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Glenn Loury: prediction

8 Feb 2023 Conversations with Tyler Glenn Loury on the Cover Story and the Real Story

“He says it’s a complete losing — “All that is going to happen is, if I say what I actually think, a ton of bricks is going to fall on me, and so I won’t talk about it.”

— Glenn Loury

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Glenn Loury
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8 Feb 2023
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Conversations with Tyler

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…And before he wrote for the Times? That’s pretty recent, right? Yes, the Times is just the last year or two, but he lives there in New York. He goes to the cocktail parties and stuff. I’ll give an example. I don’t think I betray his confidence in saying this. I cannot get John to discuss the transgender debate in our conversation. I’m not asking him to agree or disagree with anything; I just want to take up the question. He refuses to do so, God love him. He says it’s a complete losing — “All that is going to happen is, if I say what I actually think, a ton of bricks is going to fall on me, and so I won’t talk about it. ” Who is your strongest critic on race, the best critic of you?…

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