I wanted to see what kind of person would defend Scott, but disparage Murray so..
ctrl-f "Murray" read quote related ctrl-w
I almost don't want to know what motte the author has set up to make Murray's hereditarianism seem "obviously correct" and "sensible". Are we supposed to ignore the cross burning and constant race science posting on twitter?
I think they've already summoned demons, judging by the speaker list at least...
He probably leads up to it the same way that a gay guy might choose to discuss his male partner with his coworkers for the first time. You spool out a boring thread of conversation (nominally related to the previous topic of discussion) just so you can work an on-topic sentence where you can drop the word that's been burning your brainstem since you met these people. In hindsight your coworkers knew the only reason why you even brought up that jerk who spilled coffee on you this morning is so you can tell them that your partner gave you his vest to wear today. But if you're this dudes totes not racist slur-slinging friend you're telling your rationalist friends that your "n***a" gave you his jacket. The worst part - in the second case - is that you can totally tell when somebody is shit testing you like this, they'll put way too much emphasis on the word that has to be heard..because it's the word that has to be heard.
It's pretty blatant isn't it? It's pretty creepy how he doesn't even shed a crocodile tear for the schizophrenics the nazis murdered.
What a beautiful set of sneers. Though it's sad how topical they still are.