We all know that Dawkins is against ALL religion.
I’m not a follower of Milo nor any sort of fan of Dawkins’ views BUT I would go to the end of the earth to defend his right to express them.
I’m not a follower of Milo nor any sort of fan of Dawkins’ views BUT I would go to the end of the earth to defend his right to express them.
Not
so for the liberal fascists!
RICHARD
DAWKINS EVENT IN BERKELEY CANCELED AFTER ORGANIZERS DISCOVER HIS
VIEWS ON ISLAM
21
July, 2017
An event in Berkeley featuring Richard Dawkins has reportedly been canceled after organizers learned about his critical view of Islam.
According
to Berkeleyside, the
event in question was organized by progressive radio station KPFA.
Dawkins,
a notorious atheist and harshly outspoken critic of all religions,
was to appear on-stage and talk about his latest book ‘Science in
the Soul: Collected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist.’
Berkeleyside
reports that KPFA sang praises for Dawkins and the book – until a
number of his anti-Islam tweets came to their attention.
Subsequently,
the outlet states, the station sent an email to all ticket buyers
that read, “we had booked this event based entirely on his
excellent new book on science when we didn’t know he had offended
and hurt – in his tweets and other comments on Islam, so many
people.”
“KPFA
does not endorse hurtful speech. While KPFA emphatically supports
serious free speech, we do not support abusive speech. We apologize
for not having had broader knowledge of Dawkins views much earlier.”
Putting the sheer insanity of the suggestion that one could know who Richard Dawkins is and not be aware of his hatred for Islam, it’s of course interesting that KPFA took offence with the author’s critique of Islam specifically.
Dawkins
addressed that point in a statement.
“I
am known as a frequent critic of Christianity and have never been
de-platformed for that,” the statement reads. “Why do you give
Islam a free pass? Why is it fine to criticize Christianity but not
Islam?”
Listen
to some of Richard Dawkins’ statements on Christianity below.
Dawkins’
statement goes on to call into question the notion that he has spoken
about Islam in an “abusive” manner.
“You
say I use ‘abusive speech’ about Islam,” it reads. “I would
seriously – I mean it – like to hear what examples of my ‘abusive
speech’ you had in mind. When you fail to discover any, I presume
you will issue a public apology.”
While
no one involved in the matter has mentioned exactly what tweets
provoked KPFA, Berkeleyside reports, “a perusal of Dawkins’ recent
tweets shows that he comments often about Islam, but he also
comments about other religions.”
“Dawkins
has sent out tweets and made statements that are critical of
extremist Muslims, the female genital mutilation practiced by some
Muslim societies, and the requirement that women must wear burkas.”
Apparently
that’s “abusive” to progressives.
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