Regarding the apartheid thing, I was expecting some sort of smoking gun - a video or a blog post or something. We have little to back it up other than two people's memories of an event 30 years ago. I'm not disputing he may have said it. My concern is we do not know the context. If I think of all the interesting conversations I had in my years of university - I'm sure I've said much worse (with no regrets). Playing devil's advocate and intellectual games (not the manipulating kind, but the "let's imagine" kind) are par for course there.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge fan of NPR.[1] However, it's a problem when one uncritically accepts what they say. Many are predisposed to disliking him since his support for Trump, and so they lower their standards when it comes to pieces like this.
[1] Kind of sad that I feel I have to put this disclaimer.
Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge fan of NPR.[1] However, it's a problem when one uncritically accepts what they say. Many are predisposed to disliking him since his support for Trump, and so they lower their standards when it comes to pieces like this.
[1] Kind of sad that I feel I have to put this disclaimer.