Dave Smith

from Prime Minister Netanyahu's corrupt alliances with the far right, to the many crimes committed by settlers in the West Bank, to the deaths of innocent noncombatants in several wars, because none of these failings, however grave, will alter my sense that one,

The ethical difference between Israel and her enemies remains vast.

And two, the global preoccupation with the Jewish state as though it were the worst villain among nations is contemptible, being the product of perennial lies and delusions.

I mean, so you're basically just saying, I won't debate it because I'm right.

Well, here's the thing, Sam Harris.

It's very easy to assert that you're right.

That's the point of debates is that a bunch of us over here are saying, no, you're not right about that.

And I don't know.

It's just...

This is like the whole thing with Sam Harris that I always felt like.

I always felt like as you just start to like peel away the demeanor and the presentation, you know, you peel away the fact that he does the like, I don't know.

Now, a lot of people react emotionally when confronted with these issues.

And that's why I always remain completely rational.

Like as soon as you strip that away and just go, yeah, yeah, but what is the actual argument here?

It's just sophist nonsense.

So you do this thing.

It's like the thing anyone does.

You ask yourself really easy questions and then answer them like, are there some issues with settlement expansions?

Sure.

Have some people died who shouldn't have died in wars?