tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post2325786519216313687..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Saturday Night Card Game ("I didn't call you racist, I just pointed out you're white")William A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-42168067515672741942011-03-20T14:20:17.750-04:002011-03-20T14:20:17.750-04:00The most galling think about the reference to &quo...The most galling think about the reference to "overwhelmingly white" crowds is the underlying assumption made by Matthews, Yglesias, et al, that white people do not have the right to engage in political activity. That just the sight of white people in groups for a political reason is evidence of racism. After all, the streets belong to The People and, by definition, The People are not white.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520900676193170036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71387096166793442012011-03-20T13:12:16.267-04:002011-03-20T13:12:16.267-04:00Listening to people who judge everyone and everyth...Listening to people who judge everyone and everything in terms of race calling other people racists is always a hoot.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318308856813485269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-60409264452143636302011-03-20T13:03:40.282-04:002011-03-20T13:03:40.282-04:00You might ask Yglesias to explain the "Niggar...You might ask Yglesias to explain the "Niggardly" and "Black Hole" episodes in the History of NonOverzealous Anti-Racism.FUBARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536920624219168651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-40524346067279903512011-03-20T11:47:37.387-04:002011-03-20T11:47:37.387-04:00It's odd that a group of people demonized, dis...It's odd that a group of people demonized, disrespected, and dealt against would seek shelter in a political party that reflected their interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-67469558066326816622011-03-20T09:45:50.996-04:002011-03-20T09:45:50.996-04:00It's a shame that Worthing should've been ...It's a shame that Worthing should've been attacking Yglesias for stealing from Steve Sailer moreso than for what he said, b/c Yglesias is spot on.<br /><br />Worthing working incredibly hard to not see what's right in front of his face.DCThrowbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595347138052680931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-28205995845428614442011-03-20T09:16:09.120-04:002011-03-20T09:16:09.120-04:00It is harder for the victim of racial discriminati...<i>It is harder for the victim of racial discrimination to be colorblind than it is for the non-victim. </i><br /><br />That would explain why white men--heavily discriminated against in college admissions, hiring for corporations, government contracts, etc--are starting to give up the colorblindness and seeing you as a skin and not as a person. <br /><br />Congratulations! You've just set race relations back 60 years.Radishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01874715474300972336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-67076304369961701592011-03-20T05:58:59.681-04:002011-03-20T05:58:59.681-04:00Yglesias is an obsessive driven by his rather extr...Yglesias is an obsessive driven by his rather extreme left-liberalism. Emotionally, he needs a reason to continue to believe that he's <a href="http://eternityroad.info/index.php/weblog/single/stupid_or_evil/" rel="nofollow"><b>correct</b></a> (and <a href="http://eternityroad.info/index.php/weblog/single/stupid_or_evil_redux/" rel="nofollow"><b>morally superior</b></a>) while Americans who disagree with him are wrong (and morally inferior). Imputations of racism are the "traditional" left-liberal way of couching such a defense of one's shredded theses. The pattern, which persists in the teeth of all manner of evidence from the objective world (i.e., the world outside liberals' heads), is not confined to Yglesias.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-61473310484201284922011-03-20T04:01:20.627-04:002011-03-20T04:01:20.627-04:00Leftists focus on race in order to divide our nati...Leftists focus on race in order to divide our nation against itself. Why? Because they're the bad guys.<br /><br />The first and biggest mistake that people make when dealing with leftists is to assume that they are arguing in good faith. <br /><br />Leftists pretend to believe things based upon the tactical advantage they gain from doing so. They care nothing about the truth, they only care about power. They also have a nasty habit of accusing others of what they themselves are most guilty of.WhatWasLosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01091433065388922660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-36968268137911818072011-03-20T03:59:52.918-04:002011-03-20T03:59:52.918-04:00"... Democrats are more and more seen as the ..."... Democrats are more and more seen as the party of non-whites."<br /><br />No, Mr Yglesias. To me, Democrats are more and more seen as the party of racial bean counters.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-74002459456170134182011-03-20T03:01:04.616-04:002011-03-20T03:01:04.616-04:00Sam: Everyone is not obsessed with race. That is...Sam: Everyone is not obsessed with race. That is Yglesias' and the Left's goal, however. Racism, as a species of collectivism, is of a kind with Leftism. Thus it has always been so, and will always be logically driven to return to its roots.Seerakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04126614695040517202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-985855818133152692011-03-20T03:00:41.624-04:002011-03-20T03:00:41.624-04:00It is harder for the victim of racial discriminati...It is harder for the victim of racial discrimination to be colorblind than it is for the non-victim. In that sense, the duty to be colorblind is not a race-neutral burden, I agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-91015509072856452702011-03-20T02:23:16.496-04:002011-03-20T02:23:16.496-04:00sumisu,
Please define 'race-neutral' and ...sumisu,<br /><br />Please define 'race-neutral' and 'colorblindness'. Perhaps you can help fill the 'void of incomprehension'.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400412044827672547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-7938264560441523732011-03-20T02:09:09.912-04:002011-03-20T02:09:09.912-04:00It really is very simple, and the Chief Justice na...It really is very simple, and the Chief Justice nailed it:<br /><br />The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.Beldarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404583858244777905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-68192187442033523302011-03-20T00:51:42.346-04:002011-03-20T00:51:42.346-04:00Obviously defending yourself from charges of Racis...Obviously defending yourself from charges of Racism is Racist.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392097819906573108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-65496755682079258082011-03-20T00:41:05.241-04:002011-03-20T00:41:05.241-04:00"America is a not a race. The United States o..."America is a not a race. The United States of America is not the color of your skin, it is the way you think, the way you see life. When you finally reach that day, you understand that being an American is a responsibility, not just an entitlement." Steve Montenegro AZ (R)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-23567713192182238422011-03-19T23:58:12.839-04:002011-03-19T23:58:12.839-04:00The only people free to not see the world through ...The only people free to not see the world through the "prism of race" are white people. Advocating colorblindness is not race-neutral.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-84996728892465209792011-03-19T23:26:56.183-04:002011-03-19T23:26:56.183-04:00Nowadays, when the Left mentions race, it's on...Nowadays, when the Left mentions race, it's only an attempt to change the subject from what a big failure their president is and what a disaster his policies are. So, the response to their baloney is "Regardless of whether or not I am a racist, OBAMA IS STILL A DISASTER!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-19886217520310026982011-03-19T23:22:39.534-04:002011-03-19T23:22:39.534-04:00I think the key sentence from Yglesias is this one...I think the key sentence from Yglesias is this one: "This does mean, however, that politics will become even more abstracted away from 'the issues' and questions of identity will become even more central." In other words, whites will move from D to R not because of political beliefs ("'the issues'"), but because they prefer not to belong to a party dominated by minorities ("questions of identity"). Worthing is right: the accusation of racism is implicit but clear.Michael Greenspanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322311762373593152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-16182106892972532792011-03-19T23:13:11.967-04:002011-03-19T23:13:11.967-04:00Sam, I fail to see how your comment backs up your ...Sam, I fail to see how your comment backs up your assertion that everyone is obsessed with race.<br /><br />And, I don't believe it.<br /><br />Most days I don't think about race. But, when I do, it is usually because some Democratic grievance monger has forced me to.mockmookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556321312603101101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-80572428536596192362011-03-19T23:11:25.109-04:002011-03-19T23:11:25.109-04:00Agree with Sam, "Everyone is obsessed with ra...Agree with Sam, "Everyone is obsessed with race" BUT all are probably looking at a sneak preview of the next presidential election theme..<br /><br />wv: burglea<br /><br />Voting the Chicago way..JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06823621684966333202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-11884465391024429802011-03-19T22:18:40.342-04:002011-03-19T22:18:40.342-04:00Everyone is obsessed with race. All day, every day...Everyone is obsessed with race. All day, every day. Here on the local radio news it was mentioned that large numbers of black people (along with a lot of whites) are moving out of the city. Presumably because everything is expensive. One of our glorious city counsel members said we had to do something about this. It appeared to be self-evident to her on why we must interfere as she didn't elaborate on why or exactly how we were supposed to stop black people from moving out of the city. Now that we have been saturated on the issue of endangered blind salamanders we must now switch our focus to micro-managing the migration of city commuters.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159607012119651583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-21240269961599845552011-03-19T22:11:50.142-04:002011-03-19T22:11:50.142-04:00Much as I hate to defend Matty Yglesias, I think h...Much as I hate to defend Matty Yglesias, I think he is probably right in that white voters will tend to shift towards the Republicans as the country shifts demographically. As ST mentions above, Dem party actively supports racial preferences that discriminate against whites. This may not seem like a big deal if you live someplace overwhelmingly white, but if you're in Texas or Georgia it's something to consider.Automatic_Wing https://www.blogger.com/profile/10174899673368042634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-83114312622800308672011-03-19T21:17:17.988-04:002011-03-19T21:17:17.988-04:00A large part is due to the "4Rs" now tau...A large part is due to the "4Rs" now taught in school ... Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic and RACE!!<br /><br />@The Ghost asked, "90% of one particular race votes for one party every year ... Gee, are they racist ?"<br /><br />--No, silly. Of course not. But it is racist to ask that question.LukeHandCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050153852654024997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-83015989641605776332011-03-19T19:21:07.569-04:002011-03-19T19:21:07.569-04:00I'm not white. Racial grievance is all Dems ha...I'm not white. Racial grievance is all Dems have, as we've been saying all along. Yglesias is lame.AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-56492718911637138752011-03-19T18:07:08.012-04:002011-03-19T18:07:08.012-04:00The media didn't seem similarly aghast at the ...The media didn't seem similarly aghast at the overwhelming whiteness of the pro public union mobs in Wisconsin.<br /><br />I'm a white man. Moving to the Republican Party is not just an "identity" issue.<br /><br />If Democrats announce out loud that they will always give quota preferences to everybody but hetero white men...<br /><br />Where would you go if you were a hetero white man?Shouting Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813058890609756982noreply@blogger.com