James O'Brien: The Waterstones Interview
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- James O'Brien's dismantling of shaky arguments has become a viral social media staple. We spoke to him about his book, How To Be Right, our non-fiction Book of the Month in June, to discover what questions to ask when people won't accept facts at face value. How To Be Right: bit.ly/2Hxjxnb
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That book is now on sale at the knockdown price of 99p.
That's shocking. I would never pay that much for it.
Love James O'Brien! Great interview x
Why thank you, Leena x
Great interview! I live in Brazil and this book fits for my country politic problems too.
Um BR aqui aaa
I live in London but lived in Brazil from 1990 to 2008. You're right it fits the current Brazilian political scenario perfectly. Fora Bozo e a milicia dele, assasino matador. Um beijo!
@@najdaraj9420 for sure
Excellent interview. ‘The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity’ WB Yates. O’Brien mentioned this recently, from the poem The Second Coming. Never a more appropriate quotation.
How ironic for someone who’s wrong on everything
I think O'Brien should withdraw his book How To Be Right and apologise for it after the Carl Beech debacle.
Whats that?
This is a really good interview.
Thanks Thomas :)
Great interview. More please. Keep this guy on to reflect this hypocrity.
smug bully....needs a slap
Jesus, how the hell did I ever work for this company?
James O'Brien for Prime Minister!
James S fuck off
That would take Britain back to the dark ages.
The banality of evil bit is terrifyingly spot on... We live in very very dangerous times.
James is a TRUTH TELLER, he should have a bbc political show but then again James is a TRUTH TELLER. ☘️👍
@ Ian O'neill..... O'brien a " truth teller " - He actually predicted in the U.S. that the Republican party would never endorse Trump.... He would never end up as the Republican candiate.... Then he claimed Trump would never beat Clinton ? Are you selective in what truth you speak of ? O'brien claims e.u. citizens who have not found a job after six months in the U.K. "can be asked to leave" most people know this is utter nonsense.... there are NO data base records showing where anyone from another e.u. country arriving in the U.K. are registered - no addresses - no checks to see if they have a job - or anything - just produce the passport - so how can anyone "be asked to leave" it is lies...... No we don't need another LIAR on the bbc - there have been too many liars ....
@@jamisbillson4872 The only treasonous people are people like you and James O'Brien who want to outsource our sovereign political power to a foreign power (the EU). This is Britian we want to put our own people first in the same way other countries put their own people first. Japan puts Japanese people first. Nigeria puts Nigerian people first. Therefore Britian should put British people first.
John Smith...who the fuck are you to tell me what I want to outsource and to when and where? You’re a clown. You’ve been mugged off by the media owners. The super wealthy. You’re the finger on your accusers hand you half wit. There’s a thing called “Law”! If it wasn’t also owned by the super wealthy and designed with loopholes that make selling guns to Terrorists as long as you’re doing it in a suit okay. Go and read a book. I advise Adam Smiths Wealth of Nations”. Then maybe your ridiculous notions will become clear to you. So run along and pay your BBC tv license to be told what to think. But the “BBC liberal Elites” as morons like you claim. It’s what they want you to think. Brainless Clown. Why can’t idiots like you learn the words “I don’t know”? You are the comic media version of the usual dimwitted bigot. Are you happy that you’ve turned into an idiot? What political or financial qualifications do you have? Have you even read a fucking book relevant to this? Highly doubt it mate eh. But you crack on being the enemy to Great Britain and what our nations sacrificed in the last world war. You’d be in the Scrubs if this was 1939. You’re a Nationalist scumbag. And you didn’t even realize it did you. Well done. Traitor.
The last 3 years have be harsh to dear ol james
We don't go and interview broadmoor patients and expect any rationality. What's the point of this?
well if nothing else it demonstrates the difference between an ex-Broadmoor patient like yourself and a rational, intelligent writer and broadcaster.
@@thebones no you're right. I shouldn't have used mentally ill people as a reference point. They're not responsible for the shit that comes out of their mouths. You're right not fair. Not fair at all.
@@thebones "rational, intelligent writer and broadcaster" Surely you are not talking about James O'Brien?
Love the way this week on 'LBC' Jim Bob pretended not to know/dismiss Jordan Peterson, I laughed so hard I fell off the illegal Pakistani immigrant I was using as a stool. One of them has sold over 6 million books the other is a Poundland version of Terry Christian. 'How not to be wrong' when I typed this into my search engine I was pointed in the direction of drinks coasters. Well done Jimmy I see the sales are through the roof.🤣👏
The book should be called 'How to shut down a debate with irrelevant strawman questions' also if it's not going his way he takes the moral high ground and cuts the caller off.
Yeah, strawman questions like asking you what the fuck you're even talking about.
@@Kalumbatsch exactly
@@smpgeek Uh, ever heard of this thing called sarcasm?
@@Kalumbatsch yes
@@smpgeek Great! So FYI, my response was sarcastic.
I don't like it.
Why
Because it's shit.
They voted because the infrastructure of the UK is being crushed under the weight of too great an influx of people over too short a period of time.
I want immigration, I like immigrants; I don't like it when too many are let in too fast before the infrastructure can keep up. People voted for control over immigration because of timing, not over race or ethnicity. The "enemy at the gates" isn't the people coming in, but the people in charge. Your confirmation bias is blinding you from even considering this angle as being the main motivation, because If it were, you wouldn't have a leg to stand on in regards to your conclusion on the result of the referendum.. In your head you see a bunch of football hooligan-esque characters when you imagine a leave voter. You couldn't be further from the truth.
There is not always one cause to an effect; stop pretending that there is.
Also, the reason "political correctness" is a problem is quite obvious : relativism.
"Offense" and "politeness" are subjective. Now then, you start introducing laws surrounding offense and politeness; what happens? It means we're all criminals. Why? Because all of us will be doing something someone finds impolite or offensive. There is nothing wrong with trying to be polite, but we shouldn't have laws around it. And yes, there ARE laws around it. People are being arrested for posting opinions on social media. You support that do you?.. Think for goodness sake.
First 2 minutes and wow, completely smug and condescending. O'brien on his usual form
O’Brien speaks so much good sense.
Especially about Carl Beech...….LOL
@@ruthbashford3176 🤭
What I learned is - James O'Brien does'nt listen to anybody.
These 2 probably live in nice middle class areas with nice middle class neighbors, they went to nice schools and good university's. There experience of multi cultism is at best from arms length, they do not compete with imported cheap lab-our which is 30 years younger than them. They do not have bus journeys delayed because a lot of passengers cannot communicate with the driver, they sit in there ivory towers looking down on the common working man, the book should be called " How to disdain the common man"
@historypoliticsbb I need proof not opinions, so we should leave and find out. Like what we voted for.
@historypoliticsbb No some of the protections say this not all, they also said just voting to leave would damage the economy and this as not happened. Also there is more to this than just money, sovereignty and self determination are worth a few pounds if need be.
@@BENTWOONEZEROBritain always was sovereign and self-determining - it is a complete fiction to say otherwise. And the economy has suffered since brexit: www.ft.com/content/cf51e840-7147-11e7-93ff-99f383b09ff9
And how will Brexit help any of those things?
@@BENTWOONEZERO How about we throw ourselves off a cliff to cure a headache?
God this is awful. can't finish it, I'm off to watch something from Sam Harris or Carl Benjamin
Out of touch
He has a chapter on winterval. Most people worry about poverty,injustice etc. What a man of the people. And what a thing to get angry about
He's another privately educated liberal not a real progressive.
Man of the people! A man who is out of touch with the people
You haven’t read the book, have you.