Sociologists justs aren’t that bright.
I’ve never exactly held the “science” of sociology in high regard. Granted, there are honest, respectable sociologists, but most of the field seems full of unscientific leftists trying to push an agenda. Today, sociology has officially beclowned itself with this statement coming from the American Sociological Association. I couldn’t let such a monumental occasion as the discrediting of a mostly bogus science go without a letter of congratulation. Here is the email I sent to the three professors listed at the bottom (I couldn’t find the email for the last person in my 30 seconds of Google searching).
Dear Professors,
The layers of irony are so thick, I challenged myself to include them all in one sentence. Here’s what I came up with.
For the sake of non-violence, you are defending a woman who is advocating violence and attacking a man who is criticizing her advocacy of violence for creating a climate of violence using as justification an absolutely false and despicable smear about the Tucson shootings which itself has led to an explosion in death threats against Sarah Palin and even a death threat against a Tea Party leader on national TV, all the while imploring the rest of us to keep our disagreements serious, honest, and undistorted.
If I were an honest and intelligent sociologist, I’d be so embarrassed by your statement that I’d consider calling myself something else to distinguish myself. Perhaps “imperical society analyst” or something of the sort.
Sincerely,
<my name>P.S. You should consider changing the name of your organization to the American Sociological Society. It’s more fitting.
P.S.S. If one of you could forward this to Sally T. Hillsman, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
I couldn’t quite fit in the part about “We don’t want to restrict free speech, but Glenn Beck’s speech isn’t covered under free speech” and the fact that Glenn never actually told anyone to commit violence against anyone, include Dr. Piven. Oh yeah, and what will they say if some nutball reads their statement and makes a threat against Glenn Beck because of it? Do they really think it couldn’t happen? Theirs is the stupidity that just keeps on giving.
I don’t expect a reply, but if I get one, I’ll be sure to post it up.
Hat tip to Ann Althouse.
EDIT: Whoops, I just noticed that I spelled “empirical” totally wrong. Boy, don’t I feel like a sociologist right about now.
