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John Derbyshire Is Just a Little Too Openly Racist for NRO

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)4/08/2012 9:02:12 am PDT

re: #437 Talking Point Detective

When I use it, I mean it to refer to a tendency towards acting out of a group identification, castigation of the “other,” - members of another tribe.

The first part makes a little bit of sense, if you’re saying people have this false idea of group identity they’re subscribing to. The latter doesn’t make much sense— there’s nothing inherent in a tribe that castigates the ‘other’. Sure, human history is full of wars between groups, but it’s also full of groups living peacefully with each other.