<p>I suppose its an opinion expressed as a comment and since it is not ad hominem, there is no reason to delete it else its censorship. I'm not sure a comment can and should be considered off-topic in the first place. Off-topic we usually only apply to questions and sometimes answers. </p>

<p>A comment can be offensive and then it is removed. I think the difference would be if someone said "Patrick S. Forscher or his work is unscientific". I'd worry more about why so many people share that sentiment (as a trained psychologist myself, I share it too!). I guess our job as research psychologists is to help correct that sentiment in public by our deeds (e.g., you with your nice answers and questions on CV), not censorship.</p>

<p>B y the way, such comments regularly pop up here, usually economists and medical doctors are the butt of the jokes (see my own <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/25811/is-the-r-language-reliable-for-the-field-of-economics/25812#25812">here</a>, aimed at economists). That attitude of some statisticians making jokes of other people's research is made into a joke about statisticians by Stephen Senn <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/108301/8413">here</a>). </p>
