Thread by @shadihamid

New episode of @NeighborlyFaith is out!

I talk to Muslim interfaith leader @EbooPatel about the stories we tell ourselves about America, whether there's such thing as "too much" consensus, and whether our divides have become existential

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I discussed my recent @ClaremontInst essay on whether we can—or even should—have an American creed: americanmind.org/features/the-c…

But what if who we are is precisely this: a country and a people divided?

In some sense, we're already living in and with a "deep, messy pluralism" whether we like it or not. We no longer agree, if we ever did, on foundational questions, including on what it means to be American

Yet we're (probably?) gonna get through it

So we're a de facto deep pluralist country—even if we act like it isn't. If you accept this premise, then we may be better off embracing the way we already are instead of pretending for a consensus that will likely never come