Should Richard Dawkins Be Offered Sanctuary Here?

[cronus]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/peopl ... 41161.html

Richard Dawkins dropped from science event for tweeting video mocking feminists and Islamists

Professor Richard Dawkins has had an invitation to speak at a science event withdrawn by organisers for sharing a "highly offensive" video mocking feminists on Twitter.

Dawkins was scheduled to speak at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism which will take place in New York City in May, but on Thursday organisers issued a statement concerning his participation.

“The NECSS has withdrawn its invitation to Richard Dawkins to participate at NECSS 2016. We have taken this action in response to Dr. Dawkins’ approving re-tweet of a highly offensive video.

“We believe strongly in freedom of speech and freedom to express unpopular, and even offensive, views. However, unnecessarily divisive, counterproductive, and even hateful speech runs contrary to our mission and the environment we wish to foster at NECSS. The sentiments expressed in the video do not represent the values of NECSS or its sponsoring organisations.”

The video in question, “Feminists Love Islamists” was shared by Dawkins on Thursday, alongside the explainer: “Obviously doesn’t apply to vast majority of feminists, among whom I count myself. But the minority are pernicious.”. Dawkins later deleted the tweet but the NECSS shared a screengrab of it.

The distasteful video, which compares Islamists to feminists and shows two cartoon characters singing about having things in common, was deleted by Dawkins after he apparently learnt the ‘feminist’ character in the song was based on a real person who was subsequently “threatened with violence”.

(continued, only Rationalia has the balls to forgive the unforgivable and move on - no other secular forum will take the guy now....someone send a invite?)

[laklak]

You used to be so unamused
At Feral OT and the language that they used
Go to them now you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're too visible now you've got those secrets to conceal

[tuco]

There is no money here, I assume. so that is not gonna draw Mr Dawkins in Science? If he stuck to science nobody would withdraw. He decided not to some time ago. Science .. of (anti)God wtf

[Svartalf]

Give him sanctuary here so LP can pester him to death? I think there's a cunning plan somewhere in there...

[tuco]

I've heared they merged. They are community around Mr Dawkins and a centre of inquiry or something like that.

[Seth]

Give him sanctuary here so LP can pester him to death? I think there's a cunning plan somewhere in there...

LP my ass. If he shows up here I'm going to barbecue him every fucking day.

He's a delusional fuckwit who thinks he's important, but isn't.

[pErvinalia]

Sounds like you.

[pErvinalia]

Just from the blurb in the OP alone, this sounds like one of his least offensive things he's done lately. There's no doubt there's some terrible cognitive dissonance going on in the extreme social justice community.

[cronus]

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/01/2 ... onference/

Atheist Civil War: Angry Feminists Get Richard Dawkins Disinvited from Skeptics’ Conference



(continued, where is the problem?)

[Tyrannical]

Well he wouldn't be welcome at ol'ratskep. They'd call him racist for attacking Islam lol

[JimC]

You used to be so unamused
At Feral OT and the language that they used
Go to them now you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're too visible now you've got those secrets to conceal

Give him sanctuary here so LP can fuck him to death? I think there's a cunning plan somewhere in there...

Fixed...

[tuco]

Interestingly enough, after watching the vid, to me Mr Dawkins is not much different. He has a cause too, a cause he actively campaigns for. In this sense, he is no different. He just has different standards. He is an anti-theist. He blames religion for .. whatever.

[DaveDodo007]

Give him sanctuary here so LP can fuck him to death? I think there's a cunning plan somewhere in there...

Fixed...

Death by snu-snu.

[DaveDodo007]

Give him sanctuary here so LP can pester him to death? I think there's a cunning plan somewhere in there...

LP my ass. If he shows up here I'm going to barbecue him every fucking day.

He's a delusional fuckwit who thinks he's important, but isn't.

Well he is a Labourite and an (equity) feminist so there is that. I suspect you are talking about a belief in a 'higher power' and in that sense he will kick your ass. This is your Achilles heel Seth either lose it or accept you will be shown up in some debates. I'm a fucking retard but I can still win debate after debate because I simply don't have a sacred cow, every idea, ideology and religion should be exposed to scrutiny, criticism and mocking and any (emotional) defense against this leaves you or anyone else for that matter open to losing the debate.

[DaveDodo007]

Well he wouldn't be welcome at ol'ratskep. They'd call him racist for attacking Islam lol

Well ratskep and Rationalia do have a genuine grievance against Dawkins in that he not only shut down the forum but the manner in which he did it. That said you are correct that the current ratskeppers can only defend their positions using name calling and smears as they are fuckwits after all.