Monday, January 26, 2015

VDare - Hubert Collins: The Left Contradicts Itself on Race - "Immigration is not only the 'Viagra of the state' as Peter Brimelow has put it, but the 'Viagra' of every leftist institution."


The Left Contradicts Itself on Race

Illegals

Its absurd positions cannot be reconciled.

We all know that the Left’s views on race lead to laughable contradictions. For example, there is no such thing as race, but racism is the scourge of the planet. All groups are interchangeable, but diversity is wonderful because people are different. As I will show, the Left paints itself into another corner on immigration.
The Left starts from the position that the United States is a very, very racist place where:
  • Failures on the part of non-whites are the fault of white racism.
  • Non-whites cannot succeed in the United States because it is intrinsically “white supremacist.”
  • Those who question these first two precepts are racists, even if they think they aren't.
We find this logic everywhere. When George Zimmerman was found not guilty, a writer for The Guardian published a column titled, “Open season on black boys after a verdict like this,” in which he wrote, “Let it be noted that on this day, Saturday 13 July 2013, it was still deemed legal in the US to chase and then shoot dead an unarmed young black man on his way home from the store because you didn’t like the look of him.” The Nation published an article called, “White Supremacy Acquits George Zimmerman” that explained how “this verdict is a crystal-clear illustration of the way white supremacy operates in America.” ...