Well, as I black woman, I thought I could at least go for the low-hanging fruit of "don't burn Atlanta"...you know, given that it's celebrated for being black-owned.  But the amount of backlash and disdainful vitriol I got was genuinely surprising.  I didn't even dare say don't riot (and i mean riot, not protest).  Given the push-back I got, I can't even imagine how scared people who are not black must feel.  I highly, highly respect you for taking a steadying breath and posting this podcast.

people who can't control their emotions, often want to control other people's behaviour.

I admire Sam Harris.  He goes to great lengths to articulate his points, being fully aware beforehand that they are going to be cynically misinterpreted from many quarters, and tossed right back at him.
He knows he's doomed to failure, but like a salty old sea captain, he grimly goes down with the ship.

I never had my mind changed so much in an hour and 53 minutes before...

"Your capacity to be offended isnt something that I, or anyone else, should respect. Your capacity to be offended isn't something that even you should respect. In fact, it is something you should be on the lookout for."

I wish everybody in America would listen to this episode.

I cannot believe that reason....being rational in public...is now an act of courage. But I see this podcast as an act of courage.

I'd like to see Ben Affleck weigh in on this conversation...

Hearing somebody apply critical thinking feels so good. I'm old enough to remember when people agreed to disagree and you didn't try to destroy someone because they have a different opinion.

"Your capacity to be offended isn't something that I should respect, in fact your capacity to be offended isn't even something you should respect; it is something you should be on your guard for... Perhaps more than any other property of your mind, this feeling, can mislead you...."

Sam Harris needs to be given the opportunity to give this message to Congress so it can be part of the nation's government transcripts.

Not an atheist, not listening to Sam too often, but DAMN this is one of the best speeches I have ever heard in my life!

I wish the general public even had the patience to hear this message...

I’ve tried to explain these things and got death threats, lost friends and had my family begging me not to keep disagreeing with the narrative. Not because they think I am bad & not because they think I’m wrong (and they do because they listen to hours of BBC radio but I can’t get them to listen to 2 hours of Sam Harris), but because they believe I am damaging my reputation irreparably. Risk losing friends, family and work. I’ve also had violent threats sent to my inbox.

I wish the media would just do their job.

Never, in the field of public protest, has so much opinion been held by so many people based on so few facts.

The hardest part of this conversation, for me, is that I find the person I am talking to locked into a binary way of thought. If you think this, then you are on that side. If you think that, then you are on the other, and if you express thoughts that reflect views from one percieved side or another, then I'm often told I am confused. The idea that you have to pick a team and ride that team's rhetoric without thinking about the rhetoric and it ignores all the nuances in between.

Many Chinese Americans who experienced Cultural Revolution have pointed out that, this is exactly what happened during that dangerous period of time.

During the past weeks I thought either me, or the whole world was going insane. Thank you for showing me that I am not the only one who is seeing these things!

Social media has a lot to answer for this current mess we are jn

San Harris is that flicker of light in a dark room.