Ta-Nehisi Coates
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 19 Jun
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You know what I mean?
And so like, I guess, you know, like I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm conflicted myself in that if I'm, if I'm being honest, you know?
Also, most people are complicated.
Like, you're not, like, they have been honorable.
Like, there are moments, you know what I mean?
They really were, you know, honorable.
And, you know, so, I don't know.
Look, look, look, Tim, as a writer, I am, I guess, much less interested in
the heroism or the particular weakness or dishonor of certain people.
And I'm more interested in the structures that make them possible.
You know what I mean?
So I can't sit here and give 10 minutes on why Mitt Romney sucks or why John McCain sucked or why, like, I can't, you know, they're probably very honorable people in their personal lives.
Joe Biden.
Yes, yes, yes.
I think, you know, people are the product of situations, you know, more than anything.
Yeah, I mean, that was pretty good.
That was pretty good.
I mean, that's probably generally true.
The complication for that is, I mean, and this is what I spent much of the article doing is, and I didn't notice, you know, when I certainly, you know, the last time I really wrote about at length, you know, about President Obama, I did not have the requisite knowledge
and understanding of the amount of times and the degree to which we have not actually done that though.
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