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mthead911 :

Best quote in the entire interview from Ta-nehisi: "Was silence not an option?"

geekgod808 :

Ezra wasn’t listening AT ALL 😑

Earth Is Raggedy :

Ezra perfectly represented everything that is wrong with the Democrat Party and liberal ideology. A bunch of capitulation, posturing, and white supremacy veiled as pragmatism.

Amber Flannery Field - on yt :

maybe this is my privilege speaking, but I don't know how someone like Ezra Klein can get to that point in his life without ever really unpacking where he's at. Shouldn't the tensions that he's ignorant of be evident just, say, walking outside?

Sierra :

‘I think we need to sacrifice the rights of women, queer, & black americans to guarantee the success of the democratic party’… like uhm okayyy.

Kenny Goolsby :

I get why a lot of people who feel disenfranchised side more with Coates than Klein, but as long as we are a democracy, winning the majority matters. Losing more people to Trump and the right has a very real possibility to make things much much worse. That was Ezra’s whole point. Idealism only gets you so far if you ignore the political realities.

It’s Tay :

Ezra Klein feels like he is trying to make necropolitics palatable, finding “normality” through “necessary” sacrifices of targeted groups

Armen :

THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE FRIENDS TOO

Ashley :

When he started quoting Buddhist poetry after Coates said something really smart and profound I physically recoiled

Zoë J. :

its literally "some of you may die but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make"

jordanyoungfever :

Verbatim

Shiny_Shin :

Ezra Klein was definitely not listening to anything being said to him. You can see it in some of his examples and his brining up like Buddhist sayings that have nothing to do with what was being said. It was so hard to watch on so many levels

BWShea :

That1BlackGuy/On YT As Well :

all i have is this image and its all i need

crankybean369 :

it felt so weird to view Coates' view as fatalistic when, to me, I thought it was so hopeful. like.....how comforting to know that the struggle will continue beyond me. to know that just because I don't get to see it, doesn't mean that it won't happen

Shadowblast4232 :

there's a ton of people who's entire ideology is "I agree that everyone should have rights but it's not practical to run on that because it doesn't have enough support" without ever considering whether or not there'd be enough support if they all stopped thinking it was "impractical" and just started fighting for the morally correct position

Sammy kk :

Ezra Klein is how the DNC leadership thinks. Instead of POLICIES that help people, they are prepared to jettison some folks.

Sia Mozaffari :

The most infuriating part for me was "MLK was killed preaching love" and Klein is like "Let me tell you about my mindfulness meditation practice tho" like helllloooo? are we on the same planet bro?!

Socialist Hastur :

100% he said "that's fatalist to me" so fast I immediately knew he wasn't listening, he was waiting to speak

DPR Donuts 🆘🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈 :

they really are having two different conversations. Ezra is looking for a strategy to get democrats elected, with the idea that a dem majority will necessarily lead to more progressive policies. tnc is talking about deriving your politics from an ethical core, and then ",fighting for that" in some nebulous way. its the difference between an activist, or community organizer, and a political operative. the thing is, what Ezra is talking about-the strategy of pandering to bigots to get things like the aca past-iw what we've been doing for decade's, and led us directly to this moment.

Aghaidh.Feusag.Fireann :

"[Sucks air in through teeth] See...believing in things isn't really the sort of thing I...do. Ya know?" -- Ezra Klien

Karim Sule :

Is Ezra Klein related to Ethan Klein

PriPri :

Ezra pretending to be a "thinker" with that mockery of a beard 😂

Elainemarie :

White men are going white men. Ezra Klein was absolutely not listening and was referring to his notes. Wow Tallahassee coach was.

rdond :

Ezra Klein presented the overall democratic mindset