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Anita Arnand

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
972 total appearances

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Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

But she sort of just looks at you for a while.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And it's in the silences that we as the audience can get to feel all the feels and think all the things.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

But she does say right at the end, she goes, I wish you would have pushed me.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

I'm really interested in that journalistic vibe that comes from you.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

In a way, every journalist, and we three have all done this job, you want to get to the truth.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

But when you have somebody who is saying, black is white, white is black, I'll give you the thing that I'm thinking about.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

You go with Daniela Weiss and you're on this hill above the Palestinian town of Beta.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And you're asking her about settler violence.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And she said, there is no such thing.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And then you point out the footage that you've got in the film of an armed settler shooting a Palestinian protester at point blank range.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

By the way, he gets his gun confiscated, but he's not imprisoned.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And an Israeli soldier is standing by.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And she says, well, she kind of doesn't accept that that's settler violence.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

Now, if you can't get to somebody by showing them to their face something that we can all see, what does that do to your sense of fairness or journalism?

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

You've talked about the very strong leadership, but I really want to know whether in all of your travels and talking to the people who follow these people, whether you see a commonality in tribalism, if we can put it that way.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

Is there something in the human condition that means people switch off their own questioning and follow people who say black is white and white is black?

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

Sure.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

And that, I mean, that is also the Westboro Baptist Church.

Empire: World History
361. Louis Theroux On The Settlers, The Manosphere, & Tribalism

You know, it's us in the church.