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AtheistCrusader

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38. I think he chose the wrong venue, audience, or both.

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 12:17 PM

Aug 2014

Or the right venue/audience, but an overly contentious subject. (And I do believe it is fair to warn people when diving into such material, first.)

But your absolute claim that it is not appropriate for any audience, period, I will strongly oppose.

If you wish to interpret that as a 'defense' of 'this', you are free to pretend so.

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Sorry, Richard Dawkins, but you did not actually hurt my feelings [View all] rug Aug 2014 OP

"every shitty 18-year-old boy who wants to win an argument with his girlfriend resorts to it" AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #1

Yep, it's a sexist position held by "shitty 18 year old boys". cbayer Aug 2014 #19

Is it? AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #22

Ask any 18 year old girl or any girl that has been 18. cbayer Aug 2014 #23

Any? AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #24

The dudes that pull this shit do actually get around quite a bit, cbayer Aug 2014 #27

Again, I don't know how she defines 'shitty' in that context. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #29

What Dawkins said was deplorable with any audience. cbayer Aug 2014 #30

I don't agree. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #31

You don't agree with what? cbayer Aug 2014 #32

That it was deplorable with any audience. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #33

Ok, it was deplorable in any audience that includes women or any other group that may cbayer Aug 2014 #34

Again, I disagree. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #35

OMG, you are actually defending this. cbayer Aug 2014 #37

I think he chose the wrong venue, audience, or both. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #38

Well nil desperandum Aug 2014 #2

Obviously AlbertCat Aug 2014 #3

Yes, the poor man is the victim of witch hunts. rug Aug 2014 #4

Yes, the poor man is the victim of witch hunts. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #7

He did. rug Aug 2014 #8

I don't see his name AlbertCat Aug 2014 #10

The dear man is too humble to refer to himself in any way but indirectly. rug Aug 2014 #12

Poor widdle misogynist. okasha Aug 2014 #6

Poor widdle misogynist. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #9

Poor widdle apologist for a misogynist. okasha Aug 2014 #14

You just made yourself complicit ("whiney rant") in Dawkins' sexism. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #15

Whiney rant? Wow, way to make her point for her. cbayer Aug 2014 #20

Whiney rant? AlbertCat Aug 2014 #40

And you continue to make her point for her! cbayer Aug 2014 #43

Smart man who says a lot of dumb things. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #5

Smart man who says a lot of dumb things. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #11

On this we disagree. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #13

What's a "radical atheist"? cbayer Aug 2014 #21

he might be a misogynist? AlbertCat Aug 2014 #39

It's not just his twitter account, though I think that is a reasonable thing cbayer Aug 2014 #42

I really think he should stop using Twitter. Like seriously. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #25

I agree. Twitter does not allow for context. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #26

On this, we absolutely agree. cbayer Aug 2014 #28

Twitter does not allow for context. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #41

If someone were to make a judgement based on a single tweet, cbayer Aug 2014 #44

Amanda Marcotte??? opiate69 Aug 2014 #16

Oh, the Duke case of 2006. rug Aug 2014 #17

Yep, she made strong statements about the Duke LaCrosse case. cbayer Aug 2014 #18

"Strong"? I would have said "deplorable" at best. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #36

Meh, there were a lot of strong feelings on both sides of this case. cbayer Aug 2014 #45

But they were entirely innocent. The Prosecutor committed a crime. The media, her included, AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #46

And many, many people jumped to conclusions without knowing the facts. cbayer Aug 2014 #47

You are incredible. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #48

Thanks! cbayer Aug 2014 #49

That's what I tell her, every day. nt. Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #50

Probably not with the tone of voice I used. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #61

True that. It's a survival thing. Starboard Tack Aug 2014 #62

I'm not sure where the sexism is. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #51

It's in the context of his recent rape remarks. rug Aug 2014 #52

Ah. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #54

Well, the context is that it was women who were really angry at his most recent cbayer Aug 2014 #53

I don't follow him on Twitter, so I didn't see the remarks. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #55

I don't follow him on Twitter either, but several articles about this were posted here and there cbayer Aug 2014 #56

I've been a bit busy lately, so I have missed many threads. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #57

Hope it's been good busy and not bad busy. cbayer Aug 2014 #58

A bit of both. :) nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #59

Richard Dawkins - all the compassion and sensitivity intaglio Aug 2014 #60