Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values (Episode

Sam Harris discusses the recent protests on college campuses, why focusing narrowly on the problem of "antisemitism" will be counterproductive, widespread confusion about the threat of Islamic extremism, and the necessary defense of Western values.
May 13, 2024
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[@Theriverflows]

As a Pakistani ex-Muslim - you made me tear up at the end. Thank you for doing what you are doing.

[@Theriverflows]

Wow, the comment is beginning to get likes. Thank you, and I request : please raise your voice against blasphemy / apostasy laws in Pakistan. Us ex-Muslims cannot even announce our lack of belief, let alone engage in any form of debate on Islam. Very few people, like Sam, understand the depth of oppression, and the relentless chokehold on any possibility of conversation that we experience. This is how Islam survives in my country: by smothering debate/discussion. Once again, thank you all, and please value the the gem that is Sam Harris. He’s our Murshid (Urdu/Persian for spiritual teacher/mentor). ❤✊🏾

[@Yolanda.b]

I was born into an extremist polygamist cult with a few similarities. I'm sorry you are going through that. Sending you love.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

You are a good person.

[@18Yoav]

Wow you are brave

[@exoxy]

​@@Theriverflowsthank you for your courage

[@fh3275]

I am an exmuslim woman who was raised in an islamic country. Every word sam saying here about islam is a fact. Islam allows neither progress nor tolerance. Im lucky that i live in a free country now and im afraid to see how islamists use the freedom and tolerance of these societies to play victim and further their islamic agenda. Also so many westerners are completely oblivious how islam works, cos i think it might be that you have to live in an islamic country, experience its oppression and see its destruction firsthand to understand the overwhelming dangers it poses.

[@jmc5335]

What country do you live in?

[@Dan16673]

Glad to hear you got out

[@myronschabe]

Imo, it is pretty obvious the dangers it imposes, even from afar. But, your firsthand testimony is exceedingly important so as not to white wash things.

[@sialoves]

I'm an ex-Muslim from the U.S. I think honest people from backgrounds like mine can see the destructive potential of Islam even within free countries. Some masjids try to enact small scale Islamic courts even within the U.S. - for example, a woman I knew growing up was put on "trial" for apostasy when her abusive husband read her diary and discovered her doubts about her recent conversion from Christianity to Islam.

[@myronschabe]

@@sialoves Wow, that is an eye opener...what a slippery slope this all is... Thank you, I think sharing this stuff is so important.

[@stellis69]

I am an Israeli atheist. I could not have done a better job at summarizing the insanity in the west since the events of Oct. 7th. Well done Sam Harris.

[@brentoncarter4275]

Israel is an fascist apartheid state. Exactly the type Sam Harris wants.

[@stephenholmgren405]

Sam calling Islam the mother load of bad ideas remains the greatest moment in television history.

[@joestarships]

I like when he told Affleck he was going to "unpack" the idea, and then Affleck childishly mocked him

[@shake6321]

Islam is the most darwinian fit ideology ever created. thus, it’s the motherload of good ideas. islam will be around long after all other ideologies.

[@kermitfrog593]

Dumbest comment in the comments section.

[@Bleepbloopblappp]

@@kermitfrog593damn I’m so disappointed that a fellow muppet lover could be a terrorist supporter. Gross!

[@danielfagen]

It was such a major moment...a first clear pushback on wokeism

[@joshpomeranc4381]

“All your concern about white privilege, as you bounce between lacrosse practice and Starbucks, is misapplied here.” One of the coldest and truest lines I’ve heard.

[@jmc5335]

Why?

[@motorhead48067]

@@jmc5335The argument is that the conflict has nothing to do with white privilege yet many young people see it through a racial lens, and by invoking lacrosse practice and Starbucks he is pointing out how the kids who are so concerned with white privilege are some of the whitest and most privileged kids on the planet. Obviously you can be white and privileged and care about real white privilege but at this point it’s mostly just cringeworthy, virtue-signaling garbage and especially so when applied to the Israel-Palestine conflict where it clearly doesn’t apply.

[@Kaddywompous]

I can’t imagine why. Are such people somehow disqualified from protesting for the rights of those less fortunate?

[@anitamwd]

@@Kaddywompousnot selectively. If you protest for those who are less fortunate, you protest for a human being, not for a human being FROM a specific location, the way they are doing ( and many are being payed) here. Many have NO idea what the facts are.

[@anitamwd]

@@jmc5335 better listening to the podcast.

[@BanjoSick]

I live in a largly muslim quarter in Oslo, Norway. At my kids football practice, the muslim dads openly discuss Turning Norway into an islamic country when they have the numbers. I could not walk the streets here with a Star of David without getting attacked.

[@PatrickSmith]

You can take Islamic fundamentalists out of Islamic regions, but you can’t take the fundamentalism out of the Islamic fundamentalist.

[@pocarisweet8336]

Educate your children from this threats. It's amazing how many parents fail to do this, you can only look at the college campuses to see the effect of this.

[@user-ni8gg3ms6j]

muslim quarter in Oslo... 🤦‍♀

[@OhioVworld]

Why weren’t you in the streets when the left started importing the cancer?

[@LordGreystoke]

Thankfully, for you, 182,607 (3.3% of the total population) are made up of Muslims. Norway remains majority Norwegian

[@degitaar4665]

Israel has to plow through civilians to get to Hamas, Hamas has to plow through the idf to get to the civilians, sums up the asymmetry in this war.

[@soulfireonfire6423]

Thank you ! It’s two ends against the middle and the civilians in both states are in the middle!!

[@brentoncarter4275]

cute made up story to justify a genocide.

[@morenitomoreno1282]

More like israel "plows through" civilians and a smaller percentage of Hamas fighters at the same time and they dont care one bit how many civilians get killed. The question is what do you think israel is accomplishing by causing so much destruction in Gaza? Half the people there are under 20 and they all know someone who was killed by the IDF. They all know people who have been maimed. Theyve almost all lost their homes. Almost every hospital, school, mosque, library, business has been destroyed. Theres a lot more people now with nothing to lose and nothing but time on their hand You dont understand israel is just creating more Hamas fighters ?

[@yitzhakspolter9551]

​@@morenitomoreno1282I never liked the idea of Israel "creating more Hamas fighters" by fighting back. It seems a bit like victim blaming to me. If Palestinians can't understand what simple consequences are, that is not Israel's fault

[@morenitomoreno1282]

@@yitzhakspolter9551 its not "victim blaming". Its how the world works. When the way you "fight back" kills tons of civilians, not to mention all the infrastrucure destruction... theres gonna be more people taking up arms for revenge. Obviously, Sam Harris and his ilk dont view muslims as human beings and you couldnt care less about the death of palestinian civilians but how could you possibly think this makes israel safer or you'll "destroy Hamas" this way? Netanyahu's pitch was always "i can protect you" and the worst terror attack in israel happened on his watch. Now try to think rationally for just a moment, why would more of the approach that lead to October 7 somehow make israeli safer? How does this reasoning make any sense? What does "destroying Hamas" look like? Have you not read what even Benny Gantz has said about this idea?

[@tylerg8305]

You and your team should consider breaking this up into KZbin shorts in an attempt to get these ideas to the youth. I know it’s not the optimal delivery mechanism, but it may be necessary. Thank you for being a rare example of a rational and compassionate truth seeker.

[@Bleepbloopblappp]

It won’t work unless you show this to people you know and spread it that way. Sam has a reputation as an islamaphobe (a fake word of course) and it’s widespread enough that people will just ignore him. People are dumb. I didn’t agree with a lot of what Sam thought about Covid or trump/biden, but I won’t throw the baby out with the bath water. I value truth and intelligence wherever I can find it and don’t feel that I need to accept everything a person says to appreciate some of it

[@tylerg8305]

@@Bleepbloopblappp I know many people who dismiss Sam due to their religious views as well. I believe there is utility in making bite size content that will more easily bypass previous bias.

[@Guy-Lewis]

@@tylerg8305 "bite size content that will more easily bypass" Will it, though? Yes, it might slip past the infamous attention deficits of the SikSuk generation. However, it is unlikely to penetrate the indoctrinated wall of cognitive dissonance and the utter lack of interest in, and comprehension of, logical arguments.

[@kenhiett5266]

Sam will accurately assess the illogical targeting of his own group and then condemn everyone who listens to Tucker Carlson, based on a straw manned theory of their supposed views.

[@tylerg8305]

​@kenhiett5266 I take your point. For me, personally, taking money to give opinions that he didn't actually hold as true is enough for me to not care much about what Tucker has to say.

[@theinngu5560]

We in the U.K., as well as terror attacks from Islamists, have greatly suffered, for decades from the Muslim grooming gangs. Thousands of vulnerable girls were groomed in many cities and the authorities turned a blind eye, out of fear of being called Islamophobic. Of course not all Muslims are bad but we need to protect our societies from this appalling harm and the first thing to do is to admit it exists.

[@Agtsmirnoff]

The UK may be beyond repair at this point. I visited in 2010 (already questionable) and in the last few years. The change in just a decade was striking.

[@user-ni8gg3ms6j]

European politicians are trying to deceive themselves. When they went to arrest the last of terrorists of the Bataclan nightclub massacre the police had to fight there way in . They had to deploy over 2000 police and fight the entire Muslim neighbourhood to get to the terrorists. If I did that to protect a murderer I would be charged as complicit in murder and face a life sentence. But they are Muslim and Europe have a double standard. This is the road to civil war

[@morenitomoreno1282]

And the reason they turn a blind eye to white Christian pedos(a much much bigger issue in thz West) is also because they fear being labeled racist?

[@ph8077]

"Not all Muslims are bad" until when the time comes, their faith leaders make them choose! Therein lies the indoctrinated issue.

[@roseannemain9957]

I am white Scottish born and bred. There has been more sexual exploitation and abuse of white women, and girls by white men than any others and it goes on behind closed doors and has been doing forever. So don't try to make our sexual exploitation and crimes in UK arrived with Muslim people or resides specifically in that group if people.

[@shivashakthi1918]

Hindu Americans have faced the brunt of these attacks across campuses and cities from these same Islamist tropes .Before Oct 7th we had no clue on how to counter them.. Standing alongside the Jews we can at least now learn on how to fight these dangerous narratives.

[@meditationcreativemind8747]

Hindus are attacking,burning and desecrating churches. Beating, intimidating, threatening church goers, throwing cow dung and cow urine on them in India. More than 300 churches were burnt in Manipur state. Hindu shopkeepers, grocery stores and other services are being told not to supply any goods to any Christian. This cancel and boycott is being implemented across states that have deranged Hindu fanatics of Bajrang dal etc. The silent Hindu majority seems complicit. If people like you can come up and voice your opinion to gross human right violation in India, it would be good. It's never the Christians who attack Temples or Mosques of Hindus, Sikhs or Muslims. It's always the Christians being attacked for being Christians. Hagia Sophia or Chora churches being converted to Mosques or attacks and destruction of churches shamelessly by Hindus in India. Christian countries never do such things even in Christian dominated areas! As a Hindu don't only hide behind your opinion about Muslims because Hindus are trying to adopt Islamic Cult ways.

[@octanova8795]

Hati-hati Amerika, jangan biarkan teroris menguasai negara kalian. Jangan percaya apa kata mereka. jaga anak-anak muda kalian karena itu adalah salah satu strateginya. Ini pernah terjadi di Indonesia. Kelompok radikal islam yang ingin mengubah negara kami menjadi negara islam, tapi mereka tidak berhasil.

[@djon3043]

People hating on Hindus bc of Modi or what?

[@Stumashedpotatoes]

As a Jew, your support is extremely significant to us. We don’t know how to solve the problem and we see the most powerful societies that have ever hosted us slip into this darkness. We don’t know what to do

[@HavlingReese-ep3ch]

@stumas we need to team up with Hindu Americans! We need to keep speaking up, keep countering narratives, write to all the senators in every state and tell them how concerned you are and that something needs to be done . When they get enough messages it makes a difference. Contact media outlets and voice your opinion, suggestion, or grievances about things they are reporting. Surround yourself with Jews. Create a protest or go to a protest. I can think of many slogans we can use.

[@talbotd27]

I’m a 27 year old from the Midwest who is gay, leans left, and is also horrified by the general brain dead response to this whole event. After October 7th last year, I have never changed my opinion that Hamas and Palestine, as well as the general Muslim response to this thing were as evil as can be. It’s literally the definition of evil. But I’ve been shocked by how many people my age, whose opinions I previously respected, have shown support for Hamas and contempt for the Jewish people. To be clear, support for the Jewish people in this situation comes down to two things: intelligence and morals. Thats it

[@wojocolebuilds]

Thank you for sticking with your principles and not going with the crowd. Not to presume too much, but perhaps as Sam said about non-fundamentalists Muslims who earnestly immigrate to the US to engage with secular values, you and others such as yourself who are of further left demographic (again don't mean to assume) but hold to your principles are also a huge asset. Sam put it well when he said our "Western values" have been "delicately flipped" from within. It's not just because of Islamism but that's besides the point- a large majority of our generation is culturally unreachable by our institutions, corporations, boomers, millenials even. Imho, moreso unreachable than ever due to the atomization of online media. Continue chipping away and being an good example for your peers and others. Remember its always wise keep cool, take the high road, and choose your battles. Hopefully we can improve our institutions with due time.

[@clarke.hutton2562]

And what do you get? 7 likes. If this was some anti-zionist, racist-genocidal hit piece, you'd likely have thousands of likes. Says a lot. The US has enough own racists and extremists. No need to import more of them...at least not, if people like you, Harris or I wish to survive. Rather to the contrary... Decent Americans should support folks like you, instead of these extremist fanatics. But most simply aren't like you....or Harris. hence these extreme and growing problems. Stay safe!

[@merbst]

the reason why you view the Muslim response as the definition of Evil is precisely the atomization of media and the predominance of anti-Muslim, anti-leftist disinformation in the media ecosystem you stay within. Right here in this video, Sam Harris spreads disinformation by characterizing college protests as motivated by antisemitism & confusion, no crowds has ever shouted "go back to Poland you Jew". The college protests are merely askng their schools to divest their tuitions from companies supporting the ongoing genocide & Apartheid system, because Divestment was a valuable tool in dismantling South African Apartheid. Sam Harris is not a man of principles, he is merely trying to exploit the moment of antagonism by spreading hateful rhetoric for clout.

[@shelbzillathrilla]

Good to know you would just calmly give up your home and flee to another place while your family is murdered so that some religious people can start their own country.

[@EpicLemonMusic]

This is not a Left thing my friend. I myself lean further left than Sam who leans to the left. I have followed the Palestinian conflict since I was young, I can tell you October 7th was just the tip, the Hamas death cult has been committing open genocide since it began its ride in the 80s before it even was "Hamas". They fight with the blood of their children and make their enemies slaughter their children as they get an unthinkable HIGH for being a "martyr" it is beyond wrong.

[@clivespendlove5993]

I used to be a fundamentalist Christian who used to believe that everything in the Bible was the word of God. I suspect it is only because of my past commitment to that kind of theology that I have come to be so concerned about other forms of fundamentalism, particularly this one. Those kinds of belief are a firewall against reason and they self-evidently can and often do lead to appalling intolerance, violence, horror and destruction. I fear that the vast majority of people who have never themselves had a fundamentalist mind-set have very little idea of the seriousness of the situation. Sam Harris is at least one great exception.

[@pocarisweet8336]

As bad as fundamentalism is in general. Islam is incomparable to Christianity or any religion for that matter. As the youth nowadays say, there's levels to this.

[@herzl67]

Communists, feminists, even vegans can enter such a mind set too.

[@ngoziokafor5682]

Op you are lost…that you do not understand and mis-interpret the Bible does not mean God’s Word is not true.

[@clivespendlove5993]

@@ngoziokafor5682 I wonder if you really believe that you are in a position to make that judgement about someone.

[@frasomer2720]

(A genocidal death cult) the most accurate description of Hamas.

[@13orrax]

weird how natenyahu propped hamas up and said if you want to get rid of palestine we need to support hamas. why would he do that?

[@jdarst100]

All Abrahamic faiths are Death Cults

[@Eged282]

@@13orraxwe now know that both HAMAS and PLO are more of the same. Dar Al Islam won’t last!!🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@sandcastledx]

@@13orraxI see people say this all the time. What is the point of this fact?

[@Foxtrotwilconiner1969]

@@Eged282not many know about the house of war at the end of Koran The house of peace and the house of war

[@user-ge2oh8nj5h]

I am from Iran and am appelled by not only religious fanaticism but frankly by religion itself and its intervention in any public aspect of human life.

[@kermitfrog593]

Sam floated the idea of the US dropping a nuclear bomb on Iran after 9/11. He's a crackpot.

[@Bleepbloopblappp]

Thank you brother.

[@ts8960]

hopefully persians will topple their islamic government, both israel and iranians need to fight islamic colonialism

[@BigRedBugs]

You got the point as we see in our time they are anti everything - civilization, humans' quality of life (to move forward to improve the life but they seem want to go back to live in the past so we see the people of these countries are suffered from poverty if they are not lucky to have oil), peace (they even fight against each other if they think those people are not so religious enough besides people who are not the followers in their society).

[@petejitsuman9025]

I have friends from Iran , great people and all share your view and have a strong voice, it seems the opposite to that of the Iranian leadership and propaganda machine and these pro-Palestinian movement.

[@Tamara-qd5dc]

In Berkeley, CA, teachers at a public middle school took their students on several pro-Palestinian walkouts. One of the walkouts of 100 students stopped by the Jewish community pre-school (which accepts children of any faith or background) with bullhorns, stayed there for a while and then returned back to school. Group was accompanied by the teachers and two women in a conservative Muslim attire. One may wonder why demands of the immediate ceasefire has to be aimed at the American preschoolers. The same day, a graffiti was posted on the white board at the same school "such-and-such HATES JEWS. We stand with such-and-such!" . This happened two days AFTER the head of Berkeley Unified School District claimed at congressional hearing that there is no bias in Berkeley schools. Just to remind that middle school age is 11-13. About the same age Hamas trains their school students to hate and Jews. This is the face of American woke left now and their interpretation of freedom of speech.

[@AhCunegonde]

"One may wonder why demands of the immediate ceasefire has to be aimed at the American preschoolers." 😂 It's never too early to brainwash. Or to scare.

[@myronschabe]

I hope this was captured documentary style! Yeah, pretty chilling.

[@brynawaldman5790]

The indoctrination in Gaza starts w toddlers. Watch, "this insane TV show brainwashed the children of Gaza," (KZbin title, Eng subs)

[@petejitsuman9025]

This is disgraceful and hopefully these people were recorded , named and shamed .. Would this also be viewed as child abuse and exploitation. How does this type of thinking and ignoranceeven happen ?

[@cathy8382]

Scary😥

[@stevenbrady440]

That's one of the best things I've ever listened to. I like others believe this should be mandatory listening for every US citizen and voter.

[@NastazyaPhylipovnaTchornaya]

I quit donating to my alma mater, Princeton University, around 2015, when an organization known as the Black Justice League, encouraged by a former Dean of Studies in the 1990s turned President of Brown University, pressured the school to remove the name of Woodrow Wilson from every building, dorm, and the School of Public and International Affairs; they also began circulating an anonymous BDS petition among undergraduate students, which is akin to mob tactics. As for other lofty moral relativists who find excuses for the dregs of humanity, I recall French "sociologist-philosopher" Alain Badiou after 9/11 explaining that the US somehow had it coming, and Noam Chomsky, after the Charlie Hebdo and Kosher supermarket massacres of January 7 to 10, 2015, finding excuses for the culprits due to their social class. These people had pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda and to ISIS and had received training in Yemen.

[@theopensource09]

Woodrow Wilson was trash. Why would you defend him? Eww

[@NastazyaPhylipovnaTchornaya]

@@theopensource09 How was he “trash?” - He turned the university into a major research institution, was the first President of Princeton to admit and actively recruit Catholic and Jewish students and faculty- hence Einstein as an aside. - He’s the only US president with a Phd, in a highly competitive field for his time. - He was the first to emphasise science as a research topic at the University. - As US president, he turned WW1 around. After the entry of the United States in 1917, the slaughter was basically over. Hence the fact that his name, surprisingly to Americans, is the most frequently used for European streets, train stations, subway stops, schools, etc. , of all American Presidents. Not FDR, not Kennedy. Jefferson comes second in France since he was ambassador to the country. I live near streets bearing all the aforementioned names in Paris.

[@theotherview1716]

Sam-on behalf of all those who are not confused, thank you for trying to shed light on the sheep roaming in the darkness.

[@strangementalitypaperYT]

You'd think students would have better things to do -- like get an education.

[@jepper6140]

You are confused. As is sam harris. Scary level of delusion from you.

[@AleXoEx0]

Sam Harris will advocate for an ethnostate for his people, but balk at the idea of Europeans wanting the same, ironic?

[@strangementalitypaperYT]

@@AleXoEx0 If it's between a Jewish ethnostate or Islamic state, which would you choose?

[@lisawise9849]

🎯💯

[@irakotlik]

I was so asleep to reality of vicious antisemitism as October 7 showed and how easily manipulated American public is... if people protested against Hamas calling them to surrender and release hostages, so much suffering could be prevented.

[@ismailchennani4466]

suffering that was commited by israel that you blatantly support

[@cliodyncycwatch924]

Right. Not enough people point out that there are no demonstrations or encampments in Qatar (Turkey, Lebanon) seeking to influence Hamas politicians residing there to shift their positions in favor of a Gaza ceasefire to save lives and reduce suffering on both sides.

[@waitaminute2015]

Same here.

[@VColossalV]

The US isn't funding Hamas nor would it make a difference if anyone did protest Hamas... Because like Netanyahu he doesn't care.

[@VColossalV]

​@@waitaminute2015 The US isn't funding Hamas nor would it make a difference if anyone did protest Hamas... Because like Netanyahu he doesn't care, at all.

[@pbinnj3250]

I’ve listened to this over and over. As a Jew and supporter of Israel I am grateful to Sam for articulating the issues of Israel’s right to defend itself, as well as the threat that the West faces from Islamism, without falling into the right wing trap of demonization of individuals. Sam even promotes the idea of welcoming more people from Muslim countries, specifically those who can explain to the west and to fellow Muslims (liberal Muslims and especially apostates) how Islamists and Jihadists intend to undermine the west, as we see in Britain.

[@hlysnan6418]

Sam is indispensable. Cuts right through the popular nonsense.

[@giuoco]

“Popular nonsense” HAHA cope harder.

[@NicholasWilliams-kd3eb]

KZbin influencers are harvesting and stealing personal data to drive hate in covert ways. Sam and many others are part of it (opposite side strategic red teaming to drive polarization), the reason, conflict and war fuels KZbins business model (ad revenue increases).

[@sunnyla2835]

lol, TDS meltdown meditator wants us to believe in our make-believe lying agencies. He’s so freaked out that he can’t control everything to his liking. Mask harder, vax harder, believe The Fauscist more, blablabla.😂

[@hlysnan6418]

@@giuoco (yawn)

[@giuoco]

@@hlysnan6418 yawn more brother. You must be sleepy… how old are you? 40? Nearing retirement? Even simple things will get tiring now. Watch as the world passes you by. You’ll be looked at the same way kids today look at their racist granddads - with pity but no threat - since they’re irrelevant now.

[@strangementalitypaperYT]

There's nothing wrong with disagreeing or downright disliking another culture.

[@louisvf]

And there's nothing wrong with disagreeing or downright disliking human rights violations, regardless whether Jew, Muslim, or Christian, right?

[@AndyColglazier]

@@louisvf there is however something wrong with not being able to recognize that some cultures are far more likely to engage in human rights violations than others.

[@louisvf]

@@AndyColglazier totally, like it is wrong not to recognize any crime...

[@deborahfreedman333]

@@louisvf There is something wrong with inventing bogus human rights violations, for one group, while ignoring the real violations of another. For example, all the idiots saying Israel is committing genocide, despite having the least collateral damage of any army, while ignoring the actual genocide going on in Nigeria and Darfur.

[@johnboettcher1962]

@@deborahfreedman333 I don’t think we can (or should) give the settlement programs a pass. That is its own sort of genocide.

[@harshgunnybear12345]

Western audiences need to start examining Al Jazeera Arabic channels more Especially Aj+ Arabic. You'll will see the clear double standard.

[@racheld2459]

This is hands down THE best analysis of the current insanity we’re experiencing in so much of the world. Leave it to Sam Harris to be able to express it so well.

[@templecreations2351]

Culture matters. Ideas matter. Thanks Sam.

[@zahariachirica5466]

You can be a highly educated like Sam and don't give shit on palestinians mass killings in Gaza and committing killing and land stealing and homes destruction in the West Bank by Zionist settlers. Culture or high education can't make you a more moral person only more arrogant.

[@chrishaughton_1963]

I'm 100% with Sam on Islam. Always have been.

[@xyzgooglexyzcloud]

Of course you’re :)

[@animetributes6996]

Are you also 100 % behind the ever-expanding Jewish ethnostate, as Sam is?

[@FelizTheLifeguardMinion3]

Same ❤

[@JuanGarcia-mo6vy]

Not always

[@Ellecram]

100 per cent. Always.

[@MrThune]

This is probably the most important message in the world right now and nobody says it better than Sam Harris.

[@allydea]

Can you summarize it in a sentence?

[@user-eh5xv1to3c]

Unfortunately the truth to all this is how many sunni have killed shia in so many muslim states And we never talk about this Just critical of israel

[@ianmeli379]

“We’re witnessing a zombie apocalypse of profoundly misinformed kids…”

[@jonbaxter2254]

And yet, the most "academically" qualified kids in history.

[@louisvf]

Israel committing war crimes, nothing misinformed about it. Sam just being the old fart unable to let his lifelong thesis go. Should not view this issue from Jew kid vs Muslim kid but from Rich kid shooting Poor kid. There is no contradiction between being anti-islam/religion, anti-hamas, and anti-Israeli zionism.

[@myronschabe]

I think what is drving a lot of the misinformed kids is a conflagration with the middle east conflict and the obvious class war going on worldwide....Sam doesn't touch on this, but the conspiracy theory world holds Jews in great contempt relative to 'deep state' stuff and their collective wealth and worldly power, surely there is some of that, but that should not be conflated with this Islamist threat... The kids are angry because they don't have the same opportunties as boomers etc., and they have a right to be pissed for that. There is a lot of unconcious patterns, etc. that are arising in this conflict. IFS therapy should be seeing a hay day. BTW, if you don't know what that is I highly recommend checking it out as an excellent paradigm to understand and heal ourselves and others, and to more peacefully understand and interact with others. But, yeah, the numbers of the misinformed cannot be good.

[@Eaa30mnu]

@@jonbaxter2254 exactly, I dont get it why are ppl keep saying this kids dont know anything , so in a way ppl are just saying its okay its just kids thing everything is fine, well obviously its not

[@spacecowboy3063]

At a time when the phrase "academically qualified" holds less weight than ever before

[@aggerleejones200]

Every US citizen should be required to watch this. Thank you, Sam!

[@tayler2396]

Wouldn't it be a violation of my personal liberty if I were forced to watch a video?

[@broteinstain8256]

Yeah replace one dogmatic belief with another is never a good suggestion. Feel free to watch whatever, but don't enforce it on others.

[@nervouss]

@@tayler2396 of course it would be but if You're a ZIONIST and you promote ZIONIST propaganda you are happy to quash the American constitution if it helps Israel.

[@blackalien6873]

When you and Sam accomplish your Korea-style Dystopia, you might get your wish. Until then, FUCK NO!

[@tayler2396]

@@blackalien6873 That's sounding kinda crazy.

[@sherrynosanchuk47]

Thank you Sam for taking such a risk and for delivering the truth in a very sane, clear and concise voice. So admire you and your integrity. Thank you! 🙏🙌🪬

[@lou.yorke.x]

This podcast is SPOT ON. Breathtaking clarity, breathe it in.

[@jacobszekely4069]

What an amazing public service this podcast is! Thank you Sam for your moral clarity. Of all the sane voices speaking out with moral clarity on this topic virtually none of them have the courage to address the Islamic aspect…. It’s understandable from the standpoint of security concerns or just fear of being called a big head or a racist for telling the truth. We cannot see you understand the entire picture of what has gone on in Gaza, Israel, etc. without addressing this.

[@torstrasburg8289]

So important the Qatar statements. There is no free money. Wonder why so much antisemitism at university campuses? Years and years of massive financial contributions, the number one donor, as Sam said. (Not the only reason, of course, but an important one.)

[@everythingandmore5537]

Qatar and Israel both donate about usd 2 billion annually to US universities and other non-profit educational entities in the US.

[@brianmeen2158]

How to reduce or eliminate these financial contributions?

[@torstrasburg8289]

@@everythingandmore5537 BS. They're not even in the same ballpark.

[@TIm_Bugge]

@@everythingandmore5537 And bidness be booming! Gimme summa dat saweeetah non-profit moolah!!

[@dmitryspivak4586]

"The research revealed that from 2001 to 2021, US higher education institutions received US$13 billion in funding from foreign sources, with Qatar contributing donations totaling $4.7 billion to universities in the United States." Doing the maths, that's.... $235 million per year from Qatar to U.S. universities. Qatar's donations to the poor, beleaguered, beloved and dear-to-their-hearts Palestinians? Well, in 2022 they gave UNRWA... $10.5 million. You know... about 1/20th of what they give to universities in the U.S., which desperately need that money.

[@nilocblue]

I come to Sam Harris for consoling words, because I’m happy to hear there’s sane people out there.

[@allydea]

You mean people who share your particular strand of insanity.

[@mckeesk]

Last night my wife and I watched Schindler's List. If you haven't seen it, it's a documentary about Columbia University.

[@MuMill24]

UNC just announced they are defunding DEI and putting the money to public safety!! They must’ve been listening to you Sam!😂

[@joelonzello4189]

Does that " public safety " apply only to society's fringe ?

[@lisbetsoda4874]

No, to all the students who were kept from moving freely around on campuses. ​@@joelonzello4189

[@user-hv7rq5zn3x]

You can definitely see that the pro-Palestinians are like the story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin... Rats following the tune of Hamas!!!

[@papi23g]

it's UNC, pretty racist part of the country.

[@joelonzello4189]

@@papi23g DEI is reverse racism : Delusional Entitled Incompetent

[@sharonnevins]

You are quite literally the voice of reason 🙏

[@ordro107]

This is one of the best episodes to date. As an Israeli terror survivor (2016, Sarona Attacks) Thank you for your brave words for humanity and progress

[@yungteach]

How's the cultural appropriation: you can't wear a first nation's headdress but you can don a keffiyeh. Go figure.

[@domsnow6418]

Wokeistani logic

[@IronskullGM]

You do realize 70% of Israelis are Mizrachi jews that have always lived there, they were just either enslaved or held as 2nd class citizens under a heavy jizya tax. How did you not know this?

[@FaerieSidhe]

@@IronskullGM I think he was referring to the campus kids suddenly wearing the keffiyah while criticizing others with braids or sombrero's. Identity politics turned into a monster and plays a large role in the campus protests. J's are equated with whites because they are more successful as a group. And they think all J's look like US J's. It's like the perfect storm.

[@JenZee-oe2no]

​@@IronskullGM I think he was referring to the campus kids suddenly wearing the kef. while criticizing others with braids or sombrero's. Identity politics turned into a monster and plays a large role in the campus protests. J's are equated with whites because they are more successful as a group. And they think all J's look like US J's. It's like the perfect storm of bad ideologies coming home to roost at once.

[@JenZee-oe2no]

@@IronskullGM He's referring to the people wearing the kef. are the same ones who criticized white people with braids or dreds. ID politics has turned into a monster that just keeps evolving on it's own.

[@jaijaiwanted]

It’s unfortunately very commendable how Sam is willing to attempt to be as close to the truth as possible, seemingly at the expense of popularity. Probably my favourite intellectual of today, thank you Sam, I think your clarity on these issues is much needed.

[@lydiaszamraj4038]

Please Sam.. is hardly up there with real Jewish Intelligensia.. who criticize the right wing facism of Netanyah.. Bunch of sycophants on this thread

[@Bleepbloopblappp]

@@lydiaszamraj4038Sam has in the past, and personally I think Netanyahu is scum. But his point right now is that the west needs to be United in support for Israel to combat the rampant anti semitism that islamism groups are helping stoke. Ideally, Hamas turns themselves in to be executed and then Netanyahu and his whole right wing cabinet are purged.

[@brentoncarter4275]

LOLOLOL nice way to say Sam lies a lot

[@jaijaiwanted]

@@brentoncarter4275 I wasn’t saying that at all. The nature of being a scientist is that you try to get to the truth.

[@jmc5335]

@@jaijaiwanted However, he is a bit unclear as to why he thinks French Muslims are capable of miracles

[@KidBrooklyn]

I just dont understand how every word of this episode isn't already patently obvious to everyone

[@adamfstewart81]

Skimming the comments, it seems most people are out of their damn minds.

[@KidBrooklyn]

@@adamfstewart81 Interesting. Every comment I read was complimentary of Sam's analysis, and in complete agreement... (encouragingly). The 300 most liked comments all agree with Sam

[@adamfstewart81]

@@KidBrooklyn sort by newest 🫤

[@lisayaniv5936]

So refreshing to hear an educated person speaking truth. Thank you so much from Israel.

[@theinngu5560]

@@tamhiker1 once they get rid of the hatred within, good things will happen…when you hate so much ( the Jews) and then just the most heinous of crimes, then you reap what you sow…I certainly don’t wish any harm on the Palestinians or anyone but I do know that hate is the responsibility of the one who hates and those who educate others to hate and that kamma operates…if you sow hate you get it back. Wishing you and all could access only love and then you can realise inner peace.

[@lisawise9849]

Thank you Sam for highlighting this Bizarro world that we're living in right now. Not only is it crazy but it's dangerous because the religion of peace is slowly taking over like a cancer

[@LL-wc4wn]

The religion of peace is very socially cool and a reality.. until you meet a psychopath

[@twntwrs]

And Sam “Hunter Biden could literally have had the corpses of children in his basement…I would not have cared” Harris is very much a part of this bizarro world.

[@Aijan100]

I grew up in Kazakhstan and I have to say I’m now grateful to our Soviet past for the secularism it embedded in my generation’s consciousness, when growing up I did not hear a word about Islam and its Prophet. I was still clueless about the theology of my country’s religion until recently. If it wasn’t for the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan and other former Soviet Asian countries would have been a very different region, soaked in Islam.

[@montana3918]

Same happened to Albania. They're very secular thanks to former hardcore communism that prohibited all religion. While communism was bad, at least it had a positive impact on secularism.

[@nil0355]

Indeed . This doesn't get spoken much. It's our cognitive bias we can't detect positive influence as well as we can detect negetive influence

[@liahk1000]

And Uzbekistan perhaps?

[@roxee57]

Fascinating point I hadn’t considered.

[@ActionAlligator]

Soviet Union did its own r@ping of Kazakhstan. They weren't the good guys by any stretch. But sure, religious brainwashing being replaced with state brainwashing seems to have been a better long-term outcome for at least some people. At least states fail at some point. Religions are far harder to control.

[@mitchellseach3404]

The voice of reason in an age of irrationality, well said Sam 👏🏻

[@JarmaBlend]

Thank you Sam Harris for being willing to say what is so incredibly obvious. As a student at the UC system, I am absolutely ashamed by the stupidity of my peers. Wonder why so many come from the middle east to be educated in America and literally no one does the opposite.

[@MoeGreensRightEye]

Can't disagree with a single word said here. How are so many so blind?

[@giltuito1545]

that's because you are a part of the sane, silent majority. most people think just like you, but we only hear the crazies.

[@louisvf]

Would have been nice to see Hitchens give Sam a wake up call..

[@giltuito1545]

@@louisvf he got esophageal cancer and ended his life miserably.

[@louisvf]

@@giltuito1545 yes very unfortunate...

[@ssppo4703]

Can you poiint to any antisemitic incidents on any American college campus?

[@markchurch524]

" Should you be kicked out of Yale for being this stupid? Probably " LMAO

[@yuribliman8999]

Why? Their tuition is generously paid by the Saudis and professors at the departments of Middle-Eastern and Islamic Studies and DEI are happy being on the Qatari payroll. Queers for Palestine, not in Palestine.

[@brentoncarter4275]

@@yuribliman8999 remind me why Israel doesn't allow gay marriage or genealogical tests?

[@yuribliman8999]

@@brentoncarter4275 let me refresh your memory 1. Just like in FRANCE direct commercial DNA testing is restricted by the law privacy due to privacy concerns. Israelis are still able to order DNA testing from abroad. andMe ships the kits to Israel, MyHeritage, an Israeli company that operates under Israeli law. Jews uploaded tonnes of their DNA test results to websites like MyHeritage t, there are plenty of scientific studies of the origin of Jews including mass DNA tests. But what can convince you that the Jews are not reptiles from Poland? 2. A significant part of Israeli society including the Muslim minority opposes same-sex marriages mostly due to religious beliefs. The civil partnership seems to be a compromise decision. The Speaker of the Israeli parliament is openly gay. Israel is the only place in the Middle East and Northern Africa where sexual minorities are protected by the law. I invite you to attend Pride parades in Tel Aviv and even Jerusalem during the Pride month. Is it enough pinkwashing? In Israel, it's strictly prohibited to throw anyone off the rooftop for being gay. Like any other murder so-called honor killing which is popular among Muslim Arabs across the MENA region is a serious crime in Israel and is prosecuted by law. Is it too much apartheid? Is there anything else I can remind you?

[@luxeadawnlight5745]

@@brentoncarter4275 According to an Israeli I heard speak about this, you can, get married as gays there. Go to Christian, Muslim or Jewish issuers, they will marry you anyway but there are (extremist?) lobby groups blocking secular non religious unions because politics. Can't comment on the other one but a quick google search yielded the following explanation: "By law genetic information/genetic testing may require obtaining explanations from a doctor and informed consent to perform the test, and should be checked only in the laboratory by a genetic institute recognized and licensed. Such a thing can not exist kits sold directly to the public," the Ministry of Health told Israeli publication Yediot Aharonot. "Such kits are also highly criticized, for their reliability, for the interpretation of their results, and for possible effects on subjects and their families." So, combination of informed consent and reliability

[@jmc5335]

@luxeadawnlight5745 You didn't Google whether you can get married as gays in Israel?

[@nilocblue]

This is some of your best work Sam. You need to have powerful and influential friends listen to this and spread it.

[@mannmusica]

All I can say is I’m very grateful he’s on my side

[@mattregan3394]

This is the issue that Sam comprehends and explains better than any other. He has unrivaled moral and intellectual clarity on this issue. And he can articulate that clarity better than any public figure.

[@codynoel1721]

Agreed. There are economic issues that he talks about that are cringe but moral issues, especially related to religion, are his wheel house. Very clear, precise arguments.

[@louisvf]

Hitchens disagrees.

[@sindibadage]

@@louisvf no, he wouldnt..

[@sindibadage]

You forgot about Douglas Murray. Absolute treasure of our times..

[@GrokEight]

😂

[@sennsita01]

I have eargasm listening to this. Sam Harris at his best. Simply superb *chef kiss*

[@racheld2459]

I’ve never heard this expression before. Love it! And always applicable to San Harris.

[@hondafreedom9329]

This is so comforting to listen to. The blaring idiocy of so many people, including people I've known for many years, is rupturing my eardrums. Thank you for this. I feel like I'm living in an alternate reality where everyone is insane. SO good to hear basic sanity.

[@rafaelmoshe]

Wow. The ability to express ideas so eloquently.. thank you, Sam

[@iart2838]

I grew up In Poland with unbearable antisemitism, October 7 and riots, on campuses literally affected my health in every way Pure trauma for. So grateful for your work, means a lot to me and my jewish brothers and sisters. ❤

[@zahariachirica5466]

But why should pay the palestinians for your antisemitism? Zionism is not antisemitism and the most antisemitic are the Zionists. Palestinians like all arabs are of the same semitic branch as jews.

[@JE-im5nh]

lol

[@abcd7613]

Really? Poland is not antisemitic at all. I would say quite the opposite.

[@sindibadage]

Maybe he grew up in communism. In my country, religious people were being jailed during communist times..​@@abcd7613

[@myronschabe]

I am not Jewish but I find Jews to be amongst the smartest and sharpest, ( and oftentimes funniest) people I know. I love Sam's breakdown, against identity politics and for enlightened ideals. Blessings💚💙

[@saard3454]

The Columbia students law guild has declared in a letter to the NYPD that 'No Jew is safe'. I would consider this a threat and illegal.

[@ASDeckard]

"No Jew is safe until everyone is safe, and no Jew is free until Palestine is free." If you're on the side that needs to flagrantly lie about the others sides claims, you're probably not on the right side. Pop quiz, which state has killed my Jews in the past decade than *all other states combined.* I'll give you a hint, it's none of the Muslim states.

[@iyziejane]

You're lying by removing the context of the statement (it was written by anti-zionist Jewish law students, referring to their own safety being endangered by zionists creating more grievances).

[@brianmeen2158]

Your proof of this? I’m not saying you are lying but if this true then I don’t know what to say about it

[@Eged282]

@@brianmeen2158I’m from NYC. I saw it in my own eyes! Hamas in the campus is REAL.

[@ateampossible]

@@brianmeen2158 "No Jew is safe until everyone is safe, and no Jew is free until Palestine is free." Google that phrase, and witness the law they’re studying at Columbia.

[@torgo_]

Would it not be better to take a position against all acts of war and all acts of violence?

[@clarke.hutton2562]

Absolutely! Of course! 👍That has always been my dream too!

[@Shreddercon]

Why do 21 year old students get referred to as kids?? I was in the army at 18 and nobody cut me any slack saying I was a kid.

[@Zak_Meents]

This should be required viewing for everyone; especially young people and college students. Sam hits the ball out of the park (again).

[@brianmeen2158]

Problem is, those college students(and professors) that need to see this won’t

[@andrewm4767]

@@brianmeen2158we should force them to

[@DandelionScribe]

In camps? ​@@andrewm4767

[@everythingandmore5537]

Sam says these university students watch genocide and ethnic cleansing live stream on Tik Tok. As a result they do demos. Why not aipac employ a group of pro-israeli students to counter the pro-palestinian narrative on Tik Tok. I have seen such counter narrative on Tik Tok but it seems insincere. I would say the students are right to demonstrate. Sam's narrative is not appealing to youngsters as it sounds insincere.

[@giltuito1545]

@@brianmeen2158 Even if they saw it, nothing would change. they would immediately resort to their default mode - woke nonsense bingo.. "Apartheid", "siege", "open air prison", "Ethnic cleansing". there's no convincing these people, they are tooo far gone. the objective should be combating their deranged ideas and delegitimizing their antisemitism.

[@sue.F]

Our Christian virtues are held against us, indeed they are seen as weaknesses to be exploited.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Love thy neighbour, but my neighbour wants to kill me.

[@codynoel1721]

I think his emphasis on western values as opposed to Christian values is the right move. Sure, there are a lot of overlaps between what the New Testament says and what we could all agree is moral. However, it’s not 100%, and if you want non-religious folks like myself onboard to deal with the issue of Islam extremists, then you need as many people on board as possible. We can argue our differences in civil discourse once the banks of civil discourse are shored up.

[@louisvf]

@@jonbaxter2254 Where's that love though? Chicken or the egg...

[@tayler2396]

What are Christian virtues? Do you have a monopoly on certain virtues?

[@pags86]

You obviously didn't listen to this. F your fake values and adjustable virtues.

[@BPrins-nh5zs]

As far as I know there is only one man who can say these things so clearly.

[@Ghost_Hybrid]

Sam I have the same concern for my kids. I certainly don't make the kind of money needed to send them to an Ivy league school, but what will I be doing to them if I send them off to a state university?

[@psmorgan2542]

Yes, can’t believe Al-Jazeera hasn’t been called out for their properganderous reporting

[@Extys]

They have. At least in France some national newspaper published apologies for reporting based on Al-Jazeera after they published fake news.

[@psmorgan2542]

​@@Extys France is probably more acutely aware of the Fifth column Islamists pose and the unity within the Ummah on this specific issue that trumps truth or reason.

[@Agtsmirnoff]

Ironically, the channel is banned in most of the Arabic world

[@user-dl4ku3rs2g]

Yea, they also like to censor you if you don't agree with them. They did this to me countless times. Not a fan.

[@thevillageyid]

Well, Israel dismantled their "office" in Jerusalem. They also post videos of Hamas and other Islamic groups attacking IDF soldiers with music in the background, obviously celebratory.

[@Philosophvr]

With how fluent Sams' ability to express words are, I am surprised world peace has not come to yet.

[@everythingandmore5537]

Sam equates Hamas as a Muslim Brotherhood branch. The Muslim brotherhood and Syiah Iran are sworn enemies. The Muslim brotherhood and the Arab monarchies are sworn enemies. At the moment President Sisi of Egypt is a sworn enemy of the Muslim brotherhood. So Sam putting everyone together as Jihadi groups is making a fool of themselves. Hamas is a conservative Islamic Resistance group similar to the IRA, ANC etc. A jihadi group is incapable of planning a large scale October 7 incident. Sam is confused and lost.

[@atlehman69]

Cringe

[@ShiftyTubeChannel]

Well, considering he told half the world they’re crazy on this video, I’m not.

[@Philosophvr]

@ShiftyTubeChannel Educated people fathom the truth. Average minds always become offended by the truth.

[@everythingandmore5537]

@Philosophvr An ordinary person seeing genocide and ethnic cleansing livestrean in Gaza will try to stop it. However a well read intellectual like Sam can justify it with some mental gymnastics. Sam has wonderfully perfected the art of not doing anything to stop a genocide and ethnic cleansing. He appears as an atheist with a judeo-christiam background, a vastly superior race?

[@rnmisrahi]

One of the best, most honest explanation about Islam

[@lesleytaylor3825]

Harris at his absolute best! A very high bar already. Cried listening to so much of this - not just the topic, but the beauty, skill, and absolute clarity of his words!

[@robertr3470]

We need to get Sam Harris and Douglas Murray on tour right now.

[@How2hit]

the 2 biggest racist zionists!

[@ai_com]

Neither are serious people anymore

[@bjkarana]

I like that idea.

[@aml6106]

I'd pay a lot.

[@Gusto0172]

@@ai_com Haha - looks like you are alone with your thoughts. Good luck with that.

[@aupti]

One of the last normal voices left

[@DJazium]

least*

[@79dmcjr]

Not quite the definition of normal my friend. If I'm the only one who thinks killing children is good, I'm not normal. If I'm a Nazi and everyone is a Nazi like here and everyone thinks killing children is cool, then I'm normal. Normal is a numbers game

[@gregoryreynolds3612]

@@DJazium *least unhinged

[@pancaked7777777]

​@@DJazium im so curious who you woild refer to as a "normal" voice lol

[@evamurray2564]

On most topics except for the covid vaccines.

[@BiohazardProductG3]

Sam, I really think you and Destiny should have a discussion. He just said on stream today he really wants to interview you and understand how your politics came to be! I think you two are the strongest voices of reason and need to reach larger audiances!

[@jorrikatt416]

Thanks for the clarity and courage. I just signed up for my first paid channel subscription.

[@keepcalmjustanopinion]

Same here🙋‍♀️ Money well spent.

[@tonynguyen8527]

I partially blame it on modern social media that rewards inflammatory rhetoric in a positive feedback loop, and any nuance of the discussion of lost in the process.

[@t1m3l0rd]

On top of popular news networks that have inflated and distorted events for years and years.

[@BalugaWhale37]

Most activists and their sympathizers use two methods. First, the look for oppressors and the oppressed. Then the look for who is weaker. It doesn't matter if the identification is true. You weaponize the Christian idea of protecting the weak and cast any group who is successful as the oppressor. The underlying motive is hatred of the good for being good. Israel is a superior political culture since it is grounded, for the most part, in the sovereignty of the individual. They transformed the desert into a land of material and intellectual wealth. For both socialists who gave up the dream of an industrial utopia and the religious who only store treasures in heaven, they are united against a this-world prosperity.

[@benqurayza7872]

If Sam had, instead, submitted this commentary in writing to the NYTimes, it would have been rejected. The NY Times and most of the liberal left media will not permit an honest discussion of Islam.

[@marikatz111]

That's right, NYT Intl. is obsessed with Israel , neglecting nearly every other misery in the whole wide world😮

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Not necessarily. There are still varied opinions in the NYT Op-Ed pages.

[@jonbaxter2254]

For some reason, the elite and the media adore Islam.

[@louisvf]

This is not about Islam though, and Sam fails to see it..

[@apatrid4727]

​@@louisvfit is 100% about Islam. Any Muslim knows this. And if you honestly studied Islam you'd know too.

[@realblackmilky]

I wish everyone in planet earth listened to this one

[@nealklachky610]

Unfortunately I find it hard to believe it would make much of a difference.. this isn’t a nuanced issue that requires careful observation, it’s a very clear and obvious issue. And whoever can’t see the truth of reality, is blind to it by choice

[@jonbaxter2254]

Idiots would still come away with 2 different opinions.

[@Wamagirii]

Share this podcast widely...o am doing exactly that....

[@nightowl0815]

most people consider Sam as a islamophobe thats the main problem: they don't see the difference between criticism and hate anymore

[@giuoco]

@@nealklachky610 you’re right, it’s very obvious. One side is actively committing a genocide. And the whole world opposes them (see UN polls or just general sentiment around the world)

[@miriteliraz9402]

I can almost understand the confused students. They're young and impressionable. But the professors? How?!

[@Ihatemyusernamemore]

You know that phrase "don't attribute to malice what could be explained by ignorance" you got both sides of the equation right there. Students - ignorance, professors - malice.

[@iditbes6962]

Israel was never an ethno state, just Jewish majority state. You have to visit and see for yourself.

[@benjamingoldstein6298]

if it is not an ethnostate, then it should allow for the return of all refugees.

[@pancho7776]

That information about Qatar was eye opening

[@atlasfeynman1039]

I think I went to the bathroom... what information?

[@louisvf]

Nothing to do with the poor in the Gaza.

[@GrokEight]

It's not true. Look up what he's saying.

[@patrickhassing120]

@@GrokEight​​⁠ “according to 2022 study from national association of scholars, Qatar today is the largest foreign donor to American universities…. Donated a whopping $4.7 billion to US colleges.” From The Free Press So they only donated 4.7B not tens of billions (though Sam included Canadian and British universities so he might be accurate still), but are the largest foreign donator. Is this what you mean by saying it’s not true?

[@GrokEight]

@@patrickhassing120 that part is true, but it's not true that Qatar goverment is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood theology, they don't even share the same islamic theology at all. they give me some support for geopolitical and strategic purposes.

[@RedOlympus]

The selective empathy is pretty damning. Choosing to make jews or "zionists" the villains/antagonists/other when viewing the conflict and then heaping on all the associated qualities of your particular groups number one enemy, seems like classic antisemitism

[@SiRushBass]

This argument goes both ways. The dehumanisation of the poor bastards having death rained down on them right now is disgusting.

[@Ellecram]

It is full blown antisemitism.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

have a mirror, my friend. d°°ths are 50 to 1, d°°d children 500 to 1. you whine abouf the 1. and then about others acknowledging the 50 or the 500.

[@oremfrien]

@@SiRushBass There are certainly some in the Pro-Israel camp who respond positively to the idea that Palestinians are suffering, but most in the Pro-Israel camp genuinely want a return of the hostages and for a peaceful Palestinian government to rule over Gaza. Most in the Pro-Israel camp do not want Palestinians to suffer and would genuinely prefer to fight Hamas and its allies away from civilian cover. However, we know what Hamas would do (with Palestinian support) to Israeli civilians; these militants dehumanized themselves.

[@VColossalV]

That's rich considering that's exactly what's happening against Palestinians. Does it matter to you that many of the people criticizing Israel are themselves Jews? Or would you call them fake Jews?

[@tomr5803]

One of the most rational, sobering and accurate portrayals of why the conflict in this region has been so intractable. This conflict has never been about the land, otherwise the Arabs would've accepted the partition of the land in 1947. Golda Meir stated this so succinctly in the 70s. Instead of focusing on building a vibrant, democratic state of their own, the Palestinians have, for the past 75 years, been singularly focused on trying to eradicate a state - the state of Israel. Peace in this region will come when there exists an actual partner in Palestine with whom Israel can negotiate peace.

[@TIm_Bugge]

OK... So... Then... Drill Down!!... what lies at the heart of the most widely agreed upon fundamental contradictions between western values and islamic values? In what settings do these contradictions put the greater peace at risk? And, what minimum social contract would be necessary to make it sufficiently unwise for people to organize their resources around disrupting the status quo?

[@aaronmorein400]

WOW! Sam STRIKES AGAIN! So concisely perfect. Thank you

[@kevinlindblad5138]

Despite all the criticism Sam has gotten the past years, no one can convince me that he isn’t the most radical thinker of our time. I like Jordan Peterson a lot and I forgot about Sam for a year or two, but when I just now stumbled on a video I instantly got reminded who the verbal boss is.

[@CodeLife_12]

When you listen to Perterson for a while, anybody else will sound extremely insightful. That's because, for all the big words Peterson uses, he actually says almost nothing of substance.

[@pancaked7777777]

​@@CodeLife_12 you should try to listen to jordan peterson and russel brand just did one recently lol. I dont reccomend other than to demonstrate the 2 most capable bloviators of our time lol

[@CodeLife_12]

@@pancaked7777777 Oh god, I can't stand that Russel Brand. That talk must be actual hell to listen to haha

[@billpetersen298]

We are in trouble, is rational thought, is now radical thinking.

[@user-ip2xx3tc7p]

@@CodeLife_12 True. Bloated pseudo-intellectual fodder as incel gateway drug. With all his bitching about postmodernism, Peterson really is the last person in the world to complain about postmodernism, funnily, as Peterson is doing nothing but shitting out postmodernist claptrap with a crypto-conservative/religious twist. Kinda sad as I saw intially sound, critical people really taking him seriously, maybe their penis problems were just too severe. Actually, the only time I really lost some respect for Harris was when he started associating too much with Peterson. I think this was slumming for probably marketing reasons for that silly IDW thing. After getting some generic Anti-SJW polemics right in the beginning, already shortly after that it became clear Peterson is a blown-up nothing with a shitty agenda. Kinda glad Harris seems to politely move away from that little Peterson shit these days, although it's disappointing he ever thought it was a good idea to be all buddy buddy with him.

[@thatwasprettyneat]

Why did you disable comments on your discussion with Douglas Murray?

[@keepcalmjustanopinion]

Relentless! I totally agree with Sam - no one else does a satisfactory job of explaining the obvious connections. Thank you Sam for not giving up❤

[@bjkarana]

One can imagine these campus (and non-campus) activists demanding total divestment from Chinese companies, but I think they're savvy enough to know where their smartphones come from.

[@oremfrien]

...but not savvy enough to understand where their smartphones are engineered.

[@SashaXXY]

Thank you for helping Western civilization hold on to whatever semblance of logic and reason that it has left. Whatever atrocities are being visited on the Jews today will be visited on the rest of Western civilization tomorrow. It will be a very rude awakening for many of these folks when they realize that they're targets of equal value as any Israeli to organizations such as Hamas. Only the opportunity to reach these targets was ever different.

[@everythingandmore5537]

October 7 atrocities by hama cannot be compared to genocide and ethnic cleansing going on livestream in gaza done by the IDF. It's clear to the students. Why not the Jewish students do anti-hamas demo. One can have their camps on the north end and the other end of the camps. I notice there are many walking paths in the campus. It's quite impossible to block all paths to class. Both sides can have their camps. No need to call the police. Police action have given more publicity to pro-Palestine cause.

[@jonbaxter2254]

I think Israel will be fine, because it defends itself actively. I think Europe on the other hand will falter and be assimilated.

[@omerlan100]

@@everythingandmore5537 there is no genocide buddy, that war is cruel but not evil, seek wisdom

[@everythingandmore5537]

@@jonbaxter2254 Israel, Palestine. Europe will survive.

[@everythingandmore5537]

@omerlan100 Israel committing crimes against humanity which might be considered genocide.

[@miroslavsafin]

Amazing podcast, excellent thoguhts and observations.

[@maharencall3219]

If anyone believes the claim that the ICJ ruled that there was a 'plausible case of genocide', watch the short BBC interview titled - ICJ “didn't decide claim of genocide was plausible” nor “that there's a plausible case of genocide” - Basically, the court decided that the Palestinians had a plausible right to be protected from genocide, not that there was a plausible case of genocide.

[@soulfireonfire6423]

Like the UN is credible!!! Have you done any research at all.

[@imisstoronto3121]

The ICJ is a joke. The SA case was also a joke, considering the ANC was bought by Iran. One day they're broke and cant afford to run an election, and the next day all bills are paid and they can announce to the world that they are taking Israel to the ICJ.

[@JimboHotWings]

Thankfully, we have Sam. How many other people in the public do we have that have moral clarity like this? Not many...

[@asakurad]

I have tried to have this conversation with my left-of-center friends, but it seems I have only damaged relationships. It seems like there's now a whole other side of the table I can't talk to at Thanksgiving. Sheesh.

[@KenHayes0]

Consider whether you are viewing this like Sam, and that is to say dishonestly. Ignoring the crimes of your "side" while demonizing them for pointing those out. I'm not sure someone like Sam can rationally look at this topic.

[@williampatton7476]

@@KenHayes0 I kind of agree. What he's saying here is right. But what he doesn't say is important to. He doesn't condemn obvious wrong doing's by the IDF in a fourth right way. It's kind of similar to the Students he's talking about which minimize wrong doings and violence committed by the Palestinian side.

[@Giantcrabz]

Given Thanksgiving is itself a celebration of genocidal people, it makes sense you would be on the same side in 2024

[@BalugaWhale37]

The culture of death practiced by Palestinians is the fundamental issue. Sam didn't talk about the fact that in Israel, Arabs can own land, run businesses, and pray without fear of death. But he did compare the values of western individual rights vs. totalitarian theocratic thugs. You can adjudicate errors of the police force in a western republic like Israel. You have no method of justice in an Islamic state. You submit or die in Gaza or most of the 50 majority Muslim nations. Stop pretending that Islamic death cults are just another way of life no better than others. Egalitarianism is poison.

[@PatrickSmith]

Focus on what terrorist groups want. And what they stand for. Declare that you are against that.

[@sherrilawrence662]

Nailed it Sam❤! Thank you for your continued courage to speak about this 🙏

[@berserker6950]

Thanks for your calm clarity.

[@Dragonfly657]

As a second generation Holocaust survivor I’m tired of this .

[@Desi365]

What the heck is a "second generation Holocaust survivor" ???

[@vladn6031]

​@@Desi365 It's something of a badge that makes one feel special.

[@tim72184]

@@Desi365I think it’s like a sexual assault survivor, once removed?

[@ActionAlligator]

@@Desi365 Well, I think we all know what he means. But yes, poorly worded.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

as a third generation "soap", as they used to say in i-country, I am tired of i-country.

[@trevorjay6584]

Sam im glad your posting some of this publicly. Important voice of reason to be shared.

[@ianl5882]

Thanks for your thoughts and perspective. There’s really a lot there to think about…

[@jattgill]

Thank you Sam, as usual, you're the voice of reason and sanity the sensible quiet masses need.

[@FreeJerusalemFilm]

I like you joke 🤣🤣🤣😹😹😹

[@voitiouk]

Thanks for doing your work, Sam. I am following you for some time. I am ethnically Ukrainian and we are absolutely non-antisemitic no matter what they say! They really should have listened to people like you. Why are we loosing as civilisation?

[@gluon8760]

Sam I tell you , you already know , but antisemitism is far beyond what you see , chats of normal people friends … and they don’t see it. In not Jewish but I see it and I’m speechless I absolutely underestimated it

[@matthewthompson2121]

Sam, Holy Guacamole, you knocked it out of the park. I will direct others to this podcast.

[@caruccjw]

Sam continues to be one of the only voices that speak with any reason nowadays.

[@kg356]

I can hear the same arguments on fox news anytime of the day

[@b_risky]

@@kg356 you can't be serious