Reverie
1 min readAug 18, 2021

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The fact that people think Sam Harris is Far Right, is hilarious. He is not far right. He isn't even conservative. The fact that people try to equate him with Dave Rubin, or to try and draw a connection between him and Trump supporters, is a joke and actually reflects badly on his critics.

Sam Harris is a reasonable, intelligent, and open minded man, who transcends binaries of "left and right".

To suggest that Donald Trump is his "ideological mirror" is slanderous and utterly wrong. I have to assume either you don't know who Sam Harris is or what he actually believes, or you're maliciously trying to tie him to Trump.

Likewise Jordan Peterson (while I disagree with him on many things) is by NO MEANS a fascist. So claiming that because he uses the term "cultural Marxism" to talk about censorship of academics, he must be a fascist is again, a clearly malicious smear.

I have read your work before Mr Khaled and I liked most of what you wrote, especially your thoughts on Contrapoints. I'm not a conservative and I'm a fan of many of the people on Breadtube that you write about. I even subscribed to your email list.

But you are better than this. You do not need to falsely accuse Sam Harris of being ideologically "mirrored" to Trump. You do not need to falsely accuse Jordan Peterson of being a fascist. You can criticise people with nuance and factual reference to what they actually say and what they support. Not these nasty insinuations.

I expect better journalism from you.

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Reverie
Reverie

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“The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds” — Cloud Atlas

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