It's hard to square Sam's take on this with his past insistence that we start actually believing what people openly tell us they believe instead of hunting for increasingly cryptic yet more palatable explanations for their utterances.
https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/1323116905645842433
Whether Kamala was lying, ignorant, or meant what she said, we should hold people to their actual words. As a rule I believe what people tell me they believe. I'm no psychic. If they sound nuts, ask them to clarify. If they still sound nuts, accept they may believe nutty things.
A lot of people accuse Sam of having TDS. I really don't think this is accurate. His takes on Trump have, IMO, been entirely reasonable. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to be extremely anti-Trump. But I do think he doesn't take the woke left as seriously as he should.
That being said, Sam has done way more than most in combating woke extremism throughout his career. And he's also been more effective at it than most.
This offers some clarity.
https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/1323315913945280512?s=20
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