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u/Rakajj · 7 pointsr/FriendsofthePod

I'm sure I'm to the left of this sub, but that's irrelevant.

You've misquoted me, I didn't say Islam is incompatible with Western culture, I said
>Maher's anti-religiosity isn't Islam specific, Islam just has the most incompatibilities with western culture of the popular religions at present.

Yes, there are plenty of Muslims who have had incredible contributions to systems used in the West and to western nations generally but the values and ideas that shape the west have had a lot more time to brush up against Judaism and Christianity which have been popular in the west for centuries. Both Judaism and Christianity also have had popular interpretations with huge volumes of incompatibilities with western culture but over time both religions have morphed into less regressive / oppressive versions of themselves through cultural combat with enlightenment values.

A strict reading of significant parts of the Torah and New Testament will result in a very long list of incompatibilities with our current culture as well but these readings have been depopularized over time while coexisting with liberal values. Interpretations that de-emphasize the areas of incompatibility and emphasize the areas of compatibility are possible within Islam just as they were possible with Judaism and Christianity.

It's inarguable that Western culture and Islam have developed largely in separate ecosystems which has given Islam less time for creative destruction with enlightenment values that are needed to reconcile some of these conflicts. Short of taking a cultural relativist approach to this disconnect, I'm not sure how any liberal could contest this. That relativism would also come with strings attached that prevent criticism of the repression present in many of these countries in which the more harmful or regressive interpretations of Islam are popularized as well which I'd hope liberals would find unacceptable.

At this point there aren't really any Christian theocracies that are burning witches or holding inquisitions, but there are still Muslim theocracies that are killing apostates and pushing sexist, homophobic, and anti-pluralistic policies and laws that need to be directly addressed and condemned. Maher is right to call out these injustices and those who've followed him for any length of time are aware that he's an equal opportunity offender in that he criticizes illiberalism (as he sees it) whether it's in Utah or Riyadh. Maher uses the 'American Taliban' label to refer to the Tea Party and other Christian conservatives who try to tear down the barrier between church and state; 'Religious' his documentary-of-sorts on the subject went through all sorts of pseudo-science and focused far more on Christiainity than Islam.

I don't think Maher is the best voice on the subject, but I do think he gets more flak on the subject than he deserves and I think liberals make themselves look bad by dismissing some of what he says in the way they do with derisive claims of 'Islamophobia' conflating his beliefs with those of actual Islamophobes.

Maajid Nawaaz is a fantastic source for quality writing on the subject and he frequently raises these challenges in productive conversations. The book, Citizen Islam does a very good job of establishing how the incompatibilities between some interpretations of Islam that are popular today are not fundamental to Islam itself and how Muslims can integrate into western society very successfully without having to give up on their cultural and religious heritage.

u/andrewmetworth · 1 pointr/FriendsofthePod

Synopsis: On this week’s pod, The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) joins Ana to talk about Mitt Romney’s return to politics and what it was like covering Romney’s Presidential run as the other Mormon on the bus. From there, the conversation turns to Mormon conservatism and its unique attitude towards Donald Trump, the history of the LDS Church, and Ana and McKay’s respective relationships with faith. They also talk a lot about prayer, which they both love and both feel a little weird talking about in public.

You can find McKay’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Republican-Combative-Contentious-Chaotic/dp/0316327417

u/cyborgbird · 1 pointr/FriendsofthePod

Synopsis: Princeton University professor Robert Wuthnow (@RobertWuthnow), author of the book The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America, joined Ana (@anamariecox) this week to talk about his research. He and Ana began by exploring common misconceptions of rural America, and how rural Americans often conceive of themselves. Although he often found a perceived sense of “we-ness” within rural communities, that dynamic broke down when people shared their true opinions about things like marriage equality or a woman’s right to choose. Although many people held similar beliefs, the group was much less homogenous than they may have thought. Ana asked Robert about how the group dynamic can change, and he explained that the boundaries of the groups get complicated, because the divide between us and them is never as obvious as people may think it is. Ana also asked whether Robert had foreseen the rise of Donald Trump (spoiler alert: he hadn’t). Yet, he wasn’t surprised that people in rural America supported a Republican, as it merely continued a pattern established by the anti-abortion movement. 

Then, former Mayor of Minneapolis Betsy Hodges (@BetsyHodges) joined Ana to answer a listener question about allyship from Teresa, a listener who joined them on the line. 

You can find Robert’s book here.

Get in touch with us on Twitter at @crooked_friends or email the show at [email protected]

u/kittehgoesmeow · 1 pointr/FriendsofthePod

synopsis: In this week’s fascinating episode, Alexandra Minna Stern joins Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox) to discuss how white supremicst and white nationalist ideologies became so entrenched in our current political landscape. We’re now in the age of Proud Boys running for office and Alexandra’s new book, Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right Is Warping the American Imagination is the perfect launching pad into the deep, dark underbelly of modern white supremicist media and ideology. Together, they tackle several key issues including how to cover these groups without inflating them and the oft underreported emphasis these groups place on transhophic and misogynist ideologies.

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u/johnny0929 · 1 pointr/FriendsofthePod

Synopsis: Last week, without warning, the Trump administration cancelled over $200m in funding for research into teen pregnancy prevention. Sex education instructor Liz Cavill found out she was out of a job from reading about the funding cut on Twitter. She joins to talk about the ramifications of the administration’s short-sightedness, and the importance of speaking truthfully and frankly about sex. Her blog, the Sex Positive Parent is here

Michelle Goldberg is a writer for Slate and New York Times who has kept an unrelenting focus on what it means to have an admitted sexual assailant as our Commander in Chief — it’s a conversation no one ever wanted to have, something we don’t like to think, but that we have to talk about. You can find her work here and here

Her book, The Means of Reproduction, is as relevant as ever