James Cavallero was nominated by the Biden administration to be a representative on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. But they dug up some tweets where he described Israel as in apartheid state and accused top Democrat Congress of being quote bought by Israel lobby groups. So it's still, I think we agree it's changed a lot. And it's a lot easier for your career to survive your calling Israel apartheid state, if you want to do that. He thought maybe it'll be good to start off by just giving our kind of personal background with regard to this topic.
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