I think Zionism as a as an idea, you know, this was definitely something that I always was taught was obviously a good thing. It's in the abstract, certainly growing up and into my early adulthood never had any problems with it. The only thing that raised my eyebrows at all is when like secular Israelis would say to me like you're Jewish, how come you don't live in Israel? And I'd be like, well, they're like, you should live here, you're a Jew. But overall, look, my overton window was basically the one I saw in the mainstream media publications. You could be critical of Israel and the Israeli right, but like to go into
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