Posted on 10/22/2009 8:43:52 PM PDT by Captain Kirk
In a recent op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Rush Limbaugh defends his record (“I am not a racist”) and further points out the double standard allowing left-liberals off the hook for statements that are clearly racist.
Limbaugh’s defense highlights several problems for libertarians and conservatives:
First, playing defense 24/7 is no way to move forward. It places libertarians and conservatives in the untenable position of answering “when did you stop being a racist?” Repeated denials inspire the race hustlers to keep asking the same question. To Rush Limbaugh: You wanted to purchase a football team that played both offense and defense. There is a lesson here.
Second, the Left dominance of higher education really does matter. Conservatives and classic liberals are in a state of denial about the insidious influence K-16 education has on the professions that shape public opinion: schools of journalism, education, law, social work are monoliths of the Left. Add the power of left-wing accreditation bodies and you have “the sound of one hand clapping”—the left hand, of course.
Above all, there is the problem of ignorance and miseducation of our youth. Yes, surveys may show that graduates retain some of the values they had prior to entering college. Yet they are not educated well enough to refute left-wing attacks.
Let me give you an example: Since 1995, I have advised College Republicans and Campus Libertarians. The knowledge base of libertarian and conservative students has seriously eroded. If I ask “why are you a libertarian? Why are you a conservative?” The answer is superficial: “because I am not a liberal.”
(Excerpt) Read more at hnn.us ...
Blacks are 1000 percent more likely to kill someone than whites. If your bad at math you might not be a racist.
Homocide 18 -24
200 per 100,000 rate blacks
22 per 100,000 rate whites
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/oarstab.htm
well said. added hnn to my favorites.
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you know the more i think about it the more i believe Rush was set up
Why do his critics have to make up "racist" quotes from whole cloth when there are 46,800 hours of tape to quote from? Hmmmm?
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