Kulturkampf

[Polident]

I'm not arguing the questions are unbiased or unmotivated--My point is that Coates cool-headed response specifically to loaded questioning is what makes this clip stand out.

I think if Coates dissolved into a blubbering mess and stormed off stage, that would also be a viral clip, but wouldn't be worth much value in terms of The Discourse and probably would've hurt Coates whole argument anyway.

When he sat there and got asked shit like "Do you think Israel shoudn't exist?" and replied with--paraphrased--"I think apartheid shouldn't exist", that's a good, ethical answer, and hard to argue with (or around). 

You don't even need to get into Gaza, October 7th, rant about "zionists" or slip and fall on your ass into stanning for Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran. I know you say it's a miniscule amount of people doing that, but it's pretty much the primary version of the argument I encounter anywhere--online, in the news, and even in my personal life.

Frankly, the people who jumped on it as a fad in 2023 (or 2021) flattened any discussion around it into a shitshow. As people has likened them to the Kony 2012 or Occupy or whatever fleeting cause they don’t care about. It’s not exactly a fresh topic, going on for decades (or longer, depending on POV). You’ve had all sorts of discourse, from all sorts of perspectives, with all sorts of strategies.