{"id":873,"date":"2013-09-05T19:57:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T00:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/avant-garde\/?p=873"},"modified":"2013-09-05T23:35:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T04:35:52","slug":"sarah-moglia-richard-dawkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/avant-garde\/2013\/09\/sarah-moglia-richard-dawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Is AA calling Moglia a liar?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Richard<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah Moglia<\/strong> has a new post against Richard Dawkins<\/strong><\/a>, over at the Victim Factory<\/em>, accusing him of blocking Rebecca Watson<\/strong>‘s name as a speaker for Reason Rally 2012<\/em>:<\/p>\n

As I walked the ten feet back, I couldn\u2019t hear everything Dave was saying<\/strong>, but I heard the name \u201cRebecca Watson.\u201d Richard suddenly had a very angry look on his face and I heard him almost shout, \u201cNo, absolutely not! If she\u2019s going to be there, I won\u2019t be there. I don\u2019t want her speaking.\u201d and then Dave immediately replied, \u201cYou\u2019re absolutely right, we\u2019ll take her off the roster<\/strong>. It\u2019s done.\u201d Richard huffed for a moment, Dave continued to placate him, and then he made the video<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Moglia overheard a chunk of a conversation and she disliked Dawkins’ scruples<\/strong>: \u00a0I wouldn’t attend, condone, support, share or participate\u00a0any platform having Watson as a speaker.\u00a0That would look great on her CV, not so good on mine<\/a>. Some are calling this a blacklist, they’re wrong – blacklist is what they did to Abbie Smith<\/strong><\/a>, Justin Vacula<\/strong><\/a> and Thunderf00t<\/strong><\/a>, to name a few; this, on the other hand, is a matter of principle.<\/p>\n

But even even if<\/em> someone wants to say this is some kind of blacklisting or vetoing, it is her word against Dawkins’ and David Silverman’s<\/a> (ohh<\/em>, yeah):<\/p>\n

At the time the exchange took place, Ms. Watson had not in fact been invited to speak at the Reason Rally, and that decision had already been made<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

American Atheists and Mr. Silverman appreciate Ms. Moglia\u2019s effort to bring attention to the issue of blacklisting speakers despite that in this particular instance she was not in possession of all the facts<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So Watson was never on the roster<\/strong>, but Moglia says Silverman promised to take her off the roster – someone is not being honest here.<\/p>\n

By the way, what a curious timing. Just after tablegate exploded in their face<\/a>, the so-called Skepchicks are starting a ‘new’ drama… with something that happened two freaking years ago!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I guess, time wasn’t of the essence back then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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