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Originally Posted by Adder
You think Klein would be embarrassed to say what he really wants to say. I don't think anyone else thinks he would. You're seeing some sort of conspiracy where none is necessary.
Harris (and anyone else) should not let Murray speak to his audience as though he isn't full of shit. If you're going to give him a platform, you should be calling him on his shit. If you're not going to call him on his shit, you shouldn't give him your platform.
None of that is motivated by "political correctness" (although that's a perfectly legit motivation too). It's motivated by thinking it's inappropriate to mislead people and realizing that if you do give his ideas a platform without context, you're implicitly endorsing them.
Even you do not think there's any knowledge to be gained from Murray.
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You just channeled Klein perfectly. Utterly chilling.
Where do I get the authority to tell Harris who he can have on his show and how he must approach them? Because I find flaws in Murray’s stuff? I find flaws in the opinions of lots of people. That doesn’t give me the right to tell third parties how to handle those people.
Do you see the authoritarianism there? You’re dictating to Harris how he should think, and who he should avoid. That’s the core of political correctness.
The better approach is to say, “Harris had Murray on, Murray said X, and here’s why Murray’s wrong.” Win on the idea, not by some authoritarian form of debate preclusion (and yes, demanding Harris disparage any guest in advance to satisfy the political views of you, me, or anyone else, is a form of preclusion).
