slug.com slug.com
1 2

Sam Harris Declares 'Osama bin Laden is Far Less Reprehensible than Trump'
BY ROBERT SPENCER NOV 02, 2020 7:55 PM ET

The Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is cresting as the election approaches. In one of the most reprehensible statements to come from the Left in this Year of the Left Behaving Reprehensibly was spoken on Friday by the famous atheist Sam Harris, who claims to be a “rationalist.” During an episode of his Making Sense podcast, Harris said: “Osama bin Laden, as a person, is far more understandable to me and far less reprehensible, personally, psychologically, than Trump.”

This was no gaffe or momentary slip-up. As outrageous as it is, this is a statement Sam Harris has said before. In a February 18 audio clip, Harris declares: “I find Trump more despicable than I found Osama bin Laden… With Osama bin Laden, it’s just obvious to me that he could have been a mensch in some sense, right? He’s making serious sacrifices for ideas that he deeply believes in. He’s committed to a cause greater than himself.”

Harris, apparently oblivious to the fact that he was making a world-historical ass of himself, continued: “I don’t doubt he” – that is, Osama – “had real ethical connections to the people in his life that he cared about. He’s a real person, right? And in some ways, he is kind of a moral hero in a very bad game. And so therefore, he’s kind of prototypically evil when viewed from my game. He’s a person of actual substance — he’s just committed to the wrong ends, whereas Trump is the negation of all those things.”

Harris here demonstrates that the Left’s hatred for Trump can race far beyond all the bounds of rationality and become cultlike in its perfervid intensity.

This has been a long time coming. A few years ago, Harris became one of the very few high-profile figures on the Left to break ranks with the Left’s general denial of the jihad threat and willingness to ignore or even excuse the most inhumane Sharia oppression. His calling Islam “the mother lode of bad ideas” on a famous appearance on Bill Maher’s show with Ben Affleck was only the most notorious of many criticisms he made of Islam and jihad, to the fury of many of those who had previously admired his work. Indeed, the reaction was furious from what his friend and coauthor Maajid Nawaz dubbed “the regressive Left”: Glenn Greenwald and others skewered Harris as an “Islamophobe,” and Reza Aslan, with his typical dishonesty, misrepresented statements Harris had made in order to portray him as a racist, genocidal maniac.

Harris held out, but he was clearly stung by the tidal wave of negativity he received from people whom he had previously counted as friends and allies. He went out of his way to demonstrate that the straw man charge that he “hated all Muslims” was false: He co-authored a book with Nawaz, a Muslim reformer, and obediently shunned those who had been smeared by the likes of Greenwald and Aslan in exactly the way he had been, but who were identified with the Right — including me.

That was where the fatal weakness in Harris’s critique of jihad and Sharia began to manifest itself: Just as three-time presidential election loser Henry Clay averred that he would “rather be right than President,” Harris was showing that he would rather be Left than counter-jihad. He began to make it clear that, despite his strong words, he wasn’t opposed to jihad terror and Islamic supremacism in any meaningful way, and Leftists were making sure that he couldn’t be. And so during the 2016 presidential campaign, he came out strongly for Hillary Clinton.

Then in 2018, Harris called on Twitter to ban President Trump for supposedly issuing “credible threats of war” against Iran. The Islamic Republic of Iran had been issuing credible threats of war against the United States for years, and Sam Harris said nothing. As I show in my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran, for years, Iranian leaders have engaged in extremely bellicose rhetoric against the U.S.

That was apparently fine with Sam. But Trump responding? A bridge too far! And in reality, Trump was not issuing “credible threats of war,” he was responding to them. And he was responding by demonstrating that the Obama era of appeasement of the Islamic Republic is over. But apparently Sam Harris and his ilk would rather have continuing appeasement of this brutal, bellicose, rogue regime that has oppressed its own people for decades, rather than a strong stance for freedom.

In light of all that, Harris’ latest revolting dive into the most fetid dumpster of Trump Hatred, and awe-inspiring example of moral myopia that he has now provided is not altogether unexpected. But that doesn’t make it any less disgraceful.

[pjmedia.com]

Krunoslav 9 Nov 3
Share
You must be a member of this group before commenting. Join Group

Be part of the movement!

Welcome to the community for those who value free speech, evidence and civil discourse.

Create your free account

1 comment

Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.

0

"The Left’s hatred for Trump can race far beyond all the bounds of rationality and become cultlike in its perfervid intensity."

I can understand to a degree how someone can fall into TDS. I myself had a bad case of it at the beginning of this year. What I don't understand, however, is how people can have it 24/7 for pretty much 5 years now, beginning from day one of Trump running to now in this 2020 election cycle.

Trump has done good things too.😅

I might even go as far as to say Trumps actually done a lot of good things. Now online social media chaos is bound to be polarizing. But, when I see Trump v Pelosi battles, AOC tirades, Democrats boycotting ACB confirmation, and all the other childish crap going on between our political leaders and representatives, it's very embarrassing.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think Trump is squeaky clean in all this. He's done more of his fair share of egging them on. It's just, it more times that not, it feels like every word he says and every tweet he mindlessly tweets, is seen with overt suspicion. Nothing he does or says is either ignored, if it's off putting, or praised, if it's positive. Everything is bad.

I've heard the "Trump cult" and the "TDS cult", a lot, which both to a degree I can see being true. However, I'm not sure if my perception is skewed from the intensity of this election year? I don't know. It's still concerning to say the least.😕

The Sam Harris video was gross.

@Tarpon First, I agree with you. I started thinking about it more after I initially responded back. I just wanted to add this.

So, I don't understand prolonged TDS at all. It's like people only see Trump as the most evil man. It's confusing. I do, however, find some of these individuals lack of self awareness astounding.

Sam Harris seems to be genuinely confused as to why people love Trump all the while speaking horribly about the Americans that do. It's stunning the amount of stupidity that can come from one person. Sam Harris isn't the only one that has had these kinds of side dialogue over the years. Other members of the MSM have tried to adress the "mindset" of the average American in some just plain disgusting ways. Just, spectacular levels of cluelessness.😅

Recent Visitors 15

Photos 11,776 More

Posted by GeeMacMexico admits it is a hotbed of drug trafficking, but not of drug use, according to its top politician.

Posted by JohnHoukReprising ShadowGate Documentaries: With Dr.

Posted by JohnHoukLest YOU Are Brainwashed to be Happy in an Age of Transformation Tyranny: Videos & Commentary to Refresh YOUR Memory to at Least Awaken Personal Resistance! SUMMARY: An examination of saved videos...

Posted by Weltansichtwell....doggies

Posted by MosheBenIssacMetoo in action

Posted by JohnHoukDr.

Posted by JohnHoukConnecting the Dots! Some AI Truth – What Used to be “Playing God” is Really “Playing Devil” SUMMARY: … Satan – the foe – has only one delusional recourse: Brainwash human souls ...

Posted by JohnHoukMy Intro to Documentary, ‘Let My People Go’ SUMMARY: Dr.

Posted by JohnHoukMedical Tyranny – A Look at mRNA Danger & COVID Bioweapon Exploitation SUMMARY: Medical Tyranny has become a fact of life that the brainwashing Dem-Marxists, RINOs and Mockingbird MSM work hard ...

Posted by JohnHoukDr.

Posted by JohnHoukIrritated With Transformation Yet?

Posted by JohnHoukVOTE TRUMP – Overcome Dem-Marxist/RINO Lies – Video Share SUMMARY: The first batch of shared videos reflects VOTE-FOR-TRUMP in the midst of Dem-Marxist/RINO government LIES.

Posted by JohnHoukA Look at Mike Benz, THEN Tucker Ep.

Posted by JohnHoukLooking at ‘The Great Setup with Dr.

Posted by JohnHoukEnlightening Videos of a Corrupted Society SUMMARY: … The thing is, TYRANNY today has become very multifaceted in how the socio-political infection of CONTROL has crept into the one-time Land of ...

Posted by JohnHoukMedical Tyranny Liars A Look at CDC, Big Pharma, MSM & Social Media Cartel Owners SUMMARY: I like the Natural News Anti-Medical Tyranny stand.

  • Top tags#video #youtube #world #government #media #biden #democrats #USA #truth #children #Police #society #god #money #reason #Canada #rights #freedom #culture #China #hope #racist #death #vote #politics #communist #evil #socialist #Socialism #TheTruth #justice #kids #democrat #evidence #crime #conservative #hell #nation #laws #liberal #federal #community #military #racism #climate #violence #book #politicians #joebiden #fear ...

    Members 9,397Top

    Moderators