a bunch of LARPers? Those 'terrorists' were all acquitted, so you'd better try again. I can give you a list a mile long of black supremacists just in the last six months who've gone on killing sprees--one of whom was discussed last episode. Many of their ideas are MAINSTREAM in the corporate media. But you're going to sit there and tell me, "Well, maybe if Left-wingers went on rampages like Right-wingers, we'd make that same association!"
Cut me a break. John is a very smart man, but his critical thinking skills have been turned to mush by the echochamber of academia. Every time he gets into political discussions with Glenn he gets completely trampled. It's not just that I disagree with him--it's that when Glenn pushes back, he can hardly even defend himself. It's like he doesn't believe himself. He just goes quiet. The contrast with the depth of his thinking on issues of race and linguistics is stupendous.
John's thinking on these political topics is so self-contradictory and shallow that it's almost impossible to endure. He needs to turn off the NPR, step outside, and maybe even try watching some of the shows that he's been told by the New York Times are yucky, rather than reading op-ed hitpieces about them from places of institutional power.
He starts off this episode lamenting the Buffalo shooting, talks about how "maybe we would associate mass shootings with the Left if they were as common from Left-wingers as they are from Right-wingers," then admits as the conversations segues into Tucker Carlson that the Buffalo shooter DIDN'T watch Tucker Carlson, WASN'T Right-wing, and HATED Fox News. Of course we all know that "RIGHT WING DOMESTIC TERRORISM WHITE SUPREMACY" etc. etc. is what any NPR-listener is bombarded with day-in and day-out, but John literally defeats his own argument within the space of about thirty seconds.
What Right-wing terrorism? What Right-wing mass shootings? Name them, John. Name the Tucker Carlson viewers who have gone on rampages. Give me a list. Name the Tucker Carlson fanatic who, like the guy who shot Steve Scalise, spends all day ranting about how Democrats are destroying the country. Is it the kidnappers of Governor Whitmore? You mean the FBI agents who entrapped a bunch of LARPers? Those 'terrorists' were all acquitted, so you'd better try again. I can give you a list a mile long of black supremacists just in the last six months who've gone on killing sprees--one of whom was discussed last episode. Many of their ideas are MAINSTREAM in the corporate media. But you're going to sit there and tell me, "Well, maybe if Left-wingers went on rampages like Right-wingers, we'd make that same association!"
Cut me a break. John is a very smart man, but his critical thinking skills have been turned to mush by the echochamber of academia. Every time he gets into political discussions with Glenn he gets completely trampled. It's not just that I disagree with him--it's that when Glenn pushes back, he can hardly even defend himself. It's like he doesn't believe himself. He just goes quiet. The contrast with the depth of his thinking on issues of race and linguistics is stupendous.