Category Archives: Racism

It’s Not Just Derbyshire: Charles Murray Can’t Answer the Question Either

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

While it’s good news that John Derbyshire lost his job at National Review Online for his disgusting racist screed, Freddie deBoer notes that Derbyshire’s arguments about IQ and race aren’t different from many of the ‘genetic conservatives’ (boldface mine): Some … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, IQ, Racism | 6 Comments

Changing Evangelical Views on Abortion and the Moral Majority’s Original Sin

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Fred Clark reminds us of a very important point–evangelicals, until the late 70s and early 80s, were far more liberal on the issue of abortion than they are today (boldface mine, emphasis original): That year, Christianity Today — edited by … Continue reading →

Posted in Blastocyst Liberation, Conservatives, Racism, Religion

A Modest Proposal: Alabama Whites Are Genetically Inferior to Massachusetts Whites (FOR REALZ!)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Every so often, like a bad case of hemorrhoids, the race/IQ/genetics kerfuffle flairs up. Well, the Mad Biologist can settle it once and for all. NAEP math scores have been used as proxies for IQ (pdf, pdf)*. If we look … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Fucking Morons, IQ, Racism | 9 Comments

Rick Perry’s Texas Miracle Has a Slight Documentation Problem

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Republican Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry has touted Texas’ economic growth and job creation. Just one little problem (boldface mine): •Of jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers (legal and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aliens! I Seen 'Em!, Conservatives, Racism | 1 Comment

I Wonder If They’ll Get Served

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

I read this lede and went to the evil place: As the congressional “super committee” works in Washington to cut America’s federal debt, a panel of tea party activists will meet at a Denny’s restaurant in Orlando to propose their … Continue reading →

Posted in Racism

Conservatives: Still Disappearing African-Americans From the South

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

In this case, South Carolina.
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Posted in Conservatives, Racism | 8 Comments

Paul Krugman Is Very Shrill

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

As a fellow card-carrying member of the Ancient, Holy and High Hermeneutic Order of the Shrill, I mean that as a compliment.
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Posted in Bloggity Blog, Conservatives, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Racism

Clearly, Dennis Prager Doesn’t Know Very Many Elderly Jews

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

Dennis Prager has a nice little bigot eruption. Against blacks…and elderly Jews?
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Posted in Conservatives, Racism, Voting | 3 Comments

The Long and Horrible Latency of Anti-Semitism

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

And what it might mean for racism in the U.S.
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Posted in Racism | 2 Comments

The Fundamental Inconsistency of Ron Paul’s Libertarianism

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

“Ron Paul’s belief is that the state should assist in amplifying social and political crises and injustices whenever the propertied wish to provoke them.”
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Racism | 26 Comments