Try this one on for size:

"…[W]e consider evidence for and against the hypotheses that black people are significantly associated with natural rhythm, a tendency toward lower intelligence, a natural propensity for physical sports, and a predisposition toward promiscuity."

How do you think THAT would go over? Oh, they didn't draw those conclusions, they were just going to examine the evidence to see if they were true or not!

Sorry, these people are elitist leftists with an axe to grind on conservatism, and while your attempts to excuse them are valiant, they don't really hold up.

Good Lord, what kind of presuppositions do you have to have to even entertain a hypothesis of this kind in the first place? BTW, did you read the other comment?

In other words, it sounds to me like they're just scientifically studying the commonsense observation that people choose a political ideology or a religion that they find most congenial to their existing psychological makeup and worldview. What in the world's offensive about that?

Again, refer back to the list of what they consider the conservative "psychological makeup." Sorry. It's offensive.