As some of you might have noticed, I've taken a break from the whole subject of
Richard Dawkins, at least, for now... actually, I haven't, really. However, during my viewings of many of his interviews and debates on
YouTube, I discovered some videos of
Julia Sweeney. I was particularly impressed with her monologue
Letting Go of God.
The real topic of this thread is the reaction that some people had to an interview of Sweeney on
The Late Late Show with
Craig Ferguson.
This is the interview:
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Many YouTube members who bothered to comment thought that Ferguson was being passive aggressive but I don't see it. He interjected with a lot of jokes but, as a comedy show, how is this surprising or even inappropriate? He gave her ample opportunity to speak her mind, he went out of his way to say that he's not challenging her and he even had a touch of self deprecation in presenting his own views, including the crack about the dog. What was especially striking to me was his retraction of his request for her to explain his dog phenomena. I'm not sure about this but I think he might have even made a bit of fun of how pious the
US is.
So, does anyone watching this interview see the same things that I do? Does anyone have a different interpretation of how the interview went? I'm very interested to hear some opinions on this. Thank you...