[The Sabbaticus]

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- He doesn't believe in conspiracy theories, but he isn't entirely sure about ISIS.
- He derides the left liberal masochists who are ruining Europe. 4:00
- He distances himself from the left (radicals).
- Something about the USA not always being to blame (Jessup )
- He called Turkey 'poor'. (One of the biggest economies in the world.)
- Chinese neocolonialism damning Africa, Myanmar, etc.
- Reason why Greece would not leave the EU - the Chinese and Russians are even worse. The one would start buying up everything, the other would do the same and demand a military base on one of the islands.
- He was insulted by refugees, who thought that Slovenia was too poor for them.
- He talked to the refugees, they all want the same: Norway, free apartment, medical career for kids.
- He wants reception camps in the 'remaining places in North Africa and Middle East'.
- He objects to the 'false sentimentalization' of 'having too take in everyone'.
- He criticizes the immigrant dream of 'maintaining their cultural identity' while participating fully in the 'European welfare state'
- Suddenly starts blathering about a Palestinian rapper who in the States got criticized for opposing honour killings. "Serves the Zionists." Than mocks the left (radical) centre of American universities.
- He hates left centrist atheists - like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins.
- Zizek agrees that we should also be ruthless towards Islam and that it doesn't deserve any special protection. (Ten years too late.)
- Rambling
- Claims that Europe is responsible for the tsunami of illegal immigrants
- He claims there are 2000-3000 honour related incidents in Germany each year.
- Gay communities first welcomed Muslim immigrants; Muslim immigrants were intolerant towards homosexuality; gay communities changed opinion.
- Finishes with the nonsequitur: Capitalism no longer needs democracy, explaining anti-European centrism.

[Potemkin]

Looks like Zizek is actually beginning to talk some sense these days (in between the mumbled rambling, of course).

[Conscript]

- He criticizes the immigrant dream of 'maintaining their cultural identity' while participating fully in the 'European welfare state'

Sounds like what neoliberals plan on destroying for the europeans as a whole

[quetzalcoatl]

Thanks for the summary, Sab. The horror of watching Zizek's facial tics can't be overcome - I can just tolerate listening with my eyes closed. The point about 'false sentimentality' is well-taken.

[mikema63]

...and so on and so on...

I have a hard time listening to the man.

[fuser]

What's wrong with his nose? Why he is always touching his nose all the time in all of his videos?

[quetzalcoatl]

What's wrong with his nose? Why he is always touching his nose all the time in all of his videos?

Nothing. He suffers from severe anxiety, and these compulsive motions relieve tension.

[Rich]

...and so on and so on...

"So on and so forth" is a common far leftie phrase. They use it to generalise form one or two examples, implying that they know of other examples when often they don't.

What's wrong with his nose? Why he is always touching his nose all the time in all of his videos?

Nothing. He suffers from severe anxiety, and these compulsive motions relieve tension.

I would advise giving up Freudianism and its derivatives and taking up Zen mediation.

[Ganeshas Rat]

His moves just show that he lies.

Source: I've seen those series with Tim Roth.

[mikema63]

"So on and so forth" is a common far leftie phrase. They use it to generalise form one or two examples, implying that they know of other examples when often they don't.

Apparently it's a common leftie phrase that I only ever hear when I listen to him. I literally don't know of anyone with that weird habit of saying that at then end of every sentence.