Comments by "Brian Meen" (@brianmeen2158) on "Sam Harris" channel.

  1. How is Sam still confused on what should have been done about Hunters lap top?!? This is shocking to me. I mean come on !
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  2. Good discussion . I often shake my head wondering how we have gotten to this place? The current race/gender/trans narratives are so warped that sometimes I feel like we are all being punked . But we arent. I can’t see this issue getting resolved either as long as those in power are afraid to be honest about it
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  3. @Tired-hm4tw ex lovers
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  4.  @Stumashedpotatoes  I don’t blame you. I’m not Jewish but even I’m shocked at the sudden rise of anti-semetism and I don’t use that word often. From what I’ve seen, discussion or debate is not helping much. The antisemitism is deeply ingrained into many on the left and right
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  5. It’s mostly due to social media and echo chambers though.. the damage that mainstream and social media has caused when it comes to these issues is quite extreme. I say this as a guy that didn’t even vote in 2024
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  6. Anything that has to do with Trump causes Sam to lose all rationality
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  7. Agree, we need much more studies about various trans issues but I’m afraid like you said - will it be done by researchers that only want to push their agenda or narrative? I’m afraid it will as what type of person with a nice career wants to take this issue head on and risk the huge headaches that come with it?
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  8. Trump is much better at the political game than Many of you think he is
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  9.  @bathhatingcat8626  Sam still Isn’t sure whether mainstream media should have published info on hunters laptop. This is disturbing considering how rational Sam thinks he is
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  10. But to me it seems that as long as universities keep pumping out propaganda then not much will change. Good luck trying to get academia to change
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  11. “Woke thing is a non issue” Please keep thinking this folks but just don’t be shocked when you lose again and again .. the woke thing is greatly exaggerated by the right but to call it a non issue is just stupid
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  12.  @DerekMoore82  I think Saad really drives it home to Sam(on twitter) about how bad a president Biden has been so far and it pisses Sam off quite a bit
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  13. If Kamala gets in there then we deserve everything we get ..
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  14.  @vratyasvakyas6022  yeah Sam at this point rarely has guests on that disagree strongly with him and i understand why. Sam explained it on Tom Bilyeus podcast - he said he has spent many hours talking to people with different viewpoints and really seems to realize that it’s mostly a pointless endeavor .. from what I’ve seen I agree with him. Debates are very rarely ever productive
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  15. Pretty much, as soon as Sam mentions Trump I just groan
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  16.  @AlanDantes76 yeah Sam is one of the bravest liberals out there in terms of combatting what he thinks is wrong - doesn’t matter how taboo the topic is
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  17. I find the jk Rowling situation to be just bizarre. If you would have told us 5 years ago that this would happen we’d be like “No way”.
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  18.  @Krestshinable unfortunately Trump broke Sam and many others liberals minds. I say this as someone that didn’t even vote for Trump. What I’ve seen the past 5-6 years is just shocking
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  19. Problem is, those college students(and professors) that need to see this won’t
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  20. I like Sam but he suffers from stage 3 TDS.
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  21. “Living nightmare” Guys it’s going to be fine.. I find it comical every 4 years - the losing party acts like the world is going to end bbbuuuutt it never does lol.. it keeps going and for the most part, things improve
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  22. Also I do see more of the identity politics being played by the right like Sam mentions BUT what exactly does Sam expect them to do? Just sit back and let the left play identity politics full bore ? Of course not, the right is doing what any sane opponent would do! This is why I’ve been warning the left about playing this game to begin with
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  23. I’m pretty much completely burned out on politics .. I hope it can course correct but I doubt it
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  24. That’s social media in general. I just came from instagram and most posts end up with folks bashing each other.
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  25.  @Mattsretiring  Sam still doesn’t understand why people are going to vote for Trump. I haven’t voted since 2012 but I definitely understand why people choose Trump . He has a huge blind spot in this area
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  26. “We have to stop the politics of identity” I agree but how do we do this?
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  27. But I assume this happened online? So much of the woke discussion is happening online - I rarely encounter it in everyday life
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  28. They still don’t realize why the lost the last election lol I don’t like either party so it’s quite frustrating to see the endless red vs blue nonsense
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  29. Exactly!! So many people blasting Trump or Biden for this or that all the while they aren’t giving us practical solutions on how to fix these issues .. so much complaining and very little actual advice on how to fix these issues
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  30. But Sams TDS really hurts the discussion
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  31. ⁠ @ErikHaugen yeah ever since the term “white supremacy” popped up a few years back I often just scratch my head as to what we are even talking about . I’ve seen that term Thrown out to cover just about anything. Btw many brown people are also religious
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  32. Yeah I’m almost finished with this ‘discussion’ and I’m very disappointed with it. I expected much more from it
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  33.  @seanmackey6355 do you will only listen to those that voted for Kamala? That’s part of the problem
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  34.  @whatarewedoingouthere  I’m actually surprised Douglas didn’t even touch on it
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  35.  @marcevan1141 yes it’s only the right that is destructive 😲 .. many of you are just as blind politically as the folks you rail against . Wake up
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  36. “Yeah the other side is racist or stupid” .. “that’s why we lost - we are enlightened and they aren’t!” I swear politics fries peoples minds ..
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  37. Rapid decline?! Guys, Trump hasn’t been in office that long! Let’s at least give his team time to work . I hope you folks had the same energy when Biden and Kamala completely ignored the border for 3 and half years lol
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  38. I personally don’t give a damn what they call this strange fixation on race/gender - let’s just find a term and stick with it lol
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  39. That would be a good thing to focus on
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  40. How to reduce or eliminate these financial contributions?
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  41.  @gnlout7403 agree I am a big fan of Sam Harris but he does have a few blind spots .. I find the political stuff at this point to be mind numbing as there just aren’t enough truly “good faith” people on both sides to make it worthwhile
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  42. Voting for Kamala wouldn’t have helped either though - it would just be a different set of problems
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  43.  @GKEL18 . But many peoples lives were better off during Trumps first term and he aligns with many on several key issues - deportation is just one .. I’m not anti or pro trump but I get why people voted for him.. I mean, Kamala Harris is what team blue gives us? Really?
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  44. I like Sam but he is shockingly irrational when it comes to certain things.
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  45.  @PaulStallion  Agree, Trump simply broke a lot of people. It’s made it very difficult to talk about things. I didn’t even vote for Trump but the degree of TDS that I’ve seen is disturbing .
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  46. Yeah I don’t see things getting better . I haven’t voted since 2012 but Biden and his side are a complete disaster from what I’ve seen. I don’t want to vote for Trump and I’m sure many others don’t either but voting democrat is borderline masochistic
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  47. Exactly . It’s hard for Sam to understand this as he’s coming from such a different headspace .. makes the entire Trump discussion quite difficult - I still don’t think Sam understands why some are so pro-Trump
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  48.  @dermotmeuchner2416 what’s the problem if tens of thousands of Immigrants never Learn the native language?!? Is that a serious question?
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  49. That would be amazing
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  50. I’ve given up on trying to understand that entire conflict .. I honestly still don’t know what is truth
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  51.  @phoenixzappa7366  Han Sandwitch is even better
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  52.  @coyohma8947  yes and if Trump would have won the 2020 election the left would have been screaming that it was illegitimate. Oh and they would have burned cities down
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  53. There’s very little point in interviewing politicians
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  54.  @couldbe8348 every debate I’ve watched on this topic is just a lot of side stepping and talking past one another
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  55.  @Laocoon283  no, the right should be criticized but they already are by pretty much everything in the mainstream
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  56. He needs to get Hanania on his show
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  57. Jesus this conflict is impossible to follow. Many ‘experts’ either wildly opposing views and many can’t even agree on much of anything . What a mess
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  58.  @BanjoSick propaganda in universities .
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  59. I hear you, especially when it comes to Trump, it quickly became impossible to know what was truth or not. Here we are and this problem is only getting worse. Makes it frustrating and almost impossible to have conversations
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  60. Ehh there’s plenty of things that I find others believing in that I find repulsive but that doesn’t Make me dislike the person. At all
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  61. Sams TDS is easily stage 4. It can be treated I think but only if he seeks immediate help
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  62. There’s a good reason they don’t talk about class though
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  63. Oh wow more prophetic doom speak. We are going to be fine folks - please go outside and fly a kite or something
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  64.  @joeberg3317 I think Lindsay aligned himself with Trumps camp and that really did not help his case with his old friends .
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  65. I’ve almost given up On trying to find out which stories are true and which aren’t . I’m mostly numb to it. What’s worse is I don’t see things improving on this front at all ..
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  66.  @gnlout7403 they think because team red won that the world will go up in flames 😭😭
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  67. Yes and this is why we are in this mess. Her being super rich has nothing to do with what she has said about trans
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  68. Both parties are despicable and this is coming from an American. They are both beyond corrupt and the system needs to be rehauled but it won’t Whoever wins in November - we lose
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  69. So far the Biden team has been a disaster. Inflation, open border, Ukraine, list goes on. If they don’t make significant inroads in these areas I vote for Trump or Desantis or whoever is on the other side .
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  70. It truly cannot survive for that much longer with what’s going on .
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  71. The problem with the definition of “structural racism” is you have way too many idiots that recite it ad nauseum yet have no idea how to define it. Systemic racism does exist but the entire discussion around it is so warped and broken at this point that it’s pointless to talk about it at this point. Much of what is attributed to “systemic racism” has nothing to do with racism but more culture yet that can’t even be discussed because it’s “racist”..
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  72. I was shocked as well- I’m not so sure what or why Sam is confused as to what should have been done
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  73. It’s just too bad that Sam and Maher were only two of the very few liberal voices that called out the far left race/gender insanity .. too many liberals let it get so bad and here we are
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  74. Haha true.
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  75. It’s more disheartening that it doesn’t matter who we vote into office that that insane spending will never stop. This is what had really black pilled me .. we waste so much time doing the silly red vs blue dance and not enough time focusing on how to really fix these issues
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  76. And people like Sam still cannot understand that.
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  77. Plus Sam cannot truly believe Biden and Harris are doing a good job. It’s been a disaster this far
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  78. Honestly much of the extremism from the right(which isn’t mainstream) is in response to what the left is doing. I mean, what does Sam recommend the right do exactly? Just sit back and do nothing? I despise identity politics but the left has pushed it very far
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  79. I know and I’m continually puzzled as to why he’s shocked that Certain groups vote for Trump. I didn’t vote for Trump but I completely understand why many of my peers did. Harris has a blind spot here but I think Murray knows exactly why Trump has a fan base .
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  80. Are there current “race realists” in academia?
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  81. Hamas intentionally hides behind civilians or places civilians in places they know will get targeted
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  82.  @charleswalker2484  I’ve noticed missing comments. Why would people intentionally hide their comments?
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  83.  HavlingReese-ep3ch I honestly can’t tell either
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  84. I mean, the right has things to criticize but the far left is what’s mostly seen in culture and media and it’s insanity is growing worse hence why Douglas wrote this book. Sam seems confused to this and I’m not sure why. I dont go on twitter so I don’t see the actions of the far right
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  85. The left is still confused as to what they get wrong. They still deny the immigration problem or their hyper focus on trans issues .. at this point they only have thenselves to blame . I don’t think they will ever get out of their echo chambers long enough to understand
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  86.  @nsh1980  honestly although I’ve only listened to Jared Taylor 3 times I don’t get why he is so feared. Perhaps he used to be much more radical…?
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  87.  @RenegadeContext true. That’s the problem - the people that need to hear this won’t dare listen to it
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  88.  @howard5992  listen to this podcast and you’ll understand better
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  89.  @stormus08 democrats are way off too though. They are pushing racism and men in women’s bathrooms .. it’s hard to believe our political parties are this broken
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  90. Maron was completely off about the Trayvon Martin case and the Ferguson case though
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  91. NY Times should be defunded . Why does anyone read it anymore?
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  92. Need to be more informed? Who are the masters or kings of non-biased information? The way I see it now with social media is that we are in a much bigger mess than we were before. We are hit with so much propaganda these days that the average person has little ability to filter through .
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  93. That’s a big problem: we can’t even agree on the base material
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  94.  @KevinUchihaOG but you obviously don’t understand that the rights identity politics aren’t being pushed in universities or anywhere close to mainstream - the lefts identity politics are pretty much everywhere. This is why you don’t see more of us criticizing Christian nationalism .. besides, many on the left hate Jews as equally as the right does .. several members of the squad have made anti semitic remarks openly
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  95.  @eckroattheeckroat4246  did you listen to this episode? It seems you haven’t - go do that first
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  96.  @sandiasurfers3174  lol yeah the hysteria around Jan 6 is comical. I mean, it’s not like they held it for 3 days and forced demanded politicians do their bidding
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  97.  @sandcastledx to get you to hate Netanyahu and Israel
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  98.  @russellhammond371  no there is no nuance allowed in these discussions
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  99.  @CodeLife_12 I’m sorry that Peterson has hurt your feelings in the past
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  100. Implicit bias is way too shaky to pin the blame on it so easily . The biggest problem with race is we only talk about black people dying when a white guy kills them even though this type of incident is extremely rare whereas black on black crime is rampant but very rarely talked about..this was my biggest complaint about BLM - they supposedly care so much about black lives yet don’t bring up gang shootings?!?!
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  101.  @masquecenamarada945  exactly. You can’t call a guy Hitler and everyone that voted for him racist or maxi and not expect something bad to happen eventually.. plus I remember it was Hillary voters that were beating up Trump voters in 2016.. Biden voters that cut ties to family members that voted for Trump. It didn’t go the other way
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  102. True, many polls point to Obama worsening the division and very few people are aware of this or willing to point it out .
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  103.  @mrpopo8298 yeah I’ve listened to enough pro-Israel vs pro-Palestine debates that I realize they are futile. Too much talking past each other and ideologies that won’t budge
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  104. Paglia is amazing
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  105. YArvin is pretty bland and incredibly long winded . I wish you good luck in trying to listen to him
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  106. Sam generally is the most sensible
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  107. Haha yeah and the republicans were saying the same Thing on 2020 and guess what folks - we are still here and doing fine! Stop preaching doom and gloom just because your party lost lol
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  108. And you guys expect Christian’s to vote along with the democrats? Really?! You think they fit in with the side that is mostly atheist and anti-religion? I’m not religious but it’s very easy to get why religious vote red .. common sense
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  109.  @Bobble_Czar yep both sides are the same .. they just can’t fathom that other people think differently than they do .. politics makes people dumber
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  110. Yeah in 2020 I couldn’t believe my eyes when watching mainstream media.. lol at the left trying to maintain “journalistic integrity” .. I think both sides are just lost in their own Hysteria and delusion at this point
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  111.  @CuriousGeorgio59  I’m with Sam in regards to banning Alex Jones for what he did though. Alex went way too far with the sandy hook stuff(even he admits it) but I do I think he should be allowed back in at a later date
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  112. I haven’t voted since 2012 but I feel it necessary to vote in 24 but I couldn’t bring myself to vote democrat with what I see now but I can’t really vote Trump either. I don’t really see anyone on either side that can fix this . And terms like ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’ and even things like ‘racism’ just have completely lost their meaning . It’s a mess
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  113. I dunno guys, my Atari 2600 tried to choke me to death when I was 9 years old. I barely escaped as I was able to beat it away with an umbrella
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  114.  @ahmetdogan5685  seems so. There was a 28 year old guy that lived nearby that was murdered last year by his vacuum .
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  115. I have to wonder if Sam is tired of many of these issues? I wonder if he thinks things are really headed in a better direction?
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  116. Who are the experts on this conflict? I’d love to hear Dan Carlin cover it but seems he is hesitant to do so
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  117. Women are coddled in America
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  118.  @r8chlletters does Sam or anyone else have any idea how to get those in poverty out of poverty? Practical ideas..?
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  119.  @apres-lachute8718 that’s the only way it can work - we can’t allow one group to be tribal yet cry when other groups do it. That approach will never work
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  120.  @LeAnwar1 I guess Sam realizes the issue you have but also knows that hyper focusing on race only worsens the problem. I can already feel certain people around me getting more racist with the heavy focus on identity politics. It’s shockingly obvious to me that this is the wrong road to take
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  121. Trump simply broke these people. I didn’t even vote for Trump but he has made many people lose their minds. It’s a shame because balanced discussions can’t even be had anymore due to this
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  122. So how do we stop this? Is it possible? What steps do we take? The way I see it is we can’t vote our way out of this
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  123. Don’t be paranoid guys, all of our comments are getting deleted.. YouTube needs to fix that
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  124.  @samdg1234  it was shocking to hear that Sam still doesn’t know what he’s do with the hunter laptop story. That shows such a shocking level Of TDS . I mean it hurts my head as to how he is so confused over this issue
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  125.  @TenTonNuke  I understand disliking Trump but people like Harris let it drive them in the land of complete irrationality . Trump literally broke many of these people .
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  126. I’m baffled as to why people go on twitter . I’ve had an account there for 7-8 years and have been there like 3 times. I don’t get the hype
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  127.  @redmed10 well many folks felt that was needed - that we needed to completely flush out the sewage in our govt .
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  128. Social media is definitely a tricky issue when it comes to censoring. I mean, should the kkk be able to run a channel on here? I have to say that YouTube needs to tweak its algorithm a bit because it’s deleting way too many comments. I just had a comment deleted twice and I was simply talking about the cover of a videogame box
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  129. I read Charles Blows articles and I don’t understand how he keeps his job
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  130.  @justmyopinion9883 but the only reason you see more black and brown faces in academia now is because they have much lower standards to get in. Go look at the data - if you raised the barrier of entry for what it currently is for blacks and brown people to that of Asians and whites - about 75% of them would not make it in! Go look at the discussions about this as it’s quite eye opening
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