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In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Hoover Institution fellow Peter Robinson interviews Christopher Hitchens and William F. Buckley. (Filmed: 7/29/98)
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Thank you thank you ... ( 2 months ago by ouchmycrank)

Thank you thank you thank you for posting this.

if the draft was in ... ( 2 months ago by tonyjcpe)

if the draft was in effect, this war would be over in 5 min from the protests. right now we dont care because theres no chance the majority of people or their children would go to war. such a great country, we can rely on the apathy against our fellow man and be lied to by the govt as long as we feel safe. "The masses are far more likely to believe a big lie than several small ones." hitler learn from the past guys...

I wish, I terribly ... ( 2 months ago by shoshanq)

I wish, I terribly wish, I could disagree with you but unfortunately you are right. I heard a man say that you can tell how decadent our society is by the fact that many of our young men and women are losing their lives and limbs in the Mideast, but we barely notice. This is an appallingly sad situation.

"if the draft was ... ( 2 months ago by telethon123)

"if the draft was in effect, this war would be over in 5 min from the protests." No it wouldn't. Ever heard of Vietnam?

I don't really ... ( 2 months ago by AnunC8)

I don't really agree about the draft. The problem is that we are fighting an insurgency. This isn't a foreign army. They aren't wearing uniforms, they look just like everyone else. A draft might help take out some Al-Qaeda bases at first, but they would just switch the an even heavier insurgency strategy.

his tie is too long ( 2 months ago by lindwall88)

his tie is too long

We were losing 500 ... ( 2 months ago by JohnR22926)

We were losing 500 guys/wk in Vietnam; we've lost about 4,000 in five yrs in Iraq. It's scope/scale that make the difference.
I'm also skeptical about the apathy argument. It's not possible or reasonable to expect empathy for complete strangers...the world is filled with suffering...it's literally impossible to feel empathy 24/7. Re govt lies; hope you'll have the same standad under a Dem pres. BTW, wasn't it Lenin th
at made that statement, not Hitler? Doesn't matter; same difference.

An imperialist, ... ( 2 months ago by JohnR22926)

An imperialist, aggressive, and unjust war. I cannot agree.
Given what we knew in 1962, I think it was reasonable to support the S. Vietnamese in an attempt to prevent the Communist North from invading the South (eg Korea). Where we erred was in failing to realize (perhaps as early as '67) that the South Vietnamese weren't up to the challenge, and that the
issue wasn't communist expansion as much as vietnamese national unification. Our containment policy was correct; but not in Vietnam.

umm this is ... ( 2 months ago by urmomma158)

umm this is important why.............

The student ... ( 1 month ago by Irtidad)

The student movement "sometimes turned violent" while the civil rights movement was "largely peaceful" - somehow I suspect there's some manipulativeness in there.

yeah. i mean, ... ( 1 month ago by Albyiscool)

yeah. i mean, malcolm x?

Yeah. It's pretty ... ( 1 month ago by Irtidad)

Yeah. It's pretty clear that there were both violent and non-violent tendencies within each movement. And I'm pretty sure the student movement was less violent than the civil rights movement, because they had less direct justification for violence anyways.

Malcolm x was not ... ( 1 month ago by meandogsarescary)

Malcolm x was not a part of the civil rights movement, he was a separatist. He, and the nation of Islam, generally viewed Martin Luther King Jr as a white appeasers. Needless to say, they didnt like him much. or his movement.

he might not have ... ( 1 month ago by Albyiscool)

he might not have been among the same ranks as MLK in terms of peaceful protest, but he was part of the same movement to gain civil rights for blacks, hence the civil rights movement. He also broke with the nation of islam later in his life.

No he wasn't. There ... ( 1 month ago by meandogsarescary)

No he wasn't. There were a lot of movements who's goal was the progression of black rights. However if you think about the message that Malcom X was sending out, which was a separatist message, and compare it to MLKjr (i have a dream that one day little black boys with play with little white boys) There is an obvious contrast in intent. Malcolm did not what the races to mix, he wanted blacks to have their own country inside the mainland territory of the USA. MLKjr wanted complete integration.

the basic core of ... ( 1 month ago by Albyiscool)

the basic core of both messages was the eradication of differences and injustices against blacks perpetuated by the law. any number of movements at that period of turbulence can be considered part of the civil rights movement. its generally accepted that malcolm x was a major figure of civil rights at the time

No, the message of ... ( 1 month ago by meandogsarescary)

No, the message of the Nation of Islam was that the evils perpetuated by Whites on African Americans were so great that there could never be unification. He was the progenitor of the idea that African Americans should have there own sovereign nation. The civil rights movement was the name of MLKjr movement. It was inspired by the Mahatma Gandhi's tactics in India. The civil right movement was a peaceful movement.

It should not be ... ( 1 month ago by meandogsarescary)

It should not be confused with the struggle for civil rights. Many movement participated in the struggle; however, there was only one that was named the 'civil rights movement' It was the one that MLKjr lead and it is the peaceful movement that is referred to at the beginning of the video.

but the civil ... ( 1 month ago by Albyiscool)

but the civil rights movement of the 60s wasnt even started by MLK, and the 60s was just the culmination of a civil rights movement that had spanned since the aftermath of the civil war.
the way ive read it in the history books is that malcolm x and MLK are classified as contemporaries- each with a polar opposite view of how to deal with injustice, yet both part of the same era of social progress

Yeah, I don't ... ( 1 month ago by meandogsarescary)

Yeah, I don't disagree with that. They had the same goal but they were not a part of the same process. They were more in line with each other after Malcolm X returned from mecca. I think the man in the video is referring specifically to MLKjr and not the totality of people working for equal rights in the 60s. If he was speaking of the umbrella of group working for change, he would have to include the black panthers who were not peaceful at all.

Does anyone else ... ( 1 month ago by warmjets)

Does anyone else get the feeling that Peter Robinson is a homosexual?

Holy shit. I am so ... ( 3 weeks ago by port27420)

Holy shit. I am so glad that these two debated. I have nothing but respect for both of them. I thank whoever posted this.

No but I get the ... ( 3 weeks ago by port27420)

No but I get the feeling that you are one.

warmjets, I took ... ( 4 days ago by icelanderson)

warmjets, I took your -5 to a -4 because I think it's a perfectly legitimate question, and can't frankly understand why anybody else would be so bothered by it. Initially my feeling was that he was not comfortable enough in front of the camera to be gay. However, upon studying his mannerisms more carefully I think I actually agree with you. Good eye!

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