Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I know somebody who is very upset because somebody supports school choice. And then the very strange conclusion was that this person who supports school choice doesn't like black people. That's not, I mean, you could feel that, but that's not necessarily rational thinking.

I know somebody who is very upset because somebody supports school choice. And then the very strange conclusion was that this person who supports school choice doesn't like black people. That's not, I mean, you could feel that, but that's not necessarily rational thinking.

So I guess my point is, it's either people have become incredibly terrible in the past 20 years, or something has changed in the way in our capacity to have compassion, to be more broad-minded, to think in more complex ways. My point being that 20 years ago, I don't think this was happening. In other words, universities were places where you could still exchange ideas.

So I guess my point is, it's either people have become incredibly terrible in the past 20 years, or something has changed in the way in our capacity to have compassion, to be more broad-minded, to think in more complex ways. My point being that 20 years ago, I don't think this was happening. In other words, universities were places where you could still exchange ideas.

You weren't terrified of saying something because you'd be blacklisted for saying the wrong thing. So which is it? Is it that there are many more people now who fundamentally just have these really odious beliefs about other human beings? You said something about wearing our politics more closely. Is that what it is?

You weren't terrified of saying something because you'd be blacklisted for saying the wrong thing. So which is it? Is it that there are many more people now who fundamentally just have these really odious beliefs about other human beings? You said something about wearing our politics more closely. Is that what it is?

And has it then tainted the way we look and the way we judge and the conclusions that we draw?

And has it then tainted the way we look and the way we judge and the conclusions that we draw?

Yeah, but I don't think that those are the people we're talking about, though. That's my point.

Yeah, but I don't think that those are the people we're talking about, though. That's my point.

So, I mean, in these circles, so people on university campuses who don't feel comfortable saying what they think are not the crazy racists on Twitter. The crazy racists on Twitter do not interest me because I don't think it's even worth... I mean, there's some people that you shouldn't even bother engaging with or trying to change their minds.

So, I mean, in these circles, so people on university campuses who don't feel comfortable saying what they think are not the crazy racists on Twitter. The crazy racists on Twitter do not interest me because I don't think it's even worth... I mean, there's some people that you shouldn't even bother engaging with or trying to change their minds.

Yes, and I think it's important to say that because sometimes I think that instead of talking about that, we then sort of reach for the fringes as examples.

Yes, and I think it's important to say that because sometimes I think that instead of talking about that, we then sort of reach for the fringes as examples.

Yeah, it's kind of also like saying that people who think that women, there are in this country many people who still, I mean, there are people in this government who think that just by virtue of being a woman, you're somehow incapable of certain things, right? I mean... I don't mean those people. So the atmosphere on university campuses today in this country just seems to me.

Yeah, it's kind of also like saying that people who think that women, there are in this country many people who still, I mean, there are people in this government who think that just by virtue of being a woman, you're somehow incapable of certain things, right? I mean... I don't mean those people. So the atmosphere on university campuses today in this country just seems to me.

And so when Trevor says and someone says, well, I can't speak to them because fundamentally they believe something that is so. And so that's my point. I'm thinking, did many people suddenly turn or did our own perception change? Because these people that somehow have become so bad that you can never speak to them again. Yeah. They're kind of in your circle.

And so when Trevor says and someone says, well, I can't speak to them because fundamentally they believe something that is so. And so that's my point. I'm thinking, did many people suddenly turn or did our own perception change? Because these people that somehow have become so bad that you can never speak to them again. Yeah. They're kind of in your circle.

I mean, they were there 20 years ago, right? I mean, they're not in the fringes of Twitter. They're in your community. Yeah. Yeah. And so what is it that has happened? It just feels to me a kind of confusing extremeness of reaction and perhaps maybe of opinion. Mm-hmm. And I don't fully understand it, but I don't trust it. So I don't... Okay.

I mean, they were there 20 years ago, right? I mean, they're not in the fringes of Twitter. They're in your community. Yeah. Yeah. And so what is it that has happened? It just feels to me a kind of confusing extremeness of reaction and perhaps maybe of opinion. Mm-hmm. And I don't fully understand it, but I don't trust it. So I don't... Okay.