Harvey Silverglate
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Podcast Appearances
I would not want to be in Russia today.
I'd probably be sharing a cell with a Wall Street Journal reporter.
Um, so, um, I'm, I'm thankful that they came in and, um, this is a great country.
It's got troubles right now, but our country doesn't.
And we've had, before we had a civil war, we had segregation.
Uh, we had the decimation of the Indians.
We're not perfect.
But it's the best place in the world for somebody who values liberty.
No, I don't.
I think that we have developed a culture in which
Um, it's understood that if you don't like what you hear, you talk back.
Mm-hmm.
Um, you write, you write something.
Um, um, we don't punch each other.
We insult each other.
Um, is insulting great?
Well, I don't know.
It's okay.
I used to, as a kid in Brooklyn, where I was born, I was born and raised in Bensonhurst.
We used to say, sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never harm me.