Sorry, Richard Dawkins, but you did not actually hurt my feelings

[AtheistCrusader]

29. Again, I don't know how she defines 'shitty' in that context.

I found the claim, without some sort of identifiable boundaries in scope and scale, to be, in itself, a sexist statement. Like Dawkins, I think she should be more careful how she frames such claims.

A relevant point, given her behavior as a public commentator during the Duke Lacrosse case. Though, I can't honestly say if that instance was a purely sexist position, or possibly colored by the common American misperception or outright rejection of presumption of innocence.


I think, as I said before, what Dawkins said was deplorable with an American audience, given the current state of gender equality/rights/rape culture in the US. What could have been a perfectly logical example, became a contentious statement in its own right, simply because it's currently a cultural battle here, to establish things like consent, that date rape IS rape, that it is wrong, etc. It shouldn't be a battle, the solution should be self evident, but apparently in American society, it is not. So his comment is instantly controversial here. Shouldn't have said it. Logically sound, but politically/socially bombastic.

I'm not convinced that the poster you are referring to is being sexist in that instance. The statements by Hitchens, that Dawkins quoted, were not aimed at a female at all. So the 'emotional' rejection of a non-argument isn't necessarily a gender thing at all. So too with 'whiny rant'. A phrase I have used to describe people like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly on too many occasions to count.