The Sam Altman Interviews

Friends, this is interesting. Imagine a more intense, singular Our Fellow Americans, and you've got yourself Sam Altman's journey. Mr. Altman, founder of the famed Y-Combinator, traversed the country, speaking to 100 Trump supporters. Let's leave everything else he brings to the table aside, and focus on what he heard from the folks he talked to: 

What do you think about the left's response so far?

"You need to give us an opportunity to admit we may have been wrong without saying we're bad people. I am already thinking I made a mistake, but I feel ostracized from my community."

"The left is more intolerant than the right." Note: This concept came up a lot, with real animosity in otherwise pleasant conversations.

"Stop calling us racists. Stop calling us idiots. We aren't. Listen to us when we try to tell you why we aren't. Oh, and stop making fun of us."

"I'd love to see one-tenth of the outrage about the state of our lives out here that you have for Muslims from another country. You have no idea what our lives are like."

"I'm so tired of hearing about white privilege. I'm white but way less privileged than a black person from your world. I have no hope my life will ever get any better."

"I am tired of feeling silenced and demonized. We have mostly the same goals and different opinions about how to get there. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe you're wrong. But enough with calling all of us the devil for wanting to try Trump. I hate Hillary and think she wants to destroy the country of us, but I don't demonize her supporters."

"I'm angry that they're so outraged now but were never outraged over an existing terrible system."

Read the full story at Business Insider, or get excited and read Sam's own words on his blog.