Sarah Haider
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I'll be seeing you. We'll be chatting.
I'll be seeing you. We'll be chatting.
Um, no. No, I don't think it has. Not in the same way. I think I... I don't have the perspective... that, I mean, maybe this is not so unique, but when you were talking about the fact that our show is a culture war show and that you don't find it very enjoyable, like this kind of provocative kind of conversation, I mean, I never thought I was going to end up doing anything like this.
Um, no. No, I don't think it has. Not in the same way. I think I... I don't have the perspective... that, I mean, maybe this is not so unique, but when you were talking about the fact that our show is a culture war show and that you don't find it very enjoyable, like this kind of provocative kind of conversation, I mean, I never thought I was going to end up doing anything like this.
Um, no. No, I don't think it has. Not in the same way. I think I... I don't have the perspective... that, I mean, maybe this is not so unique, but when you were talking about the fact that our show is a culture war show and that you don't find it very enjoyable, like this kind of provocative kind of conversation, I mean, I never thought I was going to end up doing anything like this.
I don't see it as my personality, but this is where the activist part of me takes control in that I think the thing that is so wrong with our discourse is that so many people who should be talking are not talking.
I don't see it as my personality, but this is where the activist part of me takes control in that I think the thing that is so wrong with our discourse is that so many people who should be talking are not talking.
I don't see it as my personality, but this is where the activist part of me takes control in that I think the thing that is so wrong with our discourse is that so many people who should be talking are not talking.
I think that that creates an environment in which our public discourse is captured by the most extreme voices, like the people who are very, very good at just distilling a one-sided account and performing really well for one particular audience. I thought that's what was broken about the conversation we were having around Islam too. I saw that there were, you know, I mean, there were a few
I think that that creates an environment in which our public discourse is captured by the most extreme voices, like the people who are very, very good at just distilling a one-sided account and performing really well for one particular audience. I thought that's what was broken about the conversation we were having around Islam too. I saw that there were, you know, I mean, there were a few
I think that that creates an environment in which our public discourse is captured by the most extreme voices, like the people who are very, very good at just distilling a one-sided account and performing really well for one particular audience. I thought that's what was broken about the conversation we were having around Islam too. I saw that there were, you know, I mean, there were a few
Atheist types that I thought were doing a decent job But then there were also anti-muslim bigots, you know people who were really opposed to Muslims being in the United States like they didn't they had problems with the religion that were really akin to Xenophobia and I come from a Muslim family. So I you know, I'm sensitive to the consequences of those kinds of politics so I
Atheist types that I thought were doing a decent job But then there were also anti-muslim bigots, you know people who were really opposed to Muslims being in the United States like they didn't they had problems with the religion that were really akin to Xenophobia and I come from a Muslim family. So I you know, I'm sensitive to the consequences of those kinds of politics so I
Atheist types that I thought were doing a decent job But then there were also anti-muslim bigots, you know people who were really opposed to Muslims being in the United States like they didn't they had problems with the religion that were really akin to Xenophobia and I come from a Muslim family. So I you know, I'm sensitive to the consequences of those kinds of politics so I
start speaking about it, not because this is where I wanted to be intellectually, not because this is the best way for me to spend my day, but because I just didn't want to abandon this ground to a certain kind of voice.
start speaking about it, not because this is where I wanted to be intellectually, not because this is the best way for me to spend my day, but because I just didn't want to abandon this ground to a certain kind of voice.
start speaking about it, not because this is where I wanted to be intellectually, not because this is the best way for me to spend my day, but because I just didn't want to abandon this ground to a certain kind of voice.
I think people think that in order to be nuanced, you also have to be very soft-spoken and hedge your words and not directly poke at, you know, the fire at the moment.
I think people think that in order to be nuanced, you also have to be very soft-spoken and hedge your words and not directly poke at, you know, the fire at the moment.
I think people think that in order to be nuanced, you also have to be very soft-spoken and hedge your words and not directly poke at, you know, the fire at the moment.