tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post7398241619251875899..comments2023-10-26T04:05:58.497-07:00Comments on Red State Impressions: Trent Lott and the Waning of Primary RacismRic Carichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-67687336811331924502007-11-28T20:54:00.000-08:002007-11-28T20:54:00.000-08:00Tim, Thanks for the kind words. Send me an e-mai...Tim, Thanks for the kind words. Send me an e-mail at riccaric@hotmail.com. There's something I'd like to discuss with you off the board.Ric Carichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-41505407061281355972007-11-27T08:57:00.000-08:002007-11-27T08:57:00.000-08:00Ric, you might want to change the date of Thurmond...Ric, you might want to change the date of Thurmond's Dixiecrat run from "1848" to "1948". Whereas I'm sure Thurmond was in the Senate in 1848 as well as 1948, the Dixiecrat revolt was in the 20th century!<BR/><BR/>A few other things: one of my classes this term is on election law. Despite the protestations of the JD/B Moe/Goldstein crowd, election law is all about dealing with the fact that historically everybody is prejudiced. "Racially polarized voting" is the fine euphemism, but it was sad for me to learn how often in our history blacks vote for black people and whites vote for white people. Election law is all about preventing the tyranny of the majority from being too tyrannical. It seeks to ameliorate the dark natures of all humans.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, in my civil rights class yesterday we studied the fine opinion from the Supreme Court's last term, where the Court's majority determined that Jeff Goldstein is right, diversity is not a compelling educational interest and de jure segregated schools uphold the spirit and logic of Brown. See, we've come full circle, thanks to the reactionaries in that separate is equal again.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, Dan Collins, recent user of a gay slur on Glen Greenwald and stalker of his ex-girlfriends, has a wonderful piece on you on the top of Protein Wisdom. Apparently, fresh off his victory over Richard Dawkins and the ghost of Charles Darwin (it's possible Collins and his superstition, err Catholicism, might believe in ghosts!), he has decided a year old piece in which a reporter quoted you is a grand opportunity to display his version of wit.<BR/><BR/>It's a pity for me that Vonnegut died (not so much I think for him, since he seemed excited by the prospect). If he continued to have breath, he would have enjoyed making fun of fools like the American Right Wing. Collins should read of any of his books, especially <I>Cat's Cradle</I>.<BR/><BR/>It's my oblique way of complimenting your comments in the same article as almost Vonnegut-esque. In the vein of PW, you're a damned humanist! <BR/><BR/>PS Somehow, they mean that as an insult...timbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840503196010960235noreply@blogger.com