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

@ethancook4969

5 ай бұрын

Dude I was laughing so hard 😂

@MiguelClarke

5 ай бұрын

Savage!

@SuperChrisDub

5 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

"Malc" called him "Doug" first.

@danya.9602

4 ай бұрын

​@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.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@danielclark6532

9 ай бұрын

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

@user-yq4yp7hz3z

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@QuynhNguyen-hw9ps

9 ай бұрын

Same here …

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

@robertortiz-wilson1588

6 ай бұрын

That's a great quote.

@StanEby1

2 ай бұрын

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

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

8 ай бұрын

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

7 ай бұрын

Chilling

@esterhudson5104

6 ай бұрын

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

@warrenrandall6936

6 ай бұрын

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

6 ай бұрын

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.

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.

9 ай бұрын

Very well said

@jamesdellaneve9005

9 ай бұрын

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

@WayneLynch69

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@haydenwalton2766

9 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

Googlied the comment gone...

@tcorourke2007

9 ай бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

They would know it’s how their industry works

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

6 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

@@HomeAtLast501 💯

@kerrylewisRN

4 ай бұрын

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

@d_ward4871

4 ай бұрын

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

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

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

9 ай бұрын

Well said sir

@nuckygulliver9607

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@dearthofdoohickeys4703

9 ай бұрын

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

@schizophrenicenthusiast

9 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@sylaq1151

9 ай бұрын

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

@danielebowman

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

@@danielebowmansoooo… it tickled your toes.

@Jeff-cn9up

9 ай бұрын

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

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

@annapachaclarke2392

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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

@madmelwood3778

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 yep..I laughed out loud

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

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@steveperreira5850

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

Malc is an “nbred ju”

@steveperreira5850

9 ай бұрын

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

@perryrush6563

8 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha "well Malc..."

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@johnnycrean413

9 ай бұрын

Ad hominem is the first port of a blaggard

@Stratsiey

9 ай бұрын

​@@bomination.and?

@shannoncoley7123

9 ай бұрын

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

@ricksflicks-

9 ай бұрын

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

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

@TheSpaceCrafter

5 ай бұрын

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

@Muffins2117

2 ай бұрын

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

@samuel_iv

Ай бұрын

debate team locker room talk😂

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

8 ай бұрын

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

@johnbrown3119

8 ай бұрын

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

@maximeb190

8 ай бұрын

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

@Chris-ji4iu

8 ай бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

🎵 That’s the power of love! 🎵

@willburke8373

9 ай бұрын

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

@kevingreggshow

9 ай бұрын

Very funny image @jonnya3425 Well done!

@jonnya3425

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

Hilarious

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

@madelainepetrin1430

9 ай бұрын

Like his books.

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

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

5 ай бұрын

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

4 ай бұрын

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

@madmelwood3778

4 ай бұрын

And douglas listens like an attentive child, listening intently

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

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

@ellehann

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@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.

"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.

@esterhudson5104

9 ай бұрын

👏👍

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

@Real_Lion_of_Judah

6 ай бұрын

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

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.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@freddysquirenaranjo4859

9 ай бұрын

@@bomination. and what is your point?

@willardsteele4857

9 ай бұрын

Have you reconsidered Gladwell?

@kang_317

9 ай бұрын

​@@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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

@esterhudson5104

9 ай бұрын

😆👏

@bitburg40

9 ай бұрын

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

@GodsOwnPrototype

9 ай бұрын

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

@jonnybgoode7742

9 ай бұрын

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

@holisticselfinquiry2736

9 ай бұрын

Hahaha it was such a cheeky glance

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

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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

@itsallfunandgames723

5 ай бұрын

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

@fahadawan7792

4 ай бұрын

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

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

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

@margaret928

9 ай бұрын

He is like the Mike Tyson of debating

@Awarene613

9 ай бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree 😂

@jec00702

9 ай бұрын

debate is learning hopefully

@fribersson

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

Seems to reflect the values he follows in politics.

@llewodcm20

9 ай бұрын

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.

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

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

“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

9 ай бұрын

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

6 ай бұрын

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

@Fahrenheit4051

6 ай бұрын

Malk: Now with Vitamin R!

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

@aahyes9068

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

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

@eholm101

8 ай бұрын

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

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

@bryanutility9609

9 ай бұрын

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

@blueprince2330

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@_Schwartz

9 ай бұрын

​@@cheese_ustalking

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

9 ай бұрын

@@bomination. And? Gay people can be based too

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.

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.

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

8 ай бұрын

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

@dafunkmonster

6 ай бұрын

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

@ZephaniahL

5 ай бұрын

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

@stephenmarshall8367

4 ай бұрын

Pooned.....

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@friberssonexactly!

@wiseonwords

9 ай бұрын

@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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@bomination. I agree, he seems to be very happy

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

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.

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

8 ай бұрын

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

@michaelforsythe4335

8 ай бұрын

Spot on.

@yoeyyoey8937

8 ай бұрын

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

@jepulis6674

8 ай бұрын

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

@yoeyyoey8937

8 ай бұрын

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

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

8 ай бұрын

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.

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

@user-dq6kr2gd1y

6 ай бұрын

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

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.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

Precisely.

@jasondashney

9 ай бұрын

Read the comments on the KZread 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

9 ай бұрын

Jordanetics made me see Peterson in a different light.

@bleonar3

9 ай бұрын

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

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

@ninagohlsson6053

9 ай бұрын

And se Taibbi spontaneously doubling over with laughter. 😃

@esterhudson5104

6 ай бұрын

😆😆👏👍

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

8 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

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

5 ай бұрын

You caught him out on this one.

I am a big gladwell fan and didnt know who douglass was before the podcast. When i heard the podcast about the debate i was confused and didn't pay attention since i didnt listen to the debate. But this interview made me go back and added douglas books to my reading list. So far i am not disappointed. Going out of your way to read and hear different opinions is necessary in our society with our silos and social media algorithms.

@LT11721

6 ай бұрын

Excellent message!!

@dafunkmonster

6 ай бұрын

You should really go watch the debate. It will likely change your opinion of Gladwell.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

​@@birdjericho Truth

@dearthofdoohickeys4703

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

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

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

@LT11721

6 ай бұрын

They could have debated Gladwell without a cup of coffee

@LT11721

6 ай бұрын

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

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

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.

I enjoyed every second of how Douglas eviscerated that moron.

@steveperreira5850

9 ай бұрын

In bread Juu??? Inbred Jew …. Endemic amongst God’s chosen people.

@warrennicholsony.fernando4513

9 ай бұрын

What does that mean?

I'm a leftie on most measures and I've followed Matt Taibbi for years, so it was a joy to watch Douglas Murray especially in that debate. I never really knew who Malcolm Gladwell was beforehand but I'm glad I never wasted my time with him. As a leftie, it has been absolutely baffling to me how my political side have tricked themselves into defending corporate media, big pharma, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, the FBI, and the Military-Industrial Complex... all the institutions we were once very critical of. That's what not only Trump Derangement Syndrome does but also Obama/Democrat Delusion Syndrome does too.

@nicholasdale2910

9 ай бұрын

Well stated! It’s a significant theoretical contradiction and with the US Democratic Party in particular they ride on this absurd perception they care about constituents, they don’t but they are the worst because they pretend to.

@sylaq1151

9 ай бұрын

I'm assuming you're an American, because in the UK, we politically differentiate between liberals and the Left. The Left are completely noble in their desire to improve the material circumstances of the working-class. Liberals, however, have merely highjacked some of the Left's talking points for their own, and the aforementioned's (Big pharma, Sillicon Vally, Regime media) financial ambitions. Gladwell is a liberal, he's not a Leftist.

@EvieGevie

9 ай бұрын

The left was only against those institutions as long as they weren’t in control of them. Now that they do control them, no reason to be against them.

@KopperNeoman

9 ай бұрын

@sylaq1141 You got that backwards - probably on purpose. Liberalism believes in Liberty, whereas Leftism supports its complete opposite, Socialism. George Orwell once believed that socialism would help the worker; British mining men often lost their teeth down in the shafts of industry - but once he found capitalism in fact was doing just that and the socialists HATED it (the worker was only a useful idiot to be thrown in the gulag after the revolution), he renounced socialism. That's why his books are so accurate: only James Lindsey better understands Leftist dialectics.

@richardmead4272

9 ай бұрын

Bless you for your honesty. Please help bring the Dems back towards the center.

It is a real pleasure to listen to two intelligent, well spoken gentlemen like Douglas Murray and Jordan Peterson. I look forward to seeing and listening to more of the same.

Two of the most intelligent, well-spoken men breathing air today. Appreciate them both very much. Hope I am blessed to shake their hands at some point!

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

9 ай бұрын

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!!

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

@celestinomoya4470

9 ай бұрын

It’s called dignity and there are few things that touch us in quite the same way.

@kingofthorns203

9 ай бұрын

It’s both inspirational and aspirational

@stevesherwood1277

9 ай бұрын

Well said.

@Itraininthebogs

9 ай бұрын

Almost like they are real men 💪

@mikahattunen4502

8 ай бұрын

@@Itraininthebogs A real man sleeps with men?

Two great men just sitting having a conversation that while very intellectual, it is done in a manner anyone wing a basic high school understanding can understand and benefit from. My father always told me I can learn more from listening to an intelligent person talk about the weather than from reading a book about philosophy. He said the book will require several parts reread and research to understand the knowledge in it while an intelligent person shares the knowledge, they impart with the intention that the listener comprehends it.

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

7 ай бұрын

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.

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

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

@BlookbugIV

9 ай бұрын

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

@GarryAndrews_

9 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

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

@unvaccinated6467

9 ай бұрын

@@GarryAndrews_ it was 100% deliberate

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

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.

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

@MartinHiggins1972

8 ай бұрын

That's not the point.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

8 ай бұрын

Basically butlers who've brought him the wrong tea

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

What a brilliant pair of minds. Good to hear intelligent conversation.

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@drmodestoesq

9 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

Of why only the English dare mess with the Irish*

@mimikins7748

9 ай бұрын

Douglas Murray isn’t Irish.

Who couldn't appreciate this conversation between two gentlemen at the top of their fields. I'm not an academic, but boy do these chaps speak in plain English that I can understand. Thank you for your insight.

Douglas Murray has a formidable mind. Thank God he uses it for good and not for evil.

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

@maggietruth

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

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

@ANonymous-mo6xp

9 ай бұрын

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

@michaelc9915

9 ай бұрын

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

@saintsword23

9 ай бұрын

@@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.

Douglas Murray is amazing. He is such a refreshing voice of reason

@mr.annoying9453

4 ай бұрын

hes gay as well so he doesn't fit into a neat box the other side can attack. hes awesome

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

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.

@esterhudson5104

9 ай бұрын

Totally agree. I was shocked at his behavior.

@olafnilsen1641

9 ай бұрын

The crack of doom on his crack😂

@ANonymous-mo6xp

9 ай бұрын

That last sentence. Eloquent awesomeness.

@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid

9 ай бұрын

@@ANonymous-mo6xphear hear!

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

9 ай бұрын

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.

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

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.

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

9 ай бұрын

"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

9 ай бұрын

​@@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

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

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

@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid

9 ай бұрын

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

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

9 ай бұрын

Bravo!

@danielnaberhaus5337

9 ай бұрын

Can you share any critiques you can remember?

@fake_name841

9 ай бұрын

@danielnaberhaus5337 I can, but I can't go into full detail because I don't want to write an essay in the KZread 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

9 ай бұрын

@@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

9 ай бұрын

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.

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

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.

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

9 ай бұрын

Do share

@L.I.T.H.I.U.M

9 ай бұрын

Like?

@carsondyle1793

9 ай бұрын

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

Very cool conversation! Thank you.

"And also by thinking"... Love you, Jordan!

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

8 ай бұрын

Who cares about all that if the guy is right?

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

@ZephaniahL

6 ай бұрын

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.

Fantastic showing by Douglas Murray!

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”.

Fantastic debate by Douglas he absolutely destroyed Malc 😂😂😂

@A_random_nerd_with_braces

9 ай бұрын

“Malc” was a classic moment 😂

@Kwisatz-Chaderach

8 ай бұрын

​@user-ih5vf4xg4h not a strawman. Ad hom if anything.

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

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

I enjoy listening to both these men. Quite enlightening.

LOVE Douglas Murray! Brilliant, witty, gifted communicator! He is a joy to hear and watch.