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E384. Our Tolerance Is Killing Us: Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Saving Civilization - Walk-Ins Welcome

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Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
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Apr 2, 2026
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Summary

Ayaan Hirsi Ali sits down with Bridget for an in-depth conversation about if and how the West can save itself. They discuss why the Constitution isn’t a suicide pact and shouldn’t be weaponized against us by those who seek our destruction, how our core values of tolerance and freedom are being exploited by adversaries who don’t share those values, the post-9/11 failure of Western elites to understand Islamic ideology and jihadist motivation, and the binary choice America faces with Iran...