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Richard Dawkins in Non-Offensive Twitter Tirade
Following on from his previous Twitter tirade of misogynistic, anti-semitic, Islamophobic, sandwich-hating tweets, Richard Dawkins has once again set the world of internet outrage addicts aflame with a new set of controversial tweets, only this time his supporters insist he has been misinterpreted and that he has nothing to apologise for. Earlier this week, Dawkins […]
Richard Dawkins in Offensive Twitter Tirade
The famous biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has offended tens of people with an astonishing tirade of offensive tweets on the social media platform Twitter. Dawkins, a proponent of the ‘new Atheism’ – a term invented by people bored with plain old Atheism (not to be confused with Atheism Plus, a term invented by people […]
Heroin Addict Offended by Poppy
A new #poppygate* erupted this week when heroin addict Phil from Scarborough revealed in a series of tweets that he finds remembrance poppies offensive. “They’re an insult to heroin users,” he wrote. “Poppies are supposed to be about the processing of opium to get high, not getting maudlin about the dead.” And: “When I think […]
The Sceptical Poet 