Dawkins loses humanist title

[vulcanlogician]

Yes, race realists and gender realists are really freethinkers, unless you're limiting freethought to the approved grounds right off the bat......you know I love irony and subtlety, lol.

I'm not. Freethinkers can be all over the map. I know this. What I'm saying is that pushing an ideology is not free thinking.

Now you may say, "That means that there are areas that humanism and freethinking do not overlap because humanism is an ideology." And I guess I'd have to concede that point. But I'd want to add (because it's my thesis here) that there is perhaps SOME overlap. Freethinking is about exploring different answers, not deciding on them. I'd argue that you can explore a wide range of questions and still be a humanist.

Out of interest; what is your position on the genetics regarding resistance and vulnerability to conditions like diabetes and cancer?

I guess I don't really have a position. I would defer to biologists or medical researchers concerning that.