Robert Heinlein once stated that: "The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship." Turns out he wasn't that far off the mark.

1  2018-10-03 by BlindedbyOnanism

19 comments

1  SnapshillBot 2018-10-03

I’m always amazed how few people know about Gamergate. It’s not only the key to understanding so many violent harassment campaigns going on today, it’s lots of the same people angry about the same stuff using the same playbook.

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1  iansmith223 2018-10-03

No surprise

1  Nom_Chompy 2018-10-03

Mao was right again.

1  LemonScore_ 2018-10-03

kek

1  wewladin 2018-10-03

Make more pig iron instead of gender stuidoes i guess?

1  Nom_Chompy 2018-10-03

No, purge all academics. But that too. Also.

1  -4x- 2018-10-03

There's the paper that doesn’t just advocate stopping white males from speaking in class

Well, they're certainly onto something here.

1  jorio 2018-10-03

https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/

1  Pizzashillsghost 2018-10-03

The people who did this study are fat and ugly; therefore, they’re conclusions are valueless. That’s just a scientific fact man.

1  youcanteatbullets 2018-10-03

Clearly you've got some cisheretorpatriarchal fatphobic racism to deal with.

1  Pizzashillsghost 2018-10-03

No U

1  shaneoffline 2018-10-03

advocating that not only shouldn't white men not be allowed to speak, but they should be sat on the ground in chains as a form of experimental reparations

When your bullshit is actually a bullseye.

These cats are so smart theyre the leading minds of the mayocide on accident.

1  _narrows 2018-10-03

haaaaaaahahahahaha

1  Chicup 2018-10-03

The best part was the drama these papers caused even on reddit. I recall the rape dog park one myself and thought we were hitting peak idiocy. Knowing it was idiotic on purpose and to fool the journals makes it even better.

Sad thing is these types who actually believe this nonsense are not capable of self reflection to know they have gone too far.

1  JurijFedorov 2018-10-03

It gets more interesting. One of the articles used Mein Kampf passages.

1  wolfdreams01 2018-10-03

I would love to publically name and shame the academic reviewers who supported that steamy hot take.

1  AlveolarPressure 2018-10-03

I doubt they even read the paper before approving it

1  chumthescrubber 2018-10-03

You can publish just about anything in an academic journal as long as you use the correct "discourse."

1  chumthescrubber 2018-10-03

Believe it or not, this actually ostracizes legitimate studies:

Initially set out to write about LGBTQ rights in Uganda but left when it became clear that the only acceptable type of research project would have been one that critiqued white supremacy in LGBTQ rights discourses.