A good example of how outside the Overton window used to be is I was at the New Republic when Andrew Sullivan wrote for the New Republic, Andrew was also there. A cover story that's that widely recognized as a real milestone in in awareness of the issue kind of this was around 1990. And then suddenly it's in 10 years within 10 years, it's really in play. Then in another 15 years game over, there's been a 180. The Overton window just completely shifting so that what used to be like squarely in the middle or even to the left of the Overtonwindow is now already like outside of it.
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