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TL;DR Apple pledged $1M to Southern Law Poverty Center after the Charlottesville attack. The author, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, believes that > ... the center’s founder

TL;DR Apple pledged $1M to Southern Law Poverty Center after the Charlottesville attack. The author, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, believes that > ... the center’s founders seem more interested in profiting off the anxieties and white guilt of Northern liberals than in upholding the civil rights of poor Southerners, or anyone else. They specifically reference their unfair treatment as "anti-muslim extremists" when they seek conversation rather than extremist actions and actively speak out against the extremists they've encountered. They make a very good case that I, personally, agree with.

zardgiv 9y ago
If you think Ayaan Hirsi Ali wants conversation rather than extremist actions, I believe you may have missed the bulk of her work. For example, this Reason interview (http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-west http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-wes...) with the following exchange: Reason: [...] Do you think Islam could bring about similar social and political changes? Hirsi Ali: Only if Islam is defeated. [...] Reason: Don’t you mean defeating radical Islam? Hirsi Ali: No. Islam, period. Once it’s defeated, it can mutate into something peaceful. It’s very difficult to even talk about peace now. They’re not interested in peace. Reason: We have to crush the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims under our boot? In concrete terms, what does that mean, “defeat Islam”? Hirsi Ali: I think that we are at war with Islam. And there’s no middle ground in wars. Islam can be defeated in many ways. [...]
mikestew 9y ago
I will throw out the idea that you haven’t read the other side of the story. The article has a link to the SPLC’s complaint, I suggest reading it. Go read her Wikipedia page. Consider that many of the stories she tells of her upbringing are probably false, according to multiple sources, and as far as I can tell she did, indeed, resign from parliament “in disgrace”. I suggest caution in siding with her.

zardgiv 9y ago

If you think Ayaan Hirsi Ali wants conversation rather than extremist actions, I believe you may have missed the bulk of her work. For example, this Reason interview (http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-west http://reason.com/archives/2007/10/10/the-trouble-is-the-wes...) with the following exchange: Reason: [...] Do you think Islam could bring about similar social and political changes? Hirsi Ali: Only if Islam is defeated. [...] Reason: Don’t you mean defeating radical Islam? Hirsi Ali: No. Islam, period. Once it’s defeated, it can mutate into something peaceful. It’s very difficult to even talk about peace now. They’re not interested in peace. Reason: We have to crush the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims under our boot? In concrete terms, what does that mean, “defeat Islam”? Hirsi Ali: I think that we are at war with Islam. And there’s no middle ground in wars. Islam can be defeated in many ways. [...]

mikestew 9y ago

I will throw out the idea that you haven’t read the other side of the story. The article has a link to the SPLC’s complaint, I suggest reading it. Go read her Wikipedia page. Consider that many of the stories she tells of her upbringing are probably false, according to multiple sources, and as far as I can tell she did, indeed, resign from parliament “in disgrace”. I suggest caution in siding with her.