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kpete

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Mon May 14, 2012, 10:09 AM May 2012

Former Nat'l Review Writer Claims White Supremacy Is ‘One Of The Better Arrangements History Has'

Former National Review Writer Claims White Supremacy Is ‘One Of The Better Arrangements History Has Come Up With’
By Ian Millhiser on May 14, 2012 at 9:49 am


Last month, the conservative National Review fired its longtime contributor John Derbyshire after Derbyshire published a column in another publication instructing parents on how to train their children to be racists. Although the National Review did the right thing in eventually firing Derbyshire, it published the author for years despite a long history of racist and sexist views. Derbyshire argued in 2009 that women should not vote, and he proclaimed as far back as 2003 that he is a proud “racist.”

Derbyshire, however, appears to have learned nothing from his high-profile firing. In a column for the white nationalist site VDARE.com, Derbyshire offers unqualified praise for white supremacy:

The enemies of conservatism are eager to supply their own nomenclature. “White Supremacist” seems to be their current favorite. It is meant maliciously, of course, to bring up images of fire-hoses, attack dogs, pick handles, and segregated lunch counters—to imply that conservatives, especially non-mainstream conservatives, are cruel people with dark thoughts.

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.


the rest:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/05/14/483521/former-national-review-writer-claims-white-supremacy-is-one-of-the-better-arrangements-history-has-come-up-with/
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Former Nat'l Review Writer Claims White Supremacy Is ‘One Of The Better Arrangements History Has' (Original Post) kpete May 2012 OP
Well, white supremacy has certainly been a most successful disaster.. ananda May 2012 #1
life is too short to be a hater. But I guess that is what Mr. Derbyshire wants to be WI_DEM May 2012 #2
"...some blots on the record". Measured in 10s of millions of dead people. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #3

ananda

(28,858 posts)
1. Well, white supremacy has certainly been a most successful disaster..
Mon May 14, 2012, 10:11 AM
May 2012

.. that's for sure if this current society is anything to go by.

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