(April 10, 2015 at 6:50 pm)Alex K Wrote: Most criticism I see of anyone is ripped out of context. I've seen many accusations against PZM or Rebecca Watson (I don't want to lump them together) that did not match with what I had read. Just the other day saw an interview with Alain de Botton where he says things about Dawkins that I, having read and seen almost everything RD has produced, perceive as bald faced lies. Then again, RD had said things about others that are crass mischaracterizations. The upshot can only be, trust no one in such kerfuffles.
PZM is on record for spewing hate. As I linked in the OP. I don't know about Rebecca Watson, a lot of people found her annoying but she's nowhere near as hateful as PZ Myers.
Also there has been serious libel on Dawkins. The Atheism plus block bot (one of the few remains of that movement) essentially put Dawkins on the block bot, libelling him as a racist rape apologist. Dawkins got mad over it because it was flat out libel. This happened about 3 weeks ago.