Interview · moment 8 of 14
Bannon Disinvited from the New Yorker Festival
from Living on the Edge of Death · #112
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4 minGuest
Tim and Ray debate David Remnick disinviting Steve Bannon from the New Yorker Festival after Bo Burnham and John Mulaney objected, discussing whether Bannon deserves a platform and comparing him to William F. Buckley.
- 21:02Tim on David Remnick inviting Steve Bannon to the New Yorker festival and the immediate backlash.
- 21:20After Bo Burnham, John Mulaney, and others threaten to boycott, the New Yorker disinvites Bannon.
- 21:44Bannon is an intelligent speaker, unlike Milo or Richard Spencer—worth engaging even if you disagree.
- 21:58America used to allow actual public debate and discourse with people you didn't agree with.
- 22:25John Mulaney compared Bannon to a cartoonish carnival, not a William F. Buckley versus James Baldwin-style intellectual debate.
- 23:00Tim questions whether anyone—any Trump supporter or ideological ally—should be given a platform in the view of his opponents.
- 23:28The left clearly wants no one from that camp to have a platform at all.
- 23:42The shift under Trump moved the Overton window rightward, making racist and anti-Semitic ideas suddenly acceptable in public discourse.
- 24:34A few years ago neo-Nazis marched and nobody showed up; there was a sense we'd moved past that era, though racism wasn't eliminated.
Steve BannonDavid RemnickRichard SpencerThe New YorkerAnn CoulterMilo YiannopoulosDonald TrumpJames BaldwinWilliam F BuckleyJohn MulaneyBo BurnhamBarack Obama