Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Richard Dawkins - an even bigger douchebag than ever before



Well I haven't mentioned Richard Dawkins since mid-June. I wonder what he's up to these - oh my godlessness!

  1.  Sep 20
    . He didn't only claim to have built it. He claimed, on Youtube, that it was his INVENTION.
    67 retweets156 favorites



  2.  Sep 20
    What has this got to do with evolutionary biology or atheism? Why are you so annoyed about this kid?
    38 retweets197 favorites



  3.  Sep 20
    Because he disassembled & reassembled a clock (which is fine) & then claimed it was his "invention" (which is fraud).
    136 retweets175 favorites



  4.  Sep 20
    He's just a kid!
    23 retweets262 favorites



  5.  Sep 20
    isn't he 14? And clearly a clever TEENAGER? He's not fucking stupid mate
    18 favorites



  6.  Sep 20
    Of course not, but a harmless kid being called a 'fraud'. He made a mistake, so what?
    4 retweets76 favorites



  7.  Sep 20
    That's why I said Johnny Smith probably wouldn't have been arrested. But even this was questioned... Let's move on.
    1 retweet14 favorites



  8.  Sep 20
    True, Johnny Smith would not have been arrested & Ahmed should NOT have been. But his motives remain questionable.
    30 retweets37 favorites



  9.  Sep 20
    Really what do you think Ahmed's motives were?


    True, Johnny Smith would not have been arrested & Ahmed should NOT have been. But his motives remain questionable.
    29 retweets30 favorites



I don't know. Possibly wanted to be arrested? Police played into his hands? Anyway, now invited to White House, crowdfunded etc
6:11 AM - 20 Sep 2015






Dawkins got lots of negative publicity over this, which should have given him pause, but instead he doubled-down the next day.

Heavy-handed police did what security officers are taught: zero tolerance. If "profiling" it's not obvious. Boy's motives remain mysterious.
12:19 PM - 21 Sep 2015




Tweet text


  1.  5 hours ago
    clearly you won't be satisfied until every last person on social media thinks you're an obsessed paranoid bully.





    1.  9 hours ago
      He made a CLOCK! What is so mysterious about this? Good lord.
      8 favorites



    2. View other replies


    3.  9 hours ago
      He didn't make a clock. He unscrewed a clock and put the innards, unaltered, into a box. Why would anyone do that? Mysterious.
      57 retweets103 favorites



    4. View other replies


    5.  8 hours ago
      because he's a kid who is interested in how things work, and likes showing off?
      13 favorites



    6. View other replies


    7.  8 hours ago
      so, no, not mysterious to anyone who pauses to think before tweeting and has no agenda to pursue.
      9 favorites





If Dawkins has any friends left, they really need to take away his Twitter keys.

PZ Meyers has a great response.



Posted by