Wishing I could be at WashU for the incredible speaker series line-up, including Wash U Foreign Policy Engagements own Reza Aslan. SO proud of the wufpe-ers makin moves on campus. Also, Bill Maher (and these bigoted CNN co-hosts!!) just need to go. CNN, in general, for gods sake. #isthereaglobalfeminism #onlyifitsnotstupid #turndownforfopo #butonlyifitsculturallycompetent ____ In the months that weve been talking about ISIS and their terrible actions in Iraq and Syria, Saudi Arabia - OUR CLOSEST ALLY- has beheaded 19 people. Nobody seems to care about that because Saudi Arabia preserves our national interest. This is the problem, these kinds of conversations were having arent being had in any legitimate way. When were talking about women in the Muslim world were using two or three examples to justify a generalization. Thats actually the definition of bigotry.... In Indonesia, women are absolutely 100% equal to men. In Turkey, theyve had more female representatives, more heads of state, than the US. The actions of individuals and countries like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, must be condemned... but to say Muslim countries as though Pakistan and Turkey are the same, as though Indonesia and Saudi Arabia are the same, as though somehow what is happening in the most extreme forms of these (US-supported) autocratic countries is representative of whats happening in every other Muslim country is frankly, and I use this word seriously, stupid. So lets stop doing that.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:07:13 +0000
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