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GREAT MOMENTS IN DISPASSIONATE OBJECTIVITY: Sam Harris: ?Osama bin Laden is far more understandabl?

By Ed Driscoll

GREAT MOMENTS IN DISPASSIONATE OBJECTIVITY: Sam Harris: ?Osama bin Laden is far more understandable to me and far less reprehensible than Trump.?

Sam Harris is a famous atheist and a self-professed ?rationalist,? but here he demonstrates that the Left?s hatred for Trump can race far beyond all the bounds of rationality and become cultlike in its perfervid intensity. Sam Harris has spoken critically about Islamic jihad violence in the past, but he allowed himself to be intimidated into silence about the root causes of that violence, and came out in opposition to any and all effective counter-jihad measures. Sam also recently unmasked himself as a fascist foe of the freedom of speech.

In light of all that, this revolting dive into the most fetid dumpster of Trump Hatred, and awe-inspiring example of moral myopia, is not altogether unexpected. But that doesn?t make it any less reprehensible.

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In an audio clip uploaded to his Facebook account on the 19th of February, he explains his position in detail. Sam Harris says, ?I find Trump more despicable than I found Osama bin Laden? With Osama bin Laden, it?s just obvious to me that he could have been a mensch in some sense, right? He?s making serious sacrifices for ideas that he deeply believes in. He?s committed to a cause greater than himself.?

The deluded atheist continued, ?I don?t doubt he had real ethical connections to the people in his life that he cared about. He?s a real person, right? And in some ways, he is kind of a moral hero in a very bad game. And so therefore, he?s kind of prototypically evil when viewed from my game. he?s a person of actual substance- he?s just committed to the wrong ends, whereas Trump is the negation of all those things.?

It is thus quite clear that ?peak rational atheist? Sam Harris believes that Donald Trump, under whose administration historic peace deals were signed between sworn enemies in the Middle East, is more reprehensible than the Islamic terrorist who brought down the Twin Towers and unleashed death, destruction and carnage across the world.

But Harris isn?t alone when it comes to that level of moral equivalence. Here?s Boston Globe opinion columnist Renee Graham yesterday:

?The top 3 best selling vehicles in America are pick-ups. Question to reporters: do you personally know someone that owns one??, Ace of Spades? John Ekdahl asked on Twitter at the beginning of 2017. As Sean Davis of the Federalist noted in his article on that seemingly innocuous tweet, ?Watch A Bunch Of Journalists Freak Out After Being Asked If They Know Anybody Who Drives A Truck.?

And from an MSM journalist this past August: ?Sales of mega-pickups, which have basically been deliberately designed to intimidate and kill pedestrians, are booming.?

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on November 01, 2020 (boomark / email).