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Anyone find it funny how "The Handmaid's Tale" is present day reality in Afghanistan? Making that book about Christian Fundamentalists was such a stretch.

Bhilai 5y ago
Its not funny at all.
wonderwonder 5y ago
Sure but its politically ok to attack Christianity and not Islam for some reason. We live in a very strange time. Culture warriors have decided who can be slandered and who cant and there cudgel is wielded very effectively via social media. I say this as someone who has no religion at all.
- fhood 5y ago
  "For some reason", for obvious reasons, given that in the years following 9/11 there was real backlash directed at muslims. I'm not saying it's fair but it's obvious what the difference is.
not-a-terrorist 5y ago
Islam empowers woman, unlike Christianity which oppresses woman. Get your facts straight: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/the-islam-that-empowers-women/2013/03/08/4514b2c4-87fa-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/the-islam-t...
- dang 5y ago
  We've banned this account for using HN for religious flamewar. That's not what this site is for, regardless of which religion you're for or against. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
AnotherGoodName 5y ago
It's pretty clearly a warning about fundamentalism. The Taliban is another warning. Don't let fundamentalism of any kind take hold.
seanf 5y ago
The author has said many times that the Iranian Revolution was part of the origin story of the book. The book is set in America, so what do you expect?
dang 5y ago
Please do not take HN threads into religious flamewar. We wish to avoid that version of hell here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- narrator 5y ago
  Ah... So we really shouldn't be talking about religion in the context of this story and instead attributing their motivation for their actions to economic policy?
  - dang 5y ago
    No, it's much shallower than that. Internet religious flamewar sucks and we don't want it here, therefore people aren't allowed to post comments that fuel it.

Bhilai 5y ago

Its not funny at all.

wonderwonder 5y ago

Sure but its politically ok to attack Christianity and not Islam for some reason. We live in a very strange time. Culture warriors have decided who can be slandered and who cant and there cudgel is wielded very effectively via social media. I say this as someone who has no religion at all.

fhood 5y ago
"For some reason", for obvious reasons, given that in the years following 9/11 there was real backlash directed at muslims. I'm not saying it's fair but it's obvious what the difference is.

not-a-terrorist 5y ago

Islam empowers woman, unlike Christianity which oppresses woman. Get your facts straight: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/the-islam-that-empowers-women/2013/03/08/4514b2c4-87fa-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/the-islam-t...

dang 5y ago
We've banned this account for using HN for religious flamewar. That's not what this site is for, regardless of which religion you're for or against. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

AnotherGoodName 5y ago

It's pretty clearly a warning about fundamentalism. The Taliban is another warning. Don't let fundamentalism of any kind take hold.

seanf 5y ago

The author has said many times that the Iranian Revolution was part of the origin story of the book. The book is set in America, so what do you expect?

dang 5y ago

Please do not take HN threads into religious flamewar. We wish to avoid that version of hell here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

narrator 5y ago
Ah... So we really shouldn't be talking about religion in the context of this story and instead attributing their motivation for their actions to economic policy?
- dang 5y ago
  No, it's much shallower than that. Internet religious flamewar sucks and we don't want it here, therefore people aren't allowed to post comments that fuel it.