The relationship between being Jewish and being a Zionist is central to the whole thing we're addressing today. You know, it's funny, I was listening to Katie Helper podcast after you brought her experience to my attention. And she said something like what was it there? There are two kinds of people who equate Zionists with Jews or anti-Semites. So yeah, it's a complicated issue.
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