Thank you @bariweiss & @SamHarrisOrg
With all the nonsense on Twitter, it’s so nice to hear two sane, rational ppl speak. Makes me feel like humanity may not be lost, after all
Also, thank you for the shout out, Sam
ExMuslims are now asking “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”https://twitter.com/SamHarrisOrg/status/1188880141969084416 …
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@Ayaan demonized on the left while others (with lighter skin and lighter eyes) who have not overcome a *fraction* of what she has overcome are celebrated and drowning in accolades? Why are we treated so differently? It is beyond shameful and sad
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @Ayaan
I still want to do a thorough comparison of reactions to the following women leaving their religions... Megan Phelps-Roper + Leah Remini + Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Each story is heartbreaking and heroic, but... 1/
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Megan left a small non-violent church of 70-80 people. Leah left a larger, hassling but not violent cult of a few tens of thousands. Ayaan left a violent religion of millions. Yet Megan and Leah are celebrated and Ayaan is vilified by the same groups. 2/
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I’m not trying to play oppression Olympics here... Just can’t help but be frustrated. Megan and Leah are rightly heroic. SO IS AYAAN, dammit!!! /end
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PS: and so are you. Read your book in one day yesterday. Holy crap, lady! What a freakin’ journey!
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Thank you. Sucks that we go through all that only to come out on the other side and get beat down here too. I’m grateful for ppl like you who see us xx
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