46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks of Chapel Hill, NC has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of three Muslim students near the University of North Carolina campus.
The alleged shooter is reported to be an atheist who is, among other things, a fan of the work of Richard Dawkins.
Dawkins has said this about the shootings:
How could any decent person NOT condemn the vile murder of three young US Muslims in Chapel Hill?http://t.co/pdtwnKqYG3
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) February 11, 2015
Dawkins cited a number of media reports and went a step further by blaming the killings on a “parking dispute in NRA-land”:
A parking dispute in NRA-land. 3 young people tragically murdered in Chapel Hill. A PARKING dispute in gun-land. http://t.co/OL1ax8HHPI
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) February 11, 2015
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The Chapel Hill murderer was an atheist. People are DESPERATE to blame his atheism. But the police now say his motive was parking dispute.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) February 11, 2015
Initial police reports don’t blame the NRA. Dawkins added that one on his own.
If the alleged killer had a religious affiliation would Dawkins be so quick to accept “parking dispute” as a motive?
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