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Psychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrong :)

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Paradox, May 20, 2012.

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  1. Paradox

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    Psychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrong

     
    #1 Paradox, May 20, 2012
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    Good for him.
     
    #2 ANightDude, May 20, 2012
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    It will be interesting to see how this will be referenced in the coming months. I feel momentum building for equality for the lgbt community. Very impressed that he did this.
     
    #3 RealityCheck, May 20, 2012
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    Honestly, he has nothing to apologize about. Studies are studies and they're intended to be objective; if anything, his apology should be for failing to maintain academic rigor, not for "maliciously misleading people" which isn't what people do every time they find something that doesn't sound politically correct, yet could possibly be scientific fact.

    Dr. Spitzer's intention was never to kick down the gay community, only report on what he viewed as an objective study. It was flawed, he made a mistake, that's it. Move on. This is a bigger deal than it should be.
     
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    I would say more like a runaway train.

    He may have mislead the facts and fudged them but it was the religious groups that used this study as ammo for their agendas and abused the hell out of it.

    I'm not blaming the man but he is partially responsible.
     
    #5 NemesisPrime, May 20, 2012
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    Is anyone really surprised by this? lol
     
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    I think the religious people who previously cited his study would probably blame his newfound capacity to think rationally on him being overcome by evil mind fairies or something. Oh well.
     
    #7 DryOasis, May 21, 2012
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    LOL evil mind fairies. Classic.
     
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    :rolle: Interesting
     
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    Spitzer has actually been pretty decent about the whole controversy surrounding his study for many years. He previously said that the conclusions the religious crazies were making weren't supported by his data and they were using it out of context. He also acknowledged flaws in the methodology, so it's no secret he hasn't exactly offered up ringing endorsements of his study for quite a while.

    But it takes a lot of guts to be published in a peer reviewed professional journal and admit, in so many words, that your study was a piece of shit and that it caused a lot of harm. Really gratifying he took those steps.
     
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    Remeber, the right wing that subscribe to anti-gay views still question the birth certificate that hawaii released...


    ... so dont expect this to change a thing, since that brand of right wing politics doesn't believe facts matter.
     
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