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kleinbl00  ·  2654 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 23, 2017

Destiny Disrupted is Fred McFriendly's Fun Facts about Founding Friendly Factions compared to Said's Orientalism. Ansary takes the viewpoint "man, you white people sure have fucked up Islamic history" while Said is basically "and you did it deliberately because you crackers be racist."

The problem is Said nails it. You cannot get through that book without some deep introspection. I now feel guilty for liking Kipling.