I wish the frequentist were a straw man, but they do do stuff nearly that preposterous in the real world. (ESP tests spring to mind.)
Some frequentists (not they) do those things. Most others are busy with good work, e.g. discovering things like the Higgs. (Concerning ESP, this also springs to mind.)
http://xkcd.com/1132/
Is this a fair representation of frequentists versus bayesians? I feel like every time the topic comes up, 'Bayesian statistics' is an applause light for me, and I'm not sure why I'm supposed to be applauding.