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    Richard Dawkins - not as popular as he used to be

    Richard Dawkins retrospectively stripped of award by American Humanist Association


    https://americanhumanist.org/news/am...chard-dawkins/

    #2
    I saw this and was thinking "why now?" Had no idea about his anti-trans comments. I'm thankfully unaware of his recent twitter output.

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      #3
      Good. He's an arsehole.

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        #4
        It seems an odd thing to me because by doing this the AHA have helped publicise his comments whereas I doubt anybody really knew he had been given that award or would expect the AHA to be endorsing anything he said 25 years later.

        If what he says now goes against the AHA's values then they could issue a disclaimer that winners of past awards are not representatives of the AHA.

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          #5
          On the other hand, this helps publicize their organization.

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            #6
            There's always a line between letting someone get away with filthy shit and publicising the filthy shit, for sure. I'm happy enough with the AHA's views of the balance of those things in this instance.

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              #7
              He's always been dodgy. 'The Selfish Gene' always struck me as a title that hinted at an agenda.

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