Posted on 01/30/2007 5:55:01 PM PST by Rodney Kings Brain
Into the Mainstream An array of right-wing foundations and think tanks support efforts to make bigoted and discredited ideas respectable By Chip Berlet
Around the country, ideas that originated on the hard right or in the fevered imaginations of conspiracy theorists are finding their way into the mainstream. In a number of cases, these ideas have become commonplace in American minds.
Are black people inherently less intelligent and more prone to criminality than whites? Are Catholics incapable of self-government? Did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 strip Americans of their freedoms? Does a tiny cabal of Jewish families control international banking? Do interracial relationships have the effect of weakening both races? Are there natural ruling elites who should be governing society?
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The fact that they have "poverty" in their title makes them a communist organization.
I'd take that as a badge of honor.
Looks like he's taken leave of his senses.
We will now need to discount his estimations of the dangers posed by a variety of truly nasty groups lest he slip a ringer in on us.
Yeah... Those leftwing moonbats have nothing better to do than to call people names.
Kinda like labeling anyone who doesn't agree with global warming as "global warming deniers" and insisting they be silenced. It's the lefts favorite tactic. Hang a label on you then insist your opinion is irrelevant based on the label. That way they don't have to worry about arguing facts.
"...moonbats list David Horowitz as hatemonger".
Actually, he is a monger of righteous indignation.
Some of these arguments aren't even arguments being presented.
Take the criminality of blacks. I don't see an inherent criminality argument being made, but I do see a cultural one. Nationwide, blacks commit 64% of violent crime, yet comprise only 12% of the population (this percentage may have declined with the rise of gangster culture in some other elements of society).
Most of that is black on black crime, but this turkey isn't even going to mention that in 1990, there were 10 cases of white on black rape but 9,405 cases of black on white rape. If you want to bring up racism, there's a LOGICAL point to start.
But if this guy had his way, you'd be a racist to bring up those statistics, and just downright evil to apply ANY sort of logic to them.
Look at the flack Bill Cosby is taking. But someone needs to say something. If this Chip guy had his way, saying anything would make you a hate monger of the worst sort.
"Dees became very rich "
I don't doubt it, but he was actually born to wealth. His "pro-bono" work was no sacrifice, his family afforded him to be a left-wing activist back to his days on the McGovern campaign.
More on your point:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3e5cb925c4.htm
Southern Poverty Law Center = rich white balding bearded scrawny revenge-minded liberal lawyers + poverty-stricken blacks who have not seen a nickel in the whole of the SPLC's existence
Great comeback. I remember when the Fresno Civil Rights commissar tried to label FreeRepublic as a hate group. Got their @$$ handed to 'em in a law suit.
"Looks like he's taken leave of his senses."
The spirochetes bored in a while back, imho.
I need a shower after entering their website.
Yep, the illegals are taking on more of the violent crime so the black percentage will go down.
Take the criminality of blacks. I don't see an inherent criminality argument being made, but I do see a cultural one. Nationwide, blacks commit 64% of violent crime, yet comprise only 12% of the population (this percentage may have declined with the rise of gangster culture in some other elements of society).
Most of that is black on black crime, but this turkey isn't even going to mention that in 1990, there were 10 cases of white on black rape but 9,405 cases of black on white rape. If you want to bring up racism, there's a LOGICAL point to start.
The SPLC are the haters.
"Where did you get these figures?"
A book entitled:
Paved with Good Intentions: The Failure of Race Relations in Contemporary America
by Brimelow
It was printed in 95 or so, so it may be a little dated.
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