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No second prizes for guessing who the villain is in this show! The adjective \u201cfundamentalist\u201d pretty much gives the game away.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t seen this yet, but I have low expectations. This could have actually been a good opportunity to bring two different parties together, to see ourselves as others see us, to promote understanding, common concern for one another, even if disagreement continues. But the whole thing is packaged rather adversarially \u2026 which is perhaps the point I guess.<\/p>\n

Rather terrifying was the quote, \u201cIf people have religious objections, they can have those religious objections, but they can have them somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can watch a short promo clip for the show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"