[Interesting Times]

I'm not comfortable with that at all. Did he also advise that white folk not debate black folk on race issues?

No, he was talking about the tactics of perception -- a black conservative might well be more effective in such a debate because of the "I've been there" factor.

Now of course the leftists have slathered this stuff with hypocritical pseudomorality to the point that they probably believe whites have no right to talk race issues with blacks. Matt's coming from a different perspective: understand your opponents and be willing to use their best tactics when it doesn't conflict with your core principles.

I ambled up between sessions and asked Matt if he'd read Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals -- Alinsky advised, among other things, staying within the experience of your group and working to maneuver your opponents outside their own areas of experience. He had, of course.

[Harrison Bergeron]

Thanks for the reasoned response. I understand the tactic of knocking the racism or sexism slats out from under left-wing opponents by enlisting female or black conservatives for the debate - there's nothing innovative about this. But I'm skeptical of any insinuation that men have nothing to say about sexism or abortion, or that whites have nothing to say about racism. A good argument stands on its own without having to use appearances as a prop.