Salon Writer Condemns Arithmetic As Racist

NY Magazine ^ | 06 October 2014 | Jonathan Chait

[Lorianne]

Wendy Davis made herself a progressive champion by running as an outspoken progressive in a really conservative state, with the predictable result that she lost really, really badly. Salon’s Jenny Kutner, a strong Davis supporter, concedes that Davis did, in fact, lose. What Kutner refuses to concede is that Davis lost among women:

The Tribune cited CNN exit polls to illustrate the landslide, saying Abbott “beat Davis by lopsided margins with white voters (72-27), men (65-34) and women (52-47). Davis beat Abbott among Latinos (57-42) and African-Americans (93-7).” Last time I checked, though, there were thousands upon thousands of women in Texas considered Latina and African-American — what about their votes?

As RH Reality Check’s Andrea Grimes reports, their votes were solidly in Davis’ favor: 94 percent of black women and 61 percent of Latinas voted for her. Only 32 percent of white women did. That’s certainly not enough women to say that Abbott won the whole gender [emphasis added]

It’s … not? My admittedly crude method of answering the question “Did Greg Abbott or Wendy Davis win the female vote” would be to compare the number of women who voted for Abbott with the number of women who voted for Davis, and define the larger number as the winner.

[Da Coyote]

Not only is arithmetic racist, it’s also not a friend (at all) of liberals.

Which is why, of course, they all went into politics and journalism.

[jalisco555]

I’m developing a strange new respect for Chait. He’s also one of the few on the left to condemn the whole “campus rape epidemic” moral panic.

[Hodar]

If you do not like the facts, scream racism.

If you have no actual data to back up a proposition, say it’s “for the children”.

[Catmom]

Wasn’t there a talking Barbie doll that said “Math is hard!”

[Hot Tabasco]

Salon Writer Condemns Arithmetic As Racist

That's what I tried to tell my mother but she said learn it or else..........

[detective]

Telling the truth is usually condemned as being racist.

[DoughtyOne]

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[dfwgator]

Racist = Someone winning an argument with a liberal.

[al baby]

Yet they can sell dope and count dollars and know how many Benjamin’s you need to buy a Cutlass wiff a diamond n the back give me a frickin break

[catfish1957]

Considering Windy the “micracle” predictor didn’t even break 40% should put any ideas of any kind of political career in doubt.

[Bogey78O]

In the thread the original Salon article was postedin I opined this:

Salon wants so very bad to be taken seriously as a news outlet but can’t be bothered to learn basic math and logic skills.

Abbott won the women vote. He won the white women vote but lost the black and brown women vote.

Nobody says that it’s unfair to call the football team with the most points the winner because they were outscored 3 out of 4 quarters.

A win is a win. Suck it losers.

[samtheman]

Repeat this if you get confused by liberal illogic:

Everything liberals say is wrong. On every subject. Every time. Liberals are always wrong.

The fact they they try to come up with bizarre ways of being wrong doesn’t change the basic equation.

[oldbrowser]

white man's arithmetic.
You all heard Obama say that only one third of the people voted, implying somehow that the vote count was irrelevant.

[Dr. Ursus]

Common Core will take of that. No child will be able to do math!

[basil]

IMO, these folks are pitiful………..

[Billthedrill]

Analytic Geometry is pretty racist too, and integral calculus is downright fascist. Don't even start me on differential equations!

[Slyfox]

As RH Reality Check’s Andrea Grimes reports, their votes were solidly in Davis’ favor: 94 percent of black women and 61 percent of Latinas voted for her. Only 32 percent of white women did.

Let's look at this:

What is she saying? How did she get those numbers? From telephone surveys? 94 percent looks like a lot of people, but did she follow those women into the precinct and watch them vote? You know people do not note their race as they are voting.

[Tax-chick]

Davis beat Abbott among Latinos (57-42) and African-Americans (93-7).

Because they love late-term abortions. Pathetic ignorance.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

One little, two little, three little racist pigs.

Four little, five little....