Richard Dawkins Responds to Ben Affleck

Richard Dawkins addresses Ben Afflecks accusations of racism and bigotry towards Sam Harris and Bill Maher during the conversation on Real Time with Bill Maher.

[ozdorothyfan]

The thought of Ben Affleck intellectually challenging either Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins is an excellent idea for a comedy script.

[concernedcitizen]

Ben Affleck was way in over his head intellectually. The more talking he did the more uncomfortable I felt for him.

[horrorjunkie]

Why was Ben Affleck on a TV show to discuss politics in the first place?

[JmO-eebi]

Richard Dawkins is so good at politely and unintentionally yet hilariously mocking someone.

[milesy]

"Ben Affleck whom I didn't know, but I understand he's batman" LOL

[advacoRRR]

"It was a disgraceful exhibition of bigotry on Ben Afleck's part". I can listen to this guy forever.

[jerrylanglois]

Ben Affleck should stick strictly to acting where he can just pretend he's brilliant.

[nunofernandes]

Ben Affleck showed everyone what celebrity privilege is. You don't need to make sense or use rational discourse as long as you're famous and there's a mob of zombie fans to agree with all the drivel you say.
Oh, and the best Batman ever is Christian Bale.

[chainsawvsgod]

I completely agree with everything Dawkins says here.

[anthonyallen]

"the Ben Affleck whom I didn't know but I understand he's Batman", love his sense of humor

[pranavkulkarni]

Sam Harris is like Matt Damon in Good Will hunting and Ben Affleck is like Ben Affleck in good Will hunting

[kershaw]

It's almost offensive when these people so blindly defend Islam. Like pretending they couldn't possibly be held accountable for their actions. Treating them like children that you're not allowed to get angry at.

[TheAtheist]

Richard Dawkins raw power....He's an incredible scientist and a man of reason, something that Ben Afleck and others have parted from since Neaderthal times....

[mikeread]

Mark Twain summed it up best, '' Religion was created when the first con man met the first fool"

[iiiDartsiii]

Ben's rant is an example of what someone would say when they have no knowledge whatsoever about the subject.

[AlexDeLarge]

It's no misconception at all. It's a deliberate ploy to silence the critics of Islam.

[ShinobiEngineer]

I was an atheist...

Now I believe in Richard Dawkins!!! ; )

[melontusk]

As someone who's both a fan of Richard Dawkins and Batman, this was very exhilarating to watch. I'm so grateful that brilliant and compassionate intellectuals like Professor Dawkins exists. Ben, who had most of the time been rational and professional, was probably drunk and out of his mind that night, yet, Sir Dawkins doesn't insult him or ridicule Ben at all. He's just so calm. That's how intelligent people express themselves.

[marcelobenattoferreira]

What do we get from this... Ben Affleck is still acting as his character in Good Will Hunting. Seems like he cant get out of that character.

[michaelwallace]

Oh Dear! an actor trying to be intelligent versus a science heavyweight! Suggest Affleck goes back to gerbling and T bagging with his Hollywood chums. 😂