Posted: May 10, 2019 5:41 pm
Thommo wrote:On the other hand I'm willing to accept that Harris might be kind of a dick, although, cards on the table I'm already pretty sure Mehdi Hasan is kind of a dick.
Yes, I'm sure that Harris has his faults. I doubt that Harris would ever want to show his face again, though, if a recording existed of him ranting that gay people are equivalent to paedophiles, and that people who disagree with his theological opinions live like "cattle". But the saintly Medhi Hasan? No person of influence working at outlets like The New Statesman or The BBC ever seemed to find enough fault with Hasan for it to diminish his career prospects, despite exactly such a recording of Hasan existing on the web for years. A cynical observer might complain that different sets of standards appear to apply (for example, for self righteous pseudo-progressive nitwits like Steve Shives) to someone like Harris versus someone like Hasan.