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THREAD: Richard Dawkins was yesterday stripped of his 1996 "humanist of the year" award by @americnhumanist after this tweet. It's part of a long pattern of trolling.
Statement from @americnhumanist: "Dawkins has over the past several years accumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach antithetical to humanist values." https://americanhumanist.org/news/american-humanist-association-board-statement-withdrawing-honor-from-richard-dawkins/
Dawkins tried to walk back the tweet as an academic point "misconstrued" as disparaging trans people. But there is indeed a long history.
2013:
2013:
Serial trolling from 2014:
2014 again:
2015:
2018:
Back in 2011, he dropped this comment on a blog. (The reaction eventually led to a rare apology.)
The latest Dawkins tweet has also been condemned by @AmericanAtheist:
https://www.atheists.org/2021/04/american-atheists-richard-dawkins-trans-people/
His own organizations, @rdfrs and @center4inquiry, have yet to comment.
https://www.atheists.org/2021/04/american-atheists-richard-dawkins-trans-people/
His own organizations, @rdfrs and @center4inquiry, have yet to comment.
A final note: This isn't the first time @americnhumanist has rescinded its "humanist of the year" award. In 2018 it stripped Lawrence Krauss of his 2015 award. That followed the fallout from this @BuzzFeedNews report: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/lawrence-krauss-sexual-harassment-allegations
