Look, I didn’t want to talk about this topic. I thought it was really funny, but also really sad, and I’ve taken so many victory laps in the past few months that I’m honestly starting to get winded. But the people demanded it: I saw your messages on BlueSky, on Mastodon, on Patreon, and yes, even via text from IRL friends who wanted to see me react to this. So, fine, here we go: Richard Dawkins wrote an entire article about falling for a chatbot, and it is extremely embarrassing...

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[–] 17 points 6 months ago

I was about to share this myself!

This is very much, I think, about women's stuff. Dawkins is the person who wrote that execrable "Dear Muslima" open letter specifically to deride Rebecca Watkins for daring to say, at an atheist convention, that <checks notes> being hit upon in an elevator was uncomfortable.

Note: she didn't name the person who did it. She didn't go off on a tantrum about it. She didn't bring down the wrath of social media to dogpile on the person. She just mentioned off-hand that maybe guys shouldn't do that.

And Dawkins went off like a cannon with too large a powder charge, telling on himself in the loudest voice imaginable in the process, exposing the rampant sexism in Atheist (note the cap) circles for all to see.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Wow! I didn't know Dawkins was such a piece of shit

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    He's been dogshit and remains dogshit

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Richard Dawkins behavior towards women is absolutely relevant, especially considering his views on trans women. I've been saying for years he's a loud narcissist who, though robust toxic masculinity, found an unfortunate audience of angsty young boys.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    That was awesome and I found a few good video suggested with it. Thank you for sharing!

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