Richard Dawkins and Twitter

Richard Dawkins

Despite the medical advice of his doctors, Richard Dawkins had a very active Twitter presence before his minor stroke (with a number of Twitter controversies) and numerous public controversies.[1]

Dawkins has accumulated over 30,000 Twitter tweets.[2] The Independent reported, "Dawkins also admitted he wasn't very good at managing Twitter and the strong reactions his posts tend to provoke. 'Twitter is very difficult medium to handle,' he said. 'I’m not much of a diplomat.'"[3] However, after his stroke, in May 2016, Dawkins gave up posting on Twitter for a while and the tweets that appeared in his name were done by his staff.[4]

In March 2017, Dawkins appears to have started to Tweet again despite his doctors warnings to avoid controversy (For example, he tweeted that Britain had become a "nasty little backwater" after the Brexit vote and his Tweet drew fierce criticism).[5]

In short, Dawkins has repeatedly ignored the medical advice of his doctors and appears to continue to do so.

## See also[edit]

* Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website
* Richard Dawkins and YouTube
* Richard Dawkins' health

## External links[edit]

* Why Did This Tweet Silence Richard Dawkins?, The Daily Beast
* Richard Dawkins, delete your account: The prominent atheist implodes on Twitter (again), Salon
* The 12-Stage ‘Evolution’ Of A Richard Dawkins Twitter Scandal
* 15 Of Richard Dawkins’ Most Controversial Tweets

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑
* An update on Richard’s condition in his own words, Richarddawkins.net
* Richard Dawkins Said He Was Stressed by Controversy Over Tweet Before Stroke, Christian Post, February, 2016
* Richard Dawkins says stroke caused by stress over controversy, Religion New Service
* The 12-Stage 'Evolution' Of A Richard Dawkins Twitter Scandal by Paul Vale, The Huffington Post UK, Posted: 22/08/2014 02:06 BST
* Richard Dawkins, delete your account: The prominent atheist implodes on Twitter (again), Salon
* 15 Of Richard Dawkins' Most Controversial Tweets, Huffington Post
2. ↑ Richard Dawkins Twitter
3. ↑ Richard Dawkins defends Ahmed Mohamed comments and dismisses Islamophobia as a 'non-word'
4. ↑ Dawkins: I’ve Given Up Twitter.
5. ↑ Richard Dawkins: England becoming a 'nasty little backwater' after Brexit vote, The Telegraph, March 2017