Moron bites (#2)
Time for another of these. The rule, remember, is that the instance picked upon has to exemplify a laughably mindless meme. Like this:
@JayMan471 @matthewherper @David_Dobbs @jason_pontin @charlesmurray The Bell Curve has been well refuted. I am dismayed that you cite it.
— Karen James (@kejames) December 2, 2014
Politically incorrect research, however solidly established, is especially singled out for this treatment. Some approved (i.e. Leftist) authority somewhere has provided the excuse to dismiss awkward findings, so that the painful stimulus can be suppressed, and — just to be safe — even the pretext for suppressing it is best forgotten, leaving only the permission to be undisturbed in public circulation. All crime-think has been ‘well refuted’ (sociologically a priori) as far as these people are concerned. “It’s been well refuted” means exactly “wouldn’t it be nice if this didn’t exist?” (or “nice people have told us we don’t need to worry about that”).
Refuted where?
@DocCLAR @JayMan471 @pseudoerasmus This is ridiculous. You can google just as well as I can.
— Karen James (@kejames) December 2, 2014
Amused yet?
ADDED: A banquet of ‘well refuted’ science at Slate.