tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post2138292214569286657..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Basket of Deplorables (and Binders Full of Women)Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-83537419011778679122016-09-13T09:47:39.778-04:002016-09-13T09:47:39.778-04:00Yeah, I feel you man. And I like Jay Smooth and t...Yeah, I feel you man. And I like Jay Smooth and think he's a reasonable guy.<br /><br />Two or three years ago, I'd have agreed with few reservations.<br /><br />And I really do feel the draw of that position.<br /><br />I just still have my doubts.<br /><br />For example, I read somebody say, basically: there are a lot of people out there who are not drawn to Trump's shittiness. In Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-45016651644898122892016-09-13T09:31:49.443-04:002016-09-13T09:31:49.443-04:00Had to mull over this for a couple of days. I thin...Had to mull over this for a couple of days. I think, ultimately, this was a political move by the Clinton campaign to remind swing voters how deplorable Trump and many of his supporters truly are. Do you really want to vote for a racist and mysoginist like Trump? Many of his supporters are indeed racist and deplorable (spend five minutes watching a Trump rally to convince yourself of this). Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-60473956282736337992016-09-11T15:31:06.327-04:002016-09-11T15:31:06.327-04:00Yeah, I have to say that there are factual issues ...Yeah, I have to say that there are factual issues there that take us into areas where even I'm loath to tread... <br /><br />But yeah, there's evidence that the Trump supporters are right about some of those things. <br /><br />And, in general, there's evidence that stereotypes about groups are pretty accurate. According to one thing I read: more accurate than psychological studies, Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-4202641688075628232016-09-11T14:55:05.499-04:002016-09-11T14:55:05.499-04:00Oy...
But what if some of those survey answers, u...Oy...<br /><br />But what if some of those survey answers, unpalatable though they may be, are factually accurate..?<br /><br />For example, decades of IQ testing seem to indicate that blacks <i>are</i>, on average, less intelligent than whites. And criminal justice statistics seem to demonstrate that there is a higher rate of most criminal behavior among blacks than among whites...<br /><br />The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-43970082723325909552016-09-11T11:39:39.004-04:002016-09-11T11:39:39.004-04:00From the ever reasonable Drum:
http://www.motherj...From the ever reasonable Drum:<br /><br />http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/09/here-latest-campaign-faux-controversy<br /><br />Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.com