Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islam's most devastating critic

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8. According to Ali, she ran into the DU Problem...

I just invented the term "DU Problem." You're welcome!

Translation - she ended up at AEI because she was so critical of Islam, no Left-leaning think tank would dare hire her. You know, sort of the same way it works in Certain DU Groups - if you specifically criticize a bunch of barbarians for cutting off people's heads, you're viciously attacking all the good peaceful Muslims ALL OVER THE WORLD. And are clearly a racist shit-lord or something.

Ali explains it herself in this Patheos interview. Bonus Shitlordery - with Sam Harris!

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/05/09/why-its-insane-that-much-of-the-left-rejects-ayaan-hirsi-ali-and-sam-harris-as-their-liberal-bedfellows/

WARNING: FULL ASSHOLE MODE: in the past few years, I've seen many blog blowhards attacking atheism for being a den of Old Rich White Cis-Het Male Bla-Bla-Bla. And endlessly preaching that we need more women and minorities in atheism.

I agree with that 100%. And it seems to be working. e.g., Atheist Ireland keeps a list of 1,500 atheist women willing to publicly speak on the subject.

But recently we've had Ayaan Hirsi Ali attacked for various shortcomings. And Jamila Bey - a Black atheist woman - attacked for speaking to the Conservative Political Action Committee.

So I can't quite figure out what "movement atheism" - whatever that may be - is saying.

But it seems uncomfortably close to something like this: "Yes, we want more women and minority atheists to speak out. But only if they agree with us 100%. Otherwise they should STFU and stay in the back of the bus."

If that is the approach, I don't think it's going to work very well.