Douglas Murray on Malcolm Gladwell: "I Still Don't Feel Pity"

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  • @DomiNate_1
    @DomiNate_1 Před 9 měsíci +986

    Douglas calling Malcom “Malc” will go down as one of the most legendary executions on a debate stage.

    • @ethancook4969
      @ethancook4969 Před 6 měsíci +40

      Dude I was laughing so hard 😂

    • @MiguelClarke
      @MiguelClarke Před 5 měsíci +20

      Savage!

    • @SuperChrisDub
      @SuperChrisDub Před 5 měsíci +38

      I agree. That was the first time I watched Douglas and the last time I watched Gladwell. "Malc" just came across as just a pompous, sanctimonious prick who clearly thought he was the cleverest guy in the room and was savagely cut down by Douglas and Matt. They kept to the point and their perspective, which was that there is lack of trust in the media, and he just kept making cheap shots while not addressing the point. IMO, there is a lack of trust in the media because people like him think they are smart enough to lie to the peasantry and we will not notice. He got a rude awakening that day.

    • @testodude
      @testodude Před 5 měsíci +14

      "Malc" called him "Doug" first.

    • @danya.9602
      @danya.9602 Před 5 měsíci +19

      ​@SuperChrisDub It was because Malcolm was being rude and calling Douglas "Doug" even though Douglas tried to correct him quite a few times throughout the debate.

  • @fribersson
    @fribersson Před 9 měsíci +2014

    The Gladwell performance is a case study in cognitive dissonance. Douglas Murray is spot on - Gladwell did not listen and hallucinated opinions. It’s what happens when we despise other people before knowing a single accurate thing about them.

    • @more.art.less.war.
      @more.art.less.war. Před 9 měsíci +38

      Very well said

    • @jamesdellaneve9005
      @jamesdellaneve9005 Před 9 měsíci +81

      He was debating who he thought they were. The cardboard cutouts.

    • @WayneLynch69
      @WayneLynch69 Před 9 měsíci +22

      I've found Gladwell on several of the "swells" get togethers: BookNotes/PBS/TED Talks.. So I've read
      at least one of his books. "The Bomber Mafia" was so unstructured as to be unintelligible

    • @grandidea2085
      @grandidea2085 Před 9 měsíci +8

      I so wish I could have been there! Is it on youtube somewhere?

    • @haydenwalton2766
      @haydenwalton2766 Před 9 měsíci +33

      exactly, gladwell deserves all the criticism he gets from his performance at the monk debate -
      it was appalling

  • @catritz
    @catritz Před 9 měsíci +182

    “ *Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought* ”

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 Před 7 měsíci +6

      That's a great quote.

    • @StanEby1
      @StanEby1 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@NousTrapper Great quote but probably by JFK's speech writer, Ted Sorensen.

  • @marisaera2353
    @marisaera2353 Před 9 měsíci +174

    It was a shocking debate on Gladwell's part. No arguments, just rudeness and bluster. "Well, Malc" ! Brilliant, Douglas.

  • @loudenlaffnite246
    @loudenlaffnite246 Před 9 měsíci +1013

    It was truly a cringe-inducing bloodbath, especially when he essentially annihilated Gladwell's credibility for life by way of detailing what Gladwell got disastrously wrong about Ireland in his book. Murray had attempted politeness up until that point but finally tired of Gladwell's goading -- and accusing Murrary & Taibbi of being white racists whilst himself defending the old-guard white press -- so I felt zero sympathy that Gladwell got it both barrels.

    • @robberlin2230
      @robberlin2230 Před 9 měsíci +32

      Well said sir

    • @nuckygulliver9607
      @nuckygulliver9607 Před 9 měsíci

      I remember thinking Gladwell was aa smart and interesting speaker.. that was before I knew how much the news was lying. That was really satisfying to see how deranged he is now because I've seen aquantences and friends being deranged and I never know if I am somehow to blame. Looking back at things though there is an impossible standard of dishonesty being demanded in Canadian life.
      I overheard two immigrants on a date saying "Canadians are nice... but aren't they phoney!?"
      This is what this leftist maoist woke ideology has done to Canada.

    • @robberlin2230
      @robberlin2230 Před 9 měsíci +14

      @stafus yes he is. I don't think there is anyone who doesn't know that

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 Před 9 měsíci +25

      @@Stafusit’s very disturbing that you are saying that under virtually every comment. Douglas being gay has no relevance.

    • @schizophrenicenthusiast
      @schizophrenicenthusiast Před 9 měsíci +19

      @@Stafus I didn't know that, but I fail to see the relevance in bringing it up

  • @1247.cccccc
    @1247.cccccc Před 9 měsíci +1338

    Telling lies to large groups of people and being assured they'll get away with it captures the ethos of modern journalism/media. Well said, Douglas.

    • @John-uh8kl
      @John-uh8kl Před 9 měsíci

      That a good, whilst at the same time, the fact of it is beyond worrying.
      The future survival and thriving of the human race is at stake, if it finds itself incapable of facing reality.
      This is a 'three days ago', YT, according to what I see, and, I AM concerned, that after Nigel Farage, UK, has just, very recently then, has made de-banking and the, Environmental Social Governance, project, the Great Reset, public knowledge, concerned that this isn't the number one topic, on sites that are working with the dangers humankind is facing.

    • @MarkHicks326
      @MarkHicks326 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Googlied the comment gone...

    • @tcorourke2007
      @tcorourke2007 Před 9 měsíci +15

      Do you remember the comment sections of newspaper articles in the early 00's? They were full of trolls, but you could always see when the journalist had lost the audience.
      It's no wonder they no longer allow them.

    • @SorenHume
      @SorenHume Před 9 měsíci

      But is it a lie if they believe what they’re saying. I saw the debate. They actually believed what they are saying.
      Goldberg used the phrase “ideological capture” four times as if she knew what it meant AS she was arguing from a very narrow range of ideology which has captured her thought. Slavoj Zizek’s film “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology” shows us just how pernicious Ideology can be.

    • @yoeyyoey8937
      @yoeyyoey8937 Před 9 měsíci +2

      They would know it’s how their industry works

  • @kstark321
    @kstark321 Před 9 měsíci +910

    I defended Gladwell a lot before this debate but this sent him into the irredeemable stratosphere. It was chilling how much he and his debate partner just ignored what Murray and Taibbi said and relentlessly gaslighted. This is what they did in a public debate, imagine what they do behind closed doors at their media outlet.

    • @captainpazuzu
      @captainpazuzu Před 8 měsíci +57

      I had enjoyed a lot of Gladwell's work previously as well. It was staggering to see him act the way he did. Makes me question how accurate my perceptions are on other people.

    • @LT11721
      @LT11721 Před 7 měsíci +12

      Chilling

    • @esterhudson5104
      @esterhudson5104 Před 7 měsíci +9

      Yep. I thought for second he got recompense for throwing that fight…

    • @warrenrandall6936
      @warrenrandall6936 Před 6 měsíci +20

      Gladwell et al. get away with it as part of the MSM but when in public it becomes obvious how they think and they lost that debate.

    • @user-fu9vj9ix3g
      @user-fu9vj9ix3g Před 6 měsíci

      Gladwell's writings prove that he - and most Leftists - exist in a bubble that is shiny on the inside, among their own ilk. Get them outside the bubble, their arguments are as shallow as a birdbath.

  • @jordanleavitt3314
    @jordanleavitt3314 Před 9 měsíci +527

    I was in attendance at that debate and can confirm the audience was groaning at Gladwell's performance. We had gone into the debate only really knowing Malcolm Gladwell, having read a few of his books (He was arguably the reason for our attendance). A few of us were shattered and alienated by his low road approach to debating and the tired / predictable use of his "white supremacist" accusations.

    • @leomahmet7555
      @leomahmet7555 Před 6 měsíci

      Hopefully soon, all will realize just how deep the sickness and wickedness runs in the "free" West. The rest of the world has been screaming it since 1945.

    • @HomeAtLast501
      @HomeAtLast501 Před 6 měsíci +51

      I've NEVER been even remotely impressed with him intellectually, and I have wondered why other people are. With his books it's as though he takes well-known basic truths that can be conveyed in one sentence, but he'll elaborate them into 450 pages. Like, "to succeed you have to put in a lot of hard work". Or, "things change slowly at first, and then at some point they cross a threshold and change quickly". I instantly get it, and don't need the extra 449 pages to help me understand. Gladwell is a pseudo-intellectual, or, an intellectual for stupid people.

    • @Rachel-en5nt
      @Rachel-en5nt Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@HomeAtLast501 💯

    • @kerrylewisRN
      @kerrylewisRN Před 5 měsíci +5

      It would have been nice to hear Douglas call him Mal a few times

    • @d_ward4871
      @d_ward4871 Před 5 měsíci +17

      @@kerrylewisRNhe did😂 he called him Malc. I was well placed too

  • @89jmills
    @89jmills Před 9 měsíci +230

    Remember kids, if Malc can keep a career as an intellectual after showing the void that is his brain during this debate - you can do anything you want.

    • @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid
      @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid Před 9 měsíci +5

      😂😂😂😂😂
      Had to catch myself from rolling. On the floor.
      Brilliant!!

    • @steveperreira5850
      @steveperreira5850 Před 9 měsíci

      Arrogant, arrogant, the result of inbreeding, inbreeding …. The scourge of God’s chosen people, the people that think they are better than everyone else, just read their religion.

    • @steveperreira5850
      @steveperreira5850 Před 9 měsíci

      Malc is an “nbred ju”

    • @steveperreira5850
      @steveperreira5850 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Forever more he is “Malc” ….. very close to the Latin “mal”. ……. That means “BAD” or “EVIL”.

    • @perryrush6563
      @perryrush6563 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Ha ha ha "well Malc..."

  • @orhochris
    @orhochris Před 9 měsíci +361

    I saw this debate prior to this video. I walked in a HUGE fan of Gladwell’s, and once the absolutely out-of-left-field racist allegations started getting dropped over and over again, I was like, damn… I had this guy totally wrong. I’ve never had such a 180 turn on a speaker following a performance than this one.

    • @alisterrebelo9013
      @alisterrebelo9013 Před 9 měsíci +36

      The power of free speech to reveal who has substance and who doesn't.

    • @sylaq1151
      @sylaq1151 Před 9 měsíci +16

      What was your fandom based on? One cannot assume it was through reading Gladwell's books....which are bloody awful.

    • @danielebowman
      @danielebowman Před 9 měsíci +10

      @@sylaq1151 I like Gladwells books, they pick up on some interesting angles and explanations. Though some of his examples are forced into the narrative and inaccurately described, they make interesting points in an entertaining way.

    • @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid
      @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@danielebowmansoooo… it tickled your toes.

    • @Jeff-cn9up
      @Jeff-cn9up Před 9 měsíci +19

      His personal racial background and particularly Canadian leftist ideology has warped Gladwell's perceptions into a grotesque mirror image of reason.

  • @nemesisn4sir242
    @nemesisn4sir242 Před 9 měsíci +193

    Hearing him actually say "I still don't feel pity," was way better than reading it!

    • @annapachaclarke2392
      @annapachaclarke2392 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Yes, and that is how we British need to be. Absolutely unapologetic and proud of our values. Too many are cowards now, sadly!. Douglas sets a brilliant lead !!

    • @dentistry42
      @dentistry42 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Watching the roll of his eyes just after he’d said it was even better

    • @madmelwood3778
      @madmelwood3778 Před 4 měsíci +3

      😂😂😂 yep..I laughed out loud

  • @AlexDeLarge77
    @AlexDeLarge77 Před 6 měsíci +107

    Peter Hitchens nailed it: “You can not debate someone who actively despises you”

  • @Henning102
    @Henning102 Před 9 měsíci +576

    I had to watch that debate over multiple evenings because as someone with an extremely low tolerance for cringe and second-hand embarrassment, I simply had to bail on the video after a few minutes. Malcolm made a complete fool of himself and doubled down by being smug whilst doing it. And to hear that he still doesn't get why he lost (besides being on the absolute wrong side of the argument) comes as no surprise at all.

    • @AmiliaCaraMia
      @AmiliaCaraMia Před 9 měsíci +22

      When the cringe is too high do you get that falling / sad feeling in your stomach? Haha that's when I log off.

    • @ANonymous-mo6xp
      @ANonymous-mo6xp Před 9 měsíci +28

      @@AmiliaCaraMia I love the part where Gladwell and his partner were like "aha!! We knew you'd bring up the fact that the media lied about Russia Collusion for three years!!! Gotcha!"

    • @birdjericho
      @birdjericho Před 9 měsíci +16

      They really hire winners at the Times, don't they? 😂

    • @ellehann
      @ellehann Před 9 měsíci +14

      Sitting through cringe is extremely painful, I agree. Sometimes I just have to stop and read the comments because my mind and body just can't cope!

    • @88wildcat
      @88wildcat Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@birdjericho They actually might be an improvement over The Washington Post. I can't see this debate going any better if you subbed out Michele Goldberg for Jennifer Rubin, Max Boot, or Taylor Lorenz.

  • @jonnya3425
    @jonnya3425 Před 9 měsíci +554

    My wife sent this debate to me. It was like watching an 80's movie where the sniveling elitist, snob, weasel was put in his place. I was just waiting for Matt and Douglass to do a jump high-five freeze over the credits after the post debate poll results were presented over a soundtrack of Huey Lewis and the News. So satisfying.

    • @strategery101
      @strategery101 Před 9 měsíci +39

      🎵 That’s the power of love! 🎵

    • @willburke8373
      @willburke8373 Před 9 měsíci +28

      Just wanna let you know you have a keeper if your wife was the one who showed this to you.

    • @kevingreggshow
      @kevingreggshow Před 9 měsíci +9

      Very funny image @jonnya3425 Well done!

    • @jonnya3425
      @jonnya3425 Před 9 měsíci +21

      @@willburke8373 Thank you. She absolutely is. She simultaneously gives me the feeling that she loves me just as I am and that owe it to her to not put her in a position where she has to settle for who I am today.
      She's also a beautiful doctor
      Not sure what I did to deserve her, but here we are.

    • @eole123456789
      @eole123456789 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Hilarious

  • @AntisepticHandwash
    @AntisepticHandwash Před 9 měsíci +298

    I just love hearing Douglas Murray talk. That combination of class, wit, and razor-sharp sass 😂
    Can't get enough of it!

    • @TheSpaceCrafter
      @TheSpaceCrafter Před 6 měsíci +22

      yes, the sass is next level and yet he's really a gentleman in the best ways, fantastic

    • @Muffins2117
      @Muffins2117 Před 2 měsíci

      He reminds me of a character from a movie or something lol

    • @samuel_iv
      @samuel_iv Před měsícem

      debate team locker room talk😂

  • @maximeb190
    @maximeb190 Před 9 měsíci +735

    I absolutely adore Douglas Murray. Such a refreshing and unique combination of razor sharp intellect and incisive sense of humor. The man is fearless and righteous in the best sense of the word.

    • @peterlangbridge4628
      @peterlangbridge4628 Před 9 měsíci

      Absolutely. Ya boo to those who say that he is a pompous, intellectually superficial, up his own arse tosspot.

    • @johnbrown3119
      @johnbrown3119 Před 9 měsíci +11

      I guess one can get different impressions about an individual. I find Murray to be a pompous jerk!

    • @maximeb190
      @maximeb190 Před 9 měsíci +45

      @@johnbrown3119 This might have more to do with you than him tbh.

    • @Chris-ji4iu
      @Chris-ji4iu Před 9 měsíci +22

      I wouldn't go as far as adore, but I agree he is fearless and righteous. And fascinating. The lying, bullying media stands no chance and I'm happy to watch him wipe the floor with them.

    • @peterlangbridge4628
      @peterlangbridge4628 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Chris-ji4iu You adore him . Being adored is his birthright.

  • @lukeverble5999
    @lukeverble5999 Před 9 měsíci +3171

    I had read a few of Malcolm Gladwells books and loved them. The monk debate... my jaw dropped. I can't understand how someone can write those books, and simultaneously be such an disingenuous ideologue. Really disappointed me.

    • @IndoorNewb
      @IndoorNewb Před 9 měsíci +325

      Because in the books you author, noone pushes back on your BS.

    • @danielclark6532
      @danielclark6532 Před 9 měsíci +70

      I had the same thought. I thought 10000 hours was good.

    • @user-yq4yp7hz3z
      @user-yq4yp7hz3z Před 9 měsíci +150

      Two things can be true at once. Malcolm is a great story teller but a bad debater.
      I liked that he at least created a podcast about his shortcomings.

    • @danielclark6532
      @danielclark6532 Před 9 měsíci +176

      @@user-yq4yp7hz3z well he was a bad debater partly because he was wrong. Whereas I thought he was reasonable in the books.

    • @QuynhNguyen-hw9ps
      @QuynhNguyen-hw9ps Před 9 měsíci +24

      Same here …

  • @HueyWilliams5
    @HueyWilliams5 Před 9 měsíci +104

    "He's had every advantage in life, he's just a fool" haha....absolute zinger. I watched that debate and he absolutely crucified him from start to finish.

  • @itsallfunandgames723
    @itsallfunandgames723 Před 7 měsíci +93

    I remember when Gladwell was all the rage, I read his book about practicing for 10,000 hours since my girlfriend owned a copy. He was absolutely marvelous at projecting this authoritative confidence, the sense of knowing the universe's hidden secrets, I could see why he was so popular and felt that sense of being enthralled by this new religion of self-improvement. And at the same time I read him mention that The Beatles became who they were because they played so many club gigs in Germany before they went back to Manchester and exploded, got their 10,000 hours in. But I knew the history of The Beatles, they struggled playing well at concerts throughout the 60s, they weren't ever world class musicians during that time. They were successful because John Lennon was such a creative dynamo, and he teamed up with Paul McCartney who was another creative dynamo. They loved music and were hyper-creative and it paid off in their song writing, they knew plenty of good music to ape and how to make it hipper for the 60s, for their style. And I realized Gladwell had no clue what he was talking about, he was just spinning a ridiculous narrative so he'd have something to hang his wonderful guru writing style across.

    • @annapachaclarke2392
      @annapachaclarke2392 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Yes, the basic facts about practicing for thousands of hours was known. Gladwell obviously made his narrative seem like a revelation, when in fact the successful people who he references in 'Outliers' have a far more complex story to tell!!

    • @ToddCiehomski
      @ToddCiehomski Před 6 měsíci +4

      This largely isn’t true and Gladwell got this one correct. The Beatles were an incredibly tight live band after spending those years in Hamburg. They only struggled at concerts later due to the deafening screams playing in front of huge crowds without monitors. But they were still great live.

    • @kenwood5575
      @kenwood5575 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Manchester? The Beatles came from Manchester? I don't think so.

    • @itsallfunandgames723
      @itsallfunandgames723 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@kenwood5575 : lol, Liverpool. Somebody had been watching Man U.

    • @fahadawan7792
      @fahadawan7792 Před 4 měsíci

      I think Gladwell did reference that in his book... basic talent combined with the 10000 hours.

  • @jgalc
    @jgalc Před 9 měsíci +159

    What I love about Jordan is that he thinks out loud and you get to follow along

    • @Real_Lion_of_Judah
      @Real_Lion_of_Judah Před 6 měsíci +6

      Dialectical thought in action. Acknowledging the inherent ambiguity, nuance, and relativity in language. Noam Chomsky called it "thinking correctly."

    • @DanielColageo
      @DanielColageo Před 2 dny

      Has helped so much in my life.

  • @PaliGap1
    @PaliGap1 Před 9 měsíci +54

    I watched the debate with Gladwell and Michelle Goldberg and they were infantile and incapable of mature thinking. Gladwell in particular was shockingly shallow.

  • @daraghcrowley8435
    @daraghcrowley8435 Před 9 měsíci +357

    One thing that struck me during the debate was that Douglas Murray and Matt both talked about the main stream media as a whole whereas both their opponents consistently attacked Douglas and Matt personally.

    • @danpearce4547
      @danpearce4547 Před 9 měsíci +38

      Standard practice for those who can't defend their words.

    • @johnnycrean413
      @johnnycrean413 Před 9 měsíci +25

      Ad hominem is the first port of a blaggard

    • @Stratsiey
      @Stratsiey Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@Stafusand?

    • @shannoncoley7123
      @shannoncoley7123 Před 9 měsíci +11

      ⁠@@Stafusyou keep repeating this on all the threads…please explain what Douglas being gay has anything to do with him publicly humiliating Malcolm Gladwell???

    • @ricksflicks-
      @ricksflicks- Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@Stafus dude, we all already know. It's no secret. Doesn't change what a badass he is.

  • @robfreeman5783
    @robfreeman5783 Před 6 měsíci +97

    Douglas was THE adult in the room, it was very clear. His point about listening is crucial. It's incredible the responses he comes up with directly based on what he's listened to the person say. It's hard to really describe, he has tremendous processing speed.

    • @julianhodgson1961
      @julianhodgson1961 Před 5 měsíci +7

      It’s interesting to hear you talk about processing speed - I used to be a very strong chess grandmaster but every once in a while I’d play someone who just had a vastly superior processing speed which made them virtually impossible to play against - there are very few people in this world who have a faster processing speed and a clarity of thought of a Douglas Murray - a truly exceptional man!

    • @jittmet7766
      @jittmet7766 Před 4 měsíci +1

      It's incredible this has to be said in a debate for adults!!

    • @madmelwood3778
      @madmelwood3778 Před 4 měsíci

      And douglas listens like an attentive child, listening intently

  • @nicolelawrence5177
    @nicolelawrence5177 Před 9 měsíci +122

    “No, he’s just a fool.” I love Douglass Murray.😄

  • @Augustus_Imperator
    @Augustus_Imperator Před 9 měsíci +915

    Love his expression when he says "I still don't feel pity". 😆
    Such a great man and intellectual

    • @esterhudson5104
      @esterhudson5104 Před 9 měsíci +5

      😆👏

    • @bitburg40
      @bitburg40 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I got goosebumps when he said,”interlocutor “. 😂

    • @GodsOwnPrototype
      @GodsOwnPrototype Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@axhed Yes, he obviously seeks to please.
      Although he also seems a bit tipsy or out of it.

    • @jonnybgoode7742
      @jonnybgoode7742 Před 9 měsíci +22

      The most posh british "fuck em" I've ever heard 😂😂

    • @holisticselfinquiry2736
      @holisticselfinquiry2736 Před 9 měsíci +7

      Hahaha it was such a cheeky glance

  • @landerwyoming9720
    @landerwyoming9720 Před 9 měsíci +421

    Bravo Douglas Murray - I once had held Malcolm Gladwell in high regard however, his contempt towards Douglas during the debate was shocking and the audience voting 67% (Pro) vs. 33% (Con) should give Malcolm serious pause. Douglas, thank you for what you do, and thank you Jordan for posting this highlight.

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Considering Douglas open disdain for immigration policies, and Malcolm’s family history of immigration, it’s hardly shocking. Misplaced, mistimed, but not shocking.

    • @freddysquirenaranjo4859
      @freddysquirenaranjo4859 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@Stafus and what is your point?

    • @willardsteele4857
      @willardsteele4857 Před 9 měsíci

      Have you reconsidered Gladwell?

    • @FuLengLives
      @FuLengLives Před 9 měsíci +6

      ​@@dearthofdoohickeys4703so he allowed his emotions to get the better of him, proving how ill suited he is to debate his ideas on yet another level.

    • @CONEHEADDK
      @CONEHEADDK Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@dearthofdoohickeys4703 Immigration is a bad ifea. Case closed.

  • @quaver1239
    @quaver1239 Před 6 měsíci +67

    This is very interesting. I’ve read three of Malcolm Gladwell’s books and really enjoyed them. Learnt a lot from him. So now my eyes are wide open in surprise! Huge admiration for Douglas Murray, in everything he does.

  • @TheFartanSpartan
    @TheFartanSpartan Před 3 měsíci +28

    Douglas Murray is the witty, intellectual, snarky brit we didnt know we needed. So glad he has a platform.

  • @amhungry2163
    @amhungry2163 Před 9 měsíci +132

    “Oh, I listened to him.” That’s exactly right. The whole debate I kept thinking, “Gladwell is NOT paying attention.” How do you win a debate if you don’t pay attention to your opponent. Good job, Malk!

    • @gerrod-py1vj
      @gerrod-py1vj Před 9 měsíci +5

      Ha ha, I'd absolutely fcvkng LOVE it if ALL Gladwell's political opponents now started calling him Malk like he rudely called Murray 'Doug'.........lol.

    • @dash4800
      @dash4800 Před 7 měsíci

      These sorts of people don't debate. They lecture to sycophants.

    • @Fahrenheit4051
      @Fahrenheit4051 Před 7 měsíci

      Malk: Now with Vitamin R!

  • @AndrewNuttallWearsPants
    @AndrewNuttallWearsPants Před 9 měsíci +59

    Gladwell had a classic narcissistic collapse. He's a textbook example.

    • @aahyes9068
      @aahyes9068 Před 9 měsíci +6

      MG actually quoted Twain around 4 decades ago in his graduating highschool yearbook comment: "Never let your schooling interfere with your education." He should've maybe considered adding "Never let your high opinion of yourself interfere with it either."

    • @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid
      @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@aahyes9068- that last line will be added to his tombstone.

  • @marinawolf
    @marinawolf Před 9 měsíci +14

    "I had a great time smacking him around" - oh Douglas, you're a treasure.

  • @rleeboston33
    @rleeboston33 Před 9 měsíci +36

    Murray is always so good. Can't get enough of his intellect.

  • @rogercarlson2319
    @rogercarlson2319 Před 9 měsíci +55

    It wasn't really even a debate. Every time Murray made an argument, Gladwell responded with an ad hominem attack about Murray. It was obvious, after a while, that Gladwell didn't have a single valid argument.

    • @barrybearman3511
      @barrybearman3511 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Seems to reflect the values he follows in politics.

    • @llewodcm20
      @llewodcm20 Před 9 měsíci +1

      You're just describing the modern leftist approach to politics. It's not shocking anymore to anyone paying attention that someone who spends so much time in a lefty bubble can't defend their own arguments. Things weren't like this 20 years ago.

  • @esterhudson5104
    @esterhudson5104 Před 9 měsíci +79

    I watched that debate and while I don’t loathe Gladwell, Murray tells it here exactly as it was. He really did behave like a toddler and was deliberately very condescending.

    • @drno62
      @drno62 Před 9 měsíci

      @@Stafus And? Gay people can be based too

  • @spooka2423
    @spooka2423 Před 9 měsíci +48

    these two together is amazing, the feeling of knowing a conversation has 100% stability and wont derail into purposeless bullshit is comforting for sure

    • @vhufeosqap
      @vhufeosqap Před 8 měsíci

      I have a feeling that conversation that one might consider “100% stable” are also the conversations with the least disagreement and least real arguing of positions

  • @henrikibsen6258
    @henrikibsen6258 Před 9 měsíci +22

    One of the first times I became aware of him was on a podcast in which he was discussing moral licensing. The example was referring to people who say things like "My best friend is black, I can't be racist". Malcolm was saying this gave one moral licensing to be secretly racist in other ways. I laughed because i realised it hasn't occurred to these people that they're not actually dealing with racists at all. So they invent psychologically complex bypasses to return to their belief. "Oh, he's just morally licensing himself.". Pathetic and shallow.

    • @BenWeeks-ca
      @BenWeeks-ca Před 9 měsíci +5

      Gladwell thinks others operate like that because that's how he operates. In his mind, it's ok if he has racial prejudice against others if it's "for the greater good".

    • @HomeAtLast501
      @HomeAtLast501 Před 6 měsíci

      This white-majority nation elected a black man president twice, and a black woman vice president. And what's that you say? We're a racist nation?

    • @beth3535
      @beth3535 Před 5 měsíci

      You caught him out on this one.

  • @bri_____
    @bri_____ Před 9 měsíci +715

    Douglas Murray is a savage debater.
    I would refuse to debate him on any issue 😂

    • @margaret928
      @margaret928 Před 9 měsíci +42

      He is like the Mike Tyson of debating

    • @Awarene613
      @Awarene613 Před 9 měsíci +13

      I wholeheartedly agree 😂

    • @jec00702
      @jec00702 Před 9 měsíci +10

      debate is learning hopefully

    • @fribersson
      @fribersson Před 9 měsíci +49

      Opposite for me, I’d love to debate him - have him find flaws in my reasoning where he can find them. The goal ought to be to think together, rather than « win ».

    • @bitburg40
      @bitburg40 Před 9 měsíci

      Just call him a racist and don’t give a shit, job done. 🤪😁

  • @thebroker01
    @thebroker01 Před 9 měsíci +215

    I saw that debate in full and was so happy at the audience response. It was insanely obvious when watching and the fact Douglas was literally calling him out early and often was magical! Malcolm NEVER once acknowledged how wrong the media has been on most of the biggest political stories over the last few years. Pummeled

    • @YoungSantasGroupie
      @YoungSantasGroupie Před 9 měsíci +16

      Consider too that this debate was in downtown Toronto, the attendance largely left-leaving.

    • @dafunkmonster
      @dafunkmonster Před 6 měsíci +5

      The best part was, the Con side started out with a slim audience advantage.
      They got destroyed in the final poll.

    • @ZephaniahL
      @ZephaniahL Před 6 měsíci

      @@YoungSantasGroupie Jesus, then Toronto has gotten less white fast. O white man, why do you hate your own so?

    • @stephenmarshall8367
      @stephenmarshall8367 Před 5 měsíci

      Pooned.....

  • @neocount6397
    @neocount6397 Před 7 měsíci +35

    Douglas is a class act. Nice to see an adult command the room.

  • @RobertDAdams
    @RobertDAdams Před 9 měsíci +17

    Two of my favorite people, Douglas and Jordan. Thank God you’re on our side!

    • @user-dq6kr2gd1y
      @user-dq6kr2gd1y Před 6 měsíci +1

      With their intelligence and integrity, they could only be on our side.

  • @jordankimball2104
    @jordankimball2104 Před 9 měsíci +144

    I watched this debate and either Malcolm has completely lost it or he tricked all of us into thinking he is worth taking seriously. He had nothing of value to say

    • @fribersson
      @fribersson Před 9 měsíci +14

      I too was baffled. Charitably, I’d suggest it was cognitive dissonance (a case study in cognitive dissonance). However I’m not 100% certain he isn’t just a fraud with Mickey Mouse ideas that sound smart, on the surface. Sadly, I now reconsider everything he has suggested as « to be verified, rather twice than once ».

    • @jordankimball2104
      @jordankimball2104 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@friberssonexactly!

    • @wiseonwords
      @wiseonwords Před 9 měsíci +9

      @jordankimball2014 - I used to think that Gladwell was a half-decent writer. But his debate performance was so poor that I felt embarrassed for him. He was arrogant, disrespectful, and dishonest. I lost all respect for him. And the fact that, months later, in talking about his shambolic debate performance, he was still unwilling to admit that he was wrong, only underscores how much of a fraud he is.

    • @nuckygulliver9607
      @nuckygulliver9607 Před 9 měsíci

      intersection ethics breaks minds. How can people hold the contradictions? His mind is damaged from the bad ideas that are so easy to debunk the leftists stayed in bubbles that have made their minds sick. These people aren't used to people challenging their ideas. Canada is sick right now. Ottawa is really sick.

    • @johnenglish8126
      @johnenglish8126 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@Stafus I agree, he seems to be very happy

  • @madaxe606
    @madaxe606 Před 9 měsíci +244

    As someone who agreed with the premise that modern journalism was not to be trusted, I was excited to hear that Malcom Gladwell was going to represent the opposing side. I thought we’d get the best possible argument from him. Wow, was I ever wrong. Gladwell utterly beclowned himself.
    I also listened to his podcast where he delved into his failure - it was no better. He absolutely could not conceive that his own preconceptions and ideological blinders doomed him before he even opened his mouth on that stage. Sad. I sincerely enjoyed his books, but now I’m seriously questioning how many errors were made, how many assumptions are made, and how much he got wrong.

    • @birdjericho
      @birdjericho Před 9 měsíci +14

      For real. I can only hope we **didn't** hear the best possible arguments in that debate, or that they were merely presented to us by a buffoon. To think otherwise is... concerning.
      For modern journalism, anyway. It's great fun for the rest of us. Or, it would be, if their obvious bias didn't threaten the entirety of modern western society at the same time.

    • @dowth3
      @dowth3 Před 9 měsíci +2

      ​@@birdjericho Truth

    • @dearthofdoohickeys4703
      @dearthofdoohickeys4703 Před 9 měsíci

      Malcom literally said that bringing his personal beliefs into it doomed him before he even began.
      I get people hate him, but this blatant disinformation is absolutely disgusting.

    • @madaxe606
      @madaxe606 Před 9 měsíci +25

      @@dearthofdoohickeys4703 He acknowledged that he came into the debate with a pre-conception that Douglas Murray was 'a piece of s__t', but not that his left-leaning biases were guiding his perceptions. Not a word about that.

    • @petermgruhn
      @petermgruhn Před 9 měsíci +2

      So the debate was not useful, then. Why is it famous?

  • @pikehightower790
    @pikehightower790 Před 7 měsíci +10

    That culture, of dialogue and courteous exchange of ideas, is not gone yet, Mr. Murray. With you, Dr. Peterson and a host of others filling the vacuous hole created by online debating...hope is kept alive, if for no other reason than it (yours and Dr. Peterson's respectful approaches) is proof that it exists in the first place.

  • @Alex-jk7xu
    @Alex-jk7xu Před 7 měsíci +10

    Man, one of Jordan's biggest inspirations is his ability to try and articulate the best you can. 3:00 explaining being in the moment while at the same time trying to speak or explain something is, i feel, a super undervalued valuable skill

  • @DefneDance
    @DefneDance Před 9 měsíci +32

    "Well, Malc..." We will remember that line far into our senilehood 🤣

  • @tlobrill1
    @tlobrill1 Před 9 měsíci +548

    Two absolute legends. Not all heroes wear capes. I’m very thankful we have people like these two to combat that absolute nonsense that’s being thrown about in our society/culture. Thank you gentlemen. Don’t ever change.

    • @iankclark
      @iankclark Před 9 měsíci +7

      Just to say, their ability to 'change' is what has resulted in their being prodigious and incisive thinkers.

    • @michaelforsythe4335
      @michaelforsythe4335 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Spot on.

    • @yoeyyoey8937
      @yoeyyoey8937 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I wish they were better at it. Idk about Douglas but Peterson has been slipping

    • @jepulis6674
      @jepulis6674 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Peterson is the hero of the people. Smart people have smart heroes.

    • @yoeyyoey8937
      @yoeyyoey8937 Před 9 měsíci

      @@jepulis6674 did you write your comment like this on purpose?

  • @duanerosenzweig9805
    @duanerosenzweig9805 Před 2 měsíci +5

    I just stumbled across this video...Douglas Murray and Jordan Peterson in the same room? I was gobsmacked! I'm just an old Grandma, not the sharpest tack in the box, but am grateful to God that these two men grace this earth.

  • @ciadiac
    @ciadiac Před 7 měsíci +13

    I could listen to you two for hours and hours. I particularly really like you both and read both and all of your books. You should do a mini series on some topics you both love. I bet it would be brilliant as you are super complementary to each other.

  • @dougwadsworth3138
    @dougwadsworth3138 Před 9 měsíci +123

    I watched that debate a couple months ago, I had always assumed Malcolm Gladwell was a cool guy, after seeing his debate performance i decided he was such a jerk, I won’t read his books ever again.

    • @kenanwtube
      @kenanwtube Před 9 měsíci +15

      Yeah, it was embarrassing, I hadn’t read that much of his stuff but I had though he was a good communicator of ideas, but now I’m questioning his ability to distinguish good and bad ideas

    • @fullminsterqwerty
      @fullminsterqwerty Před 9 měsíci +2

      Precisely.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney Před 9 měsíci +34

      Read the comments on the CZcams channel for that debate. The vast vast majority were former fans of Malcolm who were sorely disappointed. Myself included. I could never take that man seriously again and I’ve purchased his books and listen to lotta things he said, and it takes a spectacular car crash for me to dismiss you over what you do in one debate, but this was beyond. I thought he would’ve been an intelligent person to make some good points for the other side but instead, he just tried to accuse Matt and Douglass of being racist? It was cowardly and pathetic, and I lost absolutely all respect for him.

    • @rafal5863
      @rafal5863 Před 9 měsíci

      Jordanetics made me see Peterson in a different light.

    • @bleonar3
      @bleonar3 Před 9 měsíci

      Gladwell writes very interesting stuff, but his view of the world is hopelessly slanted by his own insecurities.

  • @TheJasonWrightShow
    @TheJasonWrightShow Před 9 měsíci +56

    When I’m feeling down I go back and watch Douglas verbally flog the living sh** out of Gladwell. He was so terrible.

  • @TheDeconstructivist
    @TheDeconstructivist Před 7 měsíci +3

    I absolutely can not get enough of Douglas Murray. That wit is so sharp it's a continual wonder he doesn't cut himself with it.

  • @TheLordFrog
    @TheLordFrog Před 9 měsíci +2

    He didn't lose that debate for not having Oxford training, he lost it for being an awful human being.

  • @sue.F
    @sue.F Před 9 měsíci +42

    One of Douglas’ many strengths is the ability to keep his head with extreme provocation. He let Malcolm off his rudeness on a number of occasions, before he went for the jugular and by this point the audience were itching for it, rather like the number of insults and assaults before the Hulk hulks up.

    • @gerrod-py1vj
      @gerrod-py1vj Před 9 měsíci +1

      Murray definitely had a few "Hulk smash" moments......lol. Not enough in my opinion though, as Gladwell was asking to get punched in the face, but Murray kept it civil. THAT was actually how he made Gladwell look the fool he was portraying to be!!

  • @joseph8468
    @joseph8468 Před 9 měsíci +495

    It's an honor just to be able to listen to these serious thinkers.

    • @bryanutility9609
      @bryanutility9609 Před 9 měsíci

      Yea they’re really worried about mass 3rd world immigration huh

    • @blueprince2330
      @blueprince2330 Před 9 měsíci +8

      I agree man. I feel smarter just by listening. Murray has a certain elegance to his voice, that makes it extremely easy to pay attention to.

    • @Giovanniditessitore
      @Giovanniditessitore Před 9 měsíci +3

      Why tag this as destroys? Both of you are serious minded thinkers, can we not raise the grades a bit? Debate is healthy no?

    • @MW-ic7lr
      @MW-ic7lr Před 9 měsíci +3

      And it's not even an accurate title. Malc destroyed himself.

    • @_Schwartz
      @_Schwartz Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@cheese_ustalking

  • @user-zi8io1qt8d
    @user-zi8io1qt8d Před 9 měsíci +9

    Gladwell's podcast on his defeat was fairly good. He does a good, dramatic introduction building up to his utter defeat. Temporarily boosted my opinion of him after Murray destroyed him. The main issue with the podcast, other than bringing his mother in, was that he only got to "listen better to better refute" rather than "consider his opponents may have a point".

    • @francisaugistino701
      @francisaugistino701 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Actually, Malcom had been so desperate for the cure, he devoted himself to finding the magic pill that would erase that horrible debate. He fell upon listening.
      But if you listened to his words, he STILL claims Murray & Taibbi were stunting for Cronkite & worse, believing that the debate was won by his side!
      Cognitive dissonance is showing it’s slip on his debate reply.

  • @TheasChristmasVillages
    @TheasChristmasVillages Před 6 měsíci +18

    More, please! I want to hear more of Douglas Murray's honest debate in an ingenuous atmosphere. I find the combination of Jordan and Douglas exhilarating! You actually talk sense.

  • @LuzdoSol00
    @LuzdoSol00 Před 9 měsíci +54

    ' I still dont feel pity' 😂
    That debate was a Masterclass and Matt and Douglas were well prepared. So good, a must see!

    • @LT11721
      @LT11721 Před 6 měsíci

      They could have debated Gladwell without a cup of coffee

    • @LT11721
      @LT11721 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Gladwell was way out of his depth!! That’s what happens when normally debate in an echo-chamber

  • @warrennicholsony.fernando4513
    @warrennicholsony.fernando4513 Před 9 měsíci +34

    I enjoyed every second of how Douglas eviscerated that moron.

  • @sloebone7399
    @sloebone7399 Před 9 měsíci +4

    It was funny, the part of that debate that stood out was Gladwell repeatedly calling him “Doug” and Douglas hitting him with a mic drop moment calling him “Malc”.

  • @haveapropergander
    @haveapropergander Před 9 měsíci +2

    When someone asks ‘if you could invite anyone in the world for a dinner party living or dead’ my answer would definitely include these two.

  • @notalmostfamous9773
    @notalmostfamous9773 Před 9 měsíci +44

    Never have I seen a man so throughly undressed, thrown to the ground, pissed on, told not to get the f up, to just lay down and take your place. Good job Douglas.

    • @jackwillmore2319
      @jackwillmore2319 Před 9 měsíci

      Well stated sir, I saw the same debate and I was really hoping for a rousing discussion. Instead Gladwell and Roseburg were just pretending that the last 20 years of history, news, and journalism didn't exist. Like there was a void of any truth that could describe the Left going off the rails and threatening the most vital institutions of western civilization. Brave intellectuals like Murray and Peterson among others have been debunking their nonsense for 20 years and they haven't yet gotten the memos.

  • @ChrisGrande
    @ChrisGrande Před 9 měsíci +334

    I lost respect for Gladwell after that one. He sounded so contrived and forced poor opinions so strongly. I could not believe it.

    • @BlookbugIV
      @BlookbugIV Před 9 měsíci +13

      Good. I never had respect for him, his books are trash. I lost respect for friends for not realising that.

    • @GarryAndrews_
      @GarryAndrews_ Před 9 měsíci +20

      I used to recommend his books during business consulting, but took them off the list after watching his behaviour on that debate. MG also kept mispronouncing Matt Taibbi’s name in what looked to be on purpose.

    • @BlookbugIV
      @BlookbugIV Před 9 měsíci +15

      @@GarryAndrews_ it always pained me seeing how many people fell for his nonsense. Everything he writes is bunk. I can’t stand that he gets away with it.

    • @Zaphod771
      @Zaphod771 Před 9 měsíci +11

      Some people say debates are not useful. I think they are the most useful way to discuss ideas, because they reveal truth.

    • @unvaccinated6467
      @unvaccinated6467 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@GarryAndrews_ it was 100% deliberate

  • @lordhawkeye
    @lordhawkeye Před 9 měsíci +4

    "So what did you do right that he did wrong?"
    "I listened. He didn't."

  • @Steve_Schiffenhaus
    @Steve_Schiffenhaus Před 9 měsíci +10

    This was amazing - watched that debate - so hearing Douglas’s post-game breakdown was awesome

  • @MonicaVennell
    @MonicaVennell Před 9 měsíci +103

    This is the cure we need for the dumbing down of society and even the idea of reasonable discussion. I hope to see much more. Thank you.

    • @nuckygulliver9607
      @nuckygulliver9607 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I can't believe Malcolm Gladwell is considered the greatest leftist intellectual in Canada.

    • @drmodestoesq
      @drmodestoesq Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@nuckygulliver9607 Talk about a straw man. No one thinks Gladwell is a great leftist intellectual.

  • @philmcbride6572
    @philmcbride6572 Před 9 měsíci +25

    Douglass Murray is perhaps one of the sharpest minds of our time. He never goes ad hominem until his opponent does and then….. Clear the decks. He is a scathing example of why one should never mess with the Irish! Just Sayin! I’m a fan!

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman Před 9 měsíci

      Of why only the English dare mess with the Irish*

    • @mimikins7748
      @mimikins7748 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Douglas Murray isn’t Irish.

  • @Svoorhout85
    @Svoorhout85 Před 9 měsíci +5

    There are few things in this world more humiliating than hearing Douglas Murray speak poorly of you to another person.

  • @pdexBigTeacher
    @pdexBigTeacher Před 9 měsíci +2

    Douglas Murray is savage AF.
    The picture in the dictionary next to the phrase "Killing me softly."

  • @JaketheJust
    @JaketheJust Před 9 měsíci +47

    I remember Christopher Hitchens sternly reminded anyone not to call him “Chris.” Douglas is taking one of the lessons he learned from his old friend during the debate.

    • @heavymetalmusichead4969
      @heavymetalmusichead4969 Před 9 měsíci +2

      "Chris" was a pretty garbage debator. He just intentionally misunderstood his opponent's points, refused to answer questions that at all offered any problem to his stance. Not to mention his arguments are completely incoherent and self defeating.

    • @peterepiscopo
      @peterepiscopo Před 9 měsíci +6

      ​@@heavymetalmusichead4969mh, doubt Jordan and Douglas would agree with that. Cristopher Hitchens is renowned for his debating skills. Have you actually watched any of his debates or just 1 minute segments?

    • @MrBannystar
      @MrBannystar Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@heavymetalmusichead4969 *Not to mention his arguments are completely incoherent and self defeating."* HIS arguments are "incoherent"? This coming from an anonymous nobody on the internet who makes utterly nonsensical generic statements about someone without providing one goddamn example.
      The lack of self-awareness in some people is unbelievable.

    • @Joe-og6br
      @Joe-og6br Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@MrBannystarno doubt you're replying to a debating master.

    • @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid
      @I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid Před 9 měsíci

      @@MrBannystarit’s believed that heavy metal has got something to do with the incoherence.

  • @fake_name841
    @fake_name841 Před 9 měsíci +59

    My favorite college professor had me read Outliers and I was able to go through every argument in that book and break down flaws in them. I look back at that and feel it was a large step for me thinking for myself.

    • @dowth3
      @dowth3 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Bravo!

    • @danielnaberhaus5337
      @danielnaberhaus5337 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Can you share any critiques you can remember?

    • @fake_name841
      @fake_name841 Před 9 měsíci +13

      @danielnaberhaus5337 I can, but I can't go into full detail because I don't want to write an essay in the CZcams comments. 1st chapter was about birthdays in sports lining up with cutoff dates in youth sports, but he limited the sample to just hockey and applied it to all sports which have varying cutoff dates by different localities ( I played 10u and 12u baseball in 2 leagues at the same time based on my birthday). 10,000 hours I kinda agree with but the definition of a category is kinda vague. Do I need to practice 10k hours at golf, or are drivers, irons, and putting different skills? Are all hours equal? If I play the same song on guitar for that long I won't be a master of guitar so there must be a level of discomfort in practice. I found the chapter about the culture of honor to be very different from my life experience though I'd have to reread it to be more specific. I also found the chapter about rich kids being more likely to speak out the opposite of my experience.

    • @darrenwitzaney8549
      @darrenwitzaney8549 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@fake_name841 Thanks! I noticed that books like Outliers and David and Goliath each attribute success to different causes/ingredients, one to advantages, and the other to adversity. I liked reading his books but in the end, they need to explain the discrepancies in his body of work.

    • @madelainepetrin1430
      @madelainepetrin1430 Před 9 měsíci +6

      The discrepancies are due to selective choices. This is why he did so poorly in the debate. He isn't used to hearing another side or even to care to hear it.

  • @williammurtha929
    @williammurtha929 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I watched it in full. 100% Douglas absolutely nailed Malcolm Gladwell to the mask.
    Douglas is one of the best debaters of our time.

  • @tcorourke2007
    @tcorourke2007 Před 9 měsíci +3

    If you haven't seen it, the debate was just brutal. It's good to see that the audience agreed.

  • @CorvusHyperion
    @CorvusHyperion Před 9 měsíci +31

    “I still don’t feel pity” 😂
    Love Douglas Murray!

  • @annesmail4129
    @annesmail4129 Před 9 měsíci +157

    Anyone who puts themselves on the receiving end of Douglas' sense of humor deserves whatever he gets. Love listening to these two great minds having a conversation

    • @staninjapan07
      @staninjapan07 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Yes, I would love to be able to test some thoughts on him, as it were. My being tempted to argue with sophistry rather than a solid point, and his consequent "No,...", would soon embarrass me into sticking to the facts.

    • @paulg6274
      @paulg6274 Před 8 měsíci

      Basically butlers who've brought him the wrong tea

  • @nosowl
    @nosowl Před 8 měsíci +3

    I didn’t think Matt Taibbi was a strong debater but he was at least strong on the facts. On the other hand, Douglas Murray was able to crush their weak arguments with god like precision.

  • @nickender7094
    @nickender7094 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I'm a salesman, not a great one, but a salesman. The hardest part in cold calling is the "Lego conversation" these two brilliant minds mention here. I'm very bad at truly listening. The old saying of 2 ears one mouth is a simple concept, but also having the confidence to really sit there and be silent is very difficult. I'd say the biggest equalizer is knowledge and preparation. If you're prepared and have knowledge of the person's business or what they're trying to accomplish you can ask better questions.

  • @sappo504
    @sappo504 Před 9 měsíci +38

    I came into watching that debate having such a high opinion of Malcolm Gladwell... read his books, listened to him over the years on various platforms.... but that high opinion got turned on it's head for good after watching his pathetic/disgusting performance. Really showed his true colors, that elitist, condescending SOB. SO thankful for Douglas Murray for how he handled him.

    • @yoeyyoey8937
      @yoeyyoey8937 Před 9 měsíci

      Who cares about all that if the guy is right?

  • @almcdonald8676
    @almcdonald8676 Před 9 měsíci +342

    My god the amount of charisma, intelligence, integrity and physical grace that radiates from these two, almost melts the screen.

  • @lisar3193
    @lisar3193 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Two absolute Legends. I could listen to them debating all day long.

  • @MarkWilson-ij9jd
    @MarkWilson-ij9jd Před 9 měsíci +4

    I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Douglas Murray is absolutely hilarious when the occasion strikes.

  • @illuminahde
    @illuminahde Před 9 měsíci +67

    The passivity of conservatives does not exist in Douglas. Love this man

    • @ANonymous-mo6xp
      @ANonymous-mo6xp Před 9 měsíci +7

      There was a point earlier this year where he announced he was no longer going to play nice against the progressives.

    • @michaelc9915
      @michaelc9915 Před 9 měsíci

      I don't see much passivity in Trump enthusiasts. There is plenty of rabid idiocy on both sides.

    • @saintsword23
      @saintsword23 Před 9 měsíci

      @@ANonymous-mo6xp I'm at this point myself. The progressive ideology, in its complete embrace of subjectivism/rejection of the idea of objective truth, has left no avenue to resolve disagreements. There's not a greater principle, the truth, that we can submit ourselves for adjudication to.
      There's literally no "nice" that can be played with them and thus they're simply not welcome in my space or my world anymore.

  • @ElliotBrownJingles
    @ElliotBrownJingles Před 9 měsíci +55

    I watched the debate. Whatever regard I once may have had for Malcolm evaporated when I saw his smug demeanour towards those who were, in fact, despite his self-assurance, giving him the sound thrashing of a lifetime. The echoes of cane snapping across his raw rump will resound down the corridors of time till the crack of doom.

  • @mbm8404
    @mbm8404 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I still can’t believe anyone, and I mean ANYONE that voted on that debate cast their vote for Gladwell. Pathetic!

  • @TheVarmitpoontang
    @TheVarmitpoontang Před 9 měsíci +1

    My favourite bit was when Douglas called him Malc - I was roaring !

  • @carsondyle1793
    @carsondyle1793 Před 9 měsíci +19

    I read the “Strange Death of Europe” in a day. Ever since then I can’t get enough of Douglas. I use some of his tools in conversation

    • @gregorymoats4007
      @gregorymoats4007 Před 9 měsíci

      Do share

    • @L.I.T.H.I.U.M
      @L.I.T.H.I.U.M Před 9 měsíci

      Like?

    • @carsondyle1793
      @carsondyle1793 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@L.I.T.H.I.U.M listening for contradictions, taking emotion out of a conversation. Breaking apart weak narratives with historical facts

  • @caroldixon3124
    @caroldixon3124 Před 9 měsíci +16

    I doubt many people could debate Douglas Murray. He chews them up and spits them out with such poetic eloquence

  • @ianbrodie5051
    @ianbrodie5051 Před 9 měsíci +1

    To see the two of these gentlemen talking together is fantastic as I have never listened to such interesting people.

  • @robertocatrone715
    @robertocatrone715 Před 5 měsíci +17

    I absolutely love listening to you both and your debates.
    You gentlemen are my favorites.
    Please keep up your great work.

  • @action1976
    @action1976 Před 9 měsíci +90

    Fantastic debate by Douglas he absolutely destroyed Malc 😂😂😂

  • @dayneroman9162
    @dayneroman9162 Před 9 měsíci +14

    I would refuse to debate Douglass if the topic was what I ate for dinner the night before.

  • @m_jag7515
    @m_jag7515 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Bravo Douglas Murray in the debate and here, in the post match analysis! My hat is off to you, as always! If Douglas Murray commented a telephone book, I would listen.

  • @jasonsmith6508
    @jasonsmith6508 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I love Murray’s ability for raw honesty 🙏

  • @TheSpoovy
    @TheSpoovy Před 9 měsíci +38

    I watched that debate, it was incredible. The truly astronomical levels of bad will and laziness from Gladwell's side compared to the intellectual honesty and debating genius on the other side was stunning.

  • @Aspectus
    @Aspectus Před 9 měsíci +16

    Douglas Murray is a pleasure to listen to. His voice is like smooth butter. His insults are so smart that he could insult me and i would not know and feel he complimented me.

    • @Eduardude
      @Eduardude Před 9 měsíci +1

      His delivery is often great as well. He'll get a look in his eye, a slowly emerging look of mischief in his face, as his voice liquidly articulates some funny implication. Often he entertains by implying things very slyly and wittily.

  • @mariahayworth4840
    @mariahayworth4840 Před 9 měsíci

    Douglas Murray is a man after my own heart. His statements are echoes of my own thoughts. How extraordinary. Jordan has difficulty keeping up with Douglas. It's not a wonder Douglas Murray finds decreasing numbers of people to debate with - he's just that good.

  • @valdachef
    @valdachef Před 9 měsíci +1

    Well done Douglas, you dismantled him verbally.

  • @zenocrate4040
    @zenocrate4040 Před 9 měsíci +87

    Even as an agnostic I can appreciate that pride is a deadly sin by contemplating Malcolm Gladwell’s absurd self-regard (not just on show in the Munk debate). He is so high on his own vapours he renders himself incapable of thinking or debating. Loved seeing Douglas elegantly hanging, drawing and quartering him!

    • @petermgruhn
      @petermgruhn Před 9 měsíci +3

      What I don't get is why you aren't picking up on Murray's self-regard here. He's ghastly. I don't know him or Gladwell and didn't see the debate and don't know if I have a horse in it and if so which side it would be on. Just that this slouched grandstanding prat is not winning my favour.

    • @matityaloran9157
      @matityaloran9157 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@StafusWe know

    • @michaelfavourites6395
      @michaelfavourites6395 Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@petermgruhn it might help to actually watch the debate. I thought highly of both Douglas Murray and Malcolm Gladwell before the debate and don’t share the view that Douglas Murray annihilated him (though I’m clearly in the minority judging by the 67 percent of viewers agreeing with Douglas Murray’s side). I actually thought that Mr. Gladwell made some good/fair points, especially early on, but he became very rude very quickly and bizarrely was trying to paint Matt Taibi as some sort of white supremacist. He came across as quite snarky and classless, I was shocked based on the generally good impression I have of him (and I’ve been reading his stuff for over a decade)

    • @BenWeeks-ca
      @BenWeeks-ca Před 9 měsíci

      Yes as Gad Saad would say (quoting the arabic proverb) he "gets drunk from the smell of the cork." Jesus had devastating take downs against religious leaders of his time, they would obsess about legalistic detail while completely ignoring bigger ethical principles. They'd wash the outside of their bowl while the inside was left full of garbage juice.

  • @trishlangford5773
    @trishlangford5773 Před 9 měsíci +84

    Wonderfully articulate, Douglas Murray is always a pleasure to listen to.

    • @ZephaniahL
      @ZephaniahL Před 7 měsíci

      Imagine if he were to confront his deep-seated aversion to women and put his abominations aside. How very much more pleasurable to listen to then.

  • @kristinh.3517
    @kristinh.3517 Před 9 měsíci +1

    That debate was pure gold

  • @Treviscoe
    @Treviscoe Před 8 měsíci +1

    I've read Gladwell's book "Outliers", and I think he's basically right in that one; it does take a lot of time and effort (probably in the region of 10,000 hours) to really get good at something.