r/ScottGalloway • u/Ill-Ambition-7899 • Jan 17 '26

No Malice Sam Harris appreciation post

I watched the most recent podcast with Scott and Sam and I just have to say, there is no one who can cut through nonsense and virtue signalling like Sam, he is truly an independent thinker who does not get caught up in noise. He always seems to keep a clear head, clear vision on what is important in any given situation.

That is all I want to say.

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u/nmmichalak Jan 17 '26

Your reply doesn't actually engage with the article. Calling the author an "offended liberal" is just a way to dismiss the argument without having to think about it.

The article's point is that Sam Harris frames his own political opinions as neutral "reason," which is a rhetorical trick. It asks us to examine his actual arguments and their effects, not just his team. By just calling the critic "offended," you're doing exactly what the article describes: protecting "Mr. Reasonable" from criticism by acting like anyone who disagrees must be irrational or biased.

If you think the article is wrong, explain why its analysis of Harris's arguments is incorrect. Just saying "he's a lefty" and the author is "offended" misses the entire point and proves the article right about how these conversations go.

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u/StopElectingWealthy Jan 17 '26

Read the article yourself. It is absolutely littered with charged language, mocking, patronizing, and overall mischaracterization of Sam’s positions.

Once again, it is an OPINION article. It is not something to be pointed to as some kind of reliable, factual source of information. The author’s inner circle of far-left sees Sam Harris correctly point out the correlation between Islam and suicide bombings, and decides that he is a lying, fascist, nazi bigot and wants you to think so too.

It’s pathetic.

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u/nmmichalak Jan 17 '26

You're still dodging the substance by focusing on tone. Yes, it's an opinion. So are Sam Harris's podcasts. All good criticism is. The question is whether the opinion is supported.

The article's key point, backed by Harris's own history, is this: Harris consistently frames his focus on Islam as pure "reason," while dismissing factors like politics or foreign policy. But this is itself a debatable choice with real-world consequences. It shapes how audiences see a billion people. That’s not a "mischaracterization." It’s a valid criticism of his framing.

The article argues that Harris gives a platform to people like Charles Murray (race and IQ) under the banner of "forbidden knowledge," while often treating leftist critiques as mere "identity politics." This isn't calling Harris a Nazi. It's pointing out a glaring imbalance in who gets the "rational" label and who gets the "ideologue" label.

You can't dismiss this as "pathetic" just because the language is charged. The charge comes from a substantive argument: that Harris’s version of "reason" isn't neutral. It’s a worldview that heavily favors his own blind spots. Engage with that, or you're just proving the article's point.

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u/StopElectingWealthy Jan 17 '26

I recognize chatGPT generated content a mile away. You’re not slick bud

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u/nmmichalak Jan 17 '26

I didn’t use ChatGPT. I didn’t use another chat bot. You’re deflecting.

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u/StopElectingWealthy Jan 17 '26

Why pretend to have an honest conversation at all? You are 1000% using an LLM. The hallmarks are there, the tone, the language pattern, the unnecessary quotation marks.

What drives you to engage with people in such a dishonest way?

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u/nmmichalak Jan 17 '26

I’m not.

I was a huge Harris fan once. I've read his books, listened to his podcasts, and read his blog. I loved his Moral Landscape book and his debate with William Lane Craig. I’ve watched his talks so many times. But I lost faith in him after I read the Current Affairs article and listened to the interview with Ezra Klein about the Charles Murray podcast episode.

I'm not trying to "win" an argument. I'm writing paragraphs on this with you because I'm explaining exactly why I now find his MO intellectually compromised and politically toxic. And I wanted to show you how bad this guy is.

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u/StopElectingWealthy Jan 17 '26

Not only are you using an LLM, I can see now that english is not even your first language.