Had dinner with a couple of old uni friends who are now academics in the Humanities. Both work out of state so it was nice to catch up with them and their partners over a bottle of wine or three. They have been getting more and more frustrated with the increasing extremism in their respected fields and the stifling of reasoned discussion. It's getting so they can't do certain research for fear of upsetting the now radicalised 'status quo'.
Most people commenting in this thread want what's best for the average person out there, regardless of colour, creed, sexual orientation, etc because that is pretty much the Australian way. Unfortunately, ideas like Equal Rights, Feminism, Gender Equality, etc, have now been hijacked by radicals who are holed up in Academia, and they have totally bastardised these terms out of all proportion to what the average person thinks they mean. The links below, were discussed last night, and both my friends' comment were - wish I had thought of doing that! Sadly, this is the state of affairs in certain Social Science fields at the moment and that's not a good thing. I hope those three academics below get more exposure so people are aware of the slippery slope we are on, and hold those responsible to account.
Two links with a quick overview of what these three acadmeics did....
Fake academic scandal: Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf words used in embarrassing journal hoax | The West Australian
Academics: Peer-reviewed journals prove bias by publishing fake studies
A more in-depth article with their methodology and their reasoning...
Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship - Areo
