I didn't have an early connection to Israel. In fact, I would say certainly through the age of like 11, I had almost no awareness of Israel or of the idea of Jewishness. And then when I went to the new republic, which is let's see, 80 1988, you know, it became an issue that was really hard to miss because well, first of all, Lee and Weasel here was there.
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