I swear, accusations and implications of "racism" fly around here as often as on any wacky left blog. It's an annoying flaw in an otherwise well-mannered blog. Why would Derbyshire object to Jindal? Do you have any evidence that he has? From what I've read, Derbyshire wants immigrants to be legal, educated, assimilated, speak English, and be conservative. Is that "racism"? Jindal is all those things, so I doubt Derbyshire opposes him.

Hes been reading Excitable Andy Sullivan again. Just wait for the white on dark blue and impossible to read style sheet to make its appearance.

As for Jindal, like many first generation Americans used to be, before the anti-anti-illegal immigrationist and supremacist LaRaza types got to them, he's far more patriotic and American (and in this case, Lousianan), than those who claim ancestors going back several centuries.

Derbyshire is openly racist and bigoted, so there's not point in trying to turn him around in search of some angle where he's acceptable.

Racism is no less real just because the Left believes in it. Derbyshire is a Darwinist because it justifies his racism. The concurrence of nativism and Darwinism is hardly coincidental,

"Derbyshire is openly racist and bigoted"

Of course Derbyshire is married to an Asian lady. OJ (and apparently b) think that the recognition that races exist and might have different physical differences is "racist" in the derogatory sense.

h: Give it a rest. He has on many, many occasions expressed his unapologetic contempt and outright hatred for Catholics, Irish, Mexicans, Arabs, etc. He's vile, and cannot be spun otherwise.

On any sensible scale of moral turpitude snobbery falls far short of vileness.

Hatred of Arabs? Has Derbyshire expressed hatred of Christian Arabs because of their Arabness. Perhaps you mean a set of IDEAS such as Islam. Is it now verboten to value one culture/religion over another?

Which of these cultures do you feel is superior?

Arab/muslim

Or Christian, Western

Thereby fitting his ideal image of the subservient wife.

h:

Your mistake lies in the belief that Derbyshire believes in Western/Christian culture. As a Darwinist, he doesn't. That, of course, is why opposes the immigration of Mexicans who are bearers of Western culture.

He's just a secular European and Arab-Islam is superior to secularism--indeed, the former is a culture while the latter is not.

But no one expects a racist to find another racist's ideas repellant. Racial snobbery is the essence of vileness.

Maybe he's a racialist, to use your term OJ....
http://brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/622

No, he views and proposes treating people differently because of their race. Only their ideas matter.

Mexicans who are bearers of Western culture.

Such as? Besides the most superstitions forms of Catholicism, an acceptance of peonage and of tribalism, or are those now "Western culture"?

Only their ideas matter.

And what ideas are these that they are importing?

OJ

Sorry about the subservient wife thing, I know that can be a sore point for some people.

Certainly equal treatment under law, fair dealing, and fair playing field is what I assume Derbyshire supports, as do I. If not then he can defend himself.

Whether Derbyshire's a racist or a racialist or just a reprehensible goon is one of those how-many-angels-can-you-fit-on-a-pin-head sorts of questions--he was enthusiastically in favor of snuffing Terri Schiavo, he's become virulently antireligious, and he's gradually turning into an advocate of abortion. Another six months, and I swear there'll be no daylight between him and his supposed nemisis Andrew Sullivan on nearly everything.

To be fair, however, I don't know that he's yet expressed any particulart opinion of Bobby Jindal.

Now, if the candidate's name were "Bobby Juarez," you'd be spot-on.

BTW

Derbyshire abandoned Europe and freely chose to live in America. Apparently you are trying push the "tired and hungry..whatever" back to where they came from.

Mike

The Schiavo case is an interesting point you make. Christopher Hitchens who on occasion has been praised at this blog was certainly willing to "snuff out" the poor lady.

It's obvious to anyone Derbyshire will support Bobby Jindal, and if he doesn't it will be solely because of some lacking in Jindal's politics... and if his name is Pinochot Derbyshire will support him.

Mike:

Those are, of course, all of a piece.

Derbyshire's ideas make him unAmerican, by contrast to the socially conservative Latinos he so hates.

Raoul:

Yes, the culture is Judeo-Christian. Derbyshire is an advocate of rationalism/nationalism instead.

I wouldn't say that Derbyshire's snobbery is the "essence" of vileness; surely other things are far more vile. But he still retains his English condescension and provincialism (despite all his efforts to claim otherwise), which J-Pod, Stanley Kurtz, and even Jonah nail him for on almost a weekly basis. For a 'conservative', his attitude towards Terri Schiavo is indefensible - no matter what one thought of her 'viability', allowing the state to kill her, with all the judges standing around wringing their hands, was just evil.

Me, I sometimes don't like the way Derb writes about his kids - too professorial for my taste (a tad too close to Skinner as well).

What's more vile than being snobbish towards others for their physical status? Different races, babies, and the infirm?