@thatbrickster A lot of the things she complains about (not the violence obviously) are Muslims exercising their freedom of speech though, which is inconsistent.
Either she needs to figure out a way to let them say what they want without "subverting Western society", or she needs to drop her advocacy of free speech.
Or am I missing something?
Either she needs to figure out a way to let them say what they want without "subverting Western society", or she needs to drop her advocacy of free speech.
Or am I missing something?
I believe the enlightenment started in Europe before the US was founded, didn't it?
>Not to mention the statements of the founding fathers themselves.
Which statements are you referring to?
>Not to mention the statements of the founding fathers themselves.
Which statements are you referring to?
She thinks the enlightenment was a product of Christinanity in denial of the fact that it was actually the revival of classical Paganism and the vast diversity of thought and belief intrinsic to it which inspired the enlightenment, etc.
There are a lot of theories on that, it seems. David Graeber and Wengrow believed that it resulted from a native American critique of European culture.
My aunt got me his book on it last Christmas (or Yule if you prefer ;).
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And a lot of that material came from translations of Arabic translations by Muslims of philosophical texts written in Ancient Greek, which brings us full circle.