Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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So, I remember... You would make a good fiction writer. This is actually how we're supposed to see... You know, you're supposed to kind of understand everybody's point of view without necessarily agreeing. It's because he's biracial and he was born in apartheid.
So, I remember... You would make a good fiction writer. This is actually how we're supposed to see... You know, you're supposed to kind of understand everybody's point of view without necessarily agreeing. It's because he's biracial and he was born in apartheid.
But anyway.
But anyway.
Yeah, no, but I think when I say all, I mean the collective, you know? But you know what's interesting? And it's true. It's true about Americans. And I think it comes from, I mean, just listening to you and, you know, this person says to you, aren't you conflicted? And then you're saying, you know, let's look at the UAE. How old is it?
Yeah, no, but I think when I say all, I mean the collective, you know? But you know what's interesting? And it's true. It's true about Americans. And I think it comes from, I mean, just listening to you and, you know, this person says to you, aren't you conflicted? And then you're saying, you know, let's look at the UAE. How old is it?
And I'm just thinking, you know, that American point of view often comes from a place of just not knowing very much about the world. And also not, I sometimes feel that arguments in this country are not rooted in information and knowledge. It's not just that often they can feel like performances, but it would be nice if someone said, why aren't you conflicted?
And I'm just thinking, you know, that American point of view often comes from a place of just not knowing very much about the world. And also not, I sometimes feel that arguments in this country are not rooted in information and knowledge. It's not just that often they can feel like performances, but it would be nice if someone said, why aren't you conflicted?
And someone else says, no, I'm not conflicted. Well, people like jokes, and so I'm going to go where people like jokes. I think that's kind of what you would often hear in America. Rather than how old is the UAE? How long does it take a society to evolve? What are the changes that have happened that speak to a certain kind of hopeful progressivism? That doesn't happen.
And someone else says, no, I'm not conflicted. Well, people like jokes, and so I'm going to go where people like jokes. I think that's kind of what you would often hear in America. Rather than how old is the UAE? How long does it take a society to evolve? What are the changes that have happened that speak to a certain kind of hopeful progressivism? That doesn't happen.
So Trevor, you need to start classes. I mean, this is the class. No, but really, I'm just thinking, and I think it is true about really a lot of things. You know, I just wish that sometimes if there was a huge issue of the day, outrage of the day, that people would be like, I'm not going to have an opinion until I've read a book about it.
So Trevor, you need to start classes. I mean, this is the class. No, but really, I'm just thinking, and I think it is true about really a lot of things. You know, I just wish that sometimes if there was a huge issue of the day, outrage of the day, that people would be like, I'm not going to have an opinion until I've read a book about it.
No, honestly, unfair to expect it of everyone?
No, honestly, unfair to expect it of everyone?
People have a certain responsibility. It's unfair to expect it of people who are deep inside something. So, for example, to say, if you said to me, it's unfair to expect people in Gaza, or it's unfair to expect people who lived through what happened in Israel to be rational or objective. I agree with that. But the average person? No. No.
People have a certain responsibility. It's unfair to expect it of people who are deep inside something. So, for example, to say, if you said to me, it's unfair to expect people in Gaza, or it's unfair to expect people who lived through what happened in Israel to be rational or objective. I agree with that. But the average person? No. No.
We have a responsibility. So are you Jesus then? Are you above everyone else? How come you... No, but really. No, let me explain.
We have a responsibility. So are you Jesus then? Are you above everyone else? How come you... No, but really. No, let me explain.
Because this argument, I'm going to say that the foundation of it is very self-aggrandizing.
Because this argument, I'm going to say that the foundation of it is very self-aggrandizing.