Bomani Jones
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The the argument I saw from people and again, there's a track record of this. They wanted to tame the outspoken black man. I'm like, he's not outspoken. He's obnoxious. Those are two different things. So, like, I think the Internet gets us with a lot of conflation of terms and people get really charged up and they have to be on the side and everything else.
The the argument I saw from people and again, there's a track record of this. They wanted to tame the outspoken black man. I'm like, he's not outspoken. He's obnoxious. Those are two different things. So, like, I think the Internet gets us with a lot of conflation of terms and people get really charged up and they have to be on the side and everything else.
The the argument I saw from people and again, there's a track record of this. They wanted to tame the outspoken black man. I'm like, he's not outspoken. He's obnoxious. Those are two different things. So, like, I think the Internet gets us with a lot of conflation of terms and people get really charged up and they have to be on the side and everything else.
And I'm not going to play that game with people. Like, I feel like I've earned the respect that you're going to listen to me regardless of whether or not I agree with you.
And I'm not going to play that game with people. Like, I feel like I've earned the respect that you're going to listen to me regardless of whether or not I agree with you.
And I'm not going to play that game with people. Like, I feel like I've earned the respect that you're going to listen to me regardless of whether or not I agree with you.
So what I think is interesting about that, and it doesn't happen so much anymore, but I noticed that I was getting a heavy push from the algorithm. Whenever he would go on anything or talk about any politics, like there are engagement farming accounts that put up stuff that Stephen A. says on his podcast and everything else. I am...
So what I think is interesting about that, and it doesn't happen so much anymore, but I noticed that I was getting a heavy push from the algorithm. Whenever he would go on anything or talk about any politics, like there are engagement farming accounts that put up stuff that Stephen A. says on his podcast and everything else. I am...
So what I think is interesting about that, and it doesn't happen so much anymore, but I noticed that I was getting a heavy push from the algorithm. Whenever he would go on anything or talk about any politics, like there are engagement farming accounts that put up stuff that Stephen A. says on his podcast and everything else. I am...
I think part of what happens when we start talking about running for president now is people start talking about candidates for president in the context of do you think they can win? And the arguments behind whether they should be president. Yeah, but the arguments behind why you think somebody could win. well, how many people know who this person is already? And so forth and so on.
I think part of what happens when we start talking about running for president now is people start talking about candidates for president in the context of do you think they can win? And the arguments behind whether they should be president. Yeah, but the arguments behind why you think somebody could win. well, how many people know who this person is already? And so forth and so on.
I think part of what happens when we start talking about running for president now is people start talking about candidates for president in the context of do you think they can win? And the arguments behind whether they should be president. Yeah, but the arguments behind why you think somebody could win. well, how many people know who this person is already? And so forth and so on.
It's all these things that don't have anything to do with your actual ability to govern. But of course, that's reinforced by the person that is actually the president, right? And so Stephen A. is really famous. I think that's the part that gets lost and undersold. He's really famous, and running for president is effectively a television contest.
It's all these things that don't have anything to do with your actual ability to govern. But of course, that's reinforced by the person that is actually the president, right? And so Stephen A. is really famous. I think that's the part that gets lost and undersold. He's really famous, and running for president is effectively a television contest.
It's all these things that don't have anything to do with your actual ability to govern. But of course, that's reinforced by the person that is actually the president, right? And so Stephen A. is really famous. I think that's the part that gets lost and undersold. He's really famous, and running for president is effectively a television contest.
Now, I am going to read something to you that I found in a book that I was reading just the other day.
Now, I am going to read something to you that I found in a book that I was reading just the other day.
Now, I am going to read something to you that I found in a book that I was reading just the other day.
It just so happened that I was talking to somebody about this because I was reading this Neil Postman book about education that I kind of had to stop reading because I realized that it was more technically about education as a doctrine, like as a study. as opposed to education as just the general idea.
It just so happened that I was talking to somebody about this because I was reading this Neil Postman book about education that I kind of had to stop reading because I realized that it was more technically about education as a doctrine, like as a study. as opposed to education as just the general idea.