Originally Posted by
ORAC
I always wince when a writer uses their opening gambit to tackle the player instead of the ball: to paraphrase: 'people who object to diversity initiatives do so instinctively'. Oh, well they must all be bigots, then.
... and I stop reading when it becomes clear that known facts are being discounted and obfuscation is being used to dismiss legitimate concerns: "that they were admitted not because of their talent, but because they were female or from a minority. Such a view is nonsense – the recruitment process has not changed its standards or lowered the pass rate for people from some backgrounds – anyone applying to join will still need to meet the same absolute standard as before". Well, no one is talking about "the standards" you clot, and leaked emails show that selection based on biological sex and ethnicity is exactly what has happened. It is indubitably not "nonsense".