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National Review: justifying lies with racism | 16 comments (16 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

So my question is, how stupid are these people? Honestly. It seems like a bottomless well of idiocy.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 03:13:41 AM EST

Stupid means never have to say you are sorry.

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by A swedish kind of death on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 03:57:05 AM EST
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Stupid? Well, I don't know about that, but these NR people are certainly nasty and dishonest, racist in this case, very cowardly.

by Quentin on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:06:54 AM EST
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It's about turning 'mean' into a national movement.

Do people still think I'm exaggerating when I say this kind of mean is a form of mental illness?

If you were having a dispute with the neighbours and sent a friend over, and the friend came back with tales of gun emplacements and watchtowers and floodlights, and then you went over yourself and found one small yappy dog, a slightly broken fence, and an invite for cocktails at the weekend, would you wonder about your friend's sanity?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:12:58 AM EST
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Edit: I see now the journo is the author of 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Intelligent Design.'

I think this calls for a solemn moment of utter deadpan.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:15:54 AM EST
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by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:27:53 AM EST
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OMG, his wikipedia page is hilarious. I love the "facts" at the end:

Smith, on a hunting trip in 1988, reportedly killed a wild boar with a knife.

The page makes no mention of the scandal. Unfortunately, I don't have time to edit it today.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:38:40 AM EST
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Hmmm, looking at the wiki history, it seems that the "Beirut controversy" section was anonymously deleted just today.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:42:32 AM EST
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Oh look! It's back. That didn't take long.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:45:05 AM EST
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OK, maybe I hallucinated that, because the edit history doesn't show that the section was deleted. But I could've sworn it wasn't there when I first looked at the page.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:49:30 AM EST
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Hmmm. Not sure what's going on, but I don't think I hallucinated it. Now the line about killing a boar is gone, and the edit history also isn't showing the change.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 05:22:09 AM EST
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Presumably "The Intelligent Person's Guide to Intelligent Design" would be a very slim tome indeed.

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by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 05:45:19 AM EST
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This is not stupid, it's just nasty. Now, how ~~stupid~~racist do these people think their readers are?

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 04:49:34 AM EST
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Possibly no more racist than they themselves are.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Wed Dec 5th, 2007 at 05:24:18 AM EST
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National Review: justifying lies with racism | 16 comments (16 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)