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Mainstream "nationalists": we shouldn't defend studying reality because it might cause people to identity with something that actually exists. And this is somehow totally different from leftists who censor research due to its political implications. What a joke.
Covering up this research will predictably lead to systematic discrimination against white people who are blamed for the results of genes, but who cares, "nationalists" would rather white people be fucked over than have them defend themselves in a collective way.
Blocked in 8 minutes by the coward "nationalist" who wants to stop research on things that might cause people to realize that his ideology is a joke founded pretending the real world doesn't exist. So much for the conservative con about a "free marketplace of ideas".
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