The other day I went to see a friend in DC. Didn't really want to go all the way down there or care about the event, but needed to talk to him about something else more important.
The event was a Douglas Murray essentially lecture/interview on why Israel is good and Hamas is bad.
What was interesting about the event to me is that it was cl…
The other day I went to see a friend in DC. Didn't really want to go all the way down there or care about the event, but needed to talk to him about something else more important.
The event was a Douglas Murray essentially lecture/interview on why Israel is good and Hamas is bad.
What was interesting about the event to me is that it was clearly ENTERTAINMENT. I don't think it was different then any other political rally I've seen, even though he's not a politician. I already believe his message and he presented no new information. There were lots of jokes and zingers and one liners that were clearly practiced and delivered to get the audience howling and use at a cocktail party later to impress.
There wasn't much substance. There was no obvious call to action if you wanted to do something. No discussion of how you might change someones mind. No new insight anyone who's spent like 30 minutes thinking about this could come up with. Why did all of these people in blazers want to come to this event and spend their time and money? Couldn't they watch it on YouTube and send a donation to Israel or something. It was really unclear to me what the people in the audience were supposed to DO about all this.
The other day I went to see a friend in DC. Didn't really want to go all the way down there or care about the event, but needed to talk to him about something else more important.
The event was a Douglas Murray essentially lecture/interview on why Israel is good and Hamas is bad.
What was interesting about the event to me is that it was clearly ENTERTAINMENT. I don't think it was different then any other political rally I've seen, even though he's not a politician. I already believe his message and he presented no new information. There were lots of jokes and zingers and one liners that were clearly practiced and delivered to get the audience howling and use at a cocktail party later to impress.
There wasn't much substance. There was no obvious call to action if you wanted to do something. No discussion of how you might change someones mind. No new insight anyone who's spent like 30 minutes thinking about this could come up with. Why did all of these people in blazers want to come to this event and spend their time and money? Couldn't they watch it on YouTube and send a donation to Israel or something. It was really unclear to me what the people in the audience were supposed to DO about all this.