#285 — American Division
Making Sense with Sam Harris
Waking Up with Sam Harris
4.6 • 29.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Sam Harris speaks with David French about forces that are pulling American society apart. They discuss David's experience as a JAG officer in Iraq, his experience of harassment for coming out against Trump, the way real grievances drive political derangement, the illiberalism on both the Left and the Right, the role of prophecy in Evangelical support for Trump, honor culture, the response to Hunter Biden's laptop, the January 6th hearings, the personality cult of Trumpism, federalism, geographic sorting, group polarization, cultural divisions in sports and entertainment, the gun rights movement, the ethics of gun ownership, whether Trump will be prosecuted, the 2024 Presidential campaign, the dangers of online activism, and other topics.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast. |
| 0:09.1 | This is Sam Harris. |
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| 0:46.6 | Today I'm speaking with David French. |
| 0:49.3 | David is a senior editor at the dispatch and a contributing writer for the Atlantic. |
| 0:55.0 | He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and he was previously a senior writer for National |
| 1:01.0 | Review and a columnist for Time Magazine. |
| 1:05.1 | He is a former constitutional litigator and past president of the Foundation for Individual |
| 1:10.3 | Rights and Education. |
| 1:12.8 | He's also a New York Times best-selling author, and his most recent book is, Divided We |
| 1:18.3 | Fall, America's Session Threat and How to Restore Our Nation. |
| 1:23.5 | David is also a former major in the United States Army Reserve and a veteran of Operation |
| 1:28.6 | Iraqi Freedom, where he was awarded the bronze star. |
| 1:33.4 | And in this conversation, we talk about all of the forces that are pulling American society |
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