Feel bad for the guy, but let's be clear - the ideology they empowered ate them as well. The daughter is obviously the fool of the story. The heiress of a multimillion dollar business is a hard-leftist who then got canceled and took her family fortune down w/ her.
Those who live by the sword die by the sword, as they say.
this was so moving Bari, and I really love how you allow your interviewee to unfold his story without pushing - you have a way with people which allows them to tell their story in their own way. I really hope this helps Majdi and his family to get back on their feet. We need to rediscover one of humanity's best qualities- forgiveness.
The true aim of the left is retribution. It's not political power, it is retribution. If the left is successful at convincing any sizeable portion of the population that whites are inherently evil the stage will be set for government directed asset seizure and skin color based imprisonment. The government will then stand silent while mass violence against whites erupts.
This episode was incredibly powerful! I recently blogged about ways to combat cancel culture and included Majdi's example among others (with a link to your podcast, of course). Clearly the consequences of his daughter's tweet were completely above and beyond what they should have been. It occurred to me that "the punishment must fit the crime" sounds a whole lot like cruel and unusual punishment, which of course is prohibited in the 8th Amendment. Of course that was relating to the federal gov't imposing overly harsh penalties - but I'm wondering if anyone thinks there might be some legal argument against citizens using cruel and unusual punishment to suppress each other, based on the 8th amendment?
Great podcast, Bari. I have not heard of this story before. I am not surprised by the mob reaction to this proprietor. It seems that his daughter really did "teshuva" and was truly sorry for her hurtful comments. Even white supremacists and kkk people can repent. Thanks for sharing this story.
Outstanding podcast of a deeply upsetting story. Is there no forgiveness, compassion and proportionality any longer? Here, the very same people who wish to dismantle systems of oppression based on punishment instead of rehabilitation, play out the very same unforgiving and irredeemable cruelty to others with a blindness so profound that even a Palestinian immigrant and many dozens of black/brown employees are trampled by the stampede. All because a number of years prior, his 16 year old daughter made one angry post that she deeply regretted and apologized for. This is not who we are. We can and must do better.
After listening to Bari's excellent inaugural podcast in abject horror, this little excerpt from the above-mentioned article really resonated: "In his day, Mao had made 'struggle' a transitive verb: to struggle someone was to surround him or her, in the street or on a stage, and hurl taunts, insults, threats and demands for confessions; no bystander would dare speak for the struggled for fear of becoming the next target. Verbal abuse often led to physical beatings, sometimes even to death."
Mr. Wadi and his daughter have been 'struggled' in the United States of America, the land of the FREE, and that is just absolutely unacceptable. Bravo to Bari and to Katie Herzog and other journalists willing to write/speak about this insanity.
My favorite slogan thus far is totalitarian therapy. I find it instructive that immigrants defend American values more than many American-born. In the case of Majdi Wadi and beyond, HR departments need to be held accountable for blurring the line between job life and home life. To not recognize this distinction is professional misconduct. HR must reform.
I listened to this podcast and want Majdi, his daughter and his family to know we are here for them. We support you. We love you! We have all made mistakes in our lives, but we are not defined by our mistakes. We are defined by how we respond to our mistakes. I hope his daughter knows her tweet is not a reflection upon her now and she, like the phoenix, will rise. My only disappointment was that I, who live in Texas, could not order anything online from Holy Land to ship to me. The people of this country are here to help Holy Land and the Wadi family get through this time.
The interview was chilling. How horrible. The Internet and social media has made it possible for mass bullying. If this isn't stopped it will escalate to violence and murder. Terrifying.
A teenager repeats what they hear at home and needs to learn to take responsibility, not only apologize to save her father's business. Not every teenager writes tweets of the kind, and those who do need to pay for their actions.
However, the worst part of the piece was when the interviewer presented the tweet as a 'joke'. I think it was the worst part of the interview and made me regret joining the Common Sense community. I want my money back.
Listening to Majdi's story, it struck me the root cause of this mess ... the zero tolerance fad. I remember when this started a few years back. It struck me that this was a little too totalitarian. It was merely the thin edge of the totalitarian wedge, however I could not see the full ugly picture which we all plainly see today.
I was born 16 years after the close of WWII. I often wonder "what was the day of mental reckoning of the people", by that I mean, what was the day the people of Germany and Japan realized they were the monsters, and not the heros of the war. We know 28 April 1945 is the day Mussolini was killed. We can mark that date as the end of Fascism. The people of Italy had had enough of Fascism, and stopped it at its head. What was trigger to cause the people of Germany to examine their actions and realize they were participating in a genocide. What was the day the Japanese people realized they were victims of a horrendous empire.
Back to today, what will cause the end of progressive intolerance and the abstract racism of CRT we are seeing in the US? What will be the trigger to cause progressives to realize they are intolerant monsters?
Loved the podcast- but I’m curious about why his daughter tweeted the negative comments, what experience or ideas prompted her to do that ? She was just a teen clearly but it would be interesting to know more about how that behavior/anger evolved??
Your prefrontal cortex (decision making, impulse control) is not fully formed until aprox age 22. It explains teen actions better than anything the teen can tell you.
Feel bad for the guy, but let's be clear - the ideology they empowered ate them as well. The daughter is obviously the fool of the story. The heiress of a multimillion dollar business is a hard-leftist who then got canceled and took her family fortune down w/ her.
Those who live by the sword die by the sword, as they say.
More like this please. The other two episodes were underwhelming.
this was so moving Bari, and I really love how you allow your interviewee to unfold his story without pushing - you have a way with people which allows them to tell their story in their own way. I really hope this helps Majdi and his family to get back on their feet. We need to rediscover one of humanity's best qualities- forgiveness.
The true aim of the left is retribution. It's not political power, it is retribution. If the left is successful at convincing any sizeable portion of the population that whites are inherently evil the stage will be set for government directed asset seizure and skin color based imprisonment. The government will then stand silent while mass violence against whites erupts.
This episode was incredibly powerful! I recently blogged about ways to combat cancel culture and included Majdi's example among others (with a link to your podcast, of course). Clearly the consequences of his daughter's tweet were completely above and beyond what they should have been. It occurred to me that "the punishment must fit the crime" sounds a whole lot like cruel and unusual punishment, which of course is prohibited in the 8th Amendment. Of course that was relating to the federal gov't imposing overly harsh penalties - but I'm wondering if anyone thinks there might be some legal argument against citizens using cruel and unusual punishment to suppress each other, based on the 8th amendment?
Great podcast, Bari. I have not heard of this story before. I am not surprised by the mob reaction to this proprietor. It seems that his daughter really did "teshuva" and was truly sorry for her hurtful comments. Even white supremacists and kkk people can repent. Thanks for sharing this story.
Outstanding podcast of a deeply upsetting story. Is there no forgiveness, compassion and proportionality any longer? Here, the very same people who wish to dismantle systems of oppression based on punishment instead of rehabilitation, play out the very same unforgiving and irredeemable cruelty to others with a blindness so profound that even a Palestinian immigrant and many dozens of black/brown employees are trampled by the stampede. All because a number of years prior, his 16 year old daughter made one angry post that she deeply regretted and apologized for. This is not who we are. We can and must do better.
Read a really excellent piece in the WSJ a moment ago, "Beijing Protests a Lab Leak Too Much."
(https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-protests-a-lab-leak-too-much-11623598397?mod=hp_opin_pos_1)
After listening to Bari's excellent inaugural podcast in abject horror, this little excerpt from the above-mentioned article really resonated: "In his day, Mao had made 'struggle' a transitive verb: to struggle someone was to surround him or her, in the street or on a stage, and hurl taunts, insults, threats and demands for confessions; no bystander would dare speak for the struggled for fear of becoming the next target. Verbal abuse often led to physical beatings, sometimes even to death."
Mr. Wadi and his daughter have been 'struggled' in the United States of America, the land of the FREE, and that is just absolutely unacceptable. Bravo to Bari and to Katie Herzog and other journalists willing to write/speak about this insanity.
I am listening.
My favorite slogan thus far is totalitarian therapy. I find it instructive that immigrants defend American values more than many American-born. In the case of Majdi Wadi and beyond, HR departments need to be held accountable for blurring the line between job life and home life. To not recognize this distinction is professional misconduct. HR must reform.
I listened to this podcast and want Majdi, his daughter and his family to know we are here for them. We support you. We love you! We have all made mistakes in our lives, but we are not defined by our mistakes. We are defined by how we respond to our mistakes. I hope his daughter knows her tweet is not a reflection upon her now and she, like the phoenix, will rise. My only disappointment was that I, who live in Texas, could not order anything online from Holy Land to ship to me. The people of this country are here to help Holy Land and the Wadi family get through this time.
An excellent interview and a story that needed to brought to light. We should show more grace and forgiveness to each other.
The interview was chilling. How horrible. The Internet and social media has made it possible for mass bullying. If this isn't stopped it will escalate to violence and murder. Terrifying.
A teenager repeats what they hear at home and needs to learn to take responsibility, not only apologize to save her father's business. Not every teenager writes tweets of the kind, and those who do need to pay for their actions.
However, the worst part of the piece was when the interviewer presented the tweet as a 'joke'. I think it was the worst part of the interview and made me regret joining the Common Sense community. I want my money back.
Listening to Majdi's story, it struck me the root cause of this mess ... the zero tolerance fad. I remember when this started a few years back. It struck me that this was a little too totalitarian. It was merely the thin edge of the totalitarian wedge, however I could not see the full ugly picture which we all plainly see today.
I was born 16 years after the close of WWII. I often wonder "what was the day of mental reckoning of the people", by that I mean, what was the day the people of Germany and Japan realized they were the monsters, and not the heros of the war. We know 28 April 1945 is the day Mussolini was killed. We can mark that date as the end of Fascism. The people of Italy had had enough of Fascism, and stopped it at its head. What was trigger to cause the people of Germany to examine their actions and realize they were participating in a genocide. What was the day the Japanese people realized they were victims of a horrendous empire.
Back to today, what will cause the end of progressive intolerance and the abstract racism of CRT we are seeing in the US? What will be the trigger to cause progressives to realize they are intolerant monsters?
Is there an organization out there somewhere that is stepping up and finding work for canceled people like Madji's daughter?
Loved the podcast- but I’m curious about why his daughter tweeted the negative comments, what experience or ideas prompted her to do that ? She was just a teen clearly but it would be interesting to know more about how that behavior/anger evolved??
Your prefrontal cortex (decision making, impulse control) is not fully formed until aprox age 22. It explains teen actions better than anything the teen can tell you.