Glenn Loury
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Yeah. I don't know. I'm not a historian, but I see what you say. And I do think there are aspects of his message that are extremely threatening to established order. He was a Muslim. He was succeeded in his leadership of that movement, ultimately, by Louis Farrakhan, who was a notorious anti-Semite, quote-unquote. Yes. So, there's that.
Yeah. I don't know. I'm not a historian, but I see what you say. And I do think there are aspects of his message that are extremely threatening to established order. He was a Muslim. He was succeeded in his leadership of that movement, ultimately, by Louis Farrakhan, who was a notorious anti-Semite, quote-unquote. Yes. So, there's that.
Yeah. I don't know. I'm not a historian, but I see what you say. And I do think there are aspects of his message that are extremely threatening to established order. He was a Muslim. He was succeeded in his leadership of that movement, ultimately, by Louis Farrakhan, who was a notorious anti-Semite, quote-unquote. Yes. So, there's that.
But Malcolm X was uncompromising about, well, you remember his comment after the Kennedy assassination, chickens come home to roost and whatnot. What do you think he meant by that?
But Malcolm X was uncompromising about, well, you remember his comment after the Kennedy assassination, chickens come home to roost and whatnot. What do you think he meant by that?
But Malcolm X was uncompromising about, well, you remember his comment after the Kennedy assassination, chickens come home to roost and whatnot. What do you think he meant by that?
I think he meant U.S. entailment in global affairs has created enemies. The U.S. has undertaken various operations that are in effect responsible for the blowback that we're seeing. That's what I think he meant.
I think he meant U.S. entailment in global affairs has created enemies. The U.S. has undertaken various operations that are in effect responsible for the blowback that we're seeing. That's what I think he meant.
I think he meant U.S. entailment in global affairs has created enemies. The U.S. has undertaken various operations that are in effect responsible for the blowback that we're seeing. That's what I think he meant.
I'm just trying to understand the world. Are we ever going to see all the documents related to that? No, of course not.
I'm just trying to understand the world. Are we ever going to see all the documents related to that? No, of course not.
I'm just trying to understand the world. Are we ever going to see all the documents related to that? No, of course not.
I do, and it's deeply disquieting to me, actually, because it means that the reality that I take for granted is orchestrated or manufactured, and there are forces, I would have to presume dark forces, at work that I don't fully understand. And then if this is not what it appears to be, what else that I take for granted is a charade or a fantasy.
I do, and it's deeply disquieting to me, actually, because it means that the reality that I take for granted is orchestrated or manufactured, and there are forces, I would have to presume dark forces, at work that I don't fully understand. And then if this is not what it appears to be, what else that I take for granted is a charade or a fantasy.
I do, and it's deeply disquieting to me, actually, because it means that the reality that I take for granted is orchestrated or manufactured, and there are forces, I would have to presume dark forces, at work that I don't fully understand. And then if this is not what it appears to be, what else that I take for granted is a charade or a fantasy.
I don't really know the answer to that question. I'm going to make a personal reference. I married my wife, LaJuan, whom you've met.
I don't really know the answer to that question. I'm going to make a personal reference. I married my wife, LaJuan, whom you've met.
I don't really know the answer to that question. I'm going to make a personal reference. I married my wife, LaJuan, whom you've met.
And I would say that that relationship has been a wake-up call for me in that she brings a perspective that's very different from my conventional... I read the New York Times, and I pretty much believe when I'm reading. I read the Washington Post. I read the Wall Street Journal. I read the Chronicles of Higher Education. I, you know... And, you know, that's what they're saying.
And I would say that that relationship has been a wake-up call for me in that she brings a perspective that's very different from my conventional... I read the New York Times, and I pretty much believe when I'm reading. I read the Washington Post. I read the Wall Street Journal. I read the Chronicles of Higher Education. I, you know... And, you know, that's what they're saying.