Episode 16: The Cancellations Will Continue Until Antiracism Improves
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The roiling tremors on the left continue, as a young progressive data analyst gets fired for... it's honestly too ridiculous to even type, and the Poetry Foundation shows us what a truly hysterical meltdown looks like. The hosts use their intellect and savvy to try to understand the difference between two 'violent' acts: "kneeling on someone's neck until they die horrifically" and "issuing a statement that isn't quite strong enough." Everything is insane right now. And violent.
NOTE: Since you are a patron, you already have access to a longer cut of the Ben Burgis interview that plays after the outro music of this episode. And the J.K. Rowling patrons-only episode will be up by noon, Eastern time on Sunday, June 14th.
Jonathan Chait: The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age (NY Mag) - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html
Kyle Smith: Insanity at the Poetry Foundation (National Review) - https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/insanity-at-the-poetry-foundation/
Ben Burgis: Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left - https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Jesse, how's it going? |
| 0:04.2 | Good, good. |
| 0:05.0 | I had some constructive feedback for the person who wrote fuck heart, zog, and graffiti |
| 0:10.5 | on the stranger building if you're open to that. |
| 0:12.9 | What was that? |
| 0:13.9 | Okay, so I've been thinking a lot about it because this person was expressing sentiments |
| 0:18.6 | I myself feel and often vocalize. |
| 0:20.6 | Understandably. |
| 0:21.6 | But I think they missed an opportunity. |
| 0:23.0 | Absolutely. |
| 0:24.0 | You're an abusive coworker. |
| 0:25.8 | Everyone knows it. |
| 0:27.0 | Those are coming out trickling out by the day. |
| 0:31.2 | So they wrote fuck heart, zog. |
| 0:32.8 | You're technically fuck heart, so there's a real missed opportunity there for something |
| 0:37.4 | a little bit more subtle and passive aggressive. |
| 0:40.3 | So imagine you're looking across like a charred Seattle Robocop-esque landscape of graffiti. |
| 0:47.6 | And imagine if instead of fuck heart, zog, it was like black lives matter. |
| 0:54.0 | Justice for George Floyd. |
| 0:56.2 | Abolish the police. |
| 0:58.5 | I met Katie at a party once and her shoes were pretty tacky. |
| 1:01.8 | I think that would be a powerful statement. |
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