Title: ORourke54.htm
I've actually had e-mail
correspondence with Kevin Drum and he is a likable enough fellow. A
barking moonbat, but a likable fellow. Slightly to the left of Chairman
Mao.
David
"There
is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and
there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself
as
"caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the
government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to
try to
do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who
takes pride
in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his
own money
-- if a gun is held to his head."--P.
J. O'Rourke
Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote:
Hi Billy,
Drum's creepy bigotry becomes clear when other groups are
substituted: "There are, needless to say, plenty of individual blacks
who are wholly admirable. But taken as a whole, black culture is
[redacted]. Barack Obama can pretty it up all he wants, but it's a
[redacted]." Or maybe this: "There are, needless to say, plenty of
individual Jews who are wholly admirable. But taken as a whole, Jewish
culture is [redacted]. The late Irving Howe can pretty it up all he
wants, but it's a [redacted]."
Depends on the exact term being redacted, e.g.:
There are, needless to say, plenty of individual blacks who are
wholly admirable. But taken as a whole, black culture is
"anti-intellectual and alienated from mainstream American achievement".
Or maybe this: "There are, needless to say, plenty of
individual Jews who are wholly admirable. But taken as a whole, Jewish
culture is "driven by guilt and insecurity".
But yeah, saying that about any non-white group is just asking for
trouble...
-- Ernie P.
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