Let's talk about Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and how unbelievably fucked up this all is

makes you think

guess he figured it worked through osmosis rather than a series of bullet points.

I really wish I had remained ignorant of takimag, it is one of the most depressing things I've seen in a long time.

Wow this is really bad. Did somebody read this before publishing it?

I'm on page 2 now and it's like, each point is blowing my mind more than the last one. What century is this bigot living in?

So, I'm not reading this thing. Ever.

However, has everyone who has read it considered that it could be poorly-done satire? It wouldn't make it any less offensive but it would explain how it got published in the first place.

I doubt that it was, but I have no doubt derb will try to spin it that way after the fact

"see where's the outrage when black parents do this, I'm rly making u think with this good ass satire" *every decent person throws rocks at him when in an appropriate throwing distance*

Derbyshire had an uncredited role in Meng long guojiang (released in the West as Way of the Dragon and Return of the Dragon), a 1972 martial arts film starring Bruce Lee. Of landing the part, Derbyshire says: "The casting director had obviously just trawled around the low-class guesthouses for unemployed foreigners of a sufficiently thuggish appearance."

Please tell me there is footage of Bruce Lee beating the living shit out of this guy.

john derbyshire is not known for his humor

there is something about the fully-delighted-with-itself tone of the piece that almost does read as satire, but given what i know of derbyshire and takimag, i can't believe it. also its underlying purpose is to cite a lot of pseudoscientific bullshit about the inferiority of black people, and there's every reason to believe that that's an article of faith for contributors to takimag.

i need to punch something

the quintessential taki episode was when he referred to himself as a soi-disant antisemite, thinking that it meant 'so-called'

hahahaaaa

anyway, derbyshire has been saying stuff nearly identical to this for years. this is not out of character and it's not satire.

"it's satire and that was my point" is almost certainly going to be his deal on Monday - he'll claim he was "pointing out" that talking to one's black children about how not to aggravate white cops lest they shoot you is "just as racist" as telling your white children to fear all black people.

It's been obvious for years that NRO tolerates Derbyshire's iconoclasm and atheism because he hates everything.

i wonder if nat'l review will fire him now. but why would they? they know what he is and they can't be surprised or offended, if they've never been before. they've been paying money for years and years to employ a writer whose job is to make racist arguments.

i cant help but think about how Takimag is probably popping champagne in their office for all he traffic they're getting

god i know everything's the worst

Yet another reason why I'm not reading that thing

CLICK NOTHING DAY

"derb" is the one entree into the conservative world that the rest of NRO is still too washington-republican-genteel to touch. (other of their writers function similarly for different sub-sets i guess) when seriously hard-right people say crazy shit about the "decadent reign of centrist rich lowry" or w/e they aren't kidding, or wrong really

I think National Review just fired that tool.

http://takimag.com/article/10_hatefacts_for_those_who_hate_facts_gavin_mcinnes/page_2#axzz1rSOEkZ00

^#5

I am a racist and a homophobe -- but a mild one.

National Run Off

Alfred, that post is incredible. I love the weird anti-logic of it, wherein benefit of the doubt can be invoked to justify the worst, least likely option, beginning with the presumption/concession of homophobia and racism then working its way up from there. It's hard to know where to begin. But I like this one:

I grew up in England where that level of antisemitism was pretty well universal. It was perfectly harmless.

To say the least of it, male homosexuality is very
unhealthy–much more so than, for example, cigarette smoking.

"B-b-but Kingsley Amis did it!"

Yeah this guy's just full of shit.

am I the only one who isn't able to see any of these takimag articles? not that I'm complaining.

I think the site can't handle the uptick in web traffic. consider yourself lucky

To take an actual example from the world of race: I have spent most of my
life mixing with Chinese people. It seems obvious to me that Chinese people
are, on average, a bit smarter than white Europeans.

Do these people ever stop to wonder why, say, the President and all the Fortune 500 CEOs aren't Chinese?

world of race

I think NRO kept and appreciated Derbyshire as a kind of clever and fearless tenured professor.

am I the only one who isn't able to see any of these takimag articles? not that I'm complaining.

Me neither. I like to think racism broke the link.

derb finally gets canned, charles murray is an intellectual demigod. #interesting

There's no reason to read them. They don't have anything to do with TM/GZ other than loosely trying to contextualize bigoted ranting, and even failing miserably at that.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/04/09/us/ap-us-neighborhood-watch-death.html

can someone who understands the law better than me explain what not taking this to a grand jury means in real world justice terms?

no murder charge

Special Prosecutor Corey says her decision to skip the grand jury shouldn't be considered a factor in determining whether charges will be filed against George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has admitted to fatally shooting the unarmed Martin.

That means the decision now rests solely with Corey.

Allen Park — The Michigan Department of Transportation is working with police to determine who hacked into a road sign and posted a racial slur along a freeway seen early Monday morning.

The portable electronic sign contained a reference to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American who died Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., after being shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120409/METRO01/204090381/Allen-Park-road-sign-hacked-show-racial-slur-against-Trayvon-Martin

wtf this country

That was so disgusting to me.

On a more positive note, I was having lunch today at the local lol food court, and at the next table were two old white guys, both over 60. I heard them start discussing the case and braced myself, and to my surprise they were both like, "Yeah, if I was out walking and somebody was following me around in a car, I'd probably jump him too. And the police never took this guy to the hospital for a supposed broken nose?" etc., etc. Kinda refreshing.

i don't even understand what sort of thought process or lack thereof goes on with whoever hacked that sign

see what happens when you stereotype people, Phil

sort of laughed at this:

"This sort of thing pops up every construction season, but usually the messages are relatively harmless and quirky references to zombies and things like that," Morosi said.

i don't even understand what sort of thought process or lack thereof goes on with whoever hacked that sign

agree that it this is gross & abhorrent but it's prob little more than baseline hax0r opportunism + sensationalism + good ol fashioned racism