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Line 36: − − == Sexual abuse allegations against Richard Carrier == − − The ''Campus Fix'' reported in July 2016: − {{Cquote|Atheism activist Richard Carrier ...champions an “intersectional” strain of atheism that promotes social justice. − − And his reputation now lies in tatters... − − Carrier is on the receiving end of a growing sexual-harassment inquiry by a national student atheist organization that has featured him as a campus speaker. − − Yet he continued speaking to [[Secular Student Alliance]] chapters at numerous universities over the past year, even while the national office was “fully aware” that he had harassed students, according to his accuser, who stayed quiet more than a year before going public earlier this month. − − As a result, Carrier has been banned from a prominent atheist conference and even from writing on his own [http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/ blog]. He told The College Fix he would commence legal action in the next two weeks to clear his name. − − In a Facebook post June 15 that was removed right before this story’s publication, the former president of the Arizona State University chapter of the alliance, Amy Frank, said that Carrier “sexually harassed me and touched me a year ago after speaking at ASU.”... − − ‘I’m not even close to being his only victim’, and there are even more victims of other speakers of the SSA,” Frank wrote, calling abuse “fairly common” at its events. She accused the alliance of “go[ing] out of their way to undermine the reports,” and said she would boycott it until its leadership is “completely dismantled.”<ref>[http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28009/ Popularizer of social-justice atheism can’t believe he’s accused of sexually harassing students]</ref>}} − − Atheist [[PZ Myers]] declared at [[Freethoughtblogs]]: − {{Cquote|One of our writers, Richard Carrier, has been banned from Skepticon for “his repeated boundary-pushing behavior”. This is, obviously, a serious accusation, and we’ve been investigating further. We now have several first-hand reports of persistent, obnoxious sexual behavior in defiance of specific requests that he cease. We believe his accusers... − − After a review of the evidence so far, Richard Carrier’s posting privileges have been suspended, pending further evaluation, and all comments on his blog have been closed.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/06/21/richard-carriers-blog/ Richard Carrier’s blog] by PZ Myers</ref>}} − − ''Breitbart News'' reports: − {{Cquote|Carrier’s fate is somewhat ironic, as he has been a leading figure in the “[[Atheism plus|Atheism Plus]]” movement, a hyper-progressive, hyper-feminist offshoot of atheism regularly criticised by popular atheist commentators as adding political dogmatism to an otherwise anti-dogmatic movement. − − Atheism Plus, along with many other activist feminist movements that emerged in the early 2010s, often used the buzzword “believe survivors,” which according to critics implied a “guilty-until-proven-innocent” stance towards those accused of sexual assault. At its height, Atheism Plus advocate PZ Myers even published anonymous rape accusations on his blog against atheist thought leader [[Michael Shermer]].<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/30/believe-all-victims/ Outspoken Feminist Atheist Fights Claims He Sexually Harassed Student], ''Breitbart News''</ref>}}
going to see how Carrier's defamation case against accusers pans out. http://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/10967
August Brunsman her polyamorous husband is the Executive Director of the [[Secular Student Alliance]]. Carrier was a speaker for the [[Secular Student Alliance]] when he was accused of sexual harassment.<ref>[http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28009/ Popularizer of social-justice atheism can’t believe he’s accused of sexually harassing students]</ref><ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/polyamory-and-camp-quest/# Polyamory and Camp Quest]</ref>
August Brunsman her polyamorous husband is the Executive Director of the [[Secular Student Alliance]]. Carrier was a speaker for the [[Secular Student Alliance]] when he was accused of sexual harassment.<ref>[http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/28009/ Popularizer of social-justice atheism can’t believe he’s accused of sexually harassing students]</ref><ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/polyamory-and-camp-quest/# Polyamory and Camp Quest]</ref>
== Richard Carrier on atheist events and sexual activity ==
== Richard Carrier on atheist events and sexual activity ==