Comments on: Ep#77 – Leanne Scorzoni – Muslim Convert

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:01:41 +0000

You know that bit at the end of Apocalypse Now when Brando says to Sheen ‘You find my method unsound?’ and Sheen replies ‘I don’t see any method at all.’ It was worth listening to as an illustration of someone who wants to be controversial but isn’t. He defused her perfectly. She had very little to say. And took forever to say it. She knows nothing and should keep it to herself.

By: Dianne Howell

Dianne Howell — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 01:27:33 +0000

In reply to fairlycirrus.

http://fairlycirrus.wordpress.com/

Well said. I totally agree.

By: Vic Sperry

Vic Sperry — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 03:46:18 +0000

I wasn’t going to say anything, but since Leanne continues to engage Stephen on twitter — insinuating that this garbage is his fault, here we go — my opinion.

I tried to make it through this podcast, but I failed. I was listening with my wife and her college student son, who lasted about 15 minutes then bailed to go do homework. My wife and I, regular GSC listeners, continued to listen, but my wife dozed off. I made it 40 minutes, then skipped ahead to 30 minutes before the end, heard the same twaddle and skimmed to the end (skim, twaddle, skim, twaddle, etc), disappointed.

People on twitter seem to be harping about how Leanne couldn’t answer a question, but what I heard was worse. You can hear her choppy thought patterns come right out of her mouth. It reminds me of my son when he was five, and every little thought flowed brain cell to mouth. She did not demonstrate that she can construct and communicate a train of thought. I found this to be un-listenable.

Stephen, as always, was polite and completely patient. He was far more patient than I would have been. If I had been the host this interview would not have lasted more than 30 minutes. Stephen let Leanne spew on and on and on for somewhere between 90 and 120 minutes. I guess nobody’s perfect.

As an aside, I’ve seen several tweets from Leanne claiming that Stephen’s audience is primarily from the UK. I don’t know whether or not this is true, and if it is, I don’t know why it matters, but I am a native citizen of the USA and I’ve listened to every one of Stephen’s podcasts (except this one), and I support him on Patreon. If she’s trying to claim some sort of cultural bias that led to the interview being a failure (I am only guessing; I cannot fathom what she believes or is trying to say), I say no. She is the reason the interview was a failure. She is nearly incoherent. She said several times “I will go mental on you”. Yup.

By: kjtodd32

kjtodd32 — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 00:55:30 +0000

In reply to nudeProtest. So funny... I was thinking the same thing. I listened to them in the same order too.

By: sanchovalhalla

sanchovalhalla — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:58:42 +0000

Reminds me of the high school kids who think they’re Buddhist just because they do yoga, yet eat meat and party hard. It makes them “edgy” and “interesting”, at least they think it does. Does she eat pork? Doesn’t really mean anything, and is misleading to call yourself “Muslim” (a convert, no less!) if you don’t even take the book and tenets seriously. Though, I’m sure she gets tons of brownie points and sympathy from the PC folk – good an incentive as any for some to “convert”. I’m sure she’s a nice person, but there’s something to be said for intellectual honesty.

By: kjtodd32

kjtodd32 — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:19:48 +0000

Leanne reminds of a spoiled rich girl that wanted to upset her parents by dating someone from the other side of the tracks. Nothing more. I would have much more respect for her if she actually attended the Mosques that made her enter from the side, and separated the women from the men. There is nothing “brave” about being a woman attending the most progressive Mosques in existence. Feminist Muslim? Please.

By: petesuitcasecircus

petesuitcasecircus — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:57:01 +0000

I’m glad I read the interesting comments first, I probably won’t listen to the interview now. I think we’d all like to hear from progressive muslim women, has anyone suggestions for Steven to interview?
Keep up the good work.

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By: fairlycirrus

fairlycirrus — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 05:23:08 +0000

In reply to Cormac. No, it isn't.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:10:40 +0000

It sounded to me like she could turn to Jedi next year, then go Mormon, then in ten years be a Trekkie. Or something. And then I doubt she could explain why for each and every one.