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American Thought Leaders

Alan Dershowitz: Liberal Democracy Dies When Illiberalism Wins

American Thought Leaders

The Epoch Times

Government, News, Politics

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of American Thought Leaders, Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz discusses his book, “The Price of Principle: Why Integrity is Worth the Consequences,” and argues that “unprincipled” partisanship has taken over America.

“How dare they call themselves progressives,” says Dershowitz. “They are regressive. They are reactionaries. They are repressors.”

One of the top constitutional lawyers in the country, and a self-described liberal Democrat, Dershowitz has been excoriated by both the right and the left for defending highly unpopular public figures.

“People love me when I defend people they like and they hate me when I defend people they don’t like,” says Dershowitz. “The more unpopular you are, the more likely I am to want to defend you.”

Dershowitz shares his thoughts on COVID-19 mandates and censorship, due process and civil liberties, as well as the rise of antisemitism in America.

“You see these protests against Zionism by people who have no idea what Zionism is,” claims Dershowitz. “I’ve been a Zionist from the time I was born. All it meant is that the Jewish people, like every other people, have a right to a homeland.”

Note: Our team contacted Virginia Giuffre about Dershowitz’s allegations against her, but we did not immediately receive a response.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

on this episode of American Thought Leaders.

0:02.8

How dare they call themselves progressives?

0:05.6

They are regressives, they are reactionaries, they are repressives.

0:09.7

Alan Dershowitz is a Harvard Law School professor, Emiridis,

0:13.2

and one of the top constitutional lawyers in the country,

0:16.0

a self-described liberal Democrat.

0:18.0

He has been excoriated by the right and the left

0:21.2

for defending highly unpopular public figures.

0:23.9

People love me when I defend people they like

0:26.7

and they hate me when I defend people they don't like.

0:29.0

The more unpopular you are the more likely I am to want to defend you.

0:33.4

Alan Dershowitz discusses his book, The Price of Principle,

0:36.6

and shares his thoughts on COVID mandates,

0:38.9

censorship, and the rise of anti-Semitism in America.

0:41.9

You see these protests against Zionism by people who have no idea what Zionism is.

0:46.1

You know, I've been a Zionist from the time I was born.

0:49.0

All it meant is that the Jewish people like every other people have a right to a homeland.

0:53.5

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Janja Kelley.

0:56.4

Alan Dershowitz is such a pleasure to have you back on American Thought Leaders.

1:02.7

Thank you so much for having me.

1:04.5

Your book, The Price of Principle, comes at the right time for me.

1:10.0

These are exactly the kinds of questions I've been kind of struggling with.

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