Debate Chris Hedges vs Sam Harris Religion, Politics FULL

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• CW

  @cwjalexx · 5 years ago

  Colonel sanders loves the sound of his own voice here... dude wasn’t even attempting to be neutral

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• TU

  @turnedaround4954 · 11 years ago

  I have never seen a debate when the moderator does more talking that the debaters<br>- very disappointing

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• ST

  @stonepaintertim · 9 months ago

  Hedges gives Sam formidable argument - much stronger than I heard from similar debates

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• PA

  @pavelgrebenkov9965 · 12 years ago

  The question of whether religious beliefs contribute to behaviour is obvious and need not even be questioned. If religions had no role to play in people&apos;s lives, people would not practice them. This is not controversial at all. What Harris is questioning is the validity, sanctity and the consequences of those beliefs. A combination of factor X (e.g. poverty or dispair) with religion Y (e.g. Islam) is likely to lead to outcome Z as apposed to a case where Y is replaced with W (e.g. Buddhism). This is a very powerful argument that all things considered equal religion does play a significant role in whether or not a person will or will not commit a violent act.

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• AS

  @ASkepticalHumanOnYouTube · 11 years ago

  The role of a moderator is to facilitate the debate, not complicate it by interrupting constantly, derailing it by presenting your own ideas in the midst of what could be a fruitful exchange between the two debaters, and spending about as much time talking as your debaters.

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• NJ

  @njandrews4105 · 11 months ago (edited)

  Remember when Harris made claims of Israel being a enlightened liberal democracy and not a religious extremist country and people believed it lol 😆

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• RE

  @Resenbrink · 10 years ago

  Don&apos;t ever let Scheer &quot;moderate&quot; another debate.

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• AL

  @alexanderdemontfort3022 · 12 years ago

  I&apos;m an atheist and I think Hedges is one of the best modern writers and a brilliant public speaker. As I read the comments here, and listen to this debate and others, &nbsp;I see how his, Hedges, intelligent queries and narrative are often converted to straw-man or simply ignored. It is a shame and, intellectually, we are worse off for doing so.

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• MA

  @marcbelisle5685 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ll always remember this as the debate where the moderator jumped in like Ric Flair.

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• VE

  @VeganVoid · 9 years ago

  gotta love a good double team masquerading as a moderator.

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• QS

  @qsaber9690 · 9 months ago

  why was the moderator sitting in the middle? clearly, he should have been sitting on the side of Chris Hedges

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• NE

  @Nejra · 13 years ago

  1:16:20 &nbsp;&quot;YOU&apos;RE THE MODERATOR&quot;<br><br>I dont like people shouting in the public but this guy was right. The moderator should be objective or stfu.

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