tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post4888420452012474359..comments2023-11-03T07:01:42.012-06:00Comments on The Underview: Rightist Now Means Racist, from Intellectual Top to BottomMatt J Stannardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16236787482565862733noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post-23080154844524434882010-04-16T13:59:06.686-06:002010-04-16T13:59:06.686-06:00Except you didn't really answer my question. ...Except you didn't really answer my question. And you seem unduly agitated. Again, I wish you the best. I have no desire to discuss evolution. I'm not running from anything. I'm actually eating a taco and watching cartoons. Have a great day!Matt J Stannardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236787482565862733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post-60264181507878520242010-04-16T11:52:39.201-06:002010-04-16T11:52:39.201-06:00Ah - of course.
Best not to engage in a debate yo...Ah - of course.<br /><br />Best not to engage in a debate you will surely lose, right? Better to preach to the already converted, and to ensure the deluded masses stay far away from faith-demoting influences.<br /><br />That presumes one could call your blog's audience a "mass."Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post-18497540595300195972010-04-16T11:00:08.962-06:002010-04-16T11:00:08.962-06:00In all friendliness: I am no more interested in an...In all friendliness: I am no more interested in answering your questions than you are in answering mine. Good luck to you.Matt J Stannardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236787482565862733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post-86076890687811115302010-04-15T23:12:10.966-06:002010-04-15T23:12:10.966-06:00What you or I or Robert Bellarmine think of John D...What you or I or Robert Bellarmine think of John Derbyshire's argument has no effect on its truth value.<br /><br />Now since I have answered your question, feel free to answer mine:<br /><br />Do you believe in evolution? On what does evolution act? How do the effects of evolution propagate?Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post-52007939529318636002010-04-15T14:39:50.838-06:002010-04-15T14:39:50.838-06:00So Mark, do you personally agree or disagree with ...So Mark, do you personally agree or disagree with Derbyshire's position?Matt J Stannardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16236787482565862733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6417577.post-70174071065950867442010-04-14T20:09:54.397-06:002010-04-14T20:09:54.397-06:00Derbyshire's position represents the position ...<b>Derbyshire's position represents the position of the conservative intelligentsia.</b><br /><br />Derbyshire's position represents the position of John Derbyshire. There are many writers at National Review. One of them is John Derbyshire. The rest are not.<br /><br />If one or two NR writers were pro-abortion - and there are a few who are - you could not plausibly argue that therefore the whole of the "conservative intelligentsia" were pro-abortion."<br /><br />Yet if NR did fire them for moving too far to the left you would never forgive them for their intolerance.<br /><br />I guess there's just no pleasing you.<br /><br /><br /><b>Will anyone step forward to articulate and defend a non-racist conservatism?</b><br /><br />Sorry, but it is the Democrats who are the party of the racial spoils system. Will anyone step forward to defend a non-racist leftism?Marknoreply@blogger.com