There was a very real possibility that political opponents would like the result of the paper. Thus giving weight to the political opponents claims that academ

There was a very real possibility that political opponents would like the result of the paper. Thus giving weight to the political opponents claims that academia has an unfair bias towards one political position and is willing to distort the truth to accommodate this bias. I really don’t want academia to be driven by politics and shit like this retraction just encourages it.