The left claims to love science. Just ask Lysenko. But the left also can't get anything off the ground without getting mired into intersectionality. That includes its latest fake protest, the March for Science, which was supposed to be yet another anti-Trump rally, but has devolved into intersectional insanity.
It may be the largest rally in support of science ever. Hundreds of thousands of people have joined the Facebook group for the upcoming March for Science, and tens of thousands have offered to volunteer. Beyond a march in Washington, more than 400 cities worldwide will host simultaneous events on April 22 to repudiate science policies of the new White House and Congress.
The rally is in support of science the way that the KKK loves black people. Here's a reminder.
Jacquelyn Gill, a biology and ecology professor at the University of Maine, told STAT that she quit the organizing committee in recent weeks because of leaders’ resistance to aggressively addressing inequalities — including race and gender.
At the heart of the disagreements are conflicting philosophies over the march’s purpose. In one corner are those who assert that the event should solely promote science itself: funding, evidence-based policies, and international partnerships. In another are those who argue that the march should also bring attention to broader challenges scientists face, including issues of racial diversity in science, women’s equality, and immigration policy.
You can guess which side won.
The event’s official diversity policy, posted just days after the march was announced in January, has undergone repeated revisions, and is now in its fourth version.
The fourth version condemns science for being racist.
"The latest, as Wednesday, read: “We acknowledge that society and scientific institutions often fail to include and value the contributions of scientists from underrepresented groups"
Congratulations. The March for Science is now the Anti-Science Quota Protest.
Leftist crybullies used their usual tactics to take over.
For instance, Stephani Page, who has a doctorate in biophysics and biochemistry, tweeted in February that some people critiquing the March for Science online were becoming targets of harassment. Organizers recently added an anti-harassment statement to the website, and Page is now a member of the steering committee.
This is just Gamergate being played out on the level of science.
Asked about Gill’s departure, Holloway told STAT that “there has been some push by some people to centralize diversity in a way that diminishes science.”
The left hates science. It claims to love science, the way that it claims to love Jews and women, two other things it hates.
Much of the disconnect, Holloway said, begins and ends on social media.
“I prefer to take an actions-based approach where we show with our actions that we value diversity,” she said. “The message got around that we don’t value diversity because we weren’t explicitly stating it repeatedly. … Other people who disagreed [with that strategy] left.”
Anyway the March for Science will now be headed by two "women of color" and Bill Nye, a guy who says stupid things on TV.
When, for instance, the diversity page was briefly removed from the march’s website in January, prominent Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker tweeted that he was “glad to see that the March for Science Web site has removed the distractions.” Pinker had previously described the march as “anti-science” for its left-wing political tone.
That's exactly what it is.