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>>15606264
Something similar happened more recently in sociology. Robert Putnam, one of the most respected sociologists in the world, did an extensive study that concluded diversity erodes society. He says he was devastated by the results but he couldn't refute his own data. He sat on the results for years, refusing to publish them because we was afraid he'd be ostracized and called a Nazi. When he finally did publish, he crouched it in generic statements that diversity had many other benefits that couldn't be measured. This didn't save him from being labeled a white supremacist and hate monger, even though his leftist credentials were impeccable and lifelong. It didn't matter how sound his methodology and data were, they produced an unacceptable outcome, so they were dismissed as a product of systematic hate.