Dr. J. Budziszewski

That's an example of what I mean by blowing away the smoke.

What do you think someone might say to that?

Like, freedom?

Or...

He didn't have an answer.

He didn't have an answer.

After sort of beating around the bush and evading and talking like Kamala Harris for a little while, he then just sort of changed the subject and we talked about something else.

I let him off the hook.

I mean, I didn't keep forcing him.

Then they push back too hard.

I wanted him to remember.

That's the stone in the shoe.

Yes.

You have to live with that now.

Yes, that's exactly right.

It was the stone in the shoe, and I want him to remember that it hurt his foot.

I want him to remember it so that the next time somebody talks to him, he's already primed.

Maybe the next time somebody will talk to him and he's got the stone in his shoe for five minutes, maybe for eight minutes, maybe one of these days, or maybe, to shift the metaphor, the window was open for 90 seconds, and then he slammed it shut with cleverness again.

Now, maybe next time...

Eventually, after enough experiences with various people, he'll want to keep the window open himself and say what's out there.