Why I Stopped Idolizing Sam Harris
<p>Jul 12, 2018 02:48 PM</p>
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see my comment below... posted to YouTube.</p>
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Come on, Kevin (T1J),</p>
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Progressives are already hopelessly splintered. ("You there: you're too white for me; you don't advocate for gays enough; you're too hard on Muslims, etc")</p>
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Yes, Sam is flawed, but he's got GUTS! Unlike you, we know his last name, where he lives, that he's got a wife and two small kids. He's constantly out in public where he's vulnerable as hell and yet he takes strong, principled positions that many progressives and centrist-rights agree with.</p>
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Have you forgotten the Danish cartoonist that was murdered for drawing silly cartoons of Mohammed?
Have you forgotten the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris? How about 911?</p>
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Your YouTube is not a total hatchet piece, but here's what you'll get if you attack several more friendly, truth-seeking progressives...</p>
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four more years of Trump; perhaps another couple of right wing Supreme Court justices;
dismantling of environmental protections, the Wall, and, of course, crippling of affirmative action and Affordable Health Care.</p>
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Sam's not perfect but you better learn to recognize friends who can help to advance your agenda (if only by stumbling toward truth.)</p>