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The woke fanatics have withdrawn his Humanist of the Year Award

posted 3 years ago by [deleted]
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The American Humanist Association released a statement on it:

Regrettably, Richard 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. His latest statement implies that the identities of transgender individuals are fraudulent, while also simultaneously attacking Black identity as one that can be assumed when convenient. His subsequent attempts at clarification are inadequate and convey neither sensitivity nor sincerity.

Consequently, the AHA Board has concluded that Richard Dawkins is no longer deserving of being honored by the AHA, and has voted to withdraw, effective immediately, the 1996 Humanist of the Year award.

https://americanhumanist.org/news/american-humanist-association-board-statement-withdrawing-honor-from-richard-dawkins/

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Atheist have embraced their new religion: Thou shall not question woke ideology.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

"Atheist have embraced their new religion: Thou shall not question woke ideology."
Yes, I'm sure that, before long, to do so will be punishable by death.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

It is already something for which people get cancelled, lose their jobs, are demonized and very much blacklisted for life. Very dangerous cult.

[–] MichaelJPollock (655) 3 years ago

Strange how it seems nobody on these boards has yet to pick up on your alternatively advocating woke ideology and its antithesis in your posts...
Can't decide if you think you're being smart(er than you actually are) by playing all "sides" and hopping to enlighten people somehow, or if you're just an opportunist and a coward. I'll go with the latter, since I've never seen you reply to constructive criticism or use sound argumentative logic even once.

[–] AckbarsRevenge (3599) 3 years ago

You forgot the third option......Muahahahaha......

[–] triplea (3577) 3 years ago

Definitely the third option.

[–] BourbonKing (5677) 2 years ago

Was this ElSofoque's post. He/She does this a lot on many forums trying to criticize "woke culture" while going on other threads and praising Non-Binary pop singers as being "the new Normal". LOL

[–] HAL9000 (935) 2 years ago

america is done. give the lead to china

[–] OvertonPendulum (4026) 2 years ago

making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach antithetical to humanist values.

Complete bollocks, he never demeaned anyone. And it's not antithetical to humanist values. His statements would have been seen totally normal and liberal just 15 years ago when Dawkins was liberal hero. The irony is that only thing antithetical to humanist values is your woke crazy ideology.

His latest statement implies that the identities of transgender individuals are fraudulent, while also simultaneously attacking Black identity as one that can be assumed when convenient

He never attacked legit transsexuals and their identity, and only criticized trans TRENDERS who change their gender on a whim. And questioning Rachel Dolezhal's "Black" identity isn't attacking Black identity. Black people themselves don't consider her and people like her as Black.