Barry Weiss
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I can't remember. Okay. So... I do think that there's something about you and I'm interested in this quality in general. Some might call it courage, others might call it obstinate or bullheadedness or stubborn. When the mob comes and let's just even say when peer pressure is sort of brought to bear on you, there's something inside of you that seems to be capable of resisting that.
I can't remember. Okay. So... I do think that there's something about you and I'm interested in this quality in general. Some might call it courage, others might call it obstinate or bullheadedness or stubborn. When the mob comes and let's just even say when peer pressure is sort of brought to bear on you, there's something inside of you that seems to be capable of resisting that.
You know, that came out really powerfully in 2018 when your colleagues at Yale asked you to sign an open letter against Brett Kavanaugh, who had been a darling at Yale Law up to that moment, and you said no. Did you have to even consider the no? Did you think about saying yes?
You know, that came out really powerfully in 2018 when your colleagues at Yale asked you to sign an open letter against Brett Kavanaugh, who had been a darling at Yale Law up to that moment, and you said no. Did you have to even consider the no? Did you think about saying yes?
You know, that came out really powerfully in 2018 when your colleagues at Yale asked you to sign an open letter against Brett Kavanaugh, who had been a darling at Yale Law up to that moment, and you said no. Did you have to even consider the no? Did you think about saying yes?
Let's just look back on that episode for a minute. Just a few days ago, a New York Times reporter, David Einrich, said of covering the Kavanaugh story that he would, quote, probably do certain things differently next time. Did you see that? Yeah, I did. What do you think he meant by that? Or what should he mean by that is maybe the better question.
Let's just look back on that episode for a minute. Just a few days ago, a New York Times reporter, David Einrich, said of covering the Kavanaugh story that he would, quote, probably do certain things differently next time. Did you see that? Yeah, I did. What do you think he meant by that? Or what should he mean by that is maybe the better question.
Let's just look back on that episode for a minute. Just a few days ago, a New York Times reporter, David Einrich, said of covering the Kavanaugh story that he would, quote, probably do certain things differently next time. Did you see that? Yeah, I did. What do you think he meant by that? Or what should he mean by that is maybe the better question.
You say that all of this started eight years ago. Would you agree that the summer of 2020, or rather like the 2020 COVID BLM era, was when the water was the hottest?
You say that all of this started eight years ago. Would you agree that the summer of 2020, or rather like the 2020 COVID BLM era, was when the water was the hottest?
You say that all of this started eight years ago. Would you agree that the summer of 2020, or rather like the 2020 COVID BLM era, was when the water was the hottest?
It was crazy. You told our reporter, Peter Savonnik, that this was a time where you were, quote, literally afraid to walk down the halls of the law school. You were filled with dread and paranoia. At one point, you guys even put your house in New Haven on the market. But in the end, you said, no, I will not be pushed out over my dead body.
It was crazy. You told our reporter, Peter Savonnik, that this was a time where you were, quote, literally afraid to walk down the halls of the law school. You were filled with dread and paranoia. At one point, you guys even put your house in New Haven on the market. But in the end, you said, no, I will not be pushed out over my dead body.
It was crazy. You told our reporter, Peter Savonnik, that this was a time where you were, quote, literally afraid to walk down the halls of the law school. You were filled with dread and paranoia. At one point, you guys even put your house in New Haven on the market. But in the end, you said, no, I will not be pushed out over my dead body.
Duh, Amy. Sorry.
Duh, Amy. Sorry.
Duh, Amy. Sorry.
So on the principle of I will not be pushed out, I 100% am with you. But I guess I want to challenge why it's so important to save what to many people seem like, if not a dead institution, a dying institution that is not worth saving.
So on the principle of I will not be pushed out, I 100% am with you. But I guess I want to challenge why it's so important to save what to many people seem like, if not a dead institution, a dying institution that is not worth saving.
So on the principle of I will not be pushed out, I 100% am with you. But I guess I want to challenge why it's so important to save what to many people seem like, if not a dead institution, a dying institution that is not worth saving.