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I just confirmed that I have a copy of Breaking the Spell on a bookshelf. I still haven’t got to it. I buy books aspirationaly and read about a third of how man
by alsetmusic 3y ago
I just confirmed that I have a copy of Breaking the Spell on a bookshelf. I still haven’t got to it. I buy books aspirationaly and read about a third of how many I buy. I have too many inputs to get to all of them.
This was disappointing:
> When the American Humanist Association revoked a lifetime achievement award it once gave to Richard Dawkins on account of his anti-trans tweets, Dennett was firmly on Dawkins’ side. He also passively promoted an embarrassing article written by the head of the Center For Inquiry, claiming identity politics and cancel culture had “torn apart” the Humanist movement… mostly because people were criticizing Dawkins for perpetuating anti-trans talking points.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/what-ill-remember-about-daniel-dennett https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/what-ill-remember-about-da...
- cuile 3y agoI think it's actually very reassuring that he didn't accept the type of uncritical groupthink that is exemplified by the "trans rights" movement. It's odd how so many so-called atheists ended up latching onto that cultish nonsense. Dawkins stands amongst the few who have cast a suitably critical eye over this "gender identity" belief system.