I genuinely believe in good faith disagreement because I believe that democracy cannot survive with it. Listening, empathetic listening is a very important part of having a good faith argument. There are some arguments you should walk away from. John Bolton is a man who I don't like, but I respect him as a debater. He's been debating since his Yale days and he agreed to come on my show in 2020. How much of your antipathy towards Iran is due to geopolitics? You've had a long association with a group called the MEK which was banned by the State Department while you work there. The fact that Hillary Clinton took the MEK off the list of terrorist organizations
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