Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
By now, you’ve all heard about the Henry Louis Gates incident: a neighbor reported a possible break-in; cops came; they discovered that it was Gates trying to get in after being locked out; and, when things got heated, the cops arrested Gates. Gates has cried racism; the cops claim a
Continue readingI have no idea who he is, I have no idea what this is about, but I sure do love seeing someone exposing in Barbara Boxer the condescending racism that is a global characteristic of liberal whites: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_jGD5nZ6U[/youtube]
Continue readingRemember how, in a thread a couple of weeks ago, we talked about the fact that there is no middle for European voters? If they’re concerned about their own governments’ destroying their national cultures, or an unchecked flow of immigrants who (a) game the system and (b) are incredibly hostile
Continue readingCharles, at LGF, is concerned that the “extreme right white supremacist” (his phrase) BNP party in England is gaining political ground. If you check out the party’s blog, though, racial purity a la the Nazis or the KKK is not part of the party’s platform. As far as I can
Continue readingAm I missing something, or does Obama’s cabinet boast more than its fair share of old white guys. I know Daschle’s gone — thank goodness, give his ideas about health care reform — but that’s still a predominantly white, male cabinet. Indeed, if you flip through the Vanity Fair slideshow
Continue readingOur world view determines how we process new data. If your world view is bounded by race, every new bit of information is going to be run through that racial filter, and divided into “racist” or “non-racist” categories. If you only have two intake bins, the information has to go
Continue readingI’ve said before that I am not a racist — I’m a classist or values-ist. Always have been. I don’t care about your external color or sexuality or whatever; I do care about the beliefs you bring to the table. What this means is that I’m pretty hostile to identity
Continue readingI’m going to take you back a few days to my post asking if American’s are really racist. That was the one in which I questioned a poll that was struggling to figure out why the Messiah isn’t doing better and that concluded that it’s because Democrats are racists. (Republicans
Continue readingThe current “scandal” is that a poll shows that one third of white Democrats harbor racist views towards blacks. I have two problems with this poll’s approach and two questions about whether its conclusions have any real meaning. My first problem is the poll’s underlying assumption, one that reveals entirely
Continue readingKansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is now accusing Republicans of speaking “code” to make racist remarks about Obama: Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language” to convince Midwesterners that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them.”Have
Continue readingI know that you’ve already read about, and probably seen, the New Yorker’s latest cover, the “parody” of “right wing” views about Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama. I think Charles Johnson has the best summation of the New Yorker‘s thinking (along with a reproduction of the cover): The cover is
Continue readingFrom 1987 through 2003, I listened to NPR with religious fervor. It was my church. Everything I knew, I knew from NPR. In 2003, I discovered the internet and began following up on stories I heard on NPR. I learned for the first time that NPR had not only an
Continue readingI’ve reminded you to be proud of your new age racism — a racism firmly based, not on Obama’s skin color, but on his political views, scary associates, corruption and incompetence. It’s becoming more and more clear that we all need to hang onto the fact that our Year 2008
Continue readingChristopher Hitchens has written a post-mortem on the alleged sexism characterizing Hillary Clinton’s abortive race to the top. Aside from scathingly examining both Hillary’s and the media’s myriad failings, he has this wonderful point to make about the double-edged sword her gender became in the race: Going as far as
Continue readingIt’s becoming increasingly clear what the Democratic campaign strategy is going to be this election season: Vote for Obama or you’re a racist. I’m not sure I think too much of this approach to bullying the American electorate into selecting a candidate. Aside from the fact that, if you’re a
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