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Adam Falk Shows How Far He Will Go to Protect Free Speech (Williams College Disinvited Derbyshire)
PJ Media ^ | February 19, 2016 | Roger Kimball

Posted on 02/19/2016 8:03:37 AM PST by C19fan

Yesterday, Adam Falk, the president of Williams College, disgraced himself, the college that he leads, and the institution of free speech that he has claimed to support. He did this by disinviting John Derbyshire, the mathematician and commentator, from speaking at Williams for a student-run program called "Uncomfortable Learning," a series specifically designed to bring serious but alternatives points of view to the expensive (this year's tab, $63,290) and coddled purlieus of Williamstown, Massachusetts, where nearly all the faculty are left-leaning and the students, with rare exceptions, are timid if irritable politically correct babies.

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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“A man who counsels others to avoid helping people of a specific skin type who are stranded on the road, and advises that politicians of that skin color be subjected to more scrutiny than politicians of his own skin color is a racist and a bigot”

He is a realist. Facts and statistics back him up. Just like the insurance companies have higher rates for teen age drivers, (do you think insurance companies are bigoted against teenagers) the high rates of black crime warrants caution when dealing with unknown blacks. BTW, the “Good Samaritan Trap” is a common tactic of black thugs who prey on white victims. And corruption among black politicians if fare more common than in white ones.

Try to keep up.


21 posted on 02/19/2016 9:26:20 AM PST by Uncle Lonny
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

“Bigotry”??? LOL. I just call it Common Sense. NR and the irrational little Lowry ran from his Common Sense and Reason for a “PC” thinking-—for the white German Christian “suicide” attitude we are witnessing now in Germany among the white emasculated male population.

Ethnic PRIDE has to exist in ALL ethnicities, otherwise they DIE. But “Just and Reasoned” (Common Sense) is also essential.....FACTS, HISTORY, TRUTH (God), MATTER.

Truth (God) has been BANNED in our public square for 70 years-—it is why Truth sounds “radical” and “bigoted” now. Truth actually creates “cognitive dissonance” in our brainwashed masses now—since that is the effects of lies and disinformation for 12 years in our mass indoctrination centers. Reason and Logic is impossible and “feelings” rule in our Hollywood satanic promotion 24/7..

Example of Derbyshire’s “truth” which is NOT bigotry and NOT PC (lies):

“Leaving aside the intended malice, I actually think “White Supremacist” is not bad semantically. White supremacy, in the sense of a society in which key decisions are made by white Europeans, is one of the better arrangements History has come up with. There have of course been some blots on the record, but I don’t see how it can be denied that net-net, white Europeans have made a better job of running fair and stable societies than has any other group”

P.S. I disagree with his “euthanasia” (he is God) position which is irrational and removed from Rule of Law (Objective Truth) but he is correct on his objective understanding of “race” and “worldview’ when God (Western Civ.) is inserted.

Now-—can a Black man truly create freedom in cultures like the White populations have for centuries??? Yes-—but ONLY if they adopt the ideas of Western Civilization before the “God is Dead” took over Europe and then America.

We no longer are under Rule of Law (God’s Laws) but are under Rule of Man/oligarchy. There is a MAJOR, DEADLY difference. Man leads to chaos and totalitarianism only and only Truth (God) can set us Free.


22 posted on 02/19/2016 9:28:04 AM PST by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: gogeo

Sir / Madam,
May I, applaud your great tagline!


23 posted on 02/19/2016 9:30:23 AM PST by GOYAKLA ( Pick-up the pace, I'm eighty!)
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To: savagesusie

One of my scariest experiences was stopping my car to ask a group of young black guys, who had pulled their car over to the shoulder, if they needed help. They immediately swarmed my car. My girlfriend (not wife) was riding with me, so I just nailed the accelerator and let them figure out how to avoid getting hit. I’m with Derb on this one.


24 posted on 02/19/2016 9:34:02 AM PST by jumpingcholla34 (.)
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To: jumpingcholla34

“Not wife” should read “now wife.” I wasn’t cheating!


25 posted on 02/19/2016 9:35:18 AM PST by jumpingcholla34 (.)
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To: C19fan

Talk about diversity of viewpoint is cheap, but let’s face it, so is action. If Falk had to thumb-wrestle somebody to get Derbyshire to speak, that’d be more than he actually does have to do. This sort of thing is cowardice and laziness dressed up in piety. Not impressed.


26 posted on 02/19/2016 9:42:46 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: jumpingcholla34; gogeo; ifinnegan; AnotherUnixGeek

Specifically, in a 2012 article he discussed his belief that black people are less intelligent and dangerous. In essence, they are inherently inferior.

Post #9 has specific examples.

This article (from an admittedly biased source, the New Yorker) has a link, for multiple reasons, I will not touch Taki’s Magazine’s website on a work computer:

http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/why-the-national-review-fired-john-derbyshire

Derb is entitled to his opinion, however I have spent 32 years in the Army working alongside every manner of racial and ethnic group. If there is any difference in intelligence, it is infinitesimally small. Culture, and more importantly, being raised by two parents who teach you right from wrong is more important.

Regardless of how you describe his views, Williams College should have let him speak. That was the whole point of “uncomfortable learning.”


27 posted on 02/19/2016 10:03:13 AM PST by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: jumpingcholla34
Is it possible to disagree with Derb (nothing wrong with that) without calling him a bigot?

If Derbyshire is not a bigot, than can anyone be called a bigot? Derbyshire himself is quite realistic about his own views and what their nature is. I'd suggest that we also be realistic about his views. Derbyshire advocates pre-judgment of people based on their skin color - this is the very definition of bigotry.

That said, he should be allowed to speak his mind, and these overly-delicate students should not be afraid to hear him out and refute him if they wish in a civil dialog.
28 posted on 02/19/2016 11:01:39 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Uncle Lonny
He is a realist. Facts and statistics back him up.

Feel free to cite these facts and statistics which show that Ben Carson deserves more scrutiny than Hillary Clinton or Harry Reid. Scoundrels come in all colors.


29 posted on 02/19/2016 11:34:39 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: MarvinStinson
I see the merit with all the other hypothesis, but I prefer to go with this one my friends. :)

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"You should consciously seek opportunities to make friends with IWSBs. In addition to the ordinary pleasures of friendship, you will gain an amulet against potentially career-destroying accusations of prejudice."

30 posted on 02/19/2016 1:15:22 PM PST by Mr Apple ("I shall always maintain my grandiose plan for making and retaining friendships")
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To: C19fan

Adam Falk should shut up and educate.


31 posted on 02/20/2016 5:57:18 AM PST by AU72
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
do you believe any racists or bigots exist at all?

Of course. I also recognize PC.

32 posted on 02/20/2016 9:04:03 AM PST by gogeo (Donald Trump. Because it's finally come to that.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

He was clearly referring to local politicians that are largely unknown to the voter. And with the few exceptions of conservative black politicians most black politicians are racist and are kept in office, sometmes despite open corruption, by a racist block vote.

BTW, Ben Carson has been vetted nationally and has a top shelf portfolio.

Try to keep up.


33 posted on 02/20/2016 4:37:04 PM PST by Uncle Lonny
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To: Uncle Lonny
He was clearly referring to local politicians that are largely unknown to the voter.

If he meant that, he'd have said that. He didn't.

BTW, Ben Carson has been vetted nationally and has a top shelf portfolio.

We all know that. He did not deserve more scrutiny than a Hillary Clinton, as Derbyshire believes.

Try to keep up.

Try not to invent clear meanings.
34 posted on 02/20/2016 5:33:16 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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