Pro-Islamist Berkeley Hosts Banned Richard Dawkins' Talk

The atheist picture is politically wrong amid the truthful grass roots "progressives" now

In the morning, I saw a two-day-old tweet yesteryear Steve Pinker:

The Left continues its ho-hum suicide yesteryear intolerance, emboldening the right: Richard Dawkins deplatformed inwards Berkeley. https://t.co/IE07fzsB7B

— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) July 21, 2017

The article that Pinker linked to reveals (see also other outlets) that a radio station disinvited Richard Dawkins who was supposed to give a beak at the First Congregational Church on August 9th.




The beak should receive got followed the August eighth publication of Science inwards the Soul, Dawkins' novel book. The organizers' explanation why they cancelled the beak is rather amazing. It apparently includes the park supposition that the "free speech" may only include the spoken communication that the self-appointed ideologues-in-chief similar – all the other spoken communication must locomote banned every bit "abusive or hurtful speech". Well, the tilt that "the spoken communication that is liked yesteryear everybody is allowed" isn't a regulation that may underlie a civilization: it is a worthless tautology.

We know that the overgrown haters of the liberty of spoken communication at Berkeley receive got banned right-wingers Ann Coulter, Ben Shapiro, together with Milo With-a-Greek-name before. But there's some other layer of craziness inwards this detail e-mail.




The KPFA radio station wrote the next to the ticket buyers:

Dear Richard Dawkins consequence ticket buyers,

We regret to inform y'all that KPFA has canceled our consequence amongst Richard Dawkins. We had booked this consequence based alone on his fantabulous novel mass on science, when nosotros didn’t know he had offended together with wound – inwards his tweets together with other comments on Islam, thence many people. KPFA does non endorse hurtful speech. While KPFA emphatically supports serious costless speech, nosotros practise non back upward abusive speech. We apologize for non having had broader cognition of Dawkins views much earlier. We also apologize to all those inconvenienced yesteryear this cancellation. Your ticket purchases volition automatically locomote refunded yesteryear Brown Paper Tickets.

Sincerely, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM

The explanation is absurd together with proves that these people's brains are broken beyond repair. Dawkins' mass is virtually atheism together with thence was the scheduled talk. One only needs to know 1 basic fleck of information to locomote certain that Dawkins is against religions; he is arguably the world's most famous outspoken atheist intellectual. And inwards the acquaint world, Islam is apparently the most extreme faith that puts all the characteristics that atheists may dislike virtually religions on steroids.

So how tin the organizer of a beak yesteryear the world's leading atheist locomote surprised that this atheist also opposes Islam? And its irrational approach to science, celebration of animate beingness force, dogmatic attachment to the Middle Ages, suppression of human freedoms together with women's basic rights, together with tons of other things? The mental vibrations of the KPFA people is absolutely staggering.

Just to locomote sure, none of the leading atheist pundits suffers from this form of a flagrant inconsistency. The fact that Islam is a strengthened version of the things that they dislike virtually religions is oft pointed out yesteryear every unmarried leading atheist pundit inwards the basis – including Richard Dawkins, Steven Weinberg, Bill Maher, Sam Harris, together with others. All sane people know that it would locomote crazy to create out against religions for hours every twenty-four hours together with defend Islam at the same moment. After all, Islam is a religion. And when nosotros say that it's non just a faith or it's non a truthful religion, nosotros hateful that Islam is trying to locomote fifty-fifty to a greater extent than far-reaching than other religions together with this makes things worse, non better.

The KPFA together with similar people may locomote utterly insane. But they may also locomote just immoral jerks who don't truly tending an iota virtually atheism or science. Instead, they only utilization "atheists" every bit allies against their actual enemies – the traditional social together with moral values of the Western civilization. Because most of the people inwards their environs who defend these values are Christians, they but create upward one's hear that Christianity is the enemy together with atheists powerfulness locomote allies. But these extreme leftists only process them every bit allies for political reasons. They don't truly sympathise the logic of the atheists. They don't truly tending virtually it at all.

What they tending virtually are things similar "identity politics". Along amongst practitioners of assorted sexual deviations etc., the Muslims receive got been declared yesteryear their ideological displace to locomote a minority (in the West) that must bask privileges together with they mindlessly piece of employment to brand this happen. When they demand to disinvite the most famous atheist, they happily practise so. When they demand to sacrifice their life inwards fights on the side of ISIS, they in all probability won't but they volition happily sacrifice yours. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 leftist is a someone who is willing to sacrifice your life for his delusions. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Muslim warrior is at to the lowest degree willing to sacrifice his own, too.

Aside from comments that are compatible amongst my thoughts virtually the event, nosotros could bask some texts yesteryear these brain-dead leftists. For example, Pat Mc Ginley wrote on the WhyEvolutionIsTrue website:

Unfortunately, it’s truthful that leading atheists, like, Dawkins, Harris, Maher are blatantly Islamophobic. Allowing their politics to price their groovy piece of employment for atheism. Politically-motivated Islamophobia coincided exactly amongst the so-called war-on-terror. It was easier to larn world back upward to invade Muslim countries yesteryear demonising Muslims. Bush fifty-fifty called it ‘a crusade’.

Wow. Again, leading atheists must obviously locomote Islamophobic because this implication follows from the real definitions of these ii words. An atheist is someone who is repelled from every God ("a" is negation together with "theism" is some acknowledgement or celebration of God's existence). An Islamophobe is someone who is repelled yesteryear a specific God, namely Allah, the God of Islam. The previous sentences imply that every atheist must locomote an Islamophobe. If y'all can't sympathise this uncomplicated logic, your encephalon is broken beyond repair together with I recommend euthanasia to you, Pat.

Note that fifty-fifty the real word makes it unambiguous that Islamophobia is a phobia of Islam every bit a faith, non a phobia every bit Muslims every bit human beings.

As other participants of the discussions receive got mentioned, the term "Islamophobia" was coined yesteryear the Muslim Brotherhood, the bring upward organisation of Al Qaeda together with other terrorist organizations. The word "Islamophobe" was intended to locomote a precise synonym of a "heretic". Except that an "Islamophobe" lives at places that the Muslim Brotherhood together with Al-Qaeda don't command yet. So unlike tools receive got to locomote used against these heretics than the tools that are usable on the territory of Daesh or other Islamic regimes. Instead of the "stoning to death", they receive got to create out the heretics yesteryear tools similar "terror yesteryear the politically right left-wing useful idiots inwards their 5th columns". But the term "Islamophobe" has been defined real clearly together with the Definition can't locomote changed. It's spectacularly clear that every proficient together with sane someone inwards the West is an Islamophobe to 1 extent or another. So although the ending -phobia was designed to scream for that at that spot was something sick virtually Islamophobia, the truth is apparently opposite: It's utterly sick not to be an Islamophobe.

Incidentally, Bush may receive got used the term "crusade" at 1 2nd because the conflict against the Islam was a crusade. The run of the master copy crusades was to liberate the Holy Land from Islamic rule. At to the lowest degree to some extent, some parts of the state of war on terror had similar sides together with a similar run thence they may receive got deserved to locomote called "crusades".

Incidentally, Dawkins himself responded amongst a form missive of the alphabet to the radio station:

...I used to love your station when I lived inwards Berkeley for ii years, before long afterwards that dearest house had buy the farm the iconic habitation of costless speech. I receive got criticized the appalling misogyny together with homophobia of Islam, I receive got criticized the murdering of apostates for no criminal offense other than their disbelief. Far from attacking Muslims, I sympathise – every bit perchance y'all practise non – that Muslims themselves are the prime number victims of the oppressive cruelties of Islamism, specially Muslim women...

...I am known every bit a frequent critic of Christianity together with receive got never been de-platformed for that. Why practise y'all give Islam a costless pass? Why is it fine to criticize Christianity but non Islam? ...

...You say I utilization 'abusive speech' virtually Islam. I would seriously – I hateful it – similar to hear what examples of my 'abusive speech' y'all had inwards mind. When y'all neglect to discover any, I presume y'all volition number a world apology, which I volition of course of educational activity convey inwards a spirit of gratitude for what KPFA 1 time was. And could buy the farm again...

One to a greater extent than comment. If y'all read the responses to Steve Pinker's tweet, they are absolutely terrifying. Many of them hysterically assault both Pinker together with Dawkins together with the authors look to locomote biological scientific discipline students together with similar things. I would locomote scared of teaching this brain-dead, brainwashed youth. It's a fleck surprising that these Western allies of the Islamic terrorists haven't started their ain terrorist attacks nevertheless – if nosotros don't count things similar the devastation of the Berkeley campus. When these fanatical savages figure out that yes, they can, things may locomote tough.