Conan O'Brien
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We're going to take over the Philippines. We're going to take the Sandwich Islands. We're going to take Hawaii. We're going to expand. And Twain is saying, I don't like this. And it's very unpopular. All of the 19th century racism towards Chinese. He's very progressive. He has a lot of views that are completely evolved from how he grew up.
We're going to take over the Philippines. We're going to take the Sandwich Islands. We're going to take Hawaii. We're going to expand. And Twain is saying, I don't like this. And it's very unpopular. All of the 19th century racism towards Chinese. He's very progressive. He has a lot of views that are completely evolved from how he grew up.
We're going to take over the Philippines. We're going to take the Sandwich Islands. We're going to take Hawaii. We're going to expand. And Twain is saying, I don't like this. And it's very unpopular. All of the 19th century racism towards Chinese. He's very progressive. He has a lot of views that are completely evolved from how he grew up.
There's also his, uh, uh, was it called, he wrote a, uh, article or pamphlet in the United States of lynched him. Was it, was it, he was taking on topics. No one wanted to talk about lynching in, uh, in, in the Jim Crow South and he would talk about it.
There's also his, uh, uh, was it called, he wrote a, uh, article or pamphlet in the United States of lynched him. Was it, was it, he was taking on topics. No one wanted to talk about lynching in, uh, in, in the Jim Crow South and he would talk about it.
There's also his, uh, uh, was it called, he wrote a, uh, article or pamphlet in the United States of lynched him. Was it, was it, he was taking on topics. No one wanted to talk about lynching in, uh, in, in the Jim Crow South and he would talk about it.
But I do think he was preface. I mean, he was looking ahead to.
But I do think he was preface. I mean, he was looking ahead to.
But I do think he was preface. I mean, he was looking ahead to.
think he'd be aghast at the collective thinking of the news media now the internet how people love to groupthink groupthink is i mean he's talking about all these things there's so many places where he's talking about groupthink uh he actually has a very interesting essay called corn pone ideas and what he says and i keep thinking about this with our own contemporary politics
think he'd be aghast at the collective thinking of the news media now the internet how people love to groupthink groupthink is i mean he's talking about all these things there's so many places where he's talking about groupthink uh he actually has a very interesting essay called corn pone ideas and what he says and i keep thinking about this with our own contemporary politics
think he'd be aghast at the collective thinking of the news media now the internet how people love to groupthink groupthink is i mean he's talking about all these things there's so many places where he's talking about groupthink uh he actually has a very interesting essay called corn pone ideas and what he says and i keep thinking about this with our own contemporary politics
Well, now we have that. We have that. I mean, we have that over and over and over again now with... Everyone spouts what they what they just heard on either CNN or Fox or that they saw on the Internet, and it becomes their opinion. Twain is talking about so many things that relate to today. And there's a couple of things that I.
Well, now we have that. We have that. I mean, we have that over and over and over again now with... Everyone spouts what they what they just heard on either CNN or Fox or that they saw on the Internet, and it becomes their opinion. Twain is talking about so many things that relate to today. And there's a couple of things that I.
Well, now we have that. We have that. I mean, we have that over and over and over again now with... Everyone spouts what they what they just heard on either CNN or Fox or that they saw on the Internet, and it becomes their opinion. Twain is talking about so many things that relate to today. And there's a couple of things that I.
Absolutely fascinating me about this guy is that you use the words to describe him glandular and volcanic. There's something driving this guy from an early age that you could almost think would show up on a CAT scan. It's like, oh, I see. There was a growth pressing on the occipital lobe. There's something going on with this guy that yields him greatness and also terrible folly. He is obsessive.
Absolutely fascinating me about this guy is that you use the words to describe him glandular and volcanic. There's something driving this guy from an early age that you could almost think would show up on a CAT scan. It's like, oh, I see. There was a growth pressing on the occipital lobe. There's something going on with this guy that yields him greatness and also terrible folly. He is obsessive.