Here we go again. An obscure, methodologically poor, paper published with little to no review makes a convenient point and gets elevated into supposedly 'blockbusting' science by the merchants of bullshit, sorry, doubt. Actual scientists drop everything to respond, but not before the (convenient) nonsense has spread widely. Rebuttals are written and submitted, but by the time they are published everyone has moved on. If that sounds familiar, it's ...
This reminds me of this video from Climate Town that discusses how the Right can purposely (or accidentally) misinterpret data so that it better aligns and agrees with their pre-existing worldview.