Do you think South Park depicted Richard Dawkins fairly?

Started by Kemba9, June 10, 2023, 06:13:30 PM

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Kemba9

Aka that he is smart but a huge jerk in a sense? And what do atheists think when people say he is the poster boy of American atheists? Interms of how the world see them? I am not talking "God's not dead" strawman. Though they get upset over that Christian propaganda movies aswell. Just curious?

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Blackleaf

When South Park has a celebrity on its show, it's best viewed as parody. That being said, Dawkins wasn't given an unflattering depiction in this show. The teacher, currently known as Miss Garrison, was the asshole in this episode. She starts off by being a science-denying idiot, saying that people who believe in evolution are retards. But once she develops a crush on Dawkins, she flips script and says the Christians (not just Creationists) are the retards, and it's Dawkins who has to calm her down.

How do you watch those clips and think Dawkins is the jerk?
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Born under one law, to another bound;
Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity,
Created sick, commanded to be sound."
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