The latest uproar was about the fact that he allegedly was parading around in a Nazi uniform. He's been doing it for four decades or when did the album, the wall,. It is meant to represent generic authoritarianism, which the wall is manifestly opposed to. And yes, he can be insufferable, just like being interviewed about anything being interviewed about Pink Floyd. But he is definitely someone who has been targeted.
A new mini-series with Tamler Sommers and Robert Wright on the range of politically acceptable discourse for a given topic and how this “Overton window” changes over time. This episode is available for free for everyone, the remaining episodes will appear at the Very Bad Wizards Patreon and Robert Wright’s Nonzero Newsletter on Substack.
00:33 What is this new Overton Windows series about?
10:05 Tamler’s connections to Israel and Bob’s experiences there
19:22 What does Zionism mean in practice?
27:35 The shifting Overton window around Israel/Palestine
45:35 The heavy-handed response to the BDS movement
57:13 What the Israel/Palestine discourse says about Overton windows
1:02:09 So where should the boundaries be set