Friday, October 5, 2018
Scholars reveal political corruption in academia through hoax papers; blows PC push by universities to smithereens
- Three scholars handed in hoax papers at leading social science journals to reveal corruption in the humanities.
- One of the papers accepted by Gender, Place & Culture argued that dog parks were “rape-condoning spaces.”
- The authors of the project said they could face some sort of repercussion including getting fired, not getting accepted for a doctoral program or not receiving professorships.
Three scholars handed in hoax papers — with topics from rape culture in dog parks to making astronomy less sexist — at leading social science journals over the course of a year to show corruption in the humanities.
Mathematician James Lindsay, Areo Magazine editor Helen Pluckrose and Portland State University assistant philosophy professor Peter Boghossian wrote and submitted 20 papers under aliases to social science journals like Gender, Place & Culture, Fat Studies and Sexuality & Culture. Seven of the 20 papers were accepted, four of which were published online and three “have been accepted without having had time to see publication through,” the trio wrote in an Areo Magazine essay on Tuesday.
Lindsay, Pluckrose and Boghossian embarked on the project to show the reality of “grievance studies,” a term the researchers coined for academic fields like “gender studies,” “identity studies” and “critical theory.” Grievance studies tend to focus on finding identity-related oppression and power imbalances, according to the essay’s authors.
“Scholarship based less upon finding truth and more upon attending to social grievances has become firmly established, if not fully dominant, within these fields, and their scholars increasingly bully students, administrators, and other departments into adhering to their worldview,” the authors of the essay wrote.
One paper argued that dog parks were “rape-condoning spaces,” that “provides insight into training men out of the sexual violence and bigotry to which they are prone,” according to the paper’s thesis.
The study was originally published May 22 in Gender, Place & Culture, but was retracted by Thursday after finding out the identity of the person was false.
“Following an investigation into this paper, triggered by the Publisher and Editor shortly after publication, we have undertaken a number of checks to confirm the author’s identity,” Taylor & Francis Online, the journal’s publisher, wrote Thursday. “These checks have shown this to be a hoax paper, submitted under false pretences, and as such we are retracting it from the scholarly record.”
The essay’s authors said Gender, Place & Culture had recognized the paper as one of 12 leading pieces in “feminist geography” for the journal’s 25th anniversary.
Another study, accepted by the feminist journal Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, rewrote a feminist version of part of chapter 12 of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.
“This is an interesting paper seeking to further the aims of inclusive feminism by attending to the issue of allyship/solidarity,” one of the reviews from Affilia had reportedly written, according to...
UNIVERSITY OF MAXINE: School offers FREE credit to confront swing senator over Kavanaugh
The University of Southern Maine offered a “pop-up” elective course this week for students interested in traveling to Washington, D.C. to protest and pressure Sen. Susan Collins into voting against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The Republican Party of Maine sounded the alarm on Facebook Wednesday:The University of Maine is offering free course credit to students who travel to DC to harass @SenatorCollins. (Bonus points if you’re willing to get arrested, conservatives need not apply.) #Kavanaughpic.twitter.com/0jdVNk7zFZ— Howie Carr (@HowieCarrShow) October 3, 2018
RED ALERT: The University of Maine uses your tax dollars, offers college credit to protest Sen. Collins in Washington, D.C.In case you were wondering, students who want to support Senator Collins are not welcome, as one individual who asked found out.
In an email from a University of Southern Maine Community Outreach Coordinator, U Maine students are told that they can earn a free credit if they hop on a free bus ride down to Washington, D.C. to protest Senator Collins.
The event page goes as far as to ask if STUDENTS are okay with being ARRESTED. That will look good on a job application when they graduate.
Maine Republicans urged followers to call and email USM President Glenn Cummings to voice their concerns.
The university’s email, sent to students Wednesday with the subject “info on bus to DC TONITE,” described the free one credit course, titled...
Witness Told FBI That Ford's 'Allies' Pressured Her To Change Story, Report Says
A woman that Christine Blasey Ford claimed was at the party where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted her circa 1982 told FBI investigators that Dr. Ford's "allies" tried to pressure her to change her story about what happened.
Leland Keyser told investigators that Ford's friend, former FBI agent Monica McLean, had urged her to alter the original statement that she gave about not remembering any such party and not knowing Kavanaugh, The Wall Street Journalreported.
The Journal noted that Keyser's statement to the FBI offered "a glimpse into how Dr. Ford’s allies were working behind the scenes to lobby old classmates to bolster their versions of the alleged incident."
Leland Keyser told investigators that Ford's friend, former FBI agent Monica McLean, had urged her to alter the original statement that she gave about not remembering any such party and not knowing Kavanaugh, The Wall Street Journalreported.
The Journal noted that Keyser's statement to the FBI offered "a glimpse into how Dr. Ford’s allies were working behind the scenes to lobby old classmates to bolster their versions of the alleged incident."
A source close to the situation told the Journal that Dr. Ford's friends "including Ms. McLean, had contacted Ms. Keyser after her initial statement to warn her that her statement was being used by Republicans to rebut the allegation against Judge Kavanaugh."
In a statement, David Laufman, McLean's attorney, denied the allegations, writing: "Any notion or claim that Ms. McLean pressured Leland Keyser to alter Ms. Keyser’s account of what she recalled concerning the alleged incident between Dr. Ford and Brett Kavanaugh is absolutely false."
The Journal notes that allies of Kavanaugh also reached out to people, including former classmate Karen Yarasavage, who said that she was asked to go on record about the allegation made by Deborah Ramirez.
Ford's ex-boyfriend claimed this week in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that Ford had coached McLean on how to pass a polygraph test so she could get into the FBI. This accusation was serious because, if true, Ford perjured herself under oath when she said that she had "never" given anyone any tips on how to take a polygraph test.
Soros-Funded MoveOn.org Threatens ‘Direct Action’ in D.C., Preps ‘Emergency Campaign’ to Stop Brett Kavanaugh
In the email, MoveOn.org, which has been massively backed by billionaire George Soros, warned the group’s anti-Kavanaugh plot is set to include “direct actions in Washington, D.C., at Senate office buildings, including busing in constituents from key states.”
The radical organization also wrote in the email it was planning to:
Escalate pressure on key senators, especially Susan Collins. Collins is the key swing vote in this process, and MoveOn is continuing to lift up stories from her constituents, support direct actions in Maine, and purchase ads in her state calling for her to stand with survivors, defend reproductive rights, and stop Kavanaugh.
Hold Republicans accountable. We will not forget their party’s actions at last week’s hearing, their unwavering support for Kavanaugh, and their attempts to discredit Dr. Blasey Ford and others when we head to the ballot box in five weeks. Ending GOP control of Congress and electing people who believe survivors. We will end GOP control of Congress and elect people who believe survivors and listen to women—because the fight for our fundamental rights is essential.
“Will you chip in $3 right now and help support MoveOn’s emergency campaign to stop Brett Kavanaugh?” the email asked.
The blast email smeared Kavanaugh as an “accused sexual predator and right-wing anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ partisan.”
“If this isn’t a sham investigation, I don’t know what is,” Reich wrote of the wrapped-up FBI investigation which Democrats themselves had demanded despite the Senate already taking statements from key individuals.
“In less than a week, Trump, McConnell, and Kavanaugh have managed to make a mockery of the Senate, the FBI, and the Supreme Court,” Reich complained.
The ideologue did not mention accusations that the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), deliberately held back for weeks Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation and then deployed the charges for political purposes.
“Beyond that, this charade is an insult to the women of America,” Reich added, failing to mention that the news media’s publication of Ford’s name seemingly doxed Kavanaugh’s female accuser against her wishes.
MoveOn.org has taken center stage in opposing Kavanaugh, leading a #StopKavanaugh campaign aimed at mobilizing supporters to call their senators in opposition to Kavanaugh’s nomination.
On Saturday, Politico reported on progressive groups, including MoveOn.org, making a “last-minute push to stop Kavanaugh.”
Besides funding from Soros, MoveOn.org has also been financed by...
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #400
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
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