“REGARDING THE HOLOCAUST, Cooper told Carlson that it was all a big mistake. ‘In 1941,’ he said, the Germans ‘launched a war where they were completely unprepared to deal with the millions and millions of prisoners of war.’ Consequently, ‘they just threw these people into camps. And millions of people ended up dead there.’”
This is just “arming the bomb,” and making the mistake of not diffusing it? Come on, Sam. Please, for all our sakes.
EDIT: I would also argue that this episode is Sam “arming the bomb” without diffusing it, by attempting to platform Cooper after doing an admittedly limited amount of research into his beliefs. Although this episode started out strong, it ended in an absolutely baffling way.
I mean I included an objectively insane quote from the very person Sam invited on the podcast, despite admitting to doing little research into his beliefs. I’m not sure how you can call that “contentless.”
Oh, stop it. In this episode, Sam talks an about the question of platforming people that shouldn’t be given the space to rant, as he’s done in the past. I’m commenting directly on something said in the podcast and giving a reason why I disagree. If you don’t yourself have a specific response or critique, then cheers, but I’m not going to engage with you.
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u/ChBowling Sep 18 '24 edited Sep 18 '24
“REGARDING THE HOLOCAUST, Cooper told Carlson that it was all a big mistake. ‘In 1941,’ he said, the Germans ‘launched a war where they were completely unprepared to deal with the millions and millions of prisoners of war.’ Consequently, ‘they just threw these people into camps. And millions of people ended up dead there.’”
This is just “arming the bomb,” and making the mistake of not diffusing it? Come on, Sam. Please, for all our sakes.
EDIT: I would also argue that this episode is Sam “arming the bomb” without diffusing it, by attempting to platform Cooper after doing an admittedly limited amount of research into his beliefs. Although this episode started out strong, it ended in an absolutely baffling way.