“As satire or parody, his article was pretty good. If it was a serious article, it was rediculous, and there’s no way NR could keep him on staff. I don’t think it’s a loss for them, he wasn’t a serious conservative writer, and he did a lot of writing that was on the edge of decency.”
Are you saying it was ridiculous because he was running afoul of political correctness? Or are you saying it was riduculous because something he said was not true? If the latter, what did he say that wasn’t true?
It was a mis-use of statistics to suggest a larger problem than really exists, in order to justify a wholesale treatment of a race of people differently because of the actions of a few.
It was the basic fallacy of the stereotype. So there was one incident in a theme park. Does that mean that you need to avoid ever going to a theme park anywhere if you find out there is a “minority” event at the park? That’s what Derb wrote, and it’s absurd — and frankly, it is a racist statement.
I think we are in a civil war in this country, because of race, but I don’t think we need to give into the war. We need to end the war.