Atlas Society misquotes Bret Weinstein

In-house rules Feb 09, 2024 · By Dennis Hackethal

Misquote: 22 issues found

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... [T]he force that we're up against...made a terrible mistake...during COVID ... [I]t took all of the competent people ... [A]ll of the courageous people, and it shoved them out of the institutions...[and] in so doing ... created [the] [dream] team ....

Original text

So I call the force that we're up against Goliath, just so I remember what the battle is. Goliath made a terrible mistake, and it made it most egregiously during COVID, which is it took all of the competent people, took all of the courageous people, and it shoved them out of the institutions where they were hanging on. And it created, in so doing, the dream team, created every player you could possibly want on your team to fight some historic battle against a terrible evil.

Quote text

The force that we're up against...made a terrible mistake...during COVID. It took all of the competent people. All of the courageous people, and it shoved them out of the institutions...and in so doing created the dream team.

Ellipsis used (if any): ‘...’

Diff

So‧I‧call‧tThe‧force‧that‧we're‧up‧against‧Goliath,‧just‧so‧I‧remember‧what‧the‧battle‧is.‧Goliath‧...made‧a‧terrible‧mistake,‧and‧it‧made‧it‧most‧egregiously‧...during‧COVID,‧which‧is.‧iIt‧took‧all‧of‧the‧competent‧people,‧took.‧aAll‧of‧the‧courageous‧people,‧and‧it‧shoved‧them‧out‧of‧the‧institutions‧where‧they‧were‧h...anging‧on.‧And‧it‧created,‧in‧so‧doing,‧the‧dream‧team,‧created‧thevery‧player‧you‧could‧possibly‧want‧on‧your‧team‧to‧fight‧some‧historic‧battle‧against‧a‧terrible‧evilm.

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1	~~So‧I‧call‧t~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
2	T	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
3	he‧force‧that‧we're‧up‧against
4	~~‧Goliath,‧just‧so‧I‧remember‧what‧the‧battle‧is.‧Goliath‧~~	✓ yes	Deletion is followed by a valid insertion.
5	...	✓ yes	Insertion is an ellipsis.
6	made‧a‧terrible‧mistake
7	~~,‧and‧it‧made‧it‧most‧egregiously‧~~	✓ yes	Deletion is followed by a valid insertion.
8	...	✓ yes	Insertion is an ellipsis.
9	during‧COVID
10	~~,‧which‧is~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
11	.	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
12	‧
13	i	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
14	I	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
15	t‧took‧all‧of‧the‧competent‧people
16	~~,‧took~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
17	.	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
18	‧
19	a	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
20	A	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
21	ll‧of‧the‧courageous‧people,‧and‧it‧shoved‧them‧out‧of‧the‧institutions
22	~~‧where‧they‧were‧h~~	✓ yes	Deletion is followed by a valid insertion.
23	...	✓ yes	Insertion is an ellipsis.
24	an
25	~~ging‧on.‧And‧it‧create~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
26	d
27	,	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
28	‧in‧so‧doing
29	~~,‧the‧dream‧team,~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
30	‧created‧
31	th	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
32	e
33	~~very‧player‧you~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
34	‧
35	~~coul~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
36	d
37	~~‧possibly‧want‧on‧you~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
38	r
39	‧t	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
40	eam‧t
41	~~o‧fight‧some‧historic‧battl~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
42	e
43	~~‧ag~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
44	a
45	~~inst‧a‧terrible‧evil~~	× no	Deletions must be indicated, eg by ‘...’ or [replacement].
46	m	× no	Insertions must be surrounded by [brackets].
47	.

Notes

I listened to the original recording. Weinstein puts some barely audible filler word before “remember what”, but leaving that out is charitable here. The word “people” in “the courageous people” seems to be cut out due to an audio issue – but leaving it in is also charitable.

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