Grievance Studies Hoax

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Antiboyscout
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Grievance Studies Hoax

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youtu.be/kVk9a5Jcd1k

https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news- ... 1538520950
This part is probably the most telling:
"Founding editor Nicholas Mazza said the article went through blind peer review and revisions before its acceptance in July, but he regrets not doing more to verify the author’s identity."
Not the content of the article, just the Identity of the author.
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Shades of the Sokal Affair, updated for modern times. It's worth following, but, as seen by Googles firing of James Damore and possibly CERN's suspension of Alessandro Strumia, this kind of thing is seen as heresy. Evidence doesn't matter to someone who "knows" the only acceptable conclusion.
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Re: Grievance Studies Hoax

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Darth Wedgius wrote: Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:44 pm Shades of the Sokal Affair, updated for modern times. It's worth following, but, as seen by Googles firing of James Damore and possibly CERN's suspension of Alessandro Strumia, this kind of thing is seen as heresy. Evidence doesn't matter to someone who "knows" the only acceptable conclusion.
That was basically part one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSQYHsHJx6A
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