There's some evidence that there is still some blowback you get from advocating ethnic cleansing. One of those two extreme ministers members of the cabinet said something approving about the last thing that could be called a pogrom in the West Bank. So, we had to walk it back. It worries me that these things can still accelerate even if no one is openly advocating 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