why you should honor thy scientists
[I]t’s not just zealots who will equate scientific methodology with theistic dogmatism. In an attempt to appear completely objective and beyond any charge of bias, some writers will give equal importance to every opinion with seemingly no regard for whether it’s right or wrong. They think that by giving a biologist who’s life was spent researching evolution and a random televangelist the same weight in their articles will make them insightful reporters who diligently consider every side of a story. But the truth is that not everything you hear is accurate and if you’re reporting an incorrect assumption without actually doing your homework and noting that it’s wrong, you’re not an objective reporter or analyst. You’re a scribe afraid of being called biased.
Tch, tch. Unless you are a bigotted purveyor of hate language, heteronormatism problematizes homosocial othering. If only worthy voices were awarded value the empirically unqualified would be VICTIMS! of discrimination. Social advocacy demands “every voice has equal weight!” If not, social advocacy would be microgee’d.