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Peacekeeper3/10/2009 7:36:18 am PDT

Interestingly, there is aDarwin debate (sort of) going on amongst Democrats. I never would have guessed.

So left-wing bloggers feel somewhat betrayed that Campolo has challenged orthodox Darwinism in a recent column published in Britain, which also appeared last year in the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Darwin’s writings, when actually read, express the prevalent racism of the nineteenth century, and endorse an extreme laissez faire political ideology that legitimates the neglect of the suffering poor by the ruling elite,” Campolo opined.