Just the fact that the interview in question has a professor of medieval middle eastern studies say “you could argue…., but we will save that debate for another day” And that some poster is like “YOU CAN NEVER ARGUE THAT YOU IDIOT” reminds me that even the left is full of people that have no respect for experience or even conversation.
I genuinely feel that some people get frustrated seeing too much cooperation in a discussion and have to throw a wrench in it somehow. Guess it's a selfish instinct most contrarians have.