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Would you go on the Young Turks if you were him? It'd be like walking before a firing squad.
by ng12 9y ago
Would you go on the Young Turks if you were him? It'd be like walking before a firing squad.
- gizmo686 9y agoI would go on a 1 on 1 interview with Cenk Uygur.
- folknor 9y agoAnd you've watched the one he did with Sam Harris?
- gizmo686 9y agoYes. What is wrong with that interview?
- folknor 9y agoWell, it has been a few years, and it's a very long interview, so I hope you understand I'm not going to be very specific. These are the things that I came away with after watching it, to the best of my recollection: - Cenks inability to be charitable towards his guest - Cenks inability to let his guest make a point without challenging it repeatedly, and please note the that the word "repeatedly" is key - Cenks way of deflecting analysis of an apple by saying "but what about this orange?!" - Sams amazing patience and calm Anyway, that's how I remember feeling after having watched it years ago. And I've never watched Cenk before or after that interview, so I have no other points of reference for his character or abilities as an interviewer. I'm not going to go watch it again, so there's nothing to discuss here - it just amazes me that anyone would want to be interviewed by Cenk, considering how negatively I viewed his interaction with Sam. So, I guess I should not have engaged you at all, because I have nothing to discuss, and no factual arguments to make. I would delete my first comment if I could, but I can't.
- yannickt 9y agoI remember finishing that interview thinking that Cenk was the most intellectually dishonest host I had seen in a long time. Sam's patience from beginning to end was extremely impressive.
- lurr 9y agoOkay, but running to Molyneux is instant confirmation of the things people thought about him. and actually yes, do some prep work and go on a show that will be hostile. Not crazy, but potentially hostile. Someone who will reject the ideas and force you to defend and/or clarify them.
- jblow 9y agoUhh, he had The Entire Internet doing that at him 24/7, why do you think there needs to be more?
- lurr 9y agoI think he didn't do much to defend or clarify his arguments and instead took exactly the path his detractors (myself included) expected from the minute we read his "poor oppressed conservative" portion.