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When Friendships Collide with Third Rails: Glenn Loury on the Price of Criticizing Israel.


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A very frank conversation between allies who no longer see eye to eye. On the Gaza War, Zionism, guilt by association, speaking to Tucker, the Manhattan Institute, and the risks of speaking out.


Video: https://youtu.be/3i86w9xoj_U

AI Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction and Personal Reflections
00:02:57 Glenn's In Hot Water
00:04:32 The Gaza-Hiroshima Comparison
00:11:45 Israel's Origins Relevant to its Latitude in War?
00:22:09 Ethno-State?
00:35:47 There are No Armchair Warriors in Israel
00:45:37 Starvation in Gaza
01:03:59 What if Israel Had Stopped Last Year
01:07:14 Campus Speech Hypocrites
01:16:08 Manhattan Institute Dismissal
01:21:53 Tucker Carlson and Guilt By Association

Read Glenn's Substack: https://glennloury.substack.com/
"Though I often describe myself as a conservative, my views don’t map neatly onto any one ideological paradigm. My career has seen me shift to the right and the left. I’ve taken up issues as seemingly disparate as mass incarceration, the ailing state of the black family, and the failures of both progressivism and conservatism.
My mind, heart, and conscience dictate what I say, and that can make it difficult to find a home. So I’ve made one here."

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