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In reply to the discussion: Sam Harris’ detestable crusade: How his latest anti-Islam tract reveals the bankruptcy of his ideas [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)1) anyone that makes a habit of ridiculing and insulting others can get a nickname. If Mr. Dawkins cannot handle that, he can go back to his biology lab instead of making lots of money writing about social issues.
2) They are two of the main authors on atheism, as seen in any Bookstore, or for that matter, DU. Hell, I wish people would read Penn Gillet "oh god, no!" a book even Mr. Dawkins likes, but they are the ones who get the book sales and airtime.
3) If they defend things like the sexist things Dawkins said, yes they are an asshole. If they defend the crap where he thought child molesting was not a problem, yes, and they they defend the Islamophoboc crap that Harris and Dawkins wroite, yes, they are an asshole.
4) God delusion for dawkins, Free will for Harris.
Thank you for playing.