Comments by "" (@NinjaKittyBonks) on "Sam Harris" channel.

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  3. Sam, while this comment will very likely be lost among the 3200 that are already here, I must voice something. I was a sub for a number of years, but due to the combination of needing to "thin out" the number of creators I just could not commit to following (upwards of 45 at the time) daily / weekly and your persistent application of evil toward Trump. While I am a Trump supporter, I an not an apologist for him, nor do I ascribe that he is this wholesome and virtuous person who is devoid of legit criticism. However, that is not really why I am here writing this now. . In this very podcast, you mentioned your acceptance / approval for how America was always willing to have the difficult conversations. While they were and are often contentious, we were willing to have them and is what has changed over the last 6 years or so. To this, I completely agree. While I do hold a certain ideology pervasive in our society for the root of why those conversations are very difficult to even initiate, the division is such that neither "side" is as willing to engage as it once was. However, not 5 seconds after casting criticism among those who are unwilling to have the difficult conversations, was the insistence that even the mere addressing of the conversation around, let's say "election issues", so YouTube does not delete my comment, is a rational or right thing to do. Aside from THAT being in and of itself grounds for terminating a discussion, this is NOT really about Trump being Trump, but those who voted for him have seen enough information to want further review of what happened there. Remember what we went through with the "Hanging chads"? The GOP was speaking JUST as Democrats are now, but... we had weeks of nightly news coverage on it, while the "conversation" was taking place. While certainly many were disappointed, we HAD THE DISCUSSION!!!!!!!! . This is about the UNWILLINGNESS to even sit down and ask that those who say something was wrong with the election, are being told to STFU, we will NOT discuss this with you. I get the idea that we don't give the Taliban or ISIS, for example, a seat at the big table in the Oval to discuss women's rights, but this is not an organized group of terrorists who's one of their stated goals is to eradicate an entire race of people... these are American citizens! I understand that YOU and many, many, MANY others feel that these claims by Trump were specious, but we also have to recall how the Democrats voiced the IDENTICAL concerns, pre-2016 election and we were to hear about it daily from nearly ALL mainstream media, as well as promoted by ALL of the social media platforms. . To give voice and consideration to one position and by default ZERO to another, speaks to who holds the reins of power, when it comes to the "town square". Being told to STFU, your point of view is not worthy of even consideration, is what is the issue here. I get that some courts were dismissing claims, but mostly on the grounds of a "timely manner" in which they were founded. On one hand, one cannot make claims of fraud BEFORE an event, but the courts said, now that the election is over, it is too late to claim such things. This did not stop Democrats from saying the same thing, but they have ALL of the social media and nearly all of the mainstream media 100% willing to host those comments and concerns. Go look up Zeducation video of a couple years back, with approx. 20 still active Democrats claiming their WOULD be cheating by Trump supporters in the upcoming '16 election. When voices of fraud were raised, regardless of whether you or anyone believes them or not, they were actively and consciously deleted from ALL of the social media or "town squares" of this globe! This was not a handful of Jim Jones fanatics, this was millions of American citizens who had legit reasons to be heard, but whose expressions were DELETED FROM EXISTENCE, because they were deemed as "misinformation" from the very start. . Many of those who hate Trump with a passion, then blocked access to the VERY voting machine tabulations, that they themselves condemned as ripe with potential fraud. This is due to their connection to a centralized web-based server, that was capable of not only accessing the vote count, but changing it. YES... there is evidence this occurred (I said "evidence"... I did not say proof!), but ANY video which discusses even the possibility and even has evidence to support it, is IMMEDIATELY DELETED! Democrats were very, very vocal about how insecure the very machines were during the pre-'16 election, that had later been asked to confirm were accurately tabulated by Trump and millions of others. There were many open stories of US mail trucks with bags of ballots for the '16 election that were abandoned or those bags were found in the back of some dark mail room or thrown into a creek on the side of the road. Yes, I SAW video coverage of those stories and saw much reporting of them, but since they did not fit the mainstream media's narrative...they were not picked up by NYT's, CNN or MSNBC, to name but a few. . NOT having the conversation with millions of voices from one "side" is exactly the problem here. What happens to the person who is outcast from society? When one is told you cannot think that, you are wrong, does he / she just say.. "OK... I will move on to something else now"? NO.. that person seeks out other like minded people and what becomes of them... echo chamber! THIS is the issue behind ALL THAT WE SEE TODAY. When we cannot have the discussion, we end up surrounding ourselves with those who WILL and there can only be division for us all. . After hearing these two "competing thoughts", as I believe I heard you (Sam) say, I can see that the brilliant mind I so admired for years, is still falling victim to believing that one side of an argument cannot and is not legit enough to be considered by the rest of us. That is the most dangerous of all positions to hold, yet... Sam holds it tightly, so I will continue to be disappointed in him :(
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  4. ​ @sarah29880  ... Thank you for your kind words, and as I said to another thoughtful comment, of which I am eagerly awaiting a reply.... rightbackacha! :) I too am as surprised at Sam's inability / unwillingness to face the obvious contradiction in his positions, but just as much that you found my comment among the 3200 others... lol.  . Its funny, and have ZERO doubt you have experienced the same of what I am about to say. To "defend" Trump is really not a specific goal, but that of defending truth ! Since Trump has next to no filter between his brain and his mouth, need only look at Twitter comments for a purrfect understanding of that, but he is / was not a politician. This, ironically, was the VERY THING I have heard pretty much every person who EVER complained about our political leaders was their most desired candidate. While Trump is a lot of things, he is not a politician and does not "owe" people in the same way ALL of them, GOP / Conservatives 100% included here, for his ascent to the Oval. . How many times have you or I modified or outright changed our opinion, based on new information we have received? I was, like pretty much all teenagers, very pro-choice, for a great example. I have come to change my position as new considerations came to my understanding. I am not militant about it, but I now understand what it is that is so detestable to soo many and I think it is best left for states to make such decisions. Off track here, but you get my point. Politicians, on the other hand, have all but sold their soul at $20K a plate dinners to raise money for their rise to positions of higher political position. They CANNOT POSSIBLY change their opinion on gun control, abortion or, as it stands now... the number of SCOTUS justices. . Sadly, it is the Regressive Marxist that has driven ALL of this to fruition today and leaves even the most moderate conservatives, and describes me very well, as considered literally EVIL by those of whom we disagree. I am willing and indeed made a pact with myself, to ALWAYS remember to thoughtfully engage in conversation with any and ALL who seek intellectually honest dialog on literally any subject one can name. This is not so, with the Regressives and Sam is unable to recognize its manifestation in himself, so that is the most troubling thing for me. Sam has a FASCINATING and brilliant mind. His talks with JBP and others were riveting and his calm pursuit of facts, logic an nuance were in top form, when he was on Bill Maher and had accusations of racism and xenophobia cast upon him by Ben Affleck. . When I see Sam fall prey to exactly what he so eloquently denounced on that day of Bill Maher's episode. The unwillingness to even discuss it, is the problem with vax mandates, the forcing of mask wearing and STFU about the election results. It is akin to asking why we can't talk about it and being told... "Because I said so!"
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  7. I have already written a quite lengthy comment on this page regarding my feelings toward Sams continued opposition to engagement of certain topics. I have since read a number of other comments, including a nice one in response to my own, and am ever impressed with the way in which my fellow humans conduct discourse when in disagreement with another. This is NOT about Trump and voting machines... it is about censorship!!!!!! . We all understand that we cannot elevate "crackpots" to the head table for debate on how "cannibalism is a way to thin the population". We are not asking that those whom ascribe to "MAP" be at that table, suggesting that children are really more mature than we give them credit. NO... we want the CONVERSATION! We did not get it in 2020 and we are still not getting it now, with EO mandates. We all get that the jab has been instrumental in the reduction of deaths, hospital visits and suffering, but to tell EVERYONE that you get one or you are ostracized from society, kicked off your social media and your page / channel deleted and the otherwise digital record of your thoughts / experiences that may be shared to others, must be ELIMINATED if you do not comply with the state! . This is by far, the most dangerous thing a people can do and we are all watching it happen in real time. To be against "mandating vax" is to be "anti-vax", as the narrative is to continuously press forth and we have heard people say this in EXACTLY as many words. This is the absolute definition of authoritarian rule and is EXACTLY why America revolted against the crown. . They say, whoever he hell "They" are... lol, that ..."Those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it". I understand that for well over 50 years, we have had Marxist indoctrination of our successive generations and that Gen Z is the pinnacle of that investment. However, Sam does know history, as we all do. Some with a much deeper understanding than others, but we know what happens when you tell 1/2 the country to STFU, you will do this our way and you will like it! . You want a recipe for 1861 division....? We are well on our way to repeating that history that has been universally deemed a sad state in America's short history :(
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  8. I believe there to be a universal "truths" or "facts" in life and to which Sam also subscribes. I think this because the VERY first humans to occupy earth did not have a bible telling them the difference between good and bad. So if that human left his / her cave and found an animal that was looking for food, that human would instinctively categorize the situation as "bad" and attempt escape. Should he / she be successful in escaping this animal and survive, it would be categorized as "good". If he got eaten, he would not categorize anything... he'd just be lunch :( That human without ever hearing a story, communicated with another human or having read text to define what is "good" or "bad", remained alive. It makes no difference how that sense is perceived within the mind or passed on to another human, it is understood as a fundamental truth. Since he /she lives another day by paying attention to the environment and having physical skills, such an act would then be categorized as a "fact" of life. Even with NO bible, prior to the described event, that human knows a fundamental truth and cannot possibly be denied. Jordan wants to assign a path of knowledge that led that human to see "good" as fact. Maybe Jordan sees the events leading up to the attack as this "path", but it was INSTINCT that told the human to run. The events leading up to that instinct to run, are just signs of how to categorize a thought process be more alert in the future. Neither Sam nor I need to believe in or assign credit to a god to recognize bad or good in this context. Now, as life progresses, there are going to be things that will seem bad or good in the short term, yet prove to be a valuable lesson in the future and where we discover wisdom.
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