Richard Dawkins and Twitter

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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

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