The left-wing comic and podcaster Jimmy Dore recently posted a tense interview with his (now former?) friend and political ally, 2024 presidential candidate Cornel West. The exchange brought to the surface some nascent tensions in the left-wing circles, but it seems like there’s something more than simple political disagreement at work. I wanted to understand the issues at play, so I brought in podcaster Sabrina Salvati and my lovely wife LaJuan Loury to break it down for me.
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I always liked Cornell. But his recent moral equivalence on the massacre in Israel is disappointing at best and antisemitic at worst. And the hypocrisy has been beyond anything I could have imagined.
... as must you. ;-)