Sam Harris

So yeah, I mean, he's... BCA subsidies, yeah.

Yeah, the tariffs are unpopular.

It's hard to know what he thinks he's accomplishing from a political point of view with any of this.

Listen, I think you want to model the civility you want to see in your society, right?

So I just think whenever these things become oppressive to the rest of the citizenry, I just think it's counterproductive.

I mean, that's what was so ridiculous about so many Black Lives Matter protests, where they would get in people's faces in cafes and aggressively force them to

you know, in some kind of struggle session to comply with, you know, to grant assent to the legitimacy of the protest, right?

You've got, you know, bend the knee right now or we're going to, you know, ruin your life.

That's just not a way to win hearts and minds in any way, so.

Also, these are not leaders of the party.

There's a difference.

This is not the behavior of those that are leading that party.

Again, this is asymmetric political warfare.

The right and the Trumpists have very few rules.

They'll dox people.

They'll shatter all the norms that I think we're right to live by when we oppose our political opponents.

So it's hard to know.

I don't think Michelle Obama's aphorism has weathered the test of time.

You know, when they go low, we go high.

I just don't, I think that probably admits of some exceptions, but I just don't think you want to be an unethical asshole at any point.