Friday, September 10, 2004
Shame on me
I had planned to go to the Michelle Malkin protest (not the speech), but I totally forgot. However, despite not even being there, the protesters still manage to provide enough info for one of my "I don't like protesters" posts.
(Sources: Daily Cal, Calstuff, protesters themselves, Daily Planet)
(Chant) "This was a peaceful protest." If it was so peaceful, why would anyone even have to point it out? It's like putting "Truth" in the name of a campaign group.
In addition, the argument that racial profiling might be a worth while inconvenience has been thoroughly discredited. Experiences, over and over, have shown that racial profiling is ineffective - when used by the police to find criminals, when used by the US government against the Japanese, and even in the case of terrorism. The Oklahoma City bombing was perpetrated by white men - the profile doesn't holdup. Let's not repeat a historical error by using a method which is both racist and ineffective.
Because I can find a single counterexample, the method is ineffective. Yeah, that makes sense. Also, the assault weapons ban is ineffective, because a few people have killed people with assault weapons while the ban was in effect.
More disturbing than this rally was the Daily Californian’s part in the matter. The Daily Californian has taken it upon itself to act as a cheerleader for the racist politics of internment profiling. The day before the event, the Daily Cal. ran an editorial by Ethan Lutske praising Ms. Malkin and racial profiling and, the day after, ran a front-page article that read more like an advertisement for Ms. Malkin’s event than like a journalistic piece. While the paper does have the right to air controversial opinions, the fact that it runs only pro-racism editorials with no counter-arguments shows that the paper’s intent was to promote Ms. Malkin’s views, not to promote an open discussion.
Somebody clearly knows nothing about The Daily Cal or its staff. This writer also complains about "only pro-racism editorials" while today, in The Daily Cal, a letter from the protesters was run. Way to jump the gun, Tom Smith. Also, your name is boring.
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