Good piece. I get impatient with 'There's nothing wrong with the ideology! People are just doing it wrong!' whether it's communism, Sharia, intersectionality whatever.' Benign interpretations of almost anything can & do exist but the reality of what a thing is in practice mattershttps://twitter.com/CampbellSocProf/status/975076836236390401 …
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Similarly, there is no point saying that intersectionality, properly understood, is just a hermeneutic for understanding how people can be marginalised on many levels when in reality it leads to stereotyping, discrimination, tribalism, science-denial & violent censoriousness,
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Again, like feminism/intesectionality, you must at least admit that Marx was trying to right the wrongs of capitalism & that he at least meant well, while Islam, like most religions, is just complete horse shit made up with no basis in reality. Right?
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Sure, but I don't think that is the point or even an important point.
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Fair enough. That might be my projected focus.
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I agree on both points just by the by. As Sam Harris is fond of saying "intentions matter".
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Never mind that there is compulsion in Islam, since once you are a Muslim you aren't allowed to stop being a Muslim (on pain of death).
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