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I'd love to hear a thoughtful response to him. His lecturing style is, according to his own description, more exploratory than explanatory. He's said before tha

I'd love to hear a thoughtful response to him. His lecturing style is, according to his own description, more exploratory than explanatory. He's said before that he's not trying to tell people what to think, rather he's basically just thinking out loud on stage. This approach leaves a lot of room for disagreement, because of course there will be things left out, scholars not mentioned, and plenty of inconsistencies. But I've yet to hear a real example of such a disagreement. All I hear is anger and contempt for him.

core-questions 9y ago
Agreed, it would be excellent to have someone with opposing views actually have a proper dialectic conversation with him. So far we've only seen rhetorical counter-arguments which accomplish very little - and have in some cases pushed him, out of necessity, into also using a more rhetorical approach. I'm sure there are some reasonable qualms with some of his views - and further, I'd be willing to bet he'd be willing to explore them with someone who's actually offering an open conversation to discuss their concerns rather than an attack. It's just not the common approach, especially in public dialogue.
- Compostmodern 9y ago
  I am not sure he would be willing to engage with an actual dialectic conversation right now. It would almost certainly expose him as a fraud and destroy a) his credibility in academia (that might already be shot actually) and b) destroy his alt-right lecture tour.