(April 22, 2021 at 6:57 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: No argument from me there, they can overlap - but they certainly don't in this instance, if freethought is what dawkins was engaging in..though, by the metrics we're using, he wasn't.
Dawkins wasn't exploring any range of questions, he was asserting a specifically inaccurate claim of victimization. You know, he should be aware of this more than most, the victimization meme is exactly the sort of thing he made himself famous describing. He might want to go see a doctor for that mental infection - it can get nasty quick.
I think that Dawkins loses freethinker points (as well as humanist points) with the Dolezal comment. That particular comment reflects the values of neither.
That's not to say that Dawkins really isn't a humanist or freethinker though. According to the standards of the AHA, he is not deserving of an award. I guess it depends on what standards we use if he qualifies as a humanist or not. If we are considering his body of literature, perhaps he does. If we are considering his twitter feed, maybe not.
