Arnold Cusmariu - American Thinker
I watched Joy Reid once and it was enough. It's just all her subjective opinion, a total blowhard, a lot of angry blather. Not news. That's not what I watch news for.
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| Tony Branco |
"I enjoyed Matt Walsh’s movie, as did the audience in the theater where I saw it. He skewers DIE mythology very effectively, showing with example after example that a good deal of what’s going on here is just plain money-grubbing opportunism. Also coming through loud and clear is the foolishness of whites who take DIE nonsense seriously. The self-flagellation scene (no kidding) had me howling with laughter.
"Because a movie is not the place for academic analysis, Walsh could not very well include an interview with someone, such as a philosopher specializing in moral theory, who is qualified to explain that “racism” isn’t just a dangerously loaded term; it has multiple meanings that should be distinguished carefully. Failing to do so will guarantee that the logical fallacy of equivocation is committed.
"A good person for Walsh to have interviewed on the subject of racism is Thomas L. Carson, who taught philosophy at Loyola University Chicago for many years, now retired. Among Carson’s several books is Lincoln’s Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2015), to which I contributed comments in draft — Tom and I went to Brown together.
"Eight concepts of racism can be extracted from definitions Carson presented in a chapter titled “Was Lincoln a Racist?” Carson says (p. 338) that his definitions “draw on important work in contemporary philosophy.” . . .
. . ."Finally, leftists have been known to charge anyone with “racism” who:
- Utters a word of criticism against Vice-President Harris.
- Considers affirmative action immoral.
- Blames violent crime in Chicago on African-Americans.
- Believes that welfare is a huge waste of money.
- Voted for Donald Trump.
- Is a Republican or supports GOP candidates.
- Finds statistics linking I.Q. to scholastic achievement credible.
- Believes that slavery reparations would punish innocent people.
- Wears a MAGA hat.
- Disagrees with New York Times editorials on race.
- Is a member of the National Rifle Association.
- Thinks George Floyd was largely responsible for his own death.
"These are phony charges according to the eight criteria presented in this article. Anyone who thinks other criteria merit consideration is welcome to formulate them."
A frequent contributor to American Thinker, Arnold Cusmariu is the author of Logic for Kids. His academic articles can be read at ResearchGate.com. Also a sculptor, Arnold is currently making pieces that redefine Surrealism.
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