Email from a Man Beat Up
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On July 16th, 2022, Alan Dershowitz posted the following on his sub stack under the header, email from a man who got beaten up for reading my book.
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Hello, Mr. Dershowitz.
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This is not a question, but a comment.
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I bought your book from Amazon titled The Case for Liberalism in an Age of Extremism, or why I left the left and can't join the right.
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My first comment is that I find it very easy reading and easy for me to understand.
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The other thing that I would like to mention to you is something that I've never ever experienced in my entire life.
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I was reading your book yesterday at the beach when some guys who I was playing beach volleyball with asked me about the book that I was reading.
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And so I showed them the book.
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They then asked me why I chose this book.
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And so I told them that I had a great deal of respect for the author.
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The next thing that happened came as a total shock to me.
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Without warning, I was slugged and punched in the face.
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I asked why was that called for?
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And I was told it's because his political viewpoint and mine differ.
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I told them that I get it that our points differ, but why can't we at least be civil about it?
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With that, he laughed, shoved me once again onto the sand, and kicked Sand all over me.
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My question to you is why people can have political differences, respect the other's point of view, and just be civil about it.
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Honest to goodness, this is the very first time I've ever experienced such an inside end.
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And I would appreciate if you could tell me what I did to deserve this, because honestly, I just don't get it.
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I was taught by my stepmom to always be respectful of others, even though I may not agree with the other person.
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I thought I was being myself and honest.
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I don't know, Mr. Dershowitz.
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I just don't get it on why I got and deserve this kind of treatment.
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Thank you kindly, Mr. Dershowitz, and I look forward to hearing from you so that I can understand better.
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I think my favorite part is that he just posted this with no response.
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No response.
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No response.
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And he subscribes to Dropsite News and Blackbird Spyplane on his sub stack.
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Who doesn't?
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Hello, everyone.
Nude Beach Volleyball?
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Ladies and gentlemen, that has to be a fake letter.
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It's really odd in Substack, but I'm like, I do think it could be a fake letter, but I think from someone.
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I don't think that he wrote that.
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I don't think, I don't know.
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I could see that.
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The beach volleyball thing is like, that's really stuck in my brain.
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And I like, I'm having some trouble there.
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So you might be having a little more trouble after I tell you this troubling piece of information.
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I have it on medium authority that Alan Dershowitz likes to play beach volleyball.
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So do you think this happened to him?
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Nude.
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Wait.
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In public?
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Yes.
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He plays beach volleyball.
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Is that a thing?
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Beach volleyball on nude beaches?
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I don't know.
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I've never seen like an activity area of a nude beach.
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Yeah, but it's more of a like strolling and a laying around kind of thing.
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I can't be.
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Yeah, but I only really am familiar with San Francisco nude beaches and a Portland nude beach where I once saw a lady smoke a bong naked.
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Do you have beaches in Portland?
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Yeah, it's like a lake style beach.
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Oh, that's not a real beach.
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Yeah, I agree.
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But I don't, or like a river beach or something like that.
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I know, I know.
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Listen, let me tell you this.
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Seeing a Portland-style woman, no disrespect, smoking a ball.
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People know what we're saying.
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But you know what I'm saying?
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Smoking a curled around a bong.
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Sure.
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Like a wrapped around it, like a vine.
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Like a stripper ball?
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I would say like a vine.
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You know, like a grape vine.
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That was an image I could never get out of it.
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But that's why I'm like, I think Dershowitz might have written this because of the beach volleyball part.
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Do you think he got beat up?
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I could see.
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Naked.
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I could see someone pushing him over and kicking sand on him.
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So the only thing funnier about playing beach volleyball nude and it being Alan Dershowitz, because then others would have to be nude.
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You can't be the only nude.
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You can't.
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It has to be nice.