The National Newswatch features a Globe story this morning headed “Harper may have to watch his back(bench)’. Don’t bother reading it. It stitches together some backbench activity to presume some threat of revolt. The real story should read, “Harper so utterly confident of his people and his policies that he tolerates a little dissent.” As I say, still banal, but less stupid. No wonder the NSM (non-Sun media) are in such trouble. The number of people who will pay for their trite and tricksome tripe must surely be diminishing.
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Richard Hernstein of the Bell Curve speculates
I cam across this quote while trolling through the less acceptable portions of the conservative commentariat, this from Richard Herrnstein, co-author of The Bell Curve, the most important book since the Origin of Species.
The tension between what the white elite is supposed to think and what it is actually thinking about race will reach something close to breaking point. This pessimistic prognosis must be contemplated: When the break comes, the result, as so often happens when cognitive dissonance is resolved, will be an overreaction in the other direction. Instead of the candor and realism about race that is so urgently needed, the nation will be faced with racial divisiveness and hostility that is as great as, or greater, than America experienced before the civil rights movement. We realize how outlandish it seems to predict that educated and influential Americans, who have been so puritanical about racial conversation, will openly revert to racism. We would not go so far as to say it is probable. It is, however, more than just possible. If it were to happen, all the scenarios for the custodial state would be more unpleasant—more vicious—than anyone can now imagine.”[ The Bell Curve, Chapter 21, “The Way We Are Headed”]
Nobody reads the Globe, or nobody cares?
Somebody brought a Saturday Globe up to the lake, and because it was right there on the dock, I read the “Dhimmi” Doug Saunders article on Islam. It was predictable. He was scared of Muslims at first, too, but he got over it. Unlike some people. When I got back to town and Internet access, I noticed that, as far as I can tell, nobody in the online circles I frequent – here, Blogging Tories, the incomparable Shaidle and some others – took the least bit of notice. Hence my question. Nobody reads the Globe or, if they do, they cannot be moved to comment? I find that interesting, either way, but maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. I only read Globe items when they deal with my narrow professional interests and, having done so, feel I have done a duty. So, am I to conclude that the Globe is incorrigible, hence unreadable? As of Monday evening, the Saunders article had attracted almost 3500 comments, which is a pretty good score, most seem to take exception with Saunders’ whitewashing of the problem and many of them sufficiently pungent to be censored away, so some people are reading, if only online and gratis. So, is the Globe and Mail completely irrelevant? Not even worth keeping an eye on?
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