What happened to Sam Harris? Today I experienced an intellectual low point. Sam Harris, someone I previously had great respect for, crossed over to become an Israeli apologist. The world cannot tolerate an intellectual who so blindly supports the crimes be committed by Israel. I can accept a nuanced position, however, I cannot accept a false position based on what appears to be extreme hatred of Muslims. If Harris were a stupid person, then I would have dismissed his words the same way I dismiss the words of Bloomberg and Dershowitz, i.e. without much thought. However, Harris is not a stupid person. It means that I cannot simply dismiss all the untruths he told, because he knew what he was saying was not true, yet he said it anyway. For an intellectual you cannot sink any lower. In openly telling a false narrative you destroy all your credibility, now and into the future. Harris has been an important name in promoting a secular nation and ridding America of the soul crushing influence of religion. All of that is now lost because no one can ever be sure if he is being honest or defending an irrational bias and intentionally spreading falsehoods. The video below is a very complete repudiation of almost everything Sam Harris said in defense of Israel. The video is almost an hour long and reveals a history about which Sam Harris would prefer you remain ignorant. The video completely discredits Harris claim that Palestine has historically been the aggressor and Israel has been the good neighbor always wanting peace, but having to constantly defend itself against the powerful Hamas military. I regret the actions of Sam Harris. I hope he will see the horrific error of his intentional dishonestly and I hope he will apologize and seek to rejoin the intellectual community he so badly disgraced. I hope some of you will take the time to watch the video. It has the potential to enlighten and inform. https://youtube/watch?v=iKzlh9kN4HI
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:12:34 +0000
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