vdare--2020-10-10--A Texas Reader Says ALL Arrests Of Of Blacks Have Become Dangerous: A Black Woman Hit 3 Cops With He

A Texas Reader Says ALL Arrests Of Of Blacks Have Become Dangerous: A Black Woman Hit 3 Cops With Her SUV Because She Saw A Traffic Stop

Re Paul Kersey 's Just Make It Illegal To Call The Cops On Blacks : Michigan 's Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Make `` Racially Motivated '' 911 Calls A Hate Crime Yep .
Paul Kersey is right .
You can no longer stop or arrest blacks for anything .
Woman hit 3 Chicago police officers with SUV while intervening in traffic stop : police , Fox32 , October 8 , 2020 A woman allegedly hit three Chicago police officers with her SUV Wednesday while intervening in a South Side traffic stop .
Shortly after officers stopped a driver at 11 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an SUV and told officers she knew the man and demanded they release him , Chicago police spokeswoman Kellie Bartoli said in an email .
Officers told the 30-year-old woman to leave , since she was blocking traffic , while they questioned the man regarding a minor traffic violation in the 10500 block of South State Street , Bartoli said .
But instead , Moore drove her 2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon into a squad car , sideswiping it , and then tried to run over an officer , Bartoli said .
Moore allegedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car as an officer was exiting .
She then drove off .
[ More ] See earlier letters from the same reader .
James Fulford writes : Traffic stops are always unpredictable—see my posts White Death By Traffic Stop—Four Dead White Cops Murdered By Black Motorists and White Death By Traffic Stop—Three More Black Motorists , SIX More Dead White Cops .
And black bystanders at an arrest are always dangerous , too .
But this is a crazy level of escalation .

Re Paul Kersey's Just Make It Illegal To Call The Cops On Blacks: Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Make "Racially Motivated" 911 Calls A Hate Crime
From: A Dallas Reader [Email him]
Yep. Paul Kersey is right. You can no longer stop or arrest blacks for anything.
Woman hit 3 Chicago police officers with SUV while intervening in traffic stop: police, Fox32, October 8, 2020 A woman allegedly hit three Chicago police officers with her SUV Wednesday while intervening in a South Side traffic stop. Shortly after officers stopped a driver at 11 a.m., Dawn Moore pulled up in an SUV and told officers she knew the man and demanded they release him, Chicago police spokeswoman Kellie Bartoli said in an email. Officers told the 30-year-old woman to leave, since she was blocking traffic, while they questioned the man regarding a minor traffic violation in the 10500 block of South State Street, Bartoli said. But instead, Moore drove her 2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon into a squad car, sideswiping it, and then tried to run over an officer, Bartoli said. Moore allegedly made a U-turn and struck another squad car as an officer was exiting. She then drove off. [More]
See earlier letters from the same reader.
James Fulford writes: Traffic stops are always unpredictable—see my posts White Death By Traffic Stop—Four Dead White Cops Murdered By Black Motorists and White Death By Traffic Stop—Three More Black Motorists, SIX More Dead White Cops.
And black bystanders at an arrest are always dangerous, too. But this is a crazy level of escalation.


vdare--2020-10-12--What Sort of Man Was Columbus?

What Sort of Man Was Columbus?

See , earlier : Columbus Day 2020 : “ The Columbian Exchange ” —Columbus Did Nothing Wrong , The Geneva Convention Says So !
What sort of man was Christopher Columbus ?
Why did he cross the Atlantic and what did he do in the New World ?
The fashion is to despise him as a greedy , genocidal racist and slave driver , but Prof. Carol Delaney of Brown University refutes these charges .
[ Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem , Free Press , 2012 ] His motives were almost entirely—even fanatically—Christian , and he was kind to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evil reputation he has acquired .
As Prof. Delaney explains , it is impossible to understand Columbus without understanding what committed Catholics thought in the 15th century .
Most believed Christianity was the one true faith and that unbelievers went to hell .
Evangelism was a duty .
Many Christians were millenarians and believed that the End Times and the return of Christ—as described in Revelation—were coming soon .
A series of catastrophes intensified this belief and prompted Christians to action .
According to Revelation , Christ could not return until Jerusalem was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Holy Land in 1099 was a gigantic step forward , but its loss to Saladin in 1187 shocked all Christendom .
Then in 1347 , the Black Plague killed an estimated 25 million Europeans and up to three-quarters of the people in parts of Italy and Spain .
Another sign of the coming End Times was the Great Schism of 1378 to 1417 , during which there were two competing Popes , but even worse was the fall of the Constantinople—the Eastern capital of Christianity—to the Turks in 1453 .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; he grew up at a time when Catholics were desperately trying to understand how God could have permitted these horrors—loss of Jerusalem , plague , schism , fall of Constantinople—and were determined to win back lost ground .
Columbus ’ most fervent wish his entire life was to recapture the holy city of Jerusalem .
Prof. Delaney explains that Columbus was convinced he could help retake the Holy Land by sailing to China across the Atlantic .
First , he would bring back gold , which was supposed to be plentiful in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new crusade .
Second , he could avoid the Silk Road land route to China , which was blocked after the fall of Constantinople .
Third , he would meet the Chinese ruler , the Great Khan , convert him to Christianity , and persuade the Christian Chinese to attack from the East and help liberate Jerusalem .
Fantastic as it now sounds , the idea of enlisting the Chinese to help bring on the Second Coming dated back to the time of Marco Polo and the publication of his Travels in 1300 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Travels and made many notes in the margins .
It was unusual for lay people to read the Bible , but Columbus read it diligently .
His contemporaries wrote of his passionate Christianity , and he was strongly influenced by the Franciscans , who thought Christians should not wait passively for the End Times but work to bring them on .
Columbus also took very seriously the duty to convert heathen peoples and save their souls .
Columbus was an Italian who grew up in Genoa .
He was nine years old when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crusade , a sight that must have made a deep impression .
When he was 14 , he was apprenticed to the sea , and he got his first taste of the Atlantic on a voyage to England in 1476 when he was 25 .
In 1481 or ’ 82 , he sailed to what is now Ghana , and stopped in the Canary Islands .
He was a gifted navigator , with a widely admired talent for dead reckoning ( navigation without instruments ) .
Columbus didn ’ t care which Christian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He met with King João II of Portugal , but the Portuguese were exploring the route around Africa , and were not interested .
Columbus approached the British and the French , but it was the Spanish under Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand who showed the most interest .
Still , it took 13 years from Columbus ’ first audience with the queen until his first voyage in 1492 .
She put him off until the Moors were finally driven out of Spain , but even after the Reconquista , she hesitated .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s advisors tried to dissuade her , but she finally agreed to pay for three small ships and a crew of 90 .
Columbus kept a detailed diary of which only abridged versions survive , but they still tell us a great deal .
After 31 days of sailing , so many of the crew insisted on turning back that Columbus promised that if they didn ’ t sight land in three days , he would give up and return to Spain .
Two days later , the ships made landfall on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bahamas .
There , Columbus found naked people , whom he thought handsome and intelligent .
He gave them trade trinkets “ in which they took so much pleasure and became so much our friends that it was a marvel.
” Columbus believed he was in the Indies , so he called the Arawaks Indios , or Indians .
The Arawaks did not appear to have any kind of religion , and since they would not have to unlearn a pagan faith , Columbus thought they could be easily converted to Christianity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ They should be treated courteously because they are the best and most gentle people in the world , and especially , because I have much hope in Our Lord that Your Highnesses will make all of them Christian.
” Columbus had much more trouble with his own men .
As the ships sailed from island to island , the natives were always gentle , but some ran away , and Columbus had to restrain his men from looting .
In his diary , he wrote of his dissatisfaction with his men , especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that in the world there are no better people or a better land .
They love their neighbors as themselves , and they have the sweetest speech in the world and they are gentle and always laughing.
” Columbus was entranced by the beauty of the islands , the vegetation , the birds and fishes .
The natives slept in hammocks , which were then unknown in Europe , and soon all European sailors were sleeping in hammocks rather than on deck .
One of his captains , Martin Pinzon , disappeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When he rejoined the fleet , Columbus learned his crew had captured men and women ; he ordered them freed and returned .
Columbus kept hoping to find someone who could lead him to the Great Khan so he could present letters of greeting from Ferdinand and Isabella and teach him Christianity .
Columbus persuaded six Arawaks to go back to Spain with him ; they would prove he had reached India , and he wanted them to learn Spanish and Christianity so they could come back as missionaries .
The Santa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day .
The crew set up a camp called Navidad , and Columbus left behind 40 men with instructions to be kind to the Indians .
On the way back , the ships stopped at what is now the Dominican Republic and found a war-like tribe , very different from the Arawaks .
In their first skirmish with Indians , his crew wounded several men with swords and crossbows .
The Arawaks told Columbus these “ Caribs ” were cannibals and took slaves .
Columbus ’ ships sailed back across the Atlantic and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days after they had initially set out .
Columbus was a hero , and proudly presented his Indians to the queen , along with several gold pieces he had found .
He promised her as many slaves as she might want , but only from among the man-eating Caribs .
This was in accordance with Papal rules that permitted slavery only of savages who resisted Christianity and practiced vile habits such as sodomy or cannibalism .
Isabella never had much interest in slaves ; she wanted Indians converted where they were .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : 17 ships and 1,200 men .
They were to build a trading station for business with the Chinese , and Columbus was to receive one tenth of the profits .
The queen commanded the settlers to treat the Indians “ very well and lovingly.
” When the fleet returned to Navidad , Columbus found everyone dead .
Friendly Indians told him the men had defied his orders and gone raping and looting .
This angered a neighboring chief who attacked and slaughtered them .
Columbus , who had had only good relations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , well aware that the Spaniards could have deserved what they got , but many of the newcomers mistrusted the Indians and wanted revenge .
Columbus managed to restrain them , and the fleet found a different site on Hispaniola for a new settlement .
Columbus was a genius at sea , but Prof. Delaney writes that he was a bad administrator .
He thought men of different classes could work well together , but the high-ranking hidalgos who had come on the voyage refused to work and expected easy riches .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the local food—which Columbus and others enjoyed—and wrote letters back to Spain complaining about Columbus .
When Columbus went on further voyages of discovery looking for gold and the Khan , men he left behind went into the interior to rape and plunder .
Columbus put his brother Bartholomew in charge of the settlement and went back to Spain .
He arrived dressed in the coarse , brown habit of a Franciscan , which he wore for the rest of his life .
Prof. Delaney suspects this was a reaction to the greed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thought the settlers were bad missionaries .
When he saw the queen , he asked for better friars than the ones she had sent on the second voyage .
They thought baptism was enough to turn anyone Christian , but Columbus thought Indians should get careful instruction in the faith .
For the rest of his life , he stressed the importance of missionaries who could speak Indian languages .
Columbus was in Spain for two years between his second and third voyages , and this time set out with just 330 people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prof. Delaney says it is not clear whether they were wives , servants , or prostitutes who were supposed to keep the Spaniards from raping Indians .
When Columbus got back to the settlement , he found that dissidents had up risen up against Bartholomew ’ s strict government .
Columbus did his best to end what was a low-level civil war and restore order .
He was furious at continuing reports of Spaniards who had mistreated Indians , and hanged the worst offenders .
He never permitted enslavement of Indians but , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Indians to be paid in crops or in gold .
Some hidalgos defied Columbus ’ authority , so he wrote to the queen , asking her to send an arbitrator to back up his authority .
Prof. Delaney writes that it is now known why Isabella chose Francisco de Bobadilla , whose mind was already poisoned against Columbus by men who had returned to Spain .
He sided with the insurgents and sent Columbus back to Spain in chains .
The settlers far preferred Bobadilla , who let them exploit and even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his return , but he kept the chains for the rest of his life as a reminder of his humiliation .
Christopher Columbus chained on his ship , pl .
33 , after p. 474 ( vol .
2 ) , Credit : Album / quintlox While in Spain , Columbus wrote what is called the Book of Prophecies , a long theological justification of his life and travels .
He saw his discoveries as an important part of a great cosmological drama that was to culminate in the End Times .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voyages were divinely inspired and fulfilled Biblical prophecy .
It explains why he was so conscious of the meaning of his first name , Christopher , which means the Christ-bearer .
He believed he was carrying Christ to the East .
Prof. Delaney notes that most Columbus scholars are shocked by the Book of Prophecies and try to ignore it .
Whatever they think of him , they don ’ t like to think he was a religious nut , and the book was not translated into English until 1992 .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his motives .
Columbus set out on his last voyage in 1502 .
He had orders only to explore ; the colonies had several thousand inhabitants , and the queen took administration out of his hands .
He made more discoveries , especially in Central America , but suffered a series of mishaps that included a shipwreck that left him marooned on Jamaica for a year and five days .
Shortly after his return to Spain , Isabella died .
Ferdinand never had much faith in Columbus and financed no more voyages .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ obscurity but never regained anything like the glory he won after his first voyage .
“ The last moments of Christopher Columbus ” by Claude Jacquand .
Credit : Album / Fine Art Images Prof. Delaney is baffled by Columbus ’ bad reputation .
She notes that , by contrast , Bartolomé de Las Casas—who knew and admired Columbus—is now considered a hero because he defended the rights of Indians at the Valladolid debate of 1550–1551 .
Las Casas insisted that Indians be recognized as free men with the same rights as Spaniards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Casas is remembered only for his defense of the Indian ; what is forgotten is that he owned slaves and endorsed and operated encomiendas [ plantations on which Indians were serfs ] while Columbus , who never owned slaves , is reviled and blamed for everything that went wrong in the Indies.
” Academics may consider Las Casas a humanitarian , but the people now pulling down statues of Columbus have probably never heard of him .
Nor would they care if someone told them Columbus was kind to Indians and hanged Spaniards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to have come here ; he brought white people to the New World .
He used to be honored for this , but today , that makes him a villain .
Jared Taylor [ Email him ] is the editor of American Renaissance .
You can follow him on Parler and Gab .

See, earlier: Columbus Day 2020: “The Columbian Exchange”—Columbus Did Nothing Wrong, The Geneva Convention Says So!
Crossposted from American Renaissance.
What sort of man was Christopher Columbus? Why did he cross the Atlantic and what did he do in the New World? The fashion is to despise him as a greedy, genocidal racist and slave driver, but Prof. Carol Delaney of Brown University refutes these charges [Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem, Free Press, 2012]. His motives were almost entirely—even fanatically—Christian, and he was kind to Indians. She is mystified by the evil reputation he has acquired.
As Prof. Delaney explains, it is impossible to understand Columbus without understanding what committed Catholics thought in the 15th century. Most believed Christianity was the one true faith and that unbelievers went to hell. Evangelism was a duty. Many Christians were millenarians and believed that the End Times and the return of Christ—as described in Revelation—were coming soon. A series of catastrophes intensified this belief and prompted Christians to action.
According to Revelation, Christ could not return until Jerusalem was in Christian hands. The Crusader conquest of the Holy Land in 1099 was a gigantic step forward, but its loss to Saladin in 1187 shocked all Christendom. Then in 1347, the Black Plague killed an estimated 25 million Europeans and up to three-quarters of the people in parts of Italy and Spain. Another sign of the coming End Times was the Great Schism of 1378 to 1417, during which there were two competing Popes, but even worse was the fall of the Constantinople—the Eastern capital of Christianity—to the Turks in 1453. That year, Columbus was two years old; he grew up at a time when Catholics were desperately trying to understand how God could have permitted these horrors—loss of Jerusalem, plague, schism, fall of Constantinople—and were determined to win back lost ground. Columbus’ most fervent wish his entire life was to recapture the holy city of Jerusalem.
Prof. Delaney explains that Columbus was convinced he could help retake the Holy Land by sailing to China across the Atlantic. First, he would bring back gold, which was supposed to be plentiful in China, and this would finance a new crusade. Second, he could avoid the Silk Road land route to China, which was blocked after the fall of Constantinople. Third, he would meet the Chinese ruler, the Great Khan, convert him to Christianity, and persuade the Christian Chinese to attack from the East and help liberate Jerusalem. Fantastic as it now sounds, the idea of enlisting the Chinese to help bring on the Second Coming dated back to the time of Marco Polo and the publication of his Travels in 1300. Columbus owned a copy of the Travels and made many notes in the margins.
It was unusual for lay people to read the Bible, but Columbus read it diligently. His contemporaries wrote of his passionate Christianity, and he was strongly influenced by the Franciscans, who thought Christians should not wait passively for the End Times but work to bring them on. Columbus also took very seriously the duty to convert heathen peoples and save their souls.
Before the voyage
Columbus was an Italian who grew up in Genoa. He was nine years old when ships sailed from Genoa on a failed crusade, a sight that must have made a deep impression. When he was 14, he was apprenticed to the sea, and he got his first taste of the Atlantic on a voyage to England in 1476 when he was 25. In 1481 or ’82, he sailed to what is now Ghana, and stopped in the Canary Islands. He was a gifted navigator, with a widely admired talent for dead reckoning (navigation without instruments).
Columbus didn’t care which Christian sovereign financed his voyage to China. He met with King João II of Portugal, but the Portuguese were exploring the route around Africa, and were not interested. Columbus approached the British and the French, but it was the Spanish under Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand who showed the most interest. Still, it took 13 years from Columbus’ first audience with the queen until his first voyage in 1492. She put him off until the Moors were finally driven out of Spain, but even after the Reconquista, she hesitated. Ferdinand always doubted Columbus, and Isabella’s advisors tried to dissuade her, but she finally agreed to pay for three small ships and a crew of 90.
Discovery
Columbus kept a detailed diary of which only abridged versions survive, but they still tell us a great deal. After 31 days of sailing, so many of the crew insisted on turning back that Columbus promised that if they didn’t sight land in three days, he would give up and return to Spain. Two days later, the ships made landfall on what is now Watling Island in the Bahamas. There, Columbus found naked people, whom he thought handsome and intelligent. He gave them trade trinkets “in which they took so much pleasure and became so much our friends that it was a marvel.” Columbus believed he was in the Indies, so he called the Arawaks Indios, or Indians.
The Arawaks did not appear to have any kind of religion, and since they would not have to unlearn a pagan faith, Columbus thought they could be easily converted to Christianity. He wrote to his patrons: “They should be treated courteously because they are the best and most gentle people in the world, and especially, because I have much hope in Our Lord that Your Highnesses will make all of them Christian.”
Columbus had much more trouble with his own men. As the ships sailed from island to island, the natives were always gentle, but some ran away, and Columbus had to restrain his men from looting. In his diary, he wrote of his dissatisfaction with his men, especially compared to the natives: “I believe that in the world there are no better people or a better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and they have the sweetest speech in the world and they are gentle and always laughing.” Columbus was entranced by the beauty of the islands, the vegetation, the birds and fishes. The natives slept in hammocks, which were then unknown in Europe, and soon all European sailors were sleeping in hammocks rather than on deck.
“First Tribute to Christopher Columbus,” José Garnelo, 1892. Credit: Album / Oronoz
One of his captains, Martin Pinzon, disappeared for six weeks, looking for gold. When he rejoined the fleet, Columbus learned his crew had captured men and women; he ordered them freed and returned. Columbus kept hoping to find someone who could lead him to the Great Khan so he could present letters of greeting from Ferdinand and Isabella and teach him Christianity. Columbus persuaded six Arawaks to go back to Spain with him; they would prove he had reached India, and he wanted them to learn Spanish and Christianity so they could come back as missionaries.
The Santa Maria grounded and was wrecked on Christmas day. The crew set up a camp called Navidad, and Columbus left behind 40 men with instructions to be kind to the Indians. On the way back, the ships stopped at what is now the Dominican Republic and found a war-like tribe, very different from the Arawaks. In their first skirmish with Indians, his crew wounded several men with swords and crossbows. The Arawaks told Columbus these “Caribs” were cannibals and took slaves.
Columbus’ ships sailed back across the Atlantic and limped into port seven months and 11 days after they had initially set out. Columbus was a hero, and proudly presented his Indians to the queen, along with several gold pieces he had found. He promised her as many slaves as she might want, but only from among the man-eating Caribs. This was in accordance with Papal rules that permitted slavery only of savages who resisted Christianity and practiced vile habits such as sodomy or cannibalism. Isabella never had much interest in slaves; she wanted Indians converted where they were.
The queen financed a much larger second voyage: 17 ships and 1,200 men. They were to build a trading station for business with the Chinese, and Columbus was to receive one tenth of the profits. The queen commanded the settlers to treat the Indians “very well and lovingly.”
When the fleet returned to Navidad, Columbus found everyone dead. Friendly Indians told him the men had defied his orders and gone raping and looting. This angered a neighboring chief who attacked and slaughtered them. Columbus, who had had only good relations with these Indians, believed this account, well aware that the Spaniards could have deserved what they got, but many of the newcomers mistrusted the Indians and wanted revenge. Columbus managed to restrain them, and the fleet found a different site on Hispaniola for a new settlement.
Failure
Columbus was a genius at sea, but Prof. Delaney writes that he was a bad administrator. He thought men of different classes could work well together, but the high-ranking hidalgos who had come on the voyage refused to work and expected easy riches. They would not farm, would not eat the local food—which Columbus and others enjoyed—and wrote letters back to Spain complaining about Columbus. When Columbus went on further voyages of discovery looking for gold and the Khan, men he left behind went into the interior to rape and plunder.
Columbus put his brother Bartholomew in charge of the settlement and went back to Spain. He arrived dressed in the coarse, brown habit of a Franciscan, which he wore for the rest of his life. Prof. Delaney suspects this was a reaction to the greed and cruelty of the Spanish. Columbus thought the settlers were bad missionaries. When he saw the queen, he asked for better friars than the ones she had sent on the second voyage. They thought baptism was enough to turn anyone Christian, but Columbus thought Indians should get careful instruction in the faith. For the rest of his life, he stressed the importance of missionaries who could speak Indian languages.
Columbus was in Spain for two years between his second and third voyages, and this time set out with just 330 people, of which 30 were women. Prof. Delaney says it is not clear whether they were wives, servants, or prostitutes who were supposed to keep the Spaniards from raping Indians. When Columbus got back to the settlement, he found that dissidents had up risen up against Bartholomew’s strict government. Columbus did his best to end what was a low-level civil war and restore order. He was furious at continuing reports of Spaniards who had mistreated Indians, and hanged the worst offenders. He never permitted enslavement of Indians but, under pressure, he imposed a tax on Indians to be paid in crops or in gold.
Some hidalgos defied Columbus’ authority, so he wrote to the queen, asking her to send an arbitrator to back up his authority. Prof. Delaney writes that it is now known why Isabella chose Francisco de Bobadilla, whose mind was already poisoned against Columbus by men who had returned to Spain. He sided with the insurgents and sent Columbus back to Spain in chains. The settlers far preferred Bobadilla, who let them exploit and even murder Indians. Isabella freed Columbus after his return, but he kept the chains for the rest of his life as a reminder of his humiliation.
Christopher Columbus chained on his ship, pl. 33, after p. 474 (vol. 2), Credit: Album / quintlox
While in Spain, Columbus wrote what is called the Book of Prophecies, a long theological justification of his life and travels. He saw his discoveries as an important part of a great cosmological drama that was to culminate in the End Times. The book quotes scripture to claim that his voyages were divinely inspired and fulfilled Biblical prophecy. It explains why he was so conscious of the meaning of his first name, Christopher, which means the Christ-bearer. He believed he was carrying Christ to the East.
Prof. Delaney notes that most Columbus scholars are shocked by the Book of Prophecies and try to ignore it. Whatever they think of him, they don’t like to think he was a religious nut, and the book was not translated into English until 1992. It is, however, a clear statement of his motives.
Columbus set out on his last voyage in 1502. He had orders only to explore; the colonies had several thousand inhabitants, and the queen took administration out of his hands. He made more discoveries, especially in Central America, but suffered a series of mishaps that included a shipwreck that left him marooned on Jamaica for a year and five days.
Shortly after his return to Spain, Isabella died. Ferdinand never had much faith in Columbus and financed no more voyages. Columbus did not live in poverty or obscurity but never regained anything like the glory he won after his first voyage.
“The last moments of Christopher Columbus,” by Claude Jacquand. Credit: Album / Fine Art Images
Prof. Delaney is baffled by Columbus’ bad reputation. She notes that, by contrast, Bartolomé de Las Casas—who knew and admired Columbus—is now considered a hero because he defended the rights of Indians at the Valladolid debate of 1550–1551. Las Casas insisted that Indians be recognized as free men with the same rights as Spaniards. Prof. Delaney writes: “Las Casas is remembered only for his defense of the Indian; what is forgotten is that he owned slaves and endorsed and operated encomiendas [plantations on which Indians were serfs] while Columbus, who never owned slaves, is reviled and blamed for everything that went wrong in the Indies.”
Academics may consider Las Casas a humanitarian, but the people now pulling down statues of Columbus have probably never heard of him. Nor would they care if someone told them Columbus was kind to Indians and hanged Spaniards who mistreated them. Columbus’ crime is to have come here; he brought white people to the New World. He used to be honored for this, but today, that makes him a villain.
Jared Taylor [Email him] is the editor of American Renaissance. You can follow him on Parler and Gab.


vdare--2020-10-12--Patrick J. Buchanan: Is War With China Becoming Inevitable?

`` The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border , '' Secretary of State Michael Pompeo ominously warned on Friday .
He spelled out what he meant to commentator Larry O'Connor : '' The Chinese have now begun to amass huge forces against India in the north .
...
They absolutely need the United States to be their ally and partner in this fight . ''
Pompeo had just returned from a Tokyo gathering of foreign ministers from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue , or `` Quad , '' the group of four democracies—U.S.
, Japan , Australia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indo-Pacific geostrategic issues .
Exactly what kind of `` ally and partner '' the U.S. is to be `` in the fight '' between India and China over disputed terrain in the Himalayan Mountains was left unexplained .
We have no vital interest in where the Line of Control between the most populous nations on earth should lie that would justify U.S. military involvement with a world power like China .
And the idea that Japan , whose territorial quarrel with China is over the tiny Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take sides in a Himalayan India-China conflict also seems ludicrous .
Yet , tensions are rising between the U.S. and China , as the list of ideological , political and economic clashes continues to lengthen .
And there is a transparent new reality : China seems in no mood to back down .
When , after a year of demonstrations for greater democracy , the Hong Kong government failed to quell the uprising , Beijing stepped in and took control .
The U.S.-led democracies that had been cheering on the Hong Kong marchers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have done nothing since to reverse Xi Jinping 's political coup but prattle on about `` values . ''
Lately , the democracies have been protesting , and rightly so , the inhumane treatment of the Uighur peoples in Xinjiang in China 's west .
Han Chinese have been moved into the region to swamp the local population of Turkic and Muslim Uighurs and Kazakhs and bring about the demographic change Beijing desires .
`` Reeducation camps '' have been established to cleanse Uighurs of their ethnic and religious identities and convert them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In a speech in late September , Xi declared that Beijing 's policy of eradicating the ethnic and religious identity of the minorities of Xinjiang through state-driven education has proven `` totally correct . ''
He vowed to imprint a Chinese identity `` deep in the soul '' of the peoples living there .
`` Our national minority work has been a success , '' said Xi , `` It must be held to for the long term . ''
Xi makes no apology for—indeed , he is proud of—using state power to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he rules , and he openly repudiates our democratic values as inapplicable in his country .
Our rejection of China 's claims to virtually all of the reefs and atolls in the South China Sea is also being ignored .
Beijing 's warnings grow louder and more pointed as the U.S. continues to send warships , the latest being the USS John McCain , close to islets claimed by China .
What is our strategy here ?
Are we prepared for a naval and air clash in these waters ?
What would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are now responding angrily and defiantly to what they see as the provocations of sending high-level U.S. officials , and selling new weapons , to Taiwan , which China regards as its lost province .
Again , what is our purpose in playing the Taiwan card now ?
If it is to provoke a fight , then are we prepared for a war in the Taiwan Strait or South China Sea ?
Do we think the Chinese will capitulate ?
Is this being done to `` stand up to China '' before Nov. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is engaged in bluster and bluff and which is the party that seems deadly serious as it views its vital interests and territorial rights as challenged ?
There has been talk of the Quad evolving into an Asian NATO that embraces the major democracies in the Indo-Pacific Theater .
But the essence of NATO is Article V , where the U.S. commits itself to treat an attack on any one of some 30 nations as an attack on us .
Is there anything like this in the cards ?
Australia , Japan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war with China over its border with India , or its ethnic concentration camps in Xinjiang , or its seizing Hong Kong and atolls in the South China Sea .
When this election is over , this country has to think through what we are and are not willing to fight China for .
Xi Jinping dismisses our concerns over Hong Kong and the Uighurs , and he appears willing to fight for Taiwan and for what Beijing holds in the South China Sea , rather than see it permanently lost .
Patrick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

"The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border," Secretary of State Michael Pompeo ominously warned on Friday.
He spelled out what he meant to commentator Larry O'Connor:
"The Chinese have now begun to amass huge forces against India in the north. ... They absolutely need the United States to be their ally and partner in this fight."
Pompeo had just returned from a Tokyo gathering of foreign ministers from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or "Quad," the group of four democracies—U.S., Japan, Australia, India—whose purpose is to discuss major Indo-Pacific geostrategic issues.
Exactly what kind of "ally and partner" the U.S. is to be "in the fight" between India and China over disputed terrain in the Himalayan Mountains was left unexplained. We have no vital interest in where the Line of Control between the most populous nations on earth should lie that would justify U.S. military involvement with a world power like China.
And the idea that Japan, whose territorial quarrel with China is over the tiny Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, thousands of miles away, would take sides in a Himalayan India-China conflict also seems ludicrous.
Yet, tensions are rising between the U.S. and China, as the list of ideological, political and economic clashes continues to lengthen.
And there is a transparent new reality: China seems in no mood to back down.
When, after a year of demonstrations for greater democracy, the Hong Kong government failed to quell the uprising, Beijing stepped in and took control. The U.S.-led democracies that had been cheering on the Hong Kong marchers and protesters did nothing, and they have done nothing since to reverse Xi Jinping's political coup but prattle on about "values."
Lately, the democracies have been protesting, and rightly so, the inhumane treatment of the Uighur peoples in Xinjiang in China's west.
Han Chinese have been moved into the region to swamp the local population of Turkic and Muslim Uighurs and Kazakhs and bring about the demographic change Beijing desires. "Reeducation camps" have been established to cleanse Uighurs of their ethnic and religious identities and convert them into loyal and reliable Chinese Communists.
In a speech in late September, Xi declared that Beijing's policy of eradicating the ethnic and religious identity of the minorities of Xinjiang through state-driven education has proven "totally correct."
He vowed to imprint a Chinese identity "deep in the soul" of the peoples living there. "Our national minority work has been a success," said Xi. "It must be held to for the long term."
Xi makes no apology for—indeed, he is proud of—using state power to impose the state ideology upon the peoples he rules, and he openly repudiates our democratic values as inapplicable in his country.
Our rejection of China's claims to virtually all of the reefs and atolls in the South China Sea is also being ignored. Beijing's warnings grow louder and more pointed as the U.S. continues to send warships, the latest being the USS John McCain, close to islets claimed by China.
What is our strategy here? Are we prepared for a naval and air clash in these waters? What would be the U.S. strategic goal?
The Chinese are now responding angrily and defiantly to what they see as the provocations of sending high-level U.S. officials, and selling new weapons, to Taiwan, which China regards as its lost province.
Again, what is our purpose in playing the Taiwan card now?
If it is to provoke a fight, then are we prepared for a war in the Taiwan Strait or South China Sea? Do we think the Chinese will capitulate?
Is this being done to "stand up to China" before Nov. 3?
Which is the party here that is engaged in bluster and bluff and which is the party that seems deadly serious as it views its vital interests and territorial rights as challenged?
There has been talk of the Quad evolving into an Asian NATO that embraces the major democracies in the Indo-Pacific Theater.
But the essence of NATO is Article V, where the U.S. commits itself to treat an attack on any one of some 30 nations as an attack on us.
Is there anything like this in the cards?
Australia, Japan and the U.S. are not going to war with China over its border with India, or its ethnic concentration camps in Xinjiang, or its seizing Hong Kong and atolls in the South China Sea.
When this election is over, this country has to think through what we are and are not willing to fight China for.
Xi Jinping dismisses our concerns over Hong Kong and the Uighurs, and he appears willing to fight for Taiwan and for what Beijing holds in the South China Sea, rather than see it permanently lost.
Are we?
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vdare--2020-10-12--War On Christmas Stamps Already Being Issued By The Post Office For The "Coming Holiday Season"

Earlier : Yes , Virginia ( Dare ) , There Is A War On Christmas—Here ’ s Twenty Years Of Proof !
KVUE has a story about the `` holiday season '' stamps issued by the Postal Service .
There is , of course , a stamp for the `` annual Pan-African holiday of Kwanzaa '' which `` that brings family , community and culture together for many African Americans . ''
There 's a stamp that `` celebrates the joyous Jewish holiday with the lighting of the nine-branched Hanukkah menorah on the last evening of the holiday . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ holiday season '' red and green imagery .
There are stamps with even prettier `` winter season '' imagery .
Finally , at the end there 's this .
The US Postal Service puts it at the top of their official announcement , but KVUE puts it at the bottom .
And while the USPS calls it a `` Christmas stamp '' , KVUE does n't even name the festival it celebrates .
It 's a litttle early for the War on Christmas .
I mean , we have n't even had the @ @ @ @ @ @

Earlier: Yes, Virginia (Dare), There Is A War On Christmas—Here’s Twenty Years Of Proof!
KVUE has a story about the "holiday season" stamps issued by the Postal Service. There is, of course, a stamp for the "annual Pan-African holiday of Kwanzaa" which "that brings family, community and culture together for many African Americans."
There's a stamp that "celebrates the joyous Jewish holiday with the lighting of the nine-branched Hanukkah menorah on the last evening of the holiday."
There are stamps with very pretty "holiday season" red and green imagery.
There are stamps with even prettier "winter season" imagery.
Finally, at the end there's this. The US Postal Service puts it at the top of their official announcement, but KVUE puts it at the bottom. And while the USPS calls it a "Christmas stamp," KVUE doesn't even name the festival it celebrates.
Our Lady of Guápulo Painted in the 18th century by an unknown artist in Peru, “Our Lady of Guápulo” is from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Designed by art director Greg Breeding, the painting features a crowned Virgin Mary looking down at a similarly adorned Christ Child. USPS announces new holiday season stamps It’s that time already. The U.S. Postal Service has issued 5 new stamps ahead of the busy holiday mailing season. By Alexander Kirk, KVUE, October 12, 2020
It's a little early for the War on Christmas. I mean, we haven't even had the War on Halloween, yet.


vdare--2020-10-12--"If Black Lives Really Matter, Black Folks Have to Stop Killing Black Folks": A Modest Proposal to E

"If Black Lives Really Matter, Black Folks Have to Stop Killing Black Folks": A Modest Proposal to End Black Gun Crime in America

You have to ask yourself , when you realize gun violence ( be it fatal or nonfatal ) is committed almost exclusively by blacks all across America : would black individuals be safer in every community of America if the Second Amendment didn ’ t apply to them , and the state made it illegal for black people to own firearms ?
Contrary to media driven reports , white people aren ’ t hunting black bodies for recreational sport ; black individuals are collectively responsible for shocking acts of barbarism from Gainesville , Florida to Philadelphia .
So why not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firearm ownership , since gun violence in the USA is almost exclusively a black problem ?
WNY Activists Look to Put a Stop to Black on Black Crime , Spectrum Local News , October 10 , 2020 BUFFALO , N.Y. — Community members say , enough is enough .
A crowd of activists marched down Broadway Street chanting , “ Homicides have to go , because we say so .
They marched a few blocks and stopped at the Frank E. Merriweather , Jr. Library .
Close by was the vigil site for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed during a street party on Glenwood Avenue , leaving behind three children .
“ Hope is an expectation .
We expect homicides to stop , we can ’ t go around saying we can ’ t do anything .
Ray Ray ’ s death will not go in vain , ” said Bishop Frederick Gelsey of One In Christ Church .
“ We don ’ t have to kill , we can come together and we can talk and we can love one and other .
Tupac said this , if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ m not going to encourage you to pick up that pistol , ” said Pastor Kenneth Simmons from Cold Springs Bible Chapel .
One by one , people shared thoughts and stories about Black on Black violence they have seen or experienced .
“ My mother was killed in 1960 , my father was killed in 63 , my sister was killed in 77 , ” one woman said .
“ If Black lives really matter , Black folks have to stop killing Black folks , ” another activist said .
At one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remember and honor all loved ones who were taken too early .
Many of Johnson ’ s family members participated in the march .
They tell Spectrum News that all they want now is closure and for her killer to come forward .
“ You took someone that was special .
Somebody that all these people out here are hurting about .
Some of these people can ’ t even talk about because she ’ s gone , ” Nicole Bursie said .
“ No more of this , we don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the guns down , ” Markita Malone said .
Has there ever been a march in America to stop white on white gun crime , or an event instigated to draw attention to the pervasive problem of white on white violence ?
The answer is no .
Absolutely not .
So there exist a few black individuals who support the Second Amendment and show responsibility when it comes to firearm ownership… remember , individuals should not dictate social policy .
All across America , major cities are uninhabitable for families and law-abiding citizens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and gun violence by predominately black males .
And it is predominately black males who are the victim of gun crime committed by individual black males .
So why not just disqualify blacks from participation in the Second Amendment ?
Wouldn ’ t this simple act ensure no more marches to stop black on black crime ?
Wouldn ’ t this simple act truly show Black Lives Matter ?
Because the statistics clearly show it ’ s not white individuals gunning down black people…

You have to ask yourself, when you realize gun violence (be it fatal or nonfatal) is committed almost exclusively by blacks all across America: would black individuals be safer in every community of America if the Second Amendment didn’t apply to them, and the state made it illegal for black people to own firearms?
Contrary to media driven reports, white people aren’t hunting black bodies for recreational sport; black individuals are collectively responsible for shocking acts of barbarism from Gainesville, Florida to Philadelphia.
So why not just disqualify black people in America from firearm ownership, since gun violence in the USA is almost exclusively a black problem?
WNY Activists Look to Put a Stop to Black on Black Crime, Spectrum Local News, October 10, 2020 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Community members say, enough is enough. A crowd of activists marched down Broadway Street chanting, “Homicides have to go, because we say so. They marched a few blocks and stopped at the Frank E. Merriweather, Jr. Library. Close by was the vigil site for Rayshionna Johnson, who was shot and killed during a street party on Glenwood Avenue, leaving behind three children. “Hope is an expectation. We expect homicides to stop, we can’t go around saying we can’t do anything. Ray Ray’s death will not go in vain,” said Bishop Frederick Gelsey of One In Christ Church. “We don’t have to kill, we can come together and we can talk and we can love one and other. Tupac said this, if you’re close to me I’m not going to encourage you to pick up that pistol,” said Pastor Kenneth Simmons from Cold Springs Bible Chapel. One by one, people shared thoughts and stories about Black on Black violence they have seen or experienced. “My mother was killed in 1960, my father was killed in 63, my sister was killed in 77,” one woman said. “If Black lives really matter, Black folks have to stop killing Black folks,” another activist said. At one point, everyone took a knee to remember and honor all loved ones who were taken too early. Many of Johnson’s family members participated in the march. They tell Spectrum News that all they want now is closure and for her killer to come forward. “You took someone that was special. Somebody that all these people out here are hurting about. Some of these people can’t even talk about because she’s gone,” Nicole Bursie said. “No more of this, we don’t want it in our community, put the guns down,” Markita Malone said.
Has there ever been a march in America to stop white on white gun crime, or an event instigated to draw attention to the pervasive problem of white on white violence?
The answer is no. Absolutely not.
So there exist a few black individuals who support the Second Amendment and show responsibility when it comes to firearm ownership… remember, individuals should not dictate social policy.
All across America, major cities are uninhabitable for families and law-abiding citizens because of the threat of gun crime and gun violence by predominately black males.
And it is predominately black males who are the victim of gun crime committed by individual black males.
So why not just disqualify blacks from participation in the Second Amendment?
Wouldn’t this simple act ensure no more marches to stop black on black crime?
Wouldn’t this simple act truly show Black Lives Matter? Because the statistics clearly show it’s not white individuals gunning down black people…
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-12--Liberal Locusts: Leftist Californians Flee From The Consequences Of Their Policies, Vote For Them Ag

Liberal Locusts: Leftist Californians Flee From The Consequences Of Their Policies, Vote For Them Again

We do n't just need a wall to prevent immigration from Mexico .
We need walls to prevent hostile migrants from transforming states within this country .
While the prospect of Texas as a swing state may shock those who associate the state with George W. Bush , it shouldn ’ t surprise anyone paying attention to its politics over the last decade .
While Barack Obama lost Texas by 16 points in his 2012 re-election bid , in 2016 Hillary Clinton closed that gap to single-digits .
Two years later , Democrat Beto O ’ Rourke lost to incumbent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three points .
The improving performance of Texas Democrats tracks well with the exodus of Californians into Sun Belt states over the past two decades .
Since 2008 , more than 700,000 Californians have moved to Texas , at first propelled by the Great Recession and later by their home state ’ s increasingly untenable cost of living .
Henson warns it ’ s seductively reductionist to attribute Texas ’ rapid statewide purpling simply to California expats .
When you factor in the number of Texans that have moved to California over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a state with 29 million people is less progressive tidal wave and more trickling blue-ish tributary .
With a rising Latino population and growing metropolitan areas , Texas ’ internal demographic shifts have combined with out-of-state immigration ( not just from California ) to alter its politics .
[ Californians leave for Texas in numbers , making politically red state closer to purple , by Matt Levin , San Francisco Chronicle , October 10 , 2020 ] Here , Texas is suffering from a one-two punch .
First , mass immigration has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into essentially an extension of Mexico .
Second , many Californians fleeing `` the cost of living '' do n't connect the dots between what they are fleeing and the policies they support .
Or , perhaps they do and relish in destroying communities before they leave again .
As Steve Sailer has pointed out , limiting immigration is an important part of Affordable Family Formation because it limits the cost of housing .
However , `` free market '' Republicans set themselves a trap .
They provide low taxes , economic incentives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ businesses .
Unfortunately , many of those businesses are Woke Capital .
These corporations want more foreign worker visas , socially liberal values , and funding for various multicultural schemes .
Thus , the California of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon , once the middle-class paradise , is now a Third World state with an extremely wealthy class and an extremely poor helot class .
Common institutions , even something as simple as streets and sidewalks , can no longer be maintained .
There 's no middle class to care about it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ become more culturally conservative in response , but doubles down on `` pro-business , free market '' rhetoric , which , of course , few actually want .
The result is an overcrowded , poorly run state with one-party rule and extreme wealth inequality .
Few who flee the once Golden State seem to have learned from their experience .
Just as Massachusetts refugees transformed Vermont , California is colonizing Texas [ 'New ' Vermont Is Liberal , But 'Old ' Vermont Is Still There , by Micah Cohen , New York Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Idaho too may fall [ No Californians Need Apply , by Tony Senik , City Journal , November 14 , 2019 ] .
Once those areas are ruined , the liberals will move on , having sucked dry the social capital in these areas .
They are akin to the locust-like aliens from Independence Day .
What can be done ?
Aside from staunching the bleeding by limiting foreign immigration , state legislatures should pass laws so new residents must live in the state for a designated number of years before they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would probably throw out that law , but let 's have that fight .
Texas has a right to split into several new states , thus providing a way for some Texas Republicans to maintain their way of life .
Splitting California up ( and/or recreating the state of Jefferson ) should also be explored .
Of course , all of this is secondary to the main problem .
The Republican Party needs to think seriously about Affordable Family Formation and put the interests of its voters ahead of the interests of its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing that .
The GOP 's own creed is leading it to electoral suicide .
Hopefully , something new can emerge out of the ruins , regardless of what happens in a few weeks .

We don't just need a wall to prevent immigration from Mexico. We need walls to prevent hostile migrants from transforming states within this country.
While the prospect of Texas as a swing state may shock those who associate the state with George W. Bush, it shouldn’t surprise anyone paying attention to its politics over the last decade. While Barack Obama lost Texas by 16 points in his 2012 re-election bid, in 2016 Hillary Clinton closed that gap to single-digits. Two years later, Democrat Beto O’Rourke lost to incumbent Republican Sen. Ted Cruz by less than three points. The improving performance of Texas Democrats tracks well with the exodus of Californians into Sun Belt states over the past two decades. Since 2008, more than 700,000 Californians have moved to Texas, at first propelled by the Great Recession and later by their home state’s increasingly untenable cost of living. Henson warns it’s seductively reductionist to attribute Texas’ rapid statewide purpling simply to California expats. When you factor in the number of Texans that have moved to California over the last decade, the net political effect on a state with 29 million people is less progressive tidal wave and more trickling blue-ish tributary. With a rising Latino population and growing metropolitan areas, Texas’ internal demographic shifts have combined with out-of-state immigration (not just from California) to alter its politics. [Californians leave for Texas in numbers, making politically red state closer to purple, by Matt Levin, San Francisco Chronicle, October 10, 2020]
Here, Texas is suffering from a one-two punch. First, mass immigration has turned the far south of the state into essentially an extension of Mexico. Second, many Californians fleeing "the cost of living" don't connect the dots between what they are fleeing and the policies they support. Or, perhaps they do and relish in destroying communities before they leave again.
As Steve Sailer has pointed out, limiting immigration is an important part of Affordable Family Formation because it limits the cost of housing. However, "free market" Republicans set themselves a trap. They provide low taxes, economic incentives, and opposition to unions to attract businesses. Unfortunately, many of those businesses are Woke Capital.
These corporations want more foreign worker visas, socially liberal values, and funding for various multicultural schemes. Thus, the California of Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, once the middle-class paradise, is now a Third World state with an extremely wealthy class and an extremely poor helot class. Common institutions, even something as simple as streets and sidewalks, can no longer be maintained. There's no middle class to care about it. The GOP in this area hasn't become more culturally conservative in response, but doubles down on "pro-business, free market" rhetoric, which, of course, few actually want. The result is an overcrowded, poorly run state with one-party rule and extreme wealth inequality.
Few who flee the once Golden State seem to have learned from their experience. Just as Massachusetts refugees transformed Vermont, California is colonizing Texas ['New' Vermont Is Liberal, But 'Old' Vermont Is Still There, by Micah Cohen, New York Times, October 1, 2012]. Idaho too may fall [No Californians Need Apply, by Tony Senik, City Journal, November 14, 2019]. Once those areas are ruined, the liberals will move on, having sucked dry the social capital in these areas. They are akin to the locust-like aliens from Independence Day.
What can be done? Aside from staunching the bleeding by limiting foreign immigration, state legislatures should pass laws so new residents must live in the state for a designated number of years before they are allowed to vote. The Supreme Court would probably throw out that law, but let's have that fight. Texas has a right to split into several new states, thus providing a way for some Texas Republicans to maintain their way of life. Splitting California up (and/or recreating the state of Jefferson) should also be explored.
Of course, all of this is secondary to the main problem. The Republican Party needs to think seriously about Affordable Family Formation and put the interests of its voters ahead of the interests of its donors. It may be incapable of doing that. The GOP's own creed is leading it to electoral suicide. Hopefully, something new can emerge out of the ruins, regardless of what happens in a few weeks.


vdare--2020-10-12--Sean Ono Lennon: Why Was a Lincoln Statue Toppled in Portland?

Maybe Antifa tore down Abraham Lincoln ’ s statue for Columbus Day due to the speech Lincoln delivered at the White House to 14 Indian chiefs about how Indians should stop hunting and raiding and settle down to farming liked we pale-faced people do .
“ You have all spoken of the strange sights you see here , among your pale-faced brethren ; the very great number of people that you see ; the big wigwams ; the difference between our people and your own .
But you have seen but a very small part of the palefaced people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there are people here in this wigwam , now looking at you , who have come from other countries a great deal farther off than you have come .
“ We pale-faced people think that this world is a great , round ball , and we have people here of the pale-faced family who have come almost from the other side of it to represent their nations here and conduct their friendly intercourse with us , as you now come from your part of the round ball .
… “ We have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the globe—here , and here , and here .
There is a great difference between this palefaced people and their red brethren , both as to numbers and the way in which they live .
We know not whether your own situation is best for your race , but this is what has made the difference in our way of living .
“ The pale-faced people are numerous and prosperous because they cultivate the earth , produce bread , and depend upon the products of the earth rather than wild game for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the difference ; but there is another .
Although we are now engaged in a great war between one another , we are not , as a race , so much disposed to fight and kill one another as our red brethren .
“ You have asked for my advice .
I really am not capable of advising you whether , in the providence of the Great Spirit , who is the great Father of us all , it is best for you to maintain the habits and customs of your race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life .
I can only say that I can see no way in which your race is to become as numerous and prosperous as the white race except by living as they do , by the cultivation of the earth .
… ”

Maybe Antifa tore down Abraham Lincoln’s statue for Columbus Day due to the speech Lincoln delivered at the White House to 14 Indian chiefs about how Indians should stop hunting and raiding and settle down to farming liked we pale-faced people do.
“You have all spoken of the strange sights you see here, among your pale-faced brethren; the very great number of people that you see; the big wigwams; the difference between our people and your own. But you have seen but a very small part of the palefaced people. You may wonder when I tell you that there are people here in this wigwam, now looking at you, who have come from other countries a great deal farther off than you have come.
“We pale-faced people think that this world is a great, round ball, and we have people here of the pale-faced family who have come almost from the other side of it to represent their nations here and conduct their friendly intercourse with us, as you now come from your part of the round ball. …
“We have people now present from all parts of the globe—here, and here, and here. There is a great difference between this palefaced people and their red brethren, both as to numbers and the way in which they live. We know not whether your own situation is best for your race, but this is what has made the difference in our way of living.
“The pale-faced people are numerous and prosperous because they cultivate the earth, produce bread, and depend upon the products of the earth rather than wild game for a subsistence. This is the chief reason of the difference; but there is another. Although we are now engaged in a great war between one another, we are not, as a race, so much disposed to fight and kill one another as our red brethren.
“You have asked for my advice. I really am not capable of advising you whether, in the providence of the Great Spirit, who is the great Father of us all, it is best for you to maintain the habits and customs of your race, or adopt a new mode of life. I can only say that I can see no way in which your race is to become as numerous and prosperous as the white race except by living as they do, by the cultivation of the earth. …”


vdare--2020-10-13--Sailer in Taki's: Slaughter in the Cities

Earlier : NYT : Trump Is Wrong !
Crime Is Down !
( Except for Homicides , Which Are Up 28 % ) From my new Taki ’ s Magazine column : Establishment voices are finally , grudgingly admitting that murders and shootings are up spectacularly in 2020 .
But the reasons , they all agree , are immensely complicated and rather boring .
Perhaps , they muse , it has something to do with lockdowns ?
Or there could be any number of other subtly interacting factors .
Who can tell ?
In any case , this mysterious rise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much less the control , of politicians .
For example , Nate Silver ’ s FiveThirtyEight headlined : Trump Doesn ’ t Know Why Crime Rises or Falls .
Neither Does Biden .
Or Any Other Politician .
…We don ’ t actually know why crime went up this year .
To be fair , we don ’ t truly know why crime goes up…well , ever .
Nor do we know how to make it go down in the long term .
So there ’ s no reason to consider the sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ casting your vote this fall .
Crime isn ’ t something immediately threatening like climate change where voting matters .
Instead , the rise and fall of crime is a vast , mysterious process , reminiscent of continental drift in its inevitability , which public policy and media opinion couldn ’ t possibly affect .
Indeed , wouldn ’ t you rather read about some outrageous tweet by Trump than about this intensely tedious giant outbreak of gunfire ?
Seriously , the current shooting spree in our cities is one of the simplest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history of the social sciences .
… Here ’ s the NYPD ’ s graph of shooting victims in New York City with 2019 in red and 2020 in yellow :

Earlier: NYT: Trump Is Wrong! Crime Is Down! (Except for Homicides, Which Are Up 28%)
From my new Taki’s Magazine column:
Slaughter in the Cities
Steve Sailer
October 14, 2020
Establishment voices are finally, grudgingly admitting that murders and shootings are up spectacularly in 2020. But the reasons, they all agree, are immensely complicated and rather boring.
Perhaps, they muse, it has something to do with lockdowns. Or there could be any number of other subtly interacting factors. Who can tell? In any case, this mysterious rise in violence is beyond the comprehension, much less the control, of politicians. For example, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight headlined:
Trump Doesn’t Know Why Crime Rises or Falls. Neither Does Biden. Or Any Other Politician.
…We don’t actually know why crime went up this year. To be fair, we don’t truly know why crime goes up…well, ever. Nor do we know how to make it go down in the long term.
So there’s no reason to consider the sudden rise in slaughter in the cities when casting your vote this fall. Crime isn’t something immediately threatening like climate change, where voting matters. Instead, the rise and fall of crime is a vast, mysterious process, reminiscent of continental drift in its inevitability, which public policy and media opinion couldn’t possibly affect. Indeed, wouldn’t you rather read about some outrageous tweet by Trump than about this intensely tedious giant outbreak of gunfire?
Seriously, the current shooting spree in our cities is one of the simplest, most flagrantly obvious phenomena in the history of the social sciences. …
Here’s the NYPD’s graph of shooting victims in New York City with 2019 in red and 2020 in yellow:


vdare--2020-10-13--Deadspin: A More Successful Sportswriter Whose Job I Hunger for Is a Vacuous Turd Who Embodies White

Deadspin: A More Successful Sportswriter Whose Job I Hunger for Is a Vacuous Turd Who Embodies White Male Privilege

From Deadspin , a site for Woke sportswriters ( whose numbers are Legion even if their readers are not so much ) : Adam Schefter is a popular reporter and analyst for ESPN who covers the NFL as well as the NBA .
iSteve commenter Lot points out that Schefter has 7.9 million Twitter followers , an enormous number .
Apparently , he ’ s the guy who breaks the most stories about what ’ s going on in the NFL , such as injury and trade reports , news that ’ s hungered after by fans and bettors .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people , myself included .
But it ’ s especially populated by privileged white men , who are never called to account for their privilege or use it in any constructive way .
America seems , by and large , OK with this : The “ leave politics out of sports !
” crowd has effectively shouted down and exhausted those of us who keep insisting that sports is not , and has never been , apolitical .
For the most part , we try to pick our battles and ignore the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media person does something that evidences such terrible judgment , such lack of compassion or care for the people they cover , that it merits calling them out on it .
Witness , then , this tweet from ESPN ’ s Adam Schefter : See , because you think he means the Presidential Election , but he actually means the NFL trade deadline !
This is a poor attempt at humor during a good year , and a “ fuck you ” to every non-white person who has been and continues to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Donald Trump in 2020 .
While the President continues to refuse to disavow white supremacy ( shoutout to Jemele Hill , who was light years ahead of the rest of America on this one ) , while COVID continues to ravage Black and brown communities at two and a half times more than white ones , while people wait in line to vote for upwards of 11 hours in Marietta , Ga. , this is the joke Adam Schefter decided to make .
He doesn ’ t have to worry about these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white man with a high-paying gig , he doesn ’ t have to think about the same things you do .
He ’ ll continue to do well no matter who sits on the Supreme Court , no matter who occupies the Oval Office .
Schefter has built his career and reputation on covering a league that is 70 percent Black .
It ’ s also a league that is run , coached , and covered overwhelmingly by white men .
I have a pretty good idea who the audience was intended to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but I hope the guys he covers in the league see it as well — and remember it next time they decide who they trust with their stories and information .
I know , I know , he was just joking , right ?
Okay , it was a bad joke , but he didn ’ t mean anything by it .
At what point , though , do we start holding people accountable for bad jokes that actively ignore harm to others in the name of scoring some Twitter likes ?
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black leagues have to walk a mile in the players ’ shoes ?
And , my God , when will sports media stop being a haven for mediocre white men to make hay off the suffering of others ?
I don ’ t subscribe to cable TV and I don ’ t pay much attention to the NFL or NBA in recent years , so I ’ d never heard of Adam Schefter , age 53 , but by glancing at some background on him , he doesn ’ t seem to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be a white man who is very good at his highly competitive job .
Lots of people would love to be paid to talk about football and basketball on TV , and out of all that competition , Schefter has , over the decades , worked his way up to very near the top of his field .
A couple of questions : Do many Jews ever get worried that open season on white men with good jobs is turning out to be bad for Jews like Schefter , who , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs most lusted after by the Woke mob ?
Or does the notion that Jews tend to be , by current use of the term “ privileged , ” quite privileged and thus endangered by the War on White Privilege just Does Not Compute for most Jews ?
We saw with the # MeToo cancellations of older white men with good jobs like Harvey Weinstein ( deserved ) and Senator Al Franken ( undeserved ) that a very high proportion were Jewish , in part because Jews disproportionately fill a lot of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Larry David dared mention it in public .
But at least those victims did something to get in trouble .
Now , the Woke are turning on apparently perfectly innocent white men like Schefter in the hopes of ruining their careers by accusing them of White Male Privilege and getting their jobs instead .
Once again , a high proportion of the targeted are Jewish .
Do Jews grasp that they comprise a remarkably high percentage of people with enviable jobs ?
Or , in deriding that fact as a “ stereotype ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to believe their own propaganda , so it seldom occurs to them that they are promoting a job market pogrom against themselves ?
Do you think Michael Bloomberg , Mark Zuckerberg , Chuck Schumer , Larry Ellison , Sergey Brin , and/or George Soros ever worry that all this is turning out to be bad for the Jews ?
Do any of them have a plan for after the election to slow this runaway train down ?
Second , as I said , I ’ m guessing that Schefter doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white man.
” But I can think of somebody who does embody the meme of the Mediocre White Man being elevated far above his deserved station in life : Joe Biden .
Biden got elected to the Senate from a tiny state at age 29 and held that post for 36 years , then got a no-work job as vice president .
He ’ s currently running for President by sitting in his basement .
How will having the epitome of a Michael Scott-style genuine Mediocre White Man as President going to work @ @ @

From Deadspin, a site for Woke sportswriters (whose numbers are Legion even if their readers are not so much):
BREAKING: Adam Schefter is a vacuous turd who embodies white male privilege Julie DiCaro
Today 3:14PM Adam Schefter doesn’t get that the election has real consequences for people who aren’t white.
Adam Schefter is a popular reporter and analyst for ESPN who covers the NFL as well as the NBA. iSteve commenter Lot points out that Schefter has 7.9 million Twitter followers, an enormous number. Apparently, he’s the guy who breaks the most stories about what’s going on in the NFL, such as injury and trade reports, news that’s hungered after by fans and bettors.
Sports media is overpopulated by privileged white people, myself included. But it’s especially populated by privileged white men, who are never called to account for their privilege or use it in any constructive way. America seems, by and large, OK with this: The “leave politics out of sports!” crowd has effectively shouted down and exhausted those of us who keep insisting that sports is not, and has never been, apolitical. For the most part, we try to pick our battles and ignore the rest of it. But sometimes a white media person does something that evidences such terrible judgment, such lack of compassion or care for the people they cover, that it merits calling them out on it. Witness, then, this tweet from ESPN’s Adam Schefter:
Three weeks from today is a hugely significant day, with potential ramifications for years to come.
The NFL trade deadline. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 13, 2020
See, because you think he means the Presidential Election, but he actually means the NFL trade deadline! This is a poor attempt at humor during a good year, and a “fuck you” to every non-white person who has been and continues to be deeply affected by the actions and policies of Donald Trump in 2020. While the President continues to refuse to disavow white supremacy (shoutout to Jemele Hill, who was light years ahead of the rest of America on this one), while COVID continues to ravage Black and brown communities at two and a half times more than white ones, while people wait in line to vote for upwards of 11 hours in Marietta, Ga., this is the joke Adam Schefter decided to make. He doesn’t have to worry about these things, you see. As a white man with a high-paying gig, he doesn’t have to think about the same things you do. He’ll continue to do well no matter who sits on the Supreme Court, no matter who occupies the Oval Office. Schefter has built his career and reputation on covering a league that is 70 percent Black. It’s also a league that is run, coached, and covered overwhelmingly by white men. I have a pretty good idea who the audience was intended to be for Schefter’s tweet, but I hope the guys he covers in the league see it as well — and remember it next time they decide who they trust with their stories and information. I know, I know, he was just joking, right? Okay, it was a bad joke, but he didn’t mean anything by it. At what point, though, do we start holding people accountable for bad jokes that actively ignore harm to others in the name of scoring some Twitter likes? When do the white men who cover largely Black leagues have to walk a mile in the players’ shoes? And, my God, when will sports media stop being a haven for mediocre white men to make hay off the suffering of others?
I don’t subscribe to cable TV and I don’t pay much attention to the NFL or NBA in recent years, so I’d never heard of Adam Schefter, age 53, but by glancing at some background on him, he doesn’t seem to be a mediocre white man, he seems to be a white man who is very good at his highly competitive job. Lots of people would love to be paid to talk about football and basketball on TV, and out of all that competition, Schefter has, over the decades, worked his way up to very near the top of his field.
A couple of questions: Do many Jews ever get worried that open season on white men with good jobs is turning out to be bad for Jews like Schefter, who, after all, disproportionately fill many of the jobs most lusted after by the Woke mob? Or does the notion that Jews tend to be, by current use of the term “privileged,” quite privileged and thus endangered by the War on White Privilege just Does Not Compute for most Jews?
We saw with the #MeToo cancellations of older white men with good jobs like Harvey Weinstein (deserved) and Senator Al Franken (undeserved) that a very high proportion were Jewish, in part because Jews disproportionately fill a lot of the really good jobs. But nobody except Larry David dared mention it in public.
But at least those victims did something to get in trouble.
Now, the Woke are turning on apparently perfectly innocent white men like Schefter in the hopes of ruining their careers by accusing them of White Male Privilege and getting their jobs instead. Once again, a high proportion of the targeted are Jewish.
Do Jews grasp that they comprise a remarkably high percentage of people with enviable jobs? Or, in deriding that fact as a “stereotype” and a “trope” have they come to believe their own propaganda, so it seldom occurs to them that they are promoting a job market pogrom against themselves?
Do you think Michael Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Chuck Schumer, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, and/or George Soros ever worry that all this is turning out to be bad for the Jews? Do any of them have a plan for after the election to slow this runaway train down?
Second, as I said, I’m guessing that Schefter doesn’t deserve to be called a “mediocre white man.” But I can think of somebody who does embody the meme of the Mediocre White Man being elevated far above his deserved station in life: Joe Biden.
Biden got elected to the Senate from a tiny state at age 29 and held that post for 36 years, then got a no-work job as vice president. He’s currently running for President by sitting in his basement.
How will having the epitome of a Michael Scott–style genuine Mediocre White Man as President going to work out anyway?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-13--Amy Coney Barrett: Why Is No-one Asking About Her Haitian Adopted Children?

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has provoked huge controversy .
She ’ s a Christian who might replace an aggressive Jewish legislating Leftist , meaning she ’ ll probably tip the court in a more conservative direction .
But the fact that she has two adopted black immigrant children ( in addition to five of her own ) has , needless to say , not surfaced in the hearings−although Ibram X. Kendi 's response to it , below , did .
It 's no the kind of thing you 're allowed to ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What kind of white people adopt black children ?
Of course , in doing so , Barrett has unintentionally “ gaslighted ” liberals and minority activists .
Conservatives are supposed to be evil racists , yet this committed Roman Catholic has adopted two black children from Haiti .
This has led to cognitive dissonance—when where the way the world is contradicts the way your ideology tells you it should be .
People deal with the confusion this causes either by accepting that their ideology is empirically wrong or by coming up with some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They will express this with great emotion , because they know , deep down , that it ’ s wrong and they want to dissuade people from criticising it .
So it turns out that Barrett has adopted two black children because she ’ s a racist .
According to “ anti-racism ” activist and academic Ibram X. Kendi ; Thus “ cognitive consonance ” has been achieved !
The nasty racist conservative who adopted black children did so as an act of “ colonialism ” –because she is a “ racist ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ N. Kennedy , R. LA , condemned Kendi , although he referred to him as `` some butthead professor '' rather than `` some black professor '' .
Perhaps someone should dispassionately look at the kind of people who in engage in adoption and specifically in inter-racial adoption .
Fortunately , this has been done by Edward Dutton , of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in London , and Guy Madison , a psychologist from Umeå University in Sweden [ Why do middle-class couples of European descent adopt children from Africa and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2018 ] .
According to the researchers , the key issue is differences in so-called “ Life History Strategy ” ( LHS ) .
We are all on spectrum from a fast LHS to a slow LHS .
Those with a fast LHS are adapted to an ecology which is easy but unstable , full of unpredictable dangers such as wild animals and outbreaks of disease which means you could be wiped out any minute .
Thus , they “ live fast , die young ” and invest most of their energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with as many people as possible , hoping that some of their numerous offspring will survive .
They are aggressive , to respond to sudden dangers , and create weak social bonds , as anyone could be suddenly killed .
In contrast , Slow LH strategists are evolved to an ecology which is harsh but predictable .
This starts to develop once the ecology reaches the carrying capacity for the species , meaning that members start to compete with each other .
They are more likely to succeed in this competition if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : they will meet people again ; they can plan for the future .
Also , as the environment is harsh , if they simply have lots of children , and don ’ t look after them , they could all be wiped out .
So they start to invest less energy in copulation and more energy in nurture .
In such a harsh world , Slow LH strategists are also more likely to survive as part of a group .
Life also slows down so you can learn about the more complex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example .
So a slow LHS is associated with a desire to nurture in general and thus low negative ethnocentrism , high altruism , empathy , Conscientiousness ( impulse control and following group rules ) and intelligence , because this allows you to plan for the future , be future-oriented and make correct predictions .
According to researchers Dutton and Madison , who draw upon various large-scale surveys , socioeconomic status is associated with a slow LHS .
People with high socioeconomic status tend to have high IQ and they also tend to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lesser extent , Altruism and Empathy ( though there are always individual exceptions ) .
As such , you would expect middle class people who were infertile to be more likely to adopt : they report 23 % of US high school graduates would potentially adopt compared to 48 % of “ college graduates or higher.
” The latter are also less likely to believe that it would be “ harder to love an adopted child.
” Among Whites who adopt Blacks , 53 % were at least university graduates .
Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The researchers report that Blacks—on numerous measures such as personality traits , sexual promiscuity , negative ethnocentrism and puberty age—are faster LH strategists than Whites .
This means they should be less pro-nurturing and more ethnocentric .
Consistent with this , Dutton and Madison find that 50 % of White women would adopt if they were infertile , but this was so for only 35 % of Black women .
Blacks were more likely to feel that you would be less able to love an adopted child , and more likely to adopt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 95 % of Black adopters had adopted a child of their own race compared to 81 % of White adopters .
Dutton and Madison note that Asians have a slower LHS than Whites , but are less likely to adopt .
However , they suggest that this may be because , as the ecology becomes extremely harsh , ever narrower niches must be found to survive , meaning that the components of a slow LHS start to break-up .
Hence , Asians are slower overall but faster on certain traits -- their generalized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not to even own pets .
But they are extremely nurturing to their own children , more so than Whites .
Dutton and Madison also argue that women typically follow a slower LHS than men .
As their involvement with the child is inescapable , they invest more energy than do men in nurture than in sex .
Thus they are far more in favour of adoption , with only 17 % of them saying it is harder to love an adopted child compared to 28 % of men .
So , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that educated , white women—such as Judge Barrett—who pursue inter-racial adoption is slow LHS : in other words , they are kind , nurturing , non-racist people .
Although Dutton and Madison did not look at this , it has also been found that religiosity is associated with a slow LHS [ The Measurement of Human Life History Strategy , By A.J .
Figueredo et al.
, Personality and Individual Differences , 2013 ] .
So this might also predict , in extreme cases , generalized altruism and thus inter-racial adoption .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kendi , Dutton and Madison do look at potential mercenary aspects to transracial adoption .
They note that home adoptees in Western countries are likely to be the children of drug-addicts who will be damaged and will inherit criminal traits , such as low IQ and poor impulse control .
So a foreign adoption , of children who presumably lack these traits , may actually lead to an easier life for the adoptive parents .
The researchers also observe that parents may feel a sense of disgust towards the White child of low @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not towards a foreign child of a different race , who is not being part of their group .
Also it is clearly true , they note , that adopting a Black child is a means of virtue-signalling and we might expect White people , being more intelligent , to better understand the benefits of doing this .
But overall , the study seems to imply that transracial adoption is higher among middle class White people not because these people are “ racist ” —but because they are simply extremely high in generalized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nurture and be kind .
But there ’ s another issue .
Amy Coney Barrett ’ s interracial adoptions do suggest that she may have no awareness of race realism–not impossible in her intellectual milieu .
The plain fact is that interracial adoptions regularly don ’ t work out well , for example in the case of Colin Kaepernick and born-again Never Trumper David Frum ’ s family .
[ The Prodigal Frum , The Nation , July 11 , 2012 ] How could she not be aware of this before inflicting it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibility that the Disparate Impact of objective employment tests may actually be the result of systematic IQ differences has never been frankly presented to a U.S court .
How will Amy Coney Barrett respond when it is ?

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court has provoked huge controversy. She’s a Christian who might replace an aggressive Jewish legislating Leftist, meaning she’ll probably tip the court in a more conservative direction. But the fact that she has two adopted black immigrant children (in addition to five of her own) has, needless to say, not surfaced in the hearings—although Ibram X. Kendi's response to it, below, did. It's not the kind of thing you're allowed to ask about. Which is too bad. What kind of white people adopt black children?
Of course, in doing so, Barrett has unintentionally “gaslighted” liberals and minority activists. Conservatives are supposed to be evil racists, yet this committed Roman Catholic has adopted two black children from Haiti. This has led to cognitive dissonance—when where the way the world is contradicts the way your ideology tells you it should be.
People deal with the confusion this causes either by accepting that their ideology is empirically wrong or by coming up with some desperate way of justifying their worldview. They will express this with great emotion, because they know, deep down, that it’s wrong and they want to dissuade people from criticizing it.
So it turns out that Barrett has adopted two black children because she’s a racist. According to “anti-racism” activist and academic Ibram X. Kendi;
Some White colonizers “adopted” Black children. They “civilized” these “savage” children in the “superior” ways of White people, while using them as props in their lifelong pictures of denial, while cutting the biological parents of these children out of the picture of humanity [Boston University professor is urged to resign for calling Amy Coney Barrett a 'white colonizer' who is using her two adopted Haitian children as 'props,'by Ariel Zilber et al., Mail Online, September 28, 2020].
Thus “cognitive consonance” has been achieved! The nasty racist conservative who adopted black children did so as an act of “colonialism”—because she is a “racist” and a Bad Person.
Senator John N. Kennedy, (R-LA) condemned Kendi, although he referred to him as "some butthead professor" rather than "some black professor."
Sen. John Kennedy asks ACB about Boston University's @DrIbram saying that she is a "white colonist" for adopting two Haitian children:
"They are my children who we love and who we brought home and made part of our family and accusations like that are cruel." pic.twitter.com/tgrhUe2zM4 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 13, 2020
Perhaps someone should dispassionately look at the kind of people who in engage in adoption and specifically in interracial adoption.
Fortunately, this has been done by Edward Dutton, of the Ulster Institute for Social Research in London, and Guy Madison, a psychologist from Umeå University in Sweden [Why do middle-class couples of European descent adopt children from Africa and Asia?, Personality and Individual Differences, 2018].
According to the researchers, the key issue is differences in so-called “Life History Strategy” (LHS). We are all on spectrum from a fast LHS to a slow LHS.
Those with a fast LHS are adapted to an ecology which is easy but unstable, full of unpredictable dangers such as wild animals and outbreaks of disease, which means you could be wiped out any minute. Thus, they “live fast, die young” and invest most of their energy in sex, having as much sex with as many people as possible, hoping that some of their numerous offspring will survive. They are aggressive, to respond to sudden dangers, and create weak social bonds, as anyone could be suddenly killed.
In contrast, Slow LH strategists are evolved to an ecology which is harsh but predictable. This starts to develop once the ecology reaches the carrying capacity for the species, meaning that members start to compete with each other. They are more likely to succeed in this competition if they adapt to the predictability of the environment: they will meet people again; they can plan for the future. Also, as the environment is harsh, if they simply have lots of children, and don’t look after them, they could all be wiped out. So they start to invest less energy in copulation and more energy in nurture.
In such a harsh world, Slow LH strategists are also more likely to survive as part of a group. Life also slows down so you can learn about the more complex environment, meaning later puberty, for example. So a slow LHS is associated with a desire to nurture in general and thus low negative ethnocentrism, high altruism, empathy, Conscientiousness (impulse control and following group rules) and intelligence, because this allows you to plan for the future, be future-oriented and make correct predictions.
According to researchers Dutton and Madison, who draw upon various large-scale surveys, socioeconomic status is associated with a slow LHS. People with high socioeconomic status tend to have high IQ and they also tend to be high in Conscientiousness and, to a lesser extent, Altruism and Empathy (though there are always individual exceptions).
As such, you would expect middle class people who were infertile to be more likely to adopt: they report 23% of US high school graduates would potentially adopt compared to 48% of “college graduates or higher.” The latter are also less likely to believe that it would be “harder to love an adopted child.”
Among Whites who adopt Blacks, 53% were at least university graduates.
Then there is the issue of race. The researchers report that Blacks—on numerous measures such as personality traits, sexual promiscuity, negative ethnocentrism and puberty age—are faster LH strategists than Whites. This means they should be less pro-nurturing and more ethnocentric.
Consistent with this, Dutton and Madison find that 50% of White women would adopt if they were infertile, but this was so for only 35% of Black women.
Blacks were more likely to feel that you would be less able to love an adopted child, and more likely to adopt relatives than were Whites. Also, 95% of Black adopters had adopted a child of their own race compared to 81% of White adopters.
Dutton and Madison note that Asians have a slower LHS than Whites, but are less likely to adopt. However, they suggest that this may be because, as the ecology becomes extremely harsh, ever narrower niches must be found to survive, meaning that the components of a slow LHS start to break-up.
Hence, Asians are slower overall but faster on certain traits—their generalized nurture being so low than they tend not to even own pets. But they are extremely nurturing to their own children, more so than Whites.
Dutton and Madison also argue that women typically follow a slower LHS than men. As their involvement with the child is inescapable, they invest more energy than do men in nurture than in sex.
Thus they are far more in favor of adoption, with only 17% of them saying it is harder to love an adopted child compared to 28% of men.
So, the big issue in understanding why it is that educated, white women—such as Judge Barrett—who pursue interracial adoption is slow LHS: in other words, they are kind, nurturing, non-racist people.
Although Dutton and Madison did not look at this, it has also been found that religiosity is associated with a slow LHS [The Measurement of Human Life History Strategy, by A.J. Figueredo et al., Personality and Individual Differences, 2013].
So this might also predict, in extreme cases, generalized altruism and thus interracial adoption.
That said, and to be fair to Kendi, Dutton and Madison do look at potential mercenary aspects to transracial adoption.
They note that home adoptees in Western countries are likely to be the children of drug-addicts who will be damaged and will inherit criminal traits, such as low IQ and poor impulse control. So a foreign adoption, of children who presumably lack these traits, may actually lead to an easier life for the adoptive parents.
The researchers also observe that parents may feel a sense of disgust towards the White child of low status in a way that they will not towards a foreign child of a different race, who is not being part of their group.
Also it is clearly true, they note, that adopting a Black child is a means of virtue-signalling and we might expect White people, being more intelligent, to better understand the benefits of doing this.
But overall, the study seems to imply that transracial adoption is higher among middle class White people not because these people are “racist”—but because they are simply extremely high in generalized altruism and they are strongly evolved to nurture and be kind.
Which is great.
But there’s another issue. Amy Coney Barrett’s interracial adoptions do suggest that she may have no awareness of race realism—not impossible in her intellectual milieu. The plain fact is that interracial adoptions regularly don’t work out well, for example in the case of Colin Kaepernick and born-again Never Trumper David Frum’s family [The Prodigal Frum, The Nation, July 11, 2012]. How could she not be aware of this before inflicting it on her family?
Importantly, the possibility that the Disparate Impact of objective employment tests may actually be the result of systematic IQ differences has never been frankly presented to a U.S court.
How will Amy Coney Barrett respond when it is?


vdare--2020-10-13--A Reader Says The Most Recent Target Of Iconoclasts Is The Great Columbus Fountain In DC

Re : Columbus Day 2020 : “ The Columbian Exchange ” —Columbus Did Nothing Wrong , The Geneva Convention Says @ @ @ @ @ article on was excellently timed .
Yesterday there was an op-ed in the Washington Post @ @ @ @ @ demolish the grand statue of located in front of Washington Union Station in DC .
@ @ @ @ @ satisfied when there 's nothing left of western civilization , because after the statues , @ @ @ @ @ they 'll move up to the destruction of our very existence .
That 's how @ @ @ @ @ : normal Americans still do .

Re: Columbus Day 2020: “The Columbian Exchange”—Columbus Did Nothing Wrong, The Geneva Convention Says So!
From: Tim [Email him]
James Fulford's article on Columbus was excellently timed. Yesterday there was an op-ed in the Washington Post stating it was time to demolish the grand statue of Columbus located in front of Washington Union Station in DC.
The Christopher Columbus fountain is broken, @LopakaPurdy writes. So is his story. https://t.co/7nuZVemUSV — Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) October 9, 2020
The SOBs won't be satisfied when there's nothing left of Western civilization, because after the statues, etc., are gone, they'll move up to the destruction of our very existence.
James Fulford writes: I've visited that station, and admired the Lorado Taft sculpture group. The dedication says:
TO THE MEMORY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WHOSE HIGH FAITH AND INDOMITABLE COURAGE GAVE TO MANKIND A NEW WORLD BORN MCDXXXVI DIED MDIV (1436–1504)
That's how all Americans felt about Columbus: normal Americans still do.