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Who were some of your childhood heroes that turned out to be horrible people? (lemmy.today)
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[–] 37 points 7 months ago (7 children)

What about the anti-theist and leftist public intellectuals like Dawkins, Kraus, and Chomsky who turned out to be somewhere between anti-feminist and full-blown sex-offender? Even NDTyson has some pretty credible accusations for those who remember. Dennett seemed like the only one of the "Four Horseman" who could be considered a decent human being, but nope... he's flying the Lolita Express.

But nobody has fallen farther than Richard Dawkins. Fame did to Dawkins what the One Ring did to Smeagol.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This is true for me as well and kinda hurts. Dawkins in particular was quite a big part of my radicalisation pipeline/growing up. His books also helped me go through some stuff when I was questioning faith and my beliefs. I still think his books had a very positive impact on me and my approach towards science. But yeah, it's heartbreaking to see him (and the other horsemen) turn out be a bit of the very thing they swore to destroy

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  • [+] -11 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Man if those are your childhood Heroes you must have had a shit childhood.

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