tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6228121875317534085..comments2024-03-18T21:56:09.613-05:00Comments on Althouse: Biden "will surely take it to Ryan on... his statement yesterday that inner-city kids need to be taught 'good discipline' and 'character.'"Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73094338416365267542012-10-11T19:02:13.966-05:002012-10-11T19:02:13.966-05:00Joel Chandler Harris was a racist?
I couldn't...<i>Joel Chandler Harris was a racist?</i><br /><br />I couldn't say. I don't think his Uncle Remus stories are racist. They were rather sweet. But I was a kid and I was innocent of that stuff.<br /><br />If Chandler was race-baiting somebody and then makes a "tar baby" remark, would I say something? Yes I would. <br /><br />I get annoyed at "race." The whole concept is idiotic, unscientific, and reactionary. None of the assholes who talk about it can answer simple questions like, "how many races are there?" or "what are the races?" The whole construct falls apart the moment you attack it. <br /><br />I just have no patience with somebody who uses statistics like a hammer on innocent people. It's idiotic and stupid.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1559462495040130512012-10-11T18:08:49.576-05:002012-10-11T18:08:49.576-05:00"Issues like abortion, drugs, gay marriage an...<br />"Issues like abortion, drugs, gay marriage and feminism have far different meanings for the white upper class than they do for lower class whites and blacks."<br /><br />Middle class progressive: high school diploma and college degree, home or condo ownership; if any kids, parental age at birth around 35; adequate to substantial income. Too enclosed in their bubble to make the connection between fecklessness and poverty; call sexual license "freedom".<br /><br />Underclass (we have black, white, and Hispanic underclass in my neighborhood): no high school diploma, first baby at 16, kids by 3 or 4 dads. Dads don't know what a job is; women juggling jobs and trying to raise kids at the same time. <br /><br />This is the result of what progressives call "freedom".<br /><br />I've been a community volunteer for 30 years, helping kids deal with the misery of a dad who never shows up at all, or shows up plastered; whose mom's present boyfriend is in jail for dealing. Progressives, I am one of many wading into the hell your policies have caused, trying to clean up your mess. The least you could do is quit pouring gasoline onto the fire.Grandma Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393052587240200239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28170918230194742642012-10-11T17:40:51.168-05:002012-10-11T17:40:51.168-05:00AprilApple said...
What did Martin Luther King Jr....AprilApple said...<br />What did Martin Luther King Jr. Say about "Judging people by the content of their character?"<br /><br />The left hate that MLK Jr. said it. How inconvenient. It goes against everything the left stand for: Grievance.<br /><br />--------------------<br /><i> No, the Left and black racists LOVE that conservatives have agreed to elevate Saint Martin, to a place as the greatest American Ever, perhaps 2nd only in Goodness to Jesus Christ - based on one line that whites see completely differently than the blacks and white class warriors do.<br /><br />That gives them a chance to explain content of character realy means that blacks were stronger than their white oppressors because they had more character and soul - even as the color of their skin made the white devils who had the guns oppress and persecute them.<br /><br /><br />And weeks and weeks of indoctrination of kids in the Greatest American also gives them a chance to promote Kings socialist ideas like wealth redistribution, Kings's anti military pacifism. King's demand for racial quotas.<br />And instruct blacks in racial resentment - if they have equal content of character then what explains different outcomes in society but WHITE PRIVILEGE ???</i>Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72904232697354631632012-10-11T17:01:59.996-05:002012-10-11T17:01:59.996-05:00The elephant in the room. The reason 40+ years of ...The elephant in the room. The reason 40+ years of educational interventions like Head Start have failed,the reason the minority illegitimacy rate is so high, the reason popular music in minority groups chooses a form of dress found among criminals (sagging pants) and objectifies women in pornographic doggerel poetry (rap). Yes, it's cultural all right, in spite of well scrubbed white liberals protestations.DCShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125613995070496696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74826989215072394832012-10-11T16:27:52.743-05:002012-10-11T16:27:52.743-05:00Shouting Thomas said...
The 70% illegitimacy ...<i>Shouting Thomas said...<br /><br /> The 70% illegitimacy rate in the black community is all you need to know.</i><br /><br />Even more reason for the leftards to scream racist, even though they are the ones that created the problem to begin with.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48234917175134199312012-10-11T15:37:49.203-05:002012-10-11T15:37:49.203-05:00bagoh20,
The term "Tar Baby" has no rel...bagoh20,<br /><br /><i>The term "Tar Baby" has no relation to race, and it's use as representing a self-imposed intractable problem has roots going way back including in Africa. All around the world the idea is understood this way. Thomas's use of it was spot on. If we can't use the same language with people of all races, then we are not equal.</i><br /><br />I agree - you know that - except the problem here is Shouting Thomas himself. He's lately taken this nasty turn into racial demagoguery - fixated on black people - which I've called him on a few times, partially because it's wrong and partially because it's him. At this point, I don't doubt for a second that his use of "Tar Baby" wasn't innocent, as it's become par for the course. <br /><br />Paul Ryan was just being stupid to turn the conversation in the direction he did - it was a gaffe, no biggie, learn to answer the question asked. <br /><br />But Shouting Thomas?<br /><br />That guy's losing it,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35485646350492298862012-10-11T15:10:08.797-05:002012-10-11T15:10:08.797-05:00Spare us your inner city condescension.
Chicago i...<b>Spare us your inner city condescension.</b><br /><br />Chicago is one of the most lethal places to be on Earth.<br /><br />It, apparently, is racist to notice that.<br /><br /><b>There was simply no good reason to go there,...</b><br /><br />...except thate even hardcore gun control advocates claim to support it for hunting. <br /><br />The "gun" issue never has much to do with hunting.<br /><br />To ignore the context is silly. damikeschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133230009952160269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25043133510514833552012-10-11T15:00:42.642-05:002012-10-11T15:00:42.642-05:00Look at the little Emcee go! First there's the...Look at the little Emcee go! First there's the racism of assuming that "inner city" means "black." Did the little Emcee forget that the inner cities have been going Latino demographically for the last 30 years?<br /><br />The little Emcee's mind just immediately jumps to a conclusion - based on the color of his little Emcee skin!<br /><br />And then there's his great dad that sat down the street - I'm being serious folks - and watched him play, and wasn't in his life other than that until the little Emcee was 13, because he was <i>such a great father!</i> He had <i>plans,</i> you know, and he was undoubtedly ten times a better father and man than yours, because the little Emcee doesn't like you. His dad taught him to say stupid shit in an attempt to insult people. Undoubtedly his paps saw the little Emcee's massive inferiority complex and taught him to compensate by being a jester wherever he went, to give people better than him amusement by yelling at them and boasting about himself.<br /><br />The little Emcee's father was truly a great man, and produced such a great clown for us. deepelemblueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668370077818908266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34045046827374329492012-10-11T14:43:19.418-05:002012-10-11T14:43:19.418-05:00Great, there is no way to spin this as NOT racist....Great, there is no way to spin this as NOT racist. Sorry Ryan, you just blew it.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71095179385410468532012-10-11T14:34:01.129-05:002012-10-11T14:34:01.129-05:00Spare us your inner city condescension.
After alm...<i>Spare us your inner city condescension.</i><br /><br />After almost forty years of Great Society failures, the destruction of the Black family as the chief fruit of progressive philosophy, keep your self-righteous progressive hatreds to yourself.gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865564381083435425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77252571221598565302012-10-11T14:10:48.372-05:002012-10-11T14:10:48.372-05:00What Crack said.What Crack said.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67129201712885817382012-10-11T13:41:53.015-05:002012-10-11T13:41:53.015-05:00Ryan's preachiness undermined a decent message...Ryan's preachiness undermined a decent message about the value of charities and civic groups because he pandered for a conservative audience far from the inner cities, and added nothing but stereotypes and fear to the campaign. <br /><br />Spare us your inner city condescension.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508252553364823213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54354931196351743412012-10-11T13:37:29.900-05:002012-10-11T13:37:29.900-05:00Sigivald:
Exactly. We cannot attribute momentary...Sigivald:<br /><br />Exactly. We cannot attribute momentary or permanent failure to an individual's incidental features and environment alone. We cannot address integration when our policies engender the manufacture and preservation of prejudice. We cannot address causes as long as treating symptoms is perpetually profitable to advance the political, economic, and social standing of individuals and cooperatives.<br /><br />We need to replace welfare policies with rehabilitation policies, which would ideally be managed locally and funded through voluntary (i.e. charitable) exploitation. We need to control the progress of corruption in our communities and nation. We need to expose politicians and others who promise instant gratification which are impossible to fulfill without also sponsoring corruption.<br /><br />We cannot afford a "Tutsi slaughter Hutu slaughter Tutsi" cycle of redistributive and retributive change. We also cannot afford lesser forms of corruption which are progressive and terminal.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82069099108821370242012-10-11T13:33:42.669-05:002012-10-11T13:33:42.669-05:00'For them, "crime" is just another l...<i>'For them, "crime" is just another lever to redistribute wealth.'</i><br /><br />Indeed, if you're in the business of redistributing wealth, your action isn't even a crime. It's undocumented social justice.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78420090687654848902012-10-11T13:33:22.665-05:002012-10-11T13:33:22.665-05:00In the "Back to School" episode of "...In the "Back to School" episode of <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/474/back-to-school" rel="nofollow">"This American Life"</a>, Paul Tough talked about education and the importance of "non-cognitive" skills, qualities like tenacity, resilience, and impulse control.<br /><br />It sounds like the same thing Ryan was talking about with "good discipline and character".Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754684233296448192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82956580924184835822012-10-11T13:05:14.635-05:002012-10-11T13:05:14.635-05:00The Crack Emcee said...
It was absolutely a racia...The Crack Emcee said...<br /><br /><i>It was absolutely a racial misstep for Paul Ryan to start talking about inner city crime when he - a well-known hunter - was asked if this country has "a gun problem."</i><br /><br />There is a chance it was a political misstep that could cost some votes, but I doubt it.<br /><br /><i>There was simply no good reason to go there,...</i><br /><br />Unless, of course, Paul Ryan is a serious person, who believes that serious issues deserve serious discussions, rather than attempts at evasion to avoid political risk.<br /><br />Now, that may well be giving Ryan more credit than he deserved. But clearly a good reason to go there does exist. <br /><br />Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351664545145783244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62886745481325347012012-10-11T13:00:28.201-05:002012-10-11T13:00:28.201-05:00Apparently, crime in our cities has nothing to do ...<i>Apparently, crime in our cities has nothing to do with poverty, and systemic failures, fueled by generations of institutionalized racism, but with the character of those people. So says Paul Ryan, and so says Mitt Romney. If you’re poor, it’s because your culture is inferior.</i><br /><br />Paging Bill Cosby.<br /><br />(Also, that explanation there ["it's racism and unspecified 'systemic failures'"] doesn't explain why there are poor, urban <i>white</i> people. Or a black middle class population.<br /><br />Interestingly, "a failed culture" (even if that culture was formed to some extent <i>by</i> historical racism ... as well as the effects of well-intended but foolish Progressive policy) <i>does</i> explain both sets of stuck-in-poverty people, black and white.<br /><br />And it also explains why black <i>immigrants</i> do so much better, even when they move to the same inner cities. And why Hispanics don't seem to be quite in the same "trap".<br /><br />I prefer the hypothesis that has better explanatory power, for obvious Scientific reasons.<br /><br />That is also isn't just "racism!" as an explanation is <i>gravy</i>.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28141852756079981502012-10-11T12:50:37.554-05:002012-10-11T12:50:37.554-05:00The term "Tar Baby" has no relation to r...The term "Tar Baby" has no relation to race, and it's use as representing a self-imposed intractable problem has roots going way back including in Africa. All around the world the idea is understood this way. Thomas's use of it was spot on. If we can't use the same language with people of all races, then we are not equal.<br /><br />The idea of it being a racial slur is recent and born of ignorance and desperation. Yes, that is ugly.<br /><br />And the universe will be destroyed by black holes. bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47484231993312348692012-10-11T12:50:12.672-05:002012-10-11T12:50:12.672-05:00Seriously son!
Think about tap dancing.
Ever sin...Seriously son!<br /><br />Think about tap dancing.<br /><br />Ever since Gregory Hines croaked there has been a big opening for someone who can shuck and jive the way you do bro!<br /><br />Blessings.Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75218310222955294422012-10-11T12:48:36.248-05:002012-10-11T12:48:36.248-05:00Biden doesn't care what their character is lik...Biden doesn't care what their character is like so long as they're articulate and clean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6823457109517281642012-10-11T12:48:06.322-05:002012-10-11T12:48:06.322-05:00The Crack Emcee is proof positive that it is just ...The Crack Emcee is proof positive that it is just as dangerous for a black to have a computer as having a gun.<br /><br />He can bore you to death....one comment at a time.<br /><br />Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!!!!!Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46430305327840645712012-10-11T12:47:46.765-05:002012-10-11T12:47:46.765-05:00O.K., I'm done with this, so here's my fin...O.K., I'm done with this, so here's my final comment:<br /><br />It was absolutely a racial misstep for Paul Ryan to start talking about inner city crime when he - a well-known hunter - was asked if this country has "a gun problem."<br /><br />There was simply no good reason to go there,...The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13132991270142535312012-10-11T12:42:44.885-05:002012-10-11T12:42:44.885-05:00The Crack Emcee said...
It's one thing to say...The Crack Emcee said...<br /><br /><i>It's one thing to say a question about "a gun problem" is another way of asking about gun control, I'll buy that, but to then continue with "in relation to violent crime" is mere conjecture...</i><br /><br />It just happens to be the exact same conjecture you made in your first comment of the thread.<br /><br />But when Paul Ryan understands the question the exact same way that everyone else ( including you ) understands the question, then he fucked up.<br /><br />But of course, it is everyone else, and not you, that is desperate, and needs to get a grip.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351664545145783244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46346183730933428912012-10-11T12:41:45.687-05:002012-10-11T12:41:45.687-05:00EMD,
"could've been someone concerned ab...EMD,<br /><br /><b>"could've been someone concerned about hunting, militia culture, the gun fetish films of John Woo"</b><br /><br /><i>Seriously?</i><br /><br />Yes, seriously: <br /><br />I could easily see myself talking about self-defense under the topic - instead of crime - and making the case it's not a "problem."<br /><br />The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54101012280210204272012-10-11T12:38:53.862-05:002012-10-11T12:38:53.862-05:00The Crack Emcee never fails to entertain.
Ha,ha,h...The Crack Emcee never fails to entertain.<br /><br />Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!!!!Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.com