#1257 Debunking the reactionary intellectuals of the dark web
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 20 March 2019
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Air Date: 3/19/2019
Today we take a look at the likes of Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson as a window into the world of their followers and as an inoculation against thinking they're people worth taking seriously just because they make sense one-third of the time.
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SHOW NOTES
While "New Atheism" is hardly a monolith, it has at its core features of liberal chauvinism, anti-"political correctness", “science”, secularism, and general deference to U.S. foreign policy consensus.
Ch. 2: Questioning Sam Harris and New Atheism - Revolutionary Left Radio - Airdate 10-1-17
Dan Arel, award-winning journalist and best-selling author, discusses Sam Harris' confusion about having right-wing supporters even though his atheism is just as fundamentalist as traditional Christian religion.
Ch. 3: Deconstructing Liberal Intellectuals - Part 1 - Revolutionary Left Radio - Airdate 4-22-18
New Atheists have a deep ignorance of history and are very eurocentric in their science. They intend to depoliticize young people and de-engage the populace.
Ch. 4: Breakdown of the Reactionary Right - Benjamin Dixon Show - Airdate 5-23-18
Straight White Men are the status quo and the new media moguls and reactionary right will fight to maintain it.
Ch. 5: Sam Seder RIPS APART Jordan Peterson's Real Time Appearance - The Majority Report - Airdate 4-23-18
In this Majority Report clip, we watch Jordan Peterson's appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher and totally rip it apart.
Chapo and Natalie Wynn (ContraPoints) discusses Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro and their influence on the internet towards lonely white guys.
Ch. 7: Deconstructing Liberal Intellectuals - Part 2 - Revolutionary Left Radio - Airdate 4-22-18
Classical Liberals and New Atheists follow the idea that science exists in a moral and cultural vacuum. They construct their arguments to be impenetrable and misunderstood.
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Ch. 12: Final comments on weighing the value of voting based on non-dominant identity of politicians
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| 0:45.7 | And now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left Podcast in which we shall |
| 0:49.7 | learn about the likes of Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson as a window into the world of their |
| 0:54.4 | followers and as an inoculation against thinking their people worth taking seriously |
| 0:59.1 | just because they make sense about one-third of the time. |
| 1:02.3 | Clips today come from Citations Needed, Revolutionary Left Radio, The Benjamin Dixon Show, The |
| 1:08.2 | Majority Report, and Chappell Trap House. |
| 1:16.4 | You wrote, I would say, it was probably one of the more popular pieces connecting the dots |
| 1:20.9 | between US imperialism and US military aggression and it's debtailing with the new atheist movement, |
| 1:29.2 | both ideologically and propaganda wise and kind of mass media culture. |
| 1:34.1 | And you trace its origins and its popularity not immediately after 9-11, but you argue |
| 1:38.3 | that it could not have happened without 9-11. |
| 1:41.2 | And I have a tendency to agree. |
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