Harlan Ellison's Solution for Palestine and Israel

[@andrewwilliams9599]

"crazy as a butterfly on absinthe." THAT is a metaphor.

[@TD-sw3kv]

he'd already said "-as a soup sammich"

[@jorgeneliason2882]

The more interviews I listen to of this guy, the more I wish he was still alive to call out the bullshit happening today.

[@Levinewak]

Hopefully Harlan would have called Matpat out on his brain-rot

[@GOKUBLACKROSÉ-r9z]

​@@Levinewakwhat?

[@Levinewak]

The game theorist

[@ashkanfattahi1945]

@@Levinewak what did matpat do?

[@chriswimer6296]

Hear hear! If we still had Ellison and Hitchens around we would be in a different world. It makes my stomach turn with sadness just thinking about it.

[@darrenpearce6617]

I've heard far more wisdom in those fantastic few minutes from the late great writer than I've heard in the rest of my lifetime about the middle east.

[@ligmaballs281]

Sounds like AM going on some crazy rant

[@lindanorris2455]

HARLAN, COME BACK, PLEASE COME BACK. WE MISS YOU!

[@SteeleJohnson-o7u]

Donald Trump please save me, please save me Donald Trump 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@petatersandgravye2n]

let us commence the uncle harlan resurrection ritual!!@

[@lionheart6176]

Harlan was smart...they expected him to pick a side and he simply said "Fuck Off stop killing each other and actually come up with a solution"

[@TonyGModesto]

Seems like a clever guy, but from his answer you can tell he doesn’t know much of anything about the situation. Which in his defense he admitted.

[@joniboi3699]

​@@TonyGModesto Who gives a damn, it's none of our buisness

[@JoshSweetvale]

Reductivist take: "Are you on our side?" Ellison: "Your side isn't special." Reductivist: "That's a no?" Ellison: "Yes." Reductivist: Click

[@connorsullivan5938]

​@@joniboi3699It is when the mf country wouldn't exist without US support dipass

[@ZechsMerquise73]

@@TonyGModesto he said he wasn't from there and wasn't entitled to an opinion as a way of eschewing the question.

[@johnmitchelljr]

My only disappointment in life is that I have not read every word Mr. Ellison has written and seen every video he is in. I thank the gods of intelligence for Harlan every day. I will subscribe just for this video alone. Double, triple, quad something thank you.

[@ghostfacedude93]

same

[@sandorrclegane2307]

that is an easily fixable disappointment... You're still alive, you can read his stuff. I'd understand a regret such as "I wish I would have gotten to meet Harlan Ellison" but regretting not reading everything he's written? Go on, just read, then!

[@ChaosAndAnarchy]

"I'm not a political commentator" ... haha. Oh, Harlan

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

🤣

[@TOleablemonk]

Actually it reminded me a lot of similar comments by George Carlin.

[@JoshSweetvale]

It's his hobby. He does it for fun, not for money, so he can be sloppy. He doesn't want to have to science _people._ The implication being that actual political commentators are all either up to his proffessional standards... or they're not.

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

@@JoshSweetvale What are you talking about?

[@hurricaneharvey9053]

@@LuficariusRatspeedMeth

[@breakercassidy6946]

My son was born on Harlan’s birthday, May 27th so his middle name is Ellison. On one of Harlan’s last Q&A’s I brought my son who was 2 and I told Harlan my son’s middle name and he said “why would you do something like that?!” And when I told him my son’s birthday, Harlan did his smile smirk and said to my son. “Your dad’s alright kid.” Miss him.

[@lucasguenesmenezes6416]

I like how this proves my idea that being somewhat sarcastic and sardonic is the friendliest and okayest that Harlan could ever be to someone LOL

[@ChoppedGlockShogun]

“Not sure if Turian heaven is the same as yours, but if this thing goes sideways and we both end up there, meet me at the bar. I’m buying.” - Garrus Vakarian.

[@Whey4344]

He’s so fucking based

[@uncleflute1794]

I'm SOO GLAD the young Harlan Ellison fanbase is growing back AGAINNN !! MY FELLOW YOUNG DISCIPLES... LET US CONTINUE TO PREACH THE GOOD WORD OF THIS MAN'S GOSPEL TRUTH 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Continue to work and think critically, my brothers 💪🏻❤️

[@justinerikhall]

This is basically what I did with my Sims.

[@stickyt4bz241]

Cackling😂

[@MrShylockOfAnglet]

He’s intelligent as what he’s saying about Israel, he’s applying to the whole Middle East.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

The comedically perfect delivery of " Already, I know I'm going to hate Israel. "

[@Sushi-bn9ug]

This is the most beautiful and relevant thing KZbin has ever recommend. Eloquently put Harlan Elison.

[@captaindookey]

"Stupidity is your chief export" I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@starclone4]

I really miss Mr. Ellison..... He was Tough As Nails but, he was open, and honest !!!!❤

[@ByGaryYap]

Thank you for this. Miss him dearly ...

[@xSmuggen]

Just because I enjoy lima beans doesn't make me a pervert. I blame anime.

[@neilreynolds3858]

I was raised on Lima beans. My mom's family was from the South.

[@DonaldKing-w6f]

That also goes for chick peas, wax beans, beets and nuts. Falafel is full awful! And I will never set foot in the middle east, Burma, north Korea, or anyplace like it that has a psycho-murdering regime in power. And that includes Putin. If ever there were stunning candidates in the modern world for Roger Waters' Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings, they're it!

[@Stevie-J]

The anime to lima beans pipeline

[@MerryMohProductions]

Someone needs to make an animatic with AM in the interview

[@Charon.1]

Does anyone know why Ellison would never want to go to Germany? Was it just about him being Jewish or was there anything more specific?

[@amanalone3473]

🗿

[@HarlanEllisonlives]

Nazis nazis nazis

[@crummylion]

I'd assume that too, but after listening to some other interviews, it feels more like Harlan doesn't want to visit a country that gladly butchers his work just to make it more appealing to German audience. Stuff like changing I have no Mouth and I Must Scream to I Have No Mouth and I'm Screaming.

[@nofuxgiven37]

He'd fit in more if he went to germany (considering most of the top guys are jew themselves), like what the other guy said, Germany's known for heavy censorship.

[@Charon.1]

@@nofuxgiven37 Bro, what century are you living in?

[@carlrylander396]

harlan was the first to say it!

[@cannedfrootloops7803]

Would you rather be in a room with a peaceful bear or a pissed off Harlan Ellison?

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

Depends if he's on my side.

[@cannedfrootloops7803]

@@LuficariusRatspeed He was told you distributed his stories without his permission (RIP the Goat)

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

@@cannedfrootloops7803 He wouldn't get pissed for a rumor, though.

[@zxtwist]

Bear, bear, bear, not AM!

[@DonaldKing-w6f]

I'd choose Harlan every time! A: because I could give him as good as I got and B: afterwards we could still play golf on Sunday, having had a rousing, heated gentleman's discussion and then shaking hands! (That's assuming either of us was interested in golf, which I'm not.).

[@amanalone3473]

A voice of clarity.

[@Crystalcourt]

He might’ve been mad but he was right

[@upcomingperson4098]

No wonder he had to be the voice for AM

[@paullowman9131]

I'm a peavert. I love green lima beans. 😊 I also think Ellison was one of the finest writers of the 20th century.

[@apresmoa]

"I'm wrong more often than I'm right." So few people admit this. He was ignorant on this topic though and admitted to that although he certainly had an ego. It's okay to admit you're wrong and to not take up the call for voicing your opinion on everything.

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

What do you think he was admitting ignorance about?

[@Transformers217]

He’s right and a genius!

[@lafayette230]

Dude i love this guy

[@apertureAI-jw1iz]

I like to think AM just has the occasional moment of absolute lucidity and forces the last 5 humans to listen to him ramble about random topics from earth.

[@dustinairola4301]

Ok but tell me how you really feel.

[@BrianRidgway-u5g]

Thanks again, Harlan. And God Bless!

[@CaesarDarias]

When was this recorded? Please post the full interview?

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

@@CaesarDarias is from his audiobook Ellison Wonderland. And if I did post it the bastard would come to my home and haunt me in torment.

[@CaesarDarias]

@@LuficariusRatspeed Ha. You’re probably right. Thanks. I am going to get that book. He’s just so entertaining.

[@quakeknight9680]

I have a opinion on geo-politics and i must say it

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

And what is that?

[@petatersandgravye2n]

is it "uugghh... uuughhh..."

[@genreonlinenet]

That was awesome. I think Harlan was an opinionated man, but I think all things considered he was fair. Talented writer with an interesting personality. I don’t agree with everything he said, but I respect him and I would not care whether or not that sentiment was returned because people will be people and we like what we like and so long as you are not hurting others or yourself then go ahead. Cheers!

[@ALFTHADRADDAD]

Endlessly based

[@sbindoctor6414]

"Solution for Palestine" Doesnt mention Palestine once

[@alexkamikaze9922]

Does it matter? Aside from that, he really did mention the "solution" from between the two.

[@austinmccon2759]

I was eating Lima beans…

[@DonaldKing-w6f]

Okay, who the hell drew a line through a paragraph of my comment!!!? Censorship: another thing I won't tolerate! And neither would Harlan or Roger! How's about you face me one-on-one!?

[@NSResponder]

I met him a couple of times at cons back in the 80s. He was snotty and glib, and far too many people took that for intelligence.

[@Strix2031]

I will also never step foot in germany

[@zors1900]

he kind of sounds like Chris griffin here

[@urrrccckostan]

So sad that his position on the Israel situation has become passe.

[@NancyLebovitz]

Just to bring up the least important thing, canned lima, canned lima beans are awful. Fresh lima beans (not easy to find) are very nice.

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

Pervert.

[@richardhart9204]

I feel the same way about parsnips. Yuck!

[@trydowave]

Intelligent man.

[@jouyuanda]

what beans?

[@garymoraco3184]

LOL!

[@DSmith-e5e]

Sounds Shady

[@mohammedhanif6780]

he doesn't know what he's talking about. Good writer though.

[@LuficariusRatspeed]

He's saying people need to stop killing each other over there. That's not hard to understand.

[@crummylion]

He already admitted several times in the video that he didn't know the situation and tried to dodge the question. That part was obvious.

[@amanalone3473]

@@crummylion He was dodging the question because he knew for a fact the journalist would not appreciate his true feelings on the subject. Not because he didn't know it.

[@marcinb4647]

No, he does know what he's talking about, the problem is you're too thick to understand him and his point of view. A good writer indeed.

[@SUPERINSANEBIRD9000]

to be honest I think he doesn't know the details of what's happening in the middle east and he most likely doesn't know that Israel is actually European. He just generalized all of us because of our issues but honestly I don't blame him. I don't expect much of a guy full of hate. I still love him though

[@florinadrian5174]

Funny but a bit too bothsidesy for my taste.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

I think he meant it more in a *"let this sort itself out and keep it the hell away from me"* type of way. Not that that's a phrase... ᴮᵘᵗ ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ ᶦᵗ ˢʰᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵇᵉ ᴵ ᵈᵘⁿⁿᵒ

[@florinadrian5174]

@@thehammurabichode7994 But that's the problem. You can't let it sort out by itself, not when: 1. the entire Zionist idea was a creation of Western antisemites who just wanted the Jews out and away. The problems created in Palestine are their fault and their responsibility. 2. But instead of helping to bring peace and harmony, the US has been actively complicit in the crimes and genocides and running diplomatic interference. That's why when you say that you don't want to get involved, it's too late, you already are and you are just evading your responsibility. Harlan's speech, however, was made in other times and seems to me to be directed at the Zionist around him who wanted him complicit. But I'm not sure.

[@6equj5_]

@@florinadrian5174agree 100%