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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
I dunno. I'm a little skeptical.
(Sorry -- too easy to pass up.)
eta: Finished reading it. Yes, people are assholes on the internet (not on this site, of course). And while I found her bit about the elevator to be a little silly, mostly it was blown out of proportion by people who read it and reposted it. And the notion that anyone's response to that would be a rape threat ..... just one of those things that makes you ask "what the fuck is wrong with people?"
I don't understand why she ties any of this to Dawkins. His post, though snarky and sarcastic (what a surprise), shouldn't have been the cause or seen as supportive of any of those threats. It was basically a "geez, first-world problems" comment writ large (and writ obnoxious, but again -- what a surprise).
Anyway -- it was a more interesting read than the shit I'm supposed to be reading, at least.
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I get the impression that Dawkins is a god to a lot of these people, so if he says "this lady is over reacting" they take it to mean "launch the torpedoes." My guess is that if he'd taken her complaint a little less cavalierly (or didn't say anything), then it probably wouldn't have been as bad.
At any rate, the "you got what you deserved" crowd hit the Slate article's comments's section too.
I hate the Westboro Baptist Church with the fire of a thousand angry gods, but I can't really imagine taking the time or energy to making their lives miserable.
