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"Radical pacifism is utterly dysfunctional in a world where there are actual Nazis and jihadists."
- Sam Harris
Lying is the worst thing we regularly do, and the worst thing we tolerate in others. It destroys culture. It destroys politics. It destroys reputations. And it destroys relationships. – Sam Harris
The difference between being angry for five seconds versus five minutes or five hours or five days - those orders of magnitude are everything.
It's not that I don't get angry. I get angry all the time. It just doesn't last very long.
– Sam Harris
FULL EPISODE On the 25th anniversary of September 11th, Sam discusses the significance of the second plane, the failure to take jihadist belief seriously, the costs of the war on terror, Islamo-leftism, the misuse of “Islamophobia,” & other topics.
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To Pro-Israel Trump Voters: He Betrayed You Too. "To see the light bulb go on in the mind of somebody where the lights have been off for basically a decade… to feel not relief, but just a renewed sense of anger."
Sam Harris: Tulsi Gabbard ran U.S. intelligence while reportedly taking direct guidance from her "guru" who was wording her tweets, telling her what bills to introduce. "It's a clown car, and it's terrifying."
"He has humiliated himself utterly — and also our country utterly." Sam Harris on Trump's Black Mirror-like capitulation to Iran.
Sam Harris's prediction from June 1st: Trump's Israel support isn't ideological — it's transactional. If Iran's leaders had offered him a billion dollars in crypto, there might never have been a war.
“You don’t have to debate the history of the Middle East to resolve the conflict there.” Sam Harris on why he believes the real issue isn’t ancient grievance, but present-day values, intentions, and ideology.
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In a recent essay, Sam Harris explains why engaging with critics who single out Israel as the world’s foremost villain while ignoring the realities of its jihadist enemies is a futile exercise. As Jonathan Swift observed, “You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place.”
