(2018-04-04, 09:06 PM)fls Wrote: Why not just reference for me the articles which people are drawing these conclusions from?
I did so with the article and video Silence referenced earlier. I could list more, I suppose (I think all you really need to do is start clicking the stories which are brought up with a google search on "Dawkins" and "arrogant"). But I would rather look at the articles which people such as yourself have read, from which you drew these conclusions.
Because, Linda, like most people I don't keep a running log or archive of every archive or video I've ever watched. I've been researching and interested in these topics for a long time now, and during that time I've inevitably encountered Dawkins numerous times through a variety of media.
I know what I took away from those encounters and what my impressions of Dawkins were. Of course, as I said, I (like most) don't have all the videos or articles I every saw him in or read by him, and as a result don't have them readily available. That is what I am saying when I say do your own research. You keep hammering at the idea that we ought to be providing you with all of those resources - but these aren't studies or scientific papers that are hard to find. Me going and searching for those videos and articles would be literally no different than you doing the same - and it is you who is claiming the need to be informed.
Again, I know what my impressions of him were over the long period of time that I encountered him. I apologize, but I don't see why it's our responsibility to go searching for those things when we don't have them any more readily available than you do.
As a further note, you say that you "hate" videos, but certainly those are the best source for assessing someone's personality and the way they conduct themselves. His mannerisms and all that may be easier to spot there than from an article or written medium.