{"id":7696,"date":"2014-09-14T13:03:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T13:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/09\/14\/more-mass-race-delusion-the-ted-robinson-incident\/"},"modified":"2014-09-14T13:03:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T13:03:15","slug":"more-mass-race-delusion-the-ted-robinson-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/09\/14\/more-mass-race-delusion-the-ted-robinson-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"More Mass Race Delusion: The Ted Robinson Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Malcolm Pollack's recent entry<\/a> commenting on the Rotherham, England  sex slave scandal, here<\/a> are a couple of formulations of Lawrence Auster's First Law of Majority-Minority Relations in a Liberal Society<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The more egregiously any non-Western or non-white group behaves, the more evil whites are made to appear for noticing and drawing rational conclusions about that group\u2019s bad behavior. (source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

The more troublesome, unassimilable, or dangerous a designated minority or non-Western group actually is, the more favorably it is treated. This undeserved favorable treatment of a troublesome or misbehaving group can take numerous forms, including celebrating the group, giving the group greater rights and privileges, covering up the group\u2019s crimes and dysfunctions, attacking the group\u2019s critics as racists, and blaming the group\u2019s bad behavior on white racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For clarity and generality I would rewrite the first formulation as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The more egregiously any non-Western or non-white group or individual<\/em> behaves, the more whites are made to appear evil for noticing and drawing rational conclusions about that group\u2019s or individual's<\/em> bad behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At Auster's site you will find many examples in illustration of his First Law.  The recent Ted Robinson incident is another.  The story is here<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 49ers have suspended radio broadcaster Ted Robinson two games for comments he made regarding domestic violence on KNBR on Monday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

In discussing the controversy regarding former Ravens running back Ray Rice, Robinson said the victim, Rice\u2019s wife, Janay, bore some of the responsibility for not speaking up after she was knocked unconscious by her then-fiancee.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat, to me, is the saddest part of it,\u201d Robinson said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robinson also said her decision to marry Rice after she was assaulted was \u201cpathetic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Robinson was punished for "noticing and drawing rational conclusions" about this case.  Obviously, you are pathetic if you marry a man who has knocked you unconscious.  You are pathetic, foolish, and uninterested in your own long-term happiness.  A man who has the power to kill you with one blow and has revealed  his character by landing such a blow is obviously not a good marital prospect. As I have said many times, if you want to gamble, go right ahead and gamble with money you can afford to lose; but you are a fool if you gamble with your happiness.  Besides, if you reward such a man by marrying him, you set a bad example for other women and encourage the man to do it again. One has a moral obligation not to aid and abet criminal behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suppose what I said is obvious is not obvious to you. That doesn't change the fact that Robinson has a right to express his opinion.  If you have any common sense you will agree that what Robinson said is correct.  Correct or not, he has a right to state  his view.  After all, he is a broadcaster and a commentator. (Of course, this right is not a First Amendment right; what sort of right it is would make for an interesting discussion.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Was there anything 'racist' about what Robinson said?  Obviously not.  Race doesn't come into it at all.  It is foolish to marry a man who pounds on you.  That's true for white couples, black couples, and interracial couples.   Remember Nicole Brown Simpson? O. J. pounded on her, but she stood by her man until she couldn't stand any more because she was lying in a pool of blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what we have here in the Robinson incident is one more of many instances of mass race delusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Janay would have been well-advised to shop around<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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