The Ghost of Paley
Posts: 1703 Joined: Oct. 2005
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OK, here are a couple of threads that outline my position. Let ignorance be a defense no longer. Arlen wrote:
Quote | I still find it very troubling that you seem to see no problems with using Jared Taylor's work, and that you actually make excuses for him like that 'nationalist'/'supremacist' distinction. |
Excuses? "White nationalist" is the more appropriate label so I used it. In practice, there is little to distinguish between the two positions, but the ideas behind them differ so that's what I focused on, especially since a few posters were asking for definitions. And The Color of Crime relies on (repeat after me, students) official government statistics, which allows skeptics to check the author's claims. Please notice that antiracist watchdog groups and professional criminologists have not commented on the study, even though they're aware of its existence and have critiqued similar efforts in the past. All they would have to do is re-examine the Dept. of Justice's figures, show where Jared goofed/lied, and write a rebuttal on the internet. Heck, look at all the math and statistics guys on P.T. Where are their responses? Quote | The only people I've seen who find distinctions like that so important are people who are essentially racist in all meaningful senses of the word. |
And now you've found an exception.
Quote | Moreover, I find it troubling that in response to allegations of racism, your reflex has always been to attempt to redefine the term, and then, having done so, claim the term now doesn't apply to you. |
No, the term doesn't apply to me because I don't believe in either racial discrimination or biological differences. So what's your definition of a racist?
Quote | It's very weaselly, which I suspect you know. And while I'm glad to hear you don't "believe in mental differences among the races", that sounds like another way to dodge answering the question straightforwardly, since I don't consider that to be an essential definition of 'racist'. |
Which is.....what, exactly?
Quote | In a case like that we are quite justified in doubting such a person's veracity or objectivity, due to his background. |
Of course, and that's why I brought up the authors's background from the beginning. You should be suspicious - I certainly am. But once again, you can cross-check their numbers against the government's. Please keep in mind that any mainstream sociologist who carried out this study and arrived at similar conclusions would shortly be looking for another job, or would have to hire bodyguards to protect him from his own students. Ask John McWhorter about the consequences of challenging racial taboos. Now imagine what would happen to him if he were white.
Quote | I do not believe that Europe should give an inch on freedom of speech, except that I think that incitements to violence are intolerable. |
This statement is meaningless, since many Muslims and racial minorities take any criticism as an incitement to violence. Do you defend free speech or don't you?
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