Butting In Again
As readers of these pages know, I like Pete Buttigieg. I think he answers opponents in a way that is unique -- smart, thoughtful, respectful, deeply polite, quiet, graceful and withering. There are other people who do a great job answering critics, but I know of no one who answers them that way. It's a rare skill. Even if one doesn't like what he says -- and there are a great MAGOPs who I am certain passionately hate everything that he says -- I think it's hard to not accept his ability at this. And that's separate from when he simply is discussing his views on a range of topics. Including politics, answering a child asking about being bullied, and discussing his love of Star Trek. In up to 10 languages. (Yes, really, though not all fluently, as I posted in this video.)
We're going to turn things today over (again) to Buttigieg and his appearance with Jen Psaki over the weekend. He popped in here the other day, but this is a Masterclass and covers much wider ground, as he discusses not wanting to need to interpret the dangerous things Trump says so often, J.D. Vance's strange worldview, the bizarre GOP agenda, expanding what he believes should be thought of as issues of freedom, Kamala Harris's vision for the country, and more.
The warm, blunt, involving conservation lasts 12 minutes. (And good news, it's all in English...!) But to me, 12 minutes of Pete Buttigieg fly by. At one point there's an odd "jump," but that's when they cut away for a commercial.
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