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Here is the letter I sent to them:

Dear Mr. Lowry and all,

Of course you are going to get about a million and two letters about firing Derbyshire and since you’ve disabled comments I’m sure you’re expecting them.

So, here’s mine.

I didn’t like the piece at all. The tone was dreadful. The advice, however sadly, is sound.

And you know that. You’re not going to let any of your kids go to any rap concerts or to black “greek” day or to 110th street at night, not if you can help it.

Mr. Lowry your two posts on this are craven.

As to the first, I doubt that everyone at NR disdains his advice to children, per what I said above, I’m pretty sure any parents there share his views and convey it to their children, although in far less snarky terms.

As to the second, Derb is not described as a “national review” writer on the Taki site. So NR is both full of itself and cowardly. We see another “conservative” site “jump” when told to by the MSM/Left. They are the enemy, but I guess you don’t get that. Even in your exalted position you don’t get what I got reading “Time” magazine in the barbershop 45 years ago. The Left hates America, it hates white people and yeah, it hates NR and it hates you, Rich Lowry. Nothing you do will ever appease them. You could go to Derb’s house and beat him to death with your bare hand tonight and it won’t be enough, just wait and see.

I’ve always been a conservative and if asked to define that further I would say I’m a “National Review conservative”.

But maybe I’m not anymore.

I was a little upset when you fired Anne Coulter, but I understood you all felt sandbagged about that piece.

But this is different. You didn’t publish this piece, all you really needed to say was “we didn’t publish it, it’s Derb’s and Taki’s, it’s got nothing to do with us.”

But no, in true farcical fashion the response is “Run Away!!!!’ coupled with “You’re Fired!”

We won’t beat the left with mettle like this.

I guess I’ll have to say I’m a Free Republic conservative from now on.

Thanks for your attention to my message,

[Jocon307]