George Saunders

And that's not really what human beings are good at.

I mean, we like it, we like it.

But out of that comes violence and extremity.

And I would say that's what the right is doing right now.

They're somehow, I think they know they're looting the house and they know the time is limited.

And so they're agitated and they're on autopilot.

And anybody who opposes them is a leftist lunatic.

You know, you have the evidence of your senses says this in Minneapolis is a murder.

They fictionalize the fact that he was quote unquote brandishing a gun.

That's panic, you know, that's panic.

But it's also autopilot.

Because a person not on autopilot would watch the damn video, you know, and would adjust their viewpoint accordingly.

That's what intelligent people do.

100%.

They do not expect me to believe it.

Right.

Well, you know what it's like?

It's like if you went into a really nice restaurant and somebody, the waiter brought you three turds on a tray and put it down.

Enjoy it.

there's a kind of a disbelief that he just did that.