Aung-Thwin gallery of ad hominem attacks I

In Aung-thwin's indictment of Burmese art historian Paul Strachan, we see how the Mon Paradigm strawman allows him to make a line-item veto of other scholars' work, almost to the point where he appropriates ownership of their scholarly work for himself. What would Foucault have to say about this?

"Although paying great deference to Luce, Strachan's own work has managed to wriggle free of the Mon Paradigm to a certain extent, even though it is still chained to it in many regards. [continuing in a footnote] This is most evident in his following of Luce's chronology and the Mon Paradigm with regard to the Thaton conquest. However, Strachan does seem a bit wary of Thaton's role (even for the wrong reasons), for he did write 'there is no substantive evidence to suggest that the Mons originated the kind of brick temple found at Pagan'" (Pagan, p. 9).

Notice how the Mon Paradigm allows Aung-Thwin to be judge, jury, and executioner, a sort of Joe McCarthy of Pagan era Burmese history.

I imagine that having him review one's work would be about as pleasant as having a tapeworm wriggle down one's throat!