Re: What Are the Race Deniers Denying?

Bob Whitaker (bwhit@conterra.com)
Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:06:06 -0500

Standard first reply from a PC. I'm at the University of London,
isn't everybody impressed? We make light of you peasants, etc.

Huw Jones wrote:
>
> Bob Whitaker wrote:
> >
> > Huw Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > cynthia gage wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In article <32875874.697@conterra.com>, bwhit@conterra.com wrote:
> > > > > OH, HORSESHIT!
> > > > > None of the clones who insist IQ is meaningless would let anybody
> > > > > try for one of their precious PhD's who did not have an IQ of at least
> > > > > 120.
> > > > > Get off it!
> > > >
> > > > I disagree with your statment completely. Since when was IQ ever a
> > > > pre-requisit for a PhD? And are you saying that having a PhD is a direct
> > > > indicator of high intelligence?
> > > >
> > > > Just wondering,
> > > > Cynthia
> > >
> > > Why waste you time wondering over someone who's 'apparently' incapable
> > > of recognising the difference between reasoned argument and abuse? Do
> > > you seriously expect an intelligent reply? Remember, you're dealing with
> > > someone who posts up the same vacuous abuse to two (maybe more)
> > > thoughtful posts.
> > >
> >
> > And he is objective! He gets paid to push Political Correctness,
> > so you can count on this boy!
>
> Well Bob, I have to admit that you gave me a great laugh when I read
> your post. You should be on TV, enlightening a grateful public with
> your penetrating insights and delighting them with such incisive,
> caustic wit.
>
> So, I'm paid to "push Political Correctness" eh? Well, I've got my job
> description right here and, you know Bob, my superiors at the University
> of London Kremlin (or Senate House, as we unthinking peasants refer to
> it) have photographically altered it to remove all traces of the dreaded
> "PC words" - amazing! - but then again, maybe I just don't have your
> capacity to discern what goes on 'beneath the surface', right? I was
> almost too trapped within my ideological prison to recognise a 'great
> man', even when he responded with such thoughtfullness, wisdom and
> evident concern for the facts. Gee Bob, thanks for showing us dimwits
> the way...
>
> Look, nothing personal right? - but I can only assume that the cause of
> all this mindless (if amusing) venom is that you've had some dreadful
> experience(s) in you educational career, and now see fit to take revenge
> via the internet on "precious PhD's" (incidentally, your somewhat
> limited capacity to write good English leaves it unclear if you are
> objecting to doctorates per se, or those who possess them.) Who knows
> though, maybe you're like this with everyone...
>
> I really, really wish that there was some substance in your otherwise
> completely juvenile replies that could be addressed properly, but you
> seem unwilling (or should I say unable) to articulate a coherent
> argument.
>
> You have reinforced the point I made to Cynthia. In the meantime I await
> further enlightenment, O Great One, handkerchief ready to wipe away the
> tears of laughter as my mind is taken to a higher plane...
>
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