Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedNoel Johnson: belief
30 Jan 2019 Conversations with Tyler Noel Johnson and Mark Koyama on *Persecution and Toleration*
“However, I think there is a general sense that’s been absorbed into the culture that this is no longer a thing that is acceptable.”
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- Noel Johnson
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- Claim type
- belief
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- 30 Jan 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Why? I’m optimistic about the United States and other well-established liberal democracies. I don’t think we’re going to head all the way back to a situation where . . . the biggest danger is a totalitarian danger. We’ve already seen that happen, and that is completely a danger. I do worry about some sort of Nazi-type phenomenon, which could occur in a Holocaust or something like this. And that can occur. However, I think there is a general sense that’s been absorbed into the culture that this is no longer a thing that is acceptable. And I think that is a strong sense that still exists, and there are a lot of states that also feel strongly about this. Even if you look at World War II, the worst atrocities that occurred against Jews — they happened in the regions that had states that were weakened at the time, during World War II. And this is somewhat hidden.…
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