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October 4, 2012

John Derbyshire: "The first thing to be noted is the fuss you can make by telling the plain truth."

Nonblack-on-black atrocities are so rare, the names of the victims are universally known:
 Emmett Till (1955), Medgar Evers (1963), James Byrd (1998), etc. They are so rare, news of a new one, however ambiguous the circumstances, dominates headlines for weeks. Black-on-nonblack atrocities are so common, you'd need to be a mnemonist to know the victims' names, even if the news media gave them prominence, which they don'€™t. -- Anniversary of a Defenestration - Taki's Magazine

Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 4, 2012 1:36 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I see Derbyshire is not cowed by having been fired by . . . who was that again?

Posted by: Don Rodrigo at October 5, 2012 9:42 AM

Google "Enoch Powell" and "Rivers of Blood". This movie has been played several times before.

If you like Detroit, you'll love Obama's second term.

Posted by: Scott M at October 5, 2012 1:15 PM

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