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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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3. "Disproportionate" is a good word here.

Reply to Goblinmonger (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 11:34 AM

Jun 2015

Hunt's "joke" (if indeed he intended it to be one) was horrible and sexist. I think your comment about Hunt is probably spot on (high on the autism spectrum), and the hatred he's gotten is just ridiculous. The pope has said far worse about women, homosexuals, and the transgendered, and yet he is praised here on DU.

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Tim Hunt the victim of self-righteous feeding frenzy, says Richard Dawkins [View all] Goblinmonger Jun 2015 OP

Brian Cox said the same thing Rainforestgoddess Jun 2015 #1

Well, he isn't DAWKINS!!! Goblinmonger Jun 2015 #2

"Disproportionate" is a good word here. trotsky Jun 2015 #3

I've heard repeatedly (including quotes from Hunt) that it qnr Jun 2015 #10

It's just the kind of joke.... AlbertCat Jun 2015 #4

I think that the reaction goes too far as well. Curmudgeoness Jun 2015 #5

Dawkins seems to be mumbling. Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #6

Hunt is from an era when science was a boys' club. deucemagnet Jun 2015 #7

Report from another board onager Jun 2015 #8

As so often, Dawkins is spot on. Yorktown Jun 2015 #9

It wasn't just a joke, though muriel_volestrangler Jun 2015 #11

Hunt Thanks Female Scientists for Their Support onager Jun 2015 #12