Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "If Someone Twists Your Words, Say This To Shut Them Down" video.

Did you watch the whole debate? I watched it when it came out, and I literally had to scroll through hundreds of comments to find someone who is even remotely on Malcolm's side. The majority the comments were former fans of his who are now disgusted by him. I am one of them. He's dead to me. I've never had someone have such a spectacular fall from grace in my eyes in a single event.
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@Progeusz- the biggest red flag, as far as somebody not coming at you in good faith is when they insult you personally instead of your idea, especially when the person actually had something to say and kind of painted you into a corner. It's the cowards way out and it is never done in good faith.
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I don't thing Malcolm is used to speaking with anyone who's not a laptop class liberal academic elite. He's so entrenched in his bubble it doesn't occur to him that he might lose an debate if he doesn't bring substance. He's been fawned over for decades. He's not used to serious pushback.
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@Metonymy1979 "That's because their jobs don't care, so why should they?" I always start with 110% for a company. I give it my all. When it becomes clear they don't GAF, then why should I? Always enter in good faith, then adjust to reciprocate what you were given if it doesn't match the effort you put in. If we were paid for our time, fast food workers would be paid the same as engineers.
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@ nailed it. At that point, you aren’t even arguing the same thing with that person. They are trying to be “right“ and you are trying to be correct. Those are often two different things.
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My back always hurts and crossing my arms hurts less, haha. Nothing to do with how I feel.
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To be fair we have no idea if it was actually trustworthy because there were so few outlets so there was no counter argument. Still, back, then journalists were taught to appear completely impartial. That's much better than what we have now.
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@ to be honest, I like Douglas Murray, but I don’t really like Douglas Murray. What rubs me the wrong way is his utter lack of humility. He’s very condescending. I know that’s part of his charm for people and they love it, it’s just not for me.
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@ it’s not that it invalidate his work, but there’s always that shadow now. for an extreme comparison, it would be like studying what Hitler did for animal welfare. Apparently he actually really did care and did some good stuff, but as you’re reading about it, it would still be in the back of your mind that you’re reading about Hitler. can of spoils it a bit.
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@calebroberts08 When he's talking to people he likes about people he doesn't like he's still incredibly smug and condescending. Of course, he's gracious and nice when he's talking directly to people he likes. He's not a scumbag. I just don't really like his tone is all. Just personal preference. I prefer people a little more measured like John Cleese.
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@probablynot1368 true. Many are paid piece work. I’m in the trades and lots of contracts are piece work.
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Yeah he seems very humble. For an interviewer it's a great look.
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