Just watched this. The woman’s the perfect example of idiocy: arguing with emotion; shifting positions; speaking over your opponent and not allowing a chance for him to rebut your argument; banal assertions, and; a loud ignorance of economics.
After watching this video, I’m reminded of John James’ concern that Schiff may be hard of hearing (which is not without reason if one wishes to watch the video referenced in that post between he and Cenk Uygur; it’s just off). In that video between Cenk and Schiff, Peter is just talking no matter what- it’s almost as if he has a script that must be finished as a result of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In that video, Schiff was extreme.
In reflection, I’m starting to think that, with Schiff constantly having extemporaneous debates with absolute idiots several times a week, often in front of a national audience, he has formed this sort of defense of “just talking.” Talking with people like this woman day in and day out must really take a toll on faith in humanity. I won’t say patience, because there are still examples of Peter demonstrating incredible amounts of that in his video where he talks to the people at OWS.
Hmm.