When Intellectual Rigor Is No Longer De Rigueur

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

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🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, returns to continue our discussion about his new book, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All—but There Is a Solution. Plus, how much has changed in the degree to which Joe Biden backs Israel. And Dean Phillips is a Presidential candidate for Halloween! How cute. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, October 31st, 2023, from Peach Fish Productions.
0:08.0	It's the Jistai Mike Pesca.
0:10.2	The New York Times and Washington Post are reporting on U.S. policy toward Israel specifically
0:15.2	that.
0:16.2	The New York Times headline, Biden's full backing is now tempered.
0:20.9	But when the facts are laid out in the story, I actually don't know how much has changed.
0:26.6	I mean, even when Biden was in Israel giving full rhetorical support, it was also privately
0:32.6	and publicly cautioning the Israeli saying, quote, justice must be done.
0:37.9	But I caution this while you feel that rage don't be consumed by it.
0:42.9	After 9-11, we were enraged in the United States while we saw justice and got justice.
0:47.5	We also made mistakes.
0:48.8	Okay.
0:49.8	So what's different now from when he said that I don't know.
0:53.4	According to the Times, at least, National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan issued blunt
0:58.8	declarations on face the nation.
1:01.3	Here was perhaps one.
1:03.0	Hamas is using civilians as human shields.
1:06.6	They're hiding behind civilians.
1:08.4	They're hiding among civilians.
1:10.3	They're putting rockets and other terrorist infrastructure in civilian areas.
1:14.7	That creates an added burden for the Israeli defense forces, but it does not lessen their
1:19.4	responsibility to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and to protect the lives
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