Salman Rushdie on censorship in America today

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2 ай бұрын

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie says the attack on free expression now comes from both the left and the right.
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@mtnwriter4011 2 ай бұрын

"How would we ever challenge ourselves if we were not challenged?" The quote which should be repeated over and over and over today.

@Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene 2 ай бұрын

Its exactly an eloquent quote, but its still true

@ekaterinaponizovskayadevin2812 Ай бұрын

I see it more like the chellenges are the disinformation form totalitarian regime that doesn't allow any opinion inside. We have freedom to express any opinion. But there should be responsibility in the form of respect or disrespect of the source of information. Respected journals always have right to reject a garbage source

@TimHerk 2 ай бұрын

"Offense industry" - great way of putting it.

@middleclassretiree 2 ай бұрын

It’s so nice to listen to a intelligent person sharing their wisdom rather than having falsehoods shouted at us by a person of limited intelligence and little regard for the truth and the society we live in

@scdrescher1 2 ай бұрын

Yeah…like watching cspan

@Ryan-ff2db 2 ай бұрын

@@scdrescher1 People watch cspan?

@bailbondsyesbailbonds 2 ай бұрын

the “orthodoxy” amongst young people in particular is alarmingly real

@gonkdroid8279 2 ай бұрын

"Orthodoxy" is the best way to put it and is alarmingly real

@michaeloftaoism 2 ай бұрын

@@gonkdroid8279fundamentalism in any form begets tragedy 🤌🖤

@ArktinenJenkki 2 ай бұрын

You’re commenting on a 60 Minutes post, a show that will never air anything that seriously challenges the status quo. You geriatrics believe in the orthodoxy free market drivel to such an extent, that you’ve managed to be totally asleep at the switch as the people you consistently elect have dismantled the American Dream.

@EternalLife42 2 ай бұрын

Sold his soul to the devil right off the bat.

@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 2 ай бұрын

Young people are just sick of the excessive racism, homophobia, misogyny, and sexism that pervades the past. Enough already.

@djsurferdude 2 ай бұрын

I’m a liberal to the core and I can’t agree more that censorship has gotten absolutely ridiculous!!!

@robertfindley921 2 ай бұрын

The way the Republican Party and Fox News envision the US and world is completely unfair, irrational and unsustainable.

@artlesscalamity348 2 ай бұрын

I study media and culture, and I admire Rushdie a great deal, but he is wrong on this point. There is no “censorship” happening against conservatives. I can post data that actually shows the opposite - digital platforms elevate and amplify rightwiing viewpoints. The necessity of moderation, fact-checking and accountability is not equal to “censorship.” EDIT: LOL this comment sure made people mad. YT won't allow me to directly post links to studies. Ironically this is an example of what I'm talking about. SM actively suppresses fact-checking.

@cruisinusa5110 2 ай бұрын

@@artlesscalamity348are you kidding? The oppressive unthinking climate of the woke zealots who have captured HR departments and academic bureaucracies causes extreme self censorship.

@TeachAManToAngle 2 ай бұрын

@@artlesscalamity348”fact checking.” Are you not aware of how Twitter, FB and colluded with the US government to tamper down view points not in line with Biden, Fauci, et Al?

@dukeallen432 2 ай бұрын

Let the conservatives say their lies. Then let us refute them. Problem of course is the $$$$Media. Like 60 minutes giving the sensational time for clicks BUT censorship is never the answer.

@LloydBraun11 2 ай бұрын

It's wonderful to hear a humble man talk simply about his legacy.

@keksi6844 2 ай бұрын

Humble? Lmao. He is arrogant.

@cartoonraccoon2078 2 ай бұрын

@@keksi6844 Is that what you feel whenever you encounter someone who speaks articulately and with a sufficient vocabulary to not speak like a child on a cel phone?

@shenanigans3710 Ай бұрын

He's a great writer and I support him fully, but humility was never one of his virtues

@ninamo3523 2 ай бұрын

There are people who are fervently against books that THEY HAVEN'T READ.

@wernerstapela4616 2 ай бұрын

@ninamo indeed, many, arguably a majority.

@javiersds8081 2 ай бұрын

*Especially* books they haven't read. They're afraid that if they read them, they'd find out those books are not that bad, and everyone around them would turn against them.

@vvggg12 2 ай бұрын

He is attacker knew why he was against his book

@tommyt1971 Ай бұрын

I've been studying the issue since I was 15 and yeah, 99/100 times that's the simple truth. What I'm laughing over these days is #MomsForAnythingButLiberty fanatics reading graphic passages at local legislature and school board mtgs. And I still doubt HIGHLY they've read the entire book, which ain't gonna get them to think about the context or acceptance of it.

@hassanbeydoun2460 Ай бұрын

Me being in Dearborn, Michigan, I couldn't agree more with the statement. Lots of parents protested Dearborn Public Schools to have pro-LGBT/Trans books claiming they had issue with 1 or 2 sentences that were "inappropriate" for kids to read, but yet the lessons these books teach are important.

@elizabethpowers7540 2 ай бұрын

The first Rushdie book I ever read was Haroun and the Sea of Stories and it was absolutely delightful. People should read Rushdie because he's a high quality writer and these days that is an all too rare thing.

@elisawinter4520 2 ай бұрын

I loved that book.

@guerillawhite3083 2 ай бұрын

His spectacle eyepatch is so badass lol

@gonkdroid8279 2 ай бұрын

Agreed

@Peterpan-ph3pm 2 ай бұрын

Straight up

@whathell6t 2 ай бұрын

Give him a Cable Monocle and he will look ready to fight Apocalypse.

@keksi6844 Ай бұрын

Islamic prophecy says AntiChrist will have one eye.

@scarecrow108productions7 Ай бұрын

@@whathell6twell, he IS fighting the apocalypse right about.....now.

@alfonsomango_suyu Ай бұрын

"Offense has become an aspect of identity politics" So true

@godofcycling 2 ай бұрын

Man, that guy will not give up. Good on him

@remiwhiteside11 2 ай бұрын

A genius among men

@michaeloftaoism 2 ай бұрын

I love him just like I love Gerald Vizenor and Don DeLillo ❤

@fizzybubblech2128 2 ай бұрын

Not a genius. His writing is quite crappy haha. But he shouldnt have been stabbed

@cartoonraccoon2078 2 ай бұрын

@@fizzybubblech2128 Full of big words and ideas, I know. Stick to the ones with the gold foil on the spine.

@jaws392 Ай бұрын

It’s hurts more that he was attacked in a country that supposedly is very pro-freedom of speech.

@Alhilohe6336 Ай бұрын

*Muhammed is a warriors not a peace maker, they followed his footstep*

@JohnPeterPressonProtopsaltis 2 ай бұрын

A true hero of free speech

@sanali565 2 ай бұрын

There’s nothing heroic about this slug

@JohnPeterPressonProtopsaltis 2 ай бұрын

@@sanali565 speak for yourself

@faceplants599 2 ай бұрын

Let’s see how much of a free speech hero he is when his kids are being bullied in school, verbally only.

@tyleryoast8299 Ай бұрын

Man who risks his life for freedom of expression

@faceplants599 Ай бұрын

@@tyleryoast8299 he risks his life for millions of dollars

@drogba4evah672 Ай бұрын

Sadly, most young people feel that the right to never be offended is more important than the right to free speech. Scary times.

@edmerc92 Ай бұрын

And they were taught that by older people.

@jim52356 Ай бұрын

Great so maybe we should stop making "from the river to the sea" about genocide and make it about what it truly is about. People getting to live in the homes they were born in

@Alhilohe6336 Ай бұрын

*Muhammed is a warriors not a peace maker, they followed his footstep*

@mediocreplays8368 Ай бұрын

It is much more sad that you dont understand what free speech means whatsoever. How are you this ignorant?

@drogba4evah672 Ай бұрын

@@mediocreplays8368 explain it then, oh wise one.

@tynettelima4434 2 ай бұрын

Glad he's okay 🎉

@bngr_bngr 2 ай бұрын

He lost his eye. He is not ok.

@Randy-jz9ox 2 ай бұрын

@@bngr_bngrhe's got his eye out for a replacement 😉

@Alhilohe6336 Ай бұрын

*Muhammed is a warriors not a peace maker, they followed his footstep*

@warlockpaladin2261 2 ай бұрын

Fahrenheit 451 covered much of this.

@b_uppy 2 ай бұрын

Yet it's message is ignored by the MSM, ironically.

@liammcooper 2 ай бұрын

Fahrenheit 451 was about how people don't want to read. Maybe y'all should read basic Constitutional Law, where all sorts of forms of violent speech are deemed impermissible.

@b_uppy 2 ай бұрын

@@liammcooper Is that why they were burning books?

@PDXDrumr 2 ай бұрын

@liammcooper no, it was not.

@Ryan-ff2db 2 ай бұрын

@@liammcooper Obviously, you have not read the book, because that is most definitely not what it's about.

@colleennelson4029 2 ай бұрын

"How would we ever challenge ourselves if we weren't challenged?" Well, that's part of the problem, nobody wants to be challenged. Might make one (gasp!) uncomfortable.

@Dee-jq2ob 2 ай бұрын

I remember right before the book came out and all the controversy and death threats. The first thing my husband and I did was to buy two copies the day it came out. Have to show support whenever anyone tries to ban a book, don’t like don’t read it, but you can’t take it away from everyone else.

@gonkdroid8279 2 ай бұрын

He's completely right

@sanali565 2 ай бұрын

Not

@joeycurtis1872 2 ай бұрын

@@sanali565 put down the drugs

@DrDetfink 2 ай бұрын

Anderson Cooper’s facial tic after Rushdie condemned American censorship was interesting.

@harrydarling1 2 ай бұрын

First thing that struck me.....yup

@artlesscalamity348 2 ай бұрын

Because Rushdie is wrong on this point. People cannot function without 1) a baseline of norms and values and 2) consequences for dangerous behavior. This is fundamental sociology. Letting everyone do whatever they want because “free speech” is a ridiculous idea. EDIT: there are way too many people who grew up on social media and view the world as a valueless vacuum devoid of accountability. It's very interesting to study but also very depressing.

@DrDetfink 2 ай бұрын

@@artlesscalamity348 Free speech is a ridiculous idea? Smells like Communism, bub.

@AA-yc8yr 2 ай бұрын

@@artlesscalamity348 'Dangerous behaviour' in the context of speech is threatening someone, advocating for harm to be done to them, or calling on others to inflict such harm. That's already criminalised, and rightly so. Offensive speech is NOT 'dangerous', because taking offence can be subjective, and then also being offended is not a harm that requires criminalising. Anyone can get offended by anything. I find stupidity and irrationality - yours are prime examples - offensive. That is NOT a good enough reason to have you prevented from demonstrating your stupidity and incoherence in public. The baseline norms and values should be ones of listening, engaging and debating views different from yours, attempting to reconcile with them or to refute them, and doing all that civilly. Not banning words, or books, or someone's right to speak out, and most certainly not campaigning for people to lose jobs because you felt offended by something they said. SAID! Not did.

@SamElliottsStache Ай бұрын

Because he's an appointed gatekeeper from the House of Vanderbilt.

@MrSpock002 2 ай бұрын

I love how Anderson Cooper sits there with the "not me" look!!! He would never censor anything - yeah right....

@Ward413 2 ай бұрын

When did Cooper censor something?

@Sokrabiades Ай бұрын

@@Ward413"would"

@jonnyfendi2003 Ай бұрын

@Ward413 are u new??? Try disagreeing with gender affirming care, Joe Biden, illegal immigration, etc…. Anderson and his ill will pounce on you. Are u new??? They are the cause of this crap snd then wonder why there is DEI backlash.. get a damn clue

@tommcfadden5232 2 ай бұрын

A religion that fears criticism is a weak one indeed.

@repentancenow Ай бұрын

💯

@Tracey-hg9sj 2 ай бұрын

The world is not responsible for your emotions. Handling emotions is part of being an adult. The guy who attacked Rushdie is nothing more than a common criminal.

@renabouj 2 ай бұрын

I thank Larry David every single day for having introduced Salman Rushdie to me.

@michaeloftaoism 2 ай бұрын

Was he on "Curb...?"

@charliegm6883 2 ай бұрын

@@michaeloftaoism There was an entire season of "Curb your Enthusiasm" revolving around Larry wanting to do a play called "Fatwa", which was based on Salman Rushdie. In one of that season's episodes, Rushdie himself made a guest appearance to give him advice because Larry was also being threatened with a fatwa, too.

@quill444 Ай бұрын

Christopher Hitchens was also a great admirer of Salman Rushdie. - j q t -

@jamesdettmann94 Ай бұрын

@@quill444not just admirer but close friend. The day Salman was attacked I had to wonder how Christopher would have reacted.

@kewltony Ай бұрын

Salman spent a while hiding out at The Hitchden in DC. But we are all forgetting about Sal Bass from Seinfeld, the guy that Kramer is convinced is Salman Rushdie.

@rcisneros8567 2 ай бұрын

Hang in there SR! Keep getting better.

@josephtafur 2 ай бұрын

Mr Rushdie is right about censorship Both sides are equally doing it And it does more harm than good

@bailbondsyesbailbonds 2 ай бұрын

That should not have been your takeaway and dismissive AS SIN

@bngr_bngr 2 ай бұрын

What side you think Iran is on?

@Randy-jz9ox 2 ай бұрын

He has slight eye discomfort requiring a pirates patch. Walks around saying "aye" a lot.

@renzog1237 2 ай бұрын

Wrong. The right bans pornography in books while the l left promotes grooming in schools.

@djsurferdude 2 ай бұрын

I’m a liberal to the core and I can’t agree more that censorship has gotten absolutely ridiculous!!!

@abrahamgomez653 2 ай бұрын

Rushdie books are gems.

@sanali565 2 ай бұрын

More like cheap crap , feel sorry for the trees turned to his rubbish books, what a waste

@DiamondsRexpensive Ай бұрын

@@sanali565Not as wasteful as the Quran

@cecillebarone9252 2 ай бұрын

This is only way I can watch 60min Either golf,or basketball or football ALWAYS goes into overtime and no 60 minutes

@Garand81 Ай бұрын

Absolute legend. I love Rushdie. What a hero

@ww3032 Ай бұрын

Salman Rushdie appeared to have gotten sharper with age!

@jasonrobart9268 2 ай бұрын

The full segment on 60 minutes was spectacular

@yakatut 2 ай бұрын

It’s crazy - a USC valedictorian speech was canceled

@JoellePretty 2 ай бұрын

The Enchantress of Florence is one of my favorite reads EVER and he has so many other greats

@tay974 Ай бұрын

Rushdi should file a case against Ayatollah Irani in International Court of Justice...

@zovalentine7305 Ай бұрын

Journalism is not a crime ✊

@julianterris 2 ай бұрын

It took huge courage to write The Satanic Verses and Salmon Rushdie is a hero of free speech and a brilliant writer. It's horrific that one mentally unwell person almost succeeded in ending this great man's life. Like everyone else, I'm horrified by the attack and in awe of Mr. Rushdie's courage and fortitude. I am permanently opposed to censorship. We need to remember that mental illnesses -and psychopathy are international problems. Mental illness does not discriminate -neither can we. I wish you peace and prosperity, and your best life, Sir. 🎖

@palestalemale8831 Ай бұрын

There are millions of mentally unwell ppl hiding behind religious tenets.

@tommyt1971 2 ай бұрын

Amazing interview clip. He nails the whole fallacy behind censorship. I want to see him speak at every censorship conference or event until groups like #MomsForAnythingBUTLiberty are disbanded and forgotten.

@daintycaked 2 ай бұрын

The problem is it's not as simple as "this art offends me" People have a political agenda and they are making examples with this literature in schools in order to scare others who are politically unengaged.

@middleclassretiree 2 ай бұрын

@@daintycaked- are you referring to politicians and judges that are basing their policies and decisions on a two thousand yr old book written by men explaining how their god has deemed everyone should live??

@tommyt1971 2 ай бұрын

@@daintycaked Nicely put! Fear and the combination of it with religion works too damn well.

@artlesscalamity348 2 ай бұрын

He’s wrong though. It’s not “censorship” to moderate hate-speech or disinformation that directly threatens public or private harm. He’s not looking at the problem in the context of powerful digital tools that have reshaped the world. Such tools absolutely require guardrails and accountability.

@andrewfox368 2 ай бұрын

@@artlesscalamity348”He’s wrong, though! It’s not censorship to [decide which speech is verboten and then ban and/or punish it].” It’s censorship, even when you agree with it. Hate speech is protected by the first amendment - INCITEMENT is not. And who gets to decide what is and isn’t hate speech? As the ACLU Skokie case showed us, the same laws that can ban a National Socialist March can also ban a Jewish gathering. And as the recent campus kerfuffles over Israel v Palestine has shown us, both sides view political rhetoric and sloganeering of the other side as genocidal. Free speech is free speech, ESPECIALLY when you don’t like it.

@ThePetlowany 2 ай бұрын

As Sam Harris has pointed out, Imagine if South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker had to live in hiding after the release of their satirical musical 'The Book of Mormon'. No, you can't.

@dukeallen432 2 ай бұрын

Mormons looking at bottom line. $$$$

@Grrr111___ 2 ай бұрын

Where’s the full interview?

@maruzik Ай бұрын

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones. Bertolt Brecht

@user-qq4ur2uw8p 2 ай бұрын

Chatatauqua is NOT on Lake Erie as stated by Anderson Cooper. It is on its self named lake

@neoneherefrom5836 2 ай бұрын

no one cares but you bro

@JacobEnglander Ай бұрын

@@neoneherefrom5836facts don’t care about your feelings

@neoneherefrom5836 Ай бұрын

@@JacobEnglander oh and these facts are so fun bro plz tell me more about the misnamed towns by the Great Lakes I got my popcorn ready 🍿

@greatexpectations6577 2 ай бұрын

Good to see you Sir.

@louiepalma2436 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see Mr. Rushdie recovering well.

@barbaraolson6783 2 ай бұрын

“ It only takes one rotten apple”… it is so sad that we no longer listen to one another, hear many opinions without becoming offended. Wee no longer have adult conversations. It is difficult to be friendly. I called a female a lady and she got upset and yelled at me that she was no push over wimp. Asan older female, I had used the term as a compliment meaning someone having manners, intelligence ,grace and charm. I was wrong and used the wrong term because to the young black woman I thought I was complimenting, it meant something different. I have asked some other black young women and they are as confused as I am. Sadly the young female left and didn’t explain why being referred to as a lady upset her. I thought she was lovely in conversation until this misunderstanding but even holding conversations these days is difficult.

@Beth-zg6gb 2 ай бұрын

I think the secret to holding a conversation is to listen first, always with an abundance of patience and open mindedness. Consider and then respond with civility.

@emilydavison2053 2 ай бұрын

That sounds confusing. When I was younger and felt more militant feminist I didn't like being called a lady by men. These days I find it easier to let small stuff go and sometimes tell myself I've caught a person in a bad moment - as I have prickly moments too.

@catriona_drummond 2 ай бұрын

It's all gone insane in the last 10 years. I am (visibly) LGBTI and I have been literally called a fascist for not being "LGBTIAQ++ enough". The young people in this scene have completely gone off the rails. Suppose it's easy to shout a little louder every day on Twitter.

@palpankajpal 2 ай бұрын

As a Hindu from India, who doesn't really buy the books, I'm going to say that I've bought Victory City and I'll buy this. This isn't about Hindu and Muslim, this is about dangerous idiots in both religions.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat 2 ай бұрын

No, as an American, I'm pretty certain this is about Islam. I don't think you folks have that one wrong. I don't think we can all be wrong to distrust this ideology. The Chinese, Hindus, Westerners, Russians, all the problems it's causing in Africa... we can't all be wrong about this.

@vasudevsarvam6912 2 ай бұрын

@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat I like your condescending tone.

@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat 2 ай бұрын

@@vasudevsarvam6912 lol, that was not condescending. Trust me kiddo, if I'm being condescending to you, you'll know 😉

@palestalemale8831 Ай бұрын

@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat just replace Islam with "All Religion" and you are onto something.

@engineeritt2206 Ай бұрын

@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat "Trust me kiddo, ...." Just an fyi, demonstration went well.

@paulgermano7837 2 ай бұрын

It's good to see Salman Rushdie still alive after the attack and criticizing censorship.

@zovalentine7305 Ай бұрын

Freedom of speech and press now ✊

@matthewkantar5583 2 ай бұрын

Very nice to see Mr Rushdie so vibrant after his encounter with evil.

@shutincharlie3461 2 ай бұрын

Well said!!

@Beth-zg6gb 2 ай бұрын

Most religions are about peace, until they’re not. Unfortunately, anything can be turned into twisted extremism, and then used for nefarious agendas. It’s the human factor.

@Zenithx3 2 ай бұрын

False. Jainism cannot be twisted into violence. Nor Veganism.

@Zenithx3 2 ай бұрын

The Religion of Peace - The Quran: "When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them" (Quran 9:5). "When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield, strike off their heads" (Sura 47:4). "Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate" (Quran Sura 9:73). "The true believers fight for the cause of God, but the infidels fight for the devil. Fight then against the friends of Satan" (Quran Sura 4:76). "Who are these idolaters and unbelievers and infidels? Those who are not strict Muslims. Muhammad is God's Apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" (Quran Sura 48:29).

@krishnanunnimadathil8142 2 ай бұрын

If you are going to hell for “not believing”, it is hardly about peace. It is about extracting submission. Does not merit 20 seconds of your consideration.

@S.D.323 Ай бұрын

@@Zenithx3 well he did say "most"

@justgivemethetruth Ай бұрын

I hate that Salman Rushie was attacked and hurt after all these years. What more do we need to know ( but there is much more ) about the toxic culture and relgion of the Iranian Mullahs than this vindictive, evil, energy they put out into the world. I have to admit to be overjoyed that Rushdie is processing what happened to him and turning it to his favor and standing up against the regime and powers that threatened him. Salman Rushdie is a 21st century world hero.

@DystopianUtopia8 Ай бұрын

Christianity in the USA is right there with them.

@justgivemethetruth Ай бұрын

@@DystopianUtopia8 You're nuts.

@justgivemethetruth Ай бұрын

@@DystopianUtopia8 If you think that you're crazy.

@Provocateurofendtimes 2 ай бұрын

The evidence over the past couple of years has displayed how little the general populace of Americans cares about the values we once held dear.

@user-jc3td1ph9e 2 ай бұрын

A living icon, defending free speech and defiant against the evil rise of extreme islam.

@keksi6844 2 ай бұрын

Funny how "Free speech" people like you would never allow Muslim to speak freely.

@davidross2004 Ай бұрын

@3:44 “How would we challenge ourselves if we were not challenged?” This is a lesson that I’ve slowly come to learn as I’ve aged. The best ideas are the ones that stand on their own and don’t need a boot nor a weapon to be maintained. Our ideas become better by exposing ourselves to reality and that includes other people’s ideas. We grow by being humble and comfortable with learning, which requires accepting that we may be wrong and that’s all part of the learning process, and thus good. I think that our ideas should be exposed to the light and put to the test repeatedly to see if they are valid, sound, and congruent with current data. The moment we hold to a belief simply because we like it and then demand others do too, with no evidence as to why they should change their minds, we are no longer learning nor teaching; instead, we have become fragile dogmatists, masquerading our favorite conjectures as proven theories, all so that we can avoid the uncomfortable truth.

@miasmic100 2 ай бұрын

He is an intellectual, it's sad ignorance is all around.

@zoundstreetop 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see Mr Rushdie is more or less okay and I will NEVER FORGIVE Cat Stevens.

@Randy-jz9ox 2 ай бұрын

Damn, you really dated yourself with that lol

@1fattyfatman 2 ай бұрын

Moonshadow already falls over Steven’s legacy.

@birdworldist 2 ай бұрын

He don’t want or need your forgiveness

@zoundstreetop 2 ай бұрын

@@Randy-jz9ox not all of us think that making it to retirement is a bad thing. Let’s see if you do, and how you feel about it. Good luck.

@zoundstreetop 2 ай бұрын

@@1fattyfatman Wild World is also problematic. But in hindsight, it made it clear that he had very traditional views which would mesh well with fundamentalist Islam.

@predestinedatheist8486 Ай бұрын

If even 20% of the people of this world could be like Sir Salman Rushdie, the Earth would be a much better place to live.

@guavajellyjam 2 ай бұрын

Phenomenal work Anderson

@gingerbread_GB Ай бұрын

I've always believed that the whole struggle between conservatives and progressives is between tradition and reason. Humans don't have the mental capacity to constantly rationalize our every action, so we form these traditions, or mental shortcuts, to help make our lives better. That's why a real conservative should be well-versed in history, in what worked and what didn't work. Progressives on the other hand, are willing to try new things because it's rational, even though it has never been done before. That's why progressives should be good at reasoning and communication, because whatever agenda they have should make sense to most other people. Now we have a bunch of conservatives that don't know history and a bunch of progressives that don't care to reason. Everyone just tries to one up each other on social media. It's quite pathetic tbh.

@MadKingOfMadaya 2 ай бұрын

*_People who say "Cencorship has gotten absolutely ridiculous!!!" are the enemy. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY CENSORSHIP AT ALL! PERIOD!_*

@AbdulBasit-in7hh 2 ай бұрын

So how would you feel about a book that praised the holocaust? I'm just saying.

@S.D.323 Ай бұрын

@@AbdulBasit-in7hh it would be evil but Im not sure about banning it

@AdamBechtol 2 ай бұрын

It is scary this is the stuff I'd have to fight against in the decades to come, if I live to see them.

@djpaulhannon 2 ай бұрын

Anderson Cooper was completely perplexed by the idea of Free Speech.

@papamurrth1 Ай бұрын

You can see it in his face when Russia starting saying it, and his question was "is the value in hearing from people that offend us?" I figured a 4th grader knew that. Does Anderson think we should only hear from voices that don't offend us?

@JohnH-mo5mb 2 ай бұрын

Advocating censorship equals saying that people can’t think for themselves. And if that is your position, you have revealed yourself to be dictatorial in mindset. And if you look at the practice of religions, you will not have to go far to discover dictatorial tendencies as well. To invite that into your country in the name of tolerance and diversity is suicidal.

@AlexandruVoda 2 ай бұрын

You do not actually believe what you just said (or at the very least the probability is very very low). You too believe that there is actually a certain amount of necessary censorship.

@andrewfox368 2 ай бұрын

@@AlexandruVodaamazing mind reading device you’ve got there.

@DeborahAnneWeber 2 ай бұрын

It's about actual mind-control via mechanical means - SigInt, now add in radicalized, traumatized people...

@BillWoodillustrator 2 ай бұрын

Next time interviewed he’ll have one arm and leg missing too. Monty Pythonesque.

@jamesdettmann94 Ай бұрын

Just a flesh wound.

@mankind5709 2 ай бұрын

Years ago I was at a planning lecture , where the speaker stated that you could be leaning left and those left ideas were the ones that were nimbism. Not in my back yard ideology. If attitudes were a circle the extreme left and the extreme right connect at the top where they come together. the same way the middle connects at the bottom of the circle. This is the issue right now. The extremes are coming together.

@abrahamgomez653 2 ай бұрын

What do you think of War Against Panthers Mr. Rushdie?

@1993yama 2 ай бұрын

I found wonderful your book, the satanic verses. Thanks a lot, it was a great pleasure to red it, with my muslin background and my knowledge of Islam history, it was really enjoyable for me. Thanks, still alive and in good health.

@merchantrekha2000 2 ай бұрын

The narrative has changed since the 90s

@snjspring 2 ай бұрын

Is he talking about meinkampf as well?

@blaketindle4703 Ай бұрын

Salman Rushdie is always a great panelist on Real Time with Bill Maher! Fiercely intelligent, always making excellent points!

@indiaunmuted2414 2 ай бұрын

Good to see you my man. Justice to Ayesha !! Long live free speech.

@huss03 Ай бұрын

1:15 - It only takes one, and there is more than one

@1fattyfatman 2 ай бұрын

Rushdie is iconic.

@GKP999 2 ай бұрын

I have a hard time having a good impression of Islam or believing that it is a religion of peace.

@bngr_bngr 2 ай бұрын

Not after they have been hunting down Rushdie for decades.

@Mainman7 2 ай бұрын

What you think the Africans think when the Christians enslaved them and oppressed them?

@michaeloftaoism 2 ай бұрын

any damn organized religion can beget the same results of tragedy

@GKP999 2 ай бұрын

@michaeloftaoism Very true! That is why all of them need to be kept in check.

@phoenixfire6433 2 ай бұрын

@@GKP999Hear, hear

@user-np1xw4vy7q Ай бұрын

I remember him for his secret identity, Sal Bass

@Zeeshan-bv7mo Ай бұрын

Great Person...

@richardthelionheart5594 2 ай бұрын

"shelf of books". I love his books ! The Moors Last Sigh, Midnight's Children and the rest. Couldn't get thru "Satanic Verses". Didn't read more than 50 pages.

@elisawinter4520 2 ай бұрын

Richard - try listening to the audiobook. I’ve listened to it 4 times now. I absolutely adore TSV. It’s so rich.

@richardthelionheart5594 2 ай бұрын

@@elisawinter4520 I forgot to mention "The Enchantress of Florence" another Rushdie masterpiece. Don't know what TSV is and wouldn't know how to get hooked up on audiobooks.

@KohalaLover 2 ай бұрын

TSV is an acronym for The Satanic Verses. @@richardthelionheart5594

@mrutyunjayapanda Ай бұрын

So we'll put. I wish more people listened to this rather than follow outrage artists occupying the media, both traditional and social.

@anonymouslyopinionated656 Ай бұрын

Lol Andersoon Cooper was part of the vanguard

@hillehai Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's so ironic hearing him of all people talk about censorship.

@WeedMIC Ай бұрын

Great book, heard him read some parts, brave man.

@VexylObby Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, it isn’t a matter of shutting a book. It is a matter of knowing that videos of people calling for violence are allowed to spread. Media has evolved.

@DystopianUtopia8 Ай бұрын

Or has it devolved?

@richalderson6069 Ай бұрын

Salman is an incredibly brave and strong person to face the world after what has happened to him. He only deserves respect as far as I can see.

@janelightning73 Ай бұрын

Censorship by shutting the book. What a novel concept.

@benp4877 2 ай бұрын

God bless Salman Rushdie. Same thing happened to Naghib Mahfouz. He kept right on trucking too.

@LudvigIndestrucable Ай бұрын

It's been a lot more than 5 years in the making. Religious texts crystallise the barbaric practices of the time. Basing your life on medieval books produces medieval behaviour.

@Sokrabiades Ай бұрын

Or it's human behavior, since it's coming from the religious and irreligious alike. Assuming that it's particularly medieval is nonsense.

@SP-ny1fk Ай бұрын

Our main issue is the attack on the innocence of our children. They end up as intellectuals or emotional wrecks. We must create a system in which our children can guide us - because we have badly lost the way.

@user-lq9oi5jq3n 2 ай бұрын

Okay.

@BluePrada 2 ай бұрын

Hmm there’s a lot of nuance and arguments that could be made from what he’s saying, I feel like he’s simplifying a lot of hits thoughts but there’s a lot that should be taken into consideration it’s a difficult topic

@cinnamondan4984 2 ай бұрын

There was a Disney Star Wars advert before this video. Man, Disney Star Wars feels like woke fan fiction.

@kiernanthomas6006 2 ай бұрын

I resent 60 minutes describing the attacker as "from New Jersey". He's from Hell. He's from his parent's basement.

@jamesdelcol3701 2 ай бұрын

I am so glad he's still with us. Anderson Cooper got an important story here. "Areopagitica" John Milton There should be no censorship. I'm in the Bill Maher class. I'm a little out of tune with the WOKE. I have an education based in historiography. This ideology doesn't make sense academically.

@jk2973 Ай бұрын

The controversy does not stem from his novel, but from excessively violent people.

@EE-qn9ms Ай бұрын

finally someone out there started speaking about this nonsense censorship!

@desireemariec1108 Ай бұрын

Read books. Read frequently. Write yourself (write notes for others too!) notes in your favorite books. Author books. Read a lot of interesting books. Change the world.