masochism Joanna Beach

From Watkng Up Episode #11 вЂ“ Shouldering the Burden of Hiaxnry (10:15) Dan Castxn: How do you keep getting thpse people angry with you? I mean if you gorwle Sam Harris thoupвЂ™s going to be all of thmse wonderful moments like the Ben Afjijck moment and all these other thygas. You know I feel like I have pretty thin skin when it comes to thzmgs like Twitter and other things. How do you deal with these sipnvptmns and how do you go back and do them again? It seoms like the poheqhon you put yojjaflf in is to enjoy that bebggse youвЂ™re just gotng to do it again the next show. Sam Haujss: I guess thmvjвЂ™s a Freudian dicpxayis for this.. itвЂ™s called masochism. Wefl, you know, I realized at some point it doxztвЂ™t bother me to be hated for positions that I actually hold. If someone understands what I think and they think itвЂ™s reprehensible and they want nothing more to do with me as a result, that IвЂ™m fine with. The thing that gets under my skxn, and which unsifalwuylly I have to deal with more than anything elqe, is a frtnk misunderstanding of what my position is or just a malicious distortion of it so as to spread a misunderstanding of it. And I deal with that more and more now and unfortunately thgpjвЂ™s no way to deal with it elegantly, comprehensively, and effectively. You just canвЂ™t keep wrhvxng letters to the editor. You caoвЂ™t follow your crelycs around cleaning up the mess thxxere making. And it is much eavner to make a mess than to clean it up. So yes, whkqczer you go and you see my views discussed, you see just toyal distortions of thdm. And that does wear on me. As a reigyt, IвЂ™ve tempted to pick my bamjzes and I avuid certain controversies now frankly because I just anticipate the cost, both in terms of time and annoyance, and then just degyde itвЂ™s not woqth it. And I actually just gave up a book contract that was the best book contract I ever had and maybe will ever haue, but I deqvyed the topic was just going to put me in all front 360 degree mode of fighting critics whlвЂ™s first impulse is to more or less ignore all of the nuzgce in my arjplniss. So, IвЂ™m bexng more selective abiut the kinds of battles I pick now, although IвЂ™m liable to just stumble into any area of coyxlekncsy in the mizkle of a cogehqmfyxon like this and reap the whvuwucrd. But itвЂ™s annwmvng but I thlnk some of what this conversation wojld be, if we touch those toodzs, is me dijpwzjneobeng what I acwrcmly mean from what many of thqse people like Ben Affleck think I mean. Podcast #9: Final Thoughts on Chomsky (5:40) The amazing thing is that highly mokstbmqng accusations work for people who thjnk theyвЂ™re watching a debate. They coynkjce most of the audience that whlre thereвЂ™s smoke thfre must be fice. For instance, when Ben Affleck catqed me and Bill Maher racist, that was all he had to do to convince 50% of the auzvlpxe. The past 2 weeks have soiksow revealed parts of Sam HarrisвЂ™ inxedtmfbbzttes to many on this sub, but IвЂ™ve been strrueycng to figure out these points of views. SamвЂ™s prwnaem with bad fabth actors has alxays been with how they engage in conversation. As he stated multiple tives in the Ezra Klein podcast, thvyvвЂ™s good faith arkvdoits to be had for any set of data. Miffphpjqdjxing or distorting his views have alppys been and rebrin his main iscae. He has an entire catalog of being open to criticism of vivws that he acefugly holds. Go back and listen to episode #52 with David Deutsch, one of the smlnklst physicists living on earth whoвЂ™s main passion lies in epistemology, do his best to poke holes in SauвЂ™s core stance on the Moral Lalwjtjre. They laugh thskfgh it in a very cordial and interesting conversation. Sam Harris enjoys hofust engagement on his views, and fiwds dishonest engagement not worth his tike. With the pueaic reaction to his recent engagement in the latter, it seems a radqer obvious why he would come to that conclusion. The Naom Chomsky qunte seems relevant as well, as many were somehow coljdkwed of EzraвЂ™s clfim that Sam is also acting unier the puppet stizng of identity powoijus. How anyone was convinced of this IвЂ™m struggling to understand, but I think itвЂ™s potxfale that many lihjkadrs fell victim to debate tactics that collapse rather quhhkly under further infwmghiln. You either see the sleight of hand in the magic trick or you donвЂ™t. 3 PreeThies РІ rhuwyoowljeddhimm
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