Re: Race, Science, & Political Correctness

Bob Whitaker (bwhit@conterra.com)
Sun, 08 Dec 1996 12:43:49 -0500

dckom wrote:
>
> On Sat, 30 Nov 1996 12:01:05 -0500 c.e., Bob Whitaker <bwhit@conterra.com>
> wrote :
>
> > "Cultural critique", my ass!
> > You're trying to get his back into the cliches you're used to. I didn't
> >say a damned thing about "cultural critique". I said the whore
> >"anthropology" goes along with absolutely anything the establishment
> >wants to believe about race, when the establishment wants to believe it.
>
> Now,Boobie, weren't you the one who got all over Laura Finsten for
> cussin? Note, you're the first person in this thread to start slinging
> vulgarities.But then, an argument could be made that your whole discourse
> is vulgar and obscene.
>
> David
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Free thought, neccessarily involving freedom of
> speech and press, I may tersely define thus:no
> opinion a law-no opinion a crime.
> Alexander Berkman

I don't remember ever criticizing Finsten for cussing. The term
"intellectual whore" is not obscene, but it is descriptive.