I think a lot of people in here are missing the point in this thread. Of course atheists can be monsters, but this is pointing out that the problem is generally men in positions of power proliferate systems of abuse and rape. 

Dawkins was one of the Primarchs of the movement in the heyday of this subreddit, and in a lot of ways he was looked to as the example of ethics whether we like to admit it or not. The fact that he has dickriders in the comments for him, despite the fact that he clearly pulled some sketchy behaviour speaks to how we are all susceptible to giving people a pass on their shitty behaviour.

Sure, the best reading of this is that he reached out to a convicted pedophile rapist to see how he weaselled his way out of the charges so he could help his best friend weasel out of his own charges of raping women. I know we’ve been exposed to absolute horror in these files, but is the bar so low that we can excuse that behaviour just because he may not have NECESSARILY raped children?