I don’t think Peter played a very good woke leftist in this roleplaying exercise. It seemed like his actual goal was to take what he believes they think and find the underlying basis for those ideas. It’s an important exercise to examine why one believes what they do, but it really doesn’t work unless you have a true believer articulating those ideas.

I would LOVE to see Peter engage with Vincent Lloyd, not as a debate but rather as an exploration of Lloyd’s ideas. Lloyd is one of the only woke people I’ve seen who has been willing to talk openly about this stuff from the perspective of someone who believes it.

Peter, I know you’re busy but if you truly do want to have a conversation with an actual woke leftist who is willing to talk, Lloyd is probably your best bet. He was on the Glenn show a month or two ago and it was fascinating. What brought him to the attention of Glenn and John was this article, which is also worth a read: compactmag.com/article/…