@PhilosophyExp Yup, it's a problem. What claims you are prepared to accept about empirical facts will be deeply influenced by your values.
Yet the claims sociologists make about social reality tend to fit their pre-existing political commitments to a T...https://twitter.com/DaveAshelman/status/631603863469064192 …
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@Metamagician Hence the knots many sociologists have tied themselves into when interpreting the results from MZ vs. DZ twin studies. -
@PhilosophyExp I was thinking of the current debate about prostitution, where each side has its own facts (and both make hyperbolic claims). -
@Metamagician Indeed. Interesting thing abt the current interation of this debate is the balance of forces has reversed from the early-80s. -
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician That's only true if you're looking at feminist media and popular opinion. -
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician Anti-sex industry feminists have disproportionate institutional power, including the ear of law enforcement. -
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician The misguided policies of Tom Dart and other DA/law enforcement chiefs come in large part from them. > -
@PhilosophyExp@Metamagician This participation in state power/repression is in large part why they're so hated.
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