,
13 tweets,
6 min read
Read on Twitter
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, it's been a week since you tried to smear me for ancient remarks that I've disowned&apologized for. When I pointed out more than a dozen of your own bigoted remarks,
you went very quiet. So, I have some questions for you:
*THREAD*
1/
you went very quiet. So, I have some questions for you:
*THREAD*
1/
Dear @samharrisorg, you often say you're quoted 'out of context'. That's your go-to, standard defense. But what's the context that justifies you saying: "If I could wave a magic wand and get rid of either rape or religion, I would not hesitate to get rid of religion?"
2/
2/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, you often claim that you're not attacking Muslims, the people, only Islam, the idea or faith. But that's not true, otherwise, how do you explain saying "Muslim immigrants" demand "tolerance for their backwardness, their misogyny, their anti-Semitism"?
3/
3/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, you often claim that you're not attacking Muslims, the people, only Islam, the idea or faith. But that's not at all true, otherwise, how do you explain saying that "we should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim"?
4/
4/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg,surely you recognize how this (false) 2006 claim from you, "The demographic trends are ominous: Given current birthrates, France could be a majority Muslim country in 25 years", could have come straight out of the NZ shooter's "great replacement" manifesto?
5/
5/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, do you still maintain "it is time we admitted that we are not at war with 'terrorism'. We are at war with Islam"? Because that would put you to the (far) right of both Trump and Netanyahu, neither of whom dare say such a thing out loud, as you did?
6/
6/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, you seem to think it's weird that I suggested you're anti-Semitic - but how else to describe someone who suggested the "truth" is that "Jews might have brought their troubles upon themselves," as you did in The End of Faith?
7/
7/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, why is it you happily defend Steve Bannon as *not* a racist or xenophobe, and Milo as *not* a Nazi or right-wing, but have such open contempt for Black Lives Matter, which you call "dishonest," "divisive, and "dangerous"? What's that about?
8/
8/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, why are you so keen to dunk on the left, and on anti-racists like the SPLC, that you're willing to uncritically retweet an anti-SPLC op-ed by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which has claimed paedophilia and homosexuality are "intrinsically linked"?
9/
9/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, for 15 years, as you can see above, you have repeatedly/unashamedly said awful/horrific/bigoted/far-right-wing things - especially about Muslims. Isn't it time for a sincere apology? If you need any guidance from me, here's my own:
10/
10/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, isn't it time you stopped hiding behind 'context' or false denials and started actually apologizing for smearing Muslim immigrants, blaming Jews for the Holocaust, attacking Black Lives Matter, etc? Why not just own your sh*t? Trust me, you'll feel better.
11/
11/
Dear @SamHarrisOrg, here are the references and links for the above Twitter thread, from my original thread on your bigotry last weekend, that you have studiously ignored and deflected from over the past 7 days:
I'll be right here waiting. Tks.
12/
I'll be right here waiting. Tks.
12/
Dear everyone else on Twitter, if you care about
1) Islamophobia
2) Antisemitism
3) Holding people to account for hypocrisy and/or bigotry...
... then pls do feel free to retweet this entire thread, from top to bottom, and share it widely :-)
*ENDS*
1) Islamophobia
2) Antisemitism
3) Holding people to account for hypocrisy and/or bigotry...
... then pls do feel free to retweet this entire thread, from top to bottom, and share it widely :-)
*ENDS*
