tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post1918465830585506380..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: From the Editorial Pagekcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-44928663362842714002008-02-25T15:24:00.000-05:002008-02-25T15:24:00.000-05:00To the 3.20:No, the criticism wouldn't have been t...To the 3.20:<BR/><BR/>No, the criticism wouldn't have been the same, because the issue would have been irrelevant to the subject of this blog. (Unless, of course, it had been offered by another Group of 88 member.)<BR/><BR/>Demanding more "diversity" hiring in the media is, it would seem to me, a most unusual way to get beyond race consciousness.kcjohnson9https://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47884239116045427272008-02-25T15:20:00.000-05:002008-02-25T15:20:00.000-05:00If Holloway had not written this, would the critic...If Holloway had not written this, would the criticism be the same? You know I try to hang with you on this blog, but sometimes your biases seem to interfere with your reading. Just to illustrate, the point in her oped about diversity in the media she makes is connected to an argument about having diverse reporters not only assigned to the race beat. This just makes sense to me. When you misrepresent like this KC, it doesn't help our objective in this to get people to be appropriately indignant about this matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-25015738830054991432008-02-24T22:16:00.000-05:002008-02-24T22:16:00.000-05:00The answer to the equation is simple:2 + 2 = racis...The answer to the equation is simple:<BR/><BR/><BR/>2 + 2 = racism<BR/><BR/><BR/>When racism is found under every rock, or, as the Diva noted, is the oxygen of one's existence, then "racism" is the answer to everything. <BR/><BR/><BR/>God = racism<BR/><BR/><BR/>It will be great, one day, to have everyone forget about racial categories. I suspect Holloway, Chafe, Lubiano, Jackson and Sharpton will be the last ones dragged kicking and screaming into that golden era. They are the ones who earn a living based on racism. As for the election, it is nice to see that, as far as Barack Obama is concerned, the word white is not so homogenized. <BR/><BR/><BR/>E = mc(racism)<BR/><BR/><BR/>On another note, I'm surprised that none of the students have filed defamation lawsuits against the media. I guess the statute of limitations is probably 2 years, so there is time. For the Herald-Sun and the N&O, the lax students have a lot of time because the Herald-Sun and N&O's last defamatory column has yet to be written, I suspect. What's Barry Saunders doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-22907482894959804552008-02-24T17:28:00.000-05:002008-02-24T17:28:00.000-05:00Re: Three Student not engaged in litigation: 1. M...Re: Three Student not engaged in litigation: <BR/><BR/>1. Matt Danowski:<BR/>Matt’s father, John Danowski is the new lacrosse coach that replaced Mike Pressler. ($$$$ in hand is better than……)<BR/><BR/>2. Kevin Mayer:<BR/>Kevin’s father, …..“Thom Mayer later attended Duke University School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree in 1977.”<BR/><BR/>3. Matt Zash: <BR/>Plays a midfield position for the Philadelphia Barrage, a professional lacrosse team. The team won back to back MLL championships.<BR/><BR/> Zash game notes:<BR/><BR/>“…..Matt Zash ….scored two goals …during Philly’s five-goal run.”<BR/><BR/>“….the Barrage has one of the deadliest midfields with ….. Matt Zash,…..”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-63916443249225546652008-02-24T16:38:00.000-05:002008-02-24T16:38:00.000-05:00The problem with Holloway's gripe (that voting blo...The problem with Holloway's gripe (that voting blocs are sometimes referenced by race) is precisely because, in the real world, voting blocs based on race exist. The reason you don't often hear about a white male voting bloc is because 95% of white males don't consistently vote for the same party no matter which candidate in particular is running. Same goes for Asians. Ergo, an "asian male voting bloc" simply does not exist.<BR/><BR/>But black citizens' votes are as predictable and unwavering as a NY Times endorsement; no matter who the candidates are, no matter what their positions are, blacks will vote for the Democrat literally 90-95% of the time. Is Holloway really arguing that you shouldn't be allowed to notice that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-91454689847609334762008-02-24T16:32:00.001-05:002008-02-24T16:32:00.001-05:00Do these people not understand that supporting the...Do these people not understand that supporting the lacrosse players is supporting the rule of law . . . commenting in apologia to discount or discredit the damage to the lacrosse players is more of the hypocrisy that created this fiasco in the first place. The perverted logic of these editorial excuses is at the heart of a racist system of political correctness. The discrimination that jumps out in Duke's response and in its administration and its faculty was already present and in gear in the academic environment of the school. It did not require Nifong to activate it, but rather, the Nifong hoax put Duke's way of thinking into the public arena so that others have become aware of it. In spite of their legal difficulties the collective group of academic racist of faculty and administration still have not been challened sufficiently. Those that cannot understand this or the need for such a suit have not been paying attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27161402235262024922008-02-24T16:32:00.000-05:002008-02-24T16:32:00.000-05:00My generation of the Sixties, with all our great i...My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.<BR/><BR/> -Camille PagliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-61660389708039248672008-02-24T14:10:00.000-05:002008-02-24T14:10:00.000-05:00Must agree with Debrah at 12:23 PM. It is indeed g...Must agree with Debrah at 12:23 PM. It is indeed glorious to have KC back in action. With regard to Karla Holloway, I would only say that you reap what you sew. The contemporary liberal left has given us "cultural diversity," affirmative action, and the hyphenated American. By its having emphasized, race, gender and ethnic origin as part of American life, did the liberal left think that would not become a prime issue when a black man and a woman chose to run for president of the United States?<BR/><BR/>Jack in Silver Spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29287528574889265292008-02-24T12:51:00.000-05:002008-02-24T12:51:00.000-05:00Listening to the tortured logical twistings of som...Listening to the tortured logical twistings of someone of the ilk of Ms. Holloway, with contradictions and hypocrisy at every turn, one wonders if she just suffers a form of insanity. <BR/><BR/>In a world where two plus two does not have to equal four, anything is possible, I suppose.<BR/><BR/>Jim PetersonJim in San Diegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032079086884503680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-88882568378399782822008-02-24T12:34:00.000-05:002008-02-24T12:34:00.000-05:00I don't understand it.Perhaps someone can explain ...I don't understand it.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps someone can explain this to me:<BR/><BR/>Obviously many posters offer up great comments here. Why do some of you not stage an editorial-writing démarche regarding such topics?<BR/><BR/>I would love to send the N&O a scathing critique of Holloways's nutty column--which I'm sure she will store away as a "scholarly publication"; however, I recently sent in a comment on the Obama candidacy and they won't allow more comments from the same person--even the Diva!--until after 30 days have past...IIRC.<BR/><BR/>They just keep elevating people such as Timothy Tyson, Holloway, and Orin Starn......helping them hide from their horrendous past actions and behavior.<BR/><BR/>That column written by Holloway is basically comical.<BR/><BR/>The average reader won;' bother finding out the history of this open racist who uses "race" as the oxygen she breathes.<BR/><BR/>There is a deep need inside me to force the N&O to print the other side.<BR/><BR/>If enough of you write letters to them on this subject instead of merely mouthing off here, it will do more good than you know.<BR/><BR/>For the Lacrosse Hoax as well as society in general.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-46234047870814677762008-02-24T12:23:00.000-05:002008-02-24T12:23:00.000-05:00It's so glorious to have KC back in action!It's so glorious to have KC back in <I>action</I>!Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-44652491824255648482008-02-24T11:52:00.000-05:002008-02-24T11:52:00.000-05:00...and I see that she's still billing herself to t......and I see that she's still billing herself to the world as a Professor of Law.Lois Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940132718084602679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81577941177745190322008-02-24T10:30:00.000-05:002008-02-24T10:30:00.000-05:00Fact number one: none of the media comments about ...Fact number one: none of the media comments about this lawsuit were made by people who actually read more than 10% of it.<BR/> Fact number two: these same commenters paid little attention to the nuts and bolts of the case even when it was being illuminated by a blazing hot media bonfire.<BR/> Media-whores are lazy. They know that their job is to scan a story long enough to find the right sort of raw materials to crank off a simple morality tale involving victims of powerful forces and (optional) rescuing heroes. Then have another beer.<BR/> Anything that does not fit their preconceptions will go unseen and un-noticed. And if something is genuinely unusual - like the leadership of an elite University deliberately trying to harm some of its students - their eyes glaze over as their brains give up on dealing with something new and strange.<BR/> The Monty Python guys made a number of great skits about this. They were all pretty funny. This happening in real life is not funny but at least they warned us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-58796982675156069972008-02-24T09:30:00.000-05:002008-02-24T09:30:00.000-05:00It was amusing to see Holloway write: "Perhaps thi...It was amusing to see Holloway write: "Perhaps this will be the election that keeps future debates in this country from easily sliding into racial rhetoric. It seems obvious that with our complex demography, we need something more rigorous than race or ethnicity to describe the differences between voters."<BR/><BR/>If college students applied the same principle, no one would take her classes since racial rhetoric is the only thing she has to offer. (I am of course not suggesting that too many people are taking her classes now.) Can you imagine Holloway calling for "something more rigorous"? I can't imagine anything less rigorous than this inane drivel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-37788187816531165612008-02-24T09:28:00.000-05:002008-02-24T09:28:00.000-05:00When you rarely publish anything in high ranking p...When you rarely publish anything in high ranking peer-reviewed journals like Holloway- this (an op-ed) may likely count as a publication. I'll never forget that Kim (I'll fail lacrosse players because I can) Curtis actually had op-eds on her CV- as someone in high education and someone that works hard and long to get quality pieces published in good journals- that is a really sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-79842471117337890152008-02-24T07:53:00.000-05:002008-02-24T07:53:00.000-05:00Holloway forgot to mention that the media is also ...Holloway forgot to mention that the media is also fascinated with the sex vs. class phenomena, and how women are voting as a non-block (as opposed to voting choices women of any particular race) Soccer Moms vs. Single Moms, Stay-at-home Moms vs. Pantsuit Professionals, etc. <BR/><BR/>Of course, judging from the invited "sex-workers" who paid homage to Duke, it's likely we'll be hearing from her Klan (perhaps in a scholarly paper or two) on the transexual community's voting-orientation (and how they should be able to change their votes after they've been cast.) <BR/><BR/>But seriously: Ordine's comments are, hopefully, the beginning of a trend.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.com