What in the actual fuck? I cannot believe that was written in an actual newspaper that uses actual reporters.
Of course, Iām pretty sure the āconventional viewsā people are going to be freaked out that we let the blacks, Chinese, and even the Irish ride in the same subway cars with the white women.
Opinion columnists arenāt āactual reportersā. Fuck, I thought initially it was in the Moonie Times, but these entrenched scumbags will never get fired in establishment media either.
JFC, the WaPo has no shame.
Maybe itās just a ham-fisted way of saying that he finds them sexy.
Cohenās describing the so-called āconventional viewsā of the GOPās conservative base. I didnāt necessarily read this as his personal view. But given his odd way of saying things, I can understand how this would be taken that way.
Heās an honest writer, you can say that much for sureā¦
Further proof that whatever follows the lede āIām not a racist, butā¦ā will invariably be chock-full of ignorant bullshit.
The author and some of the commenters to this piece need to re-read what Cohen wrote. Take your time and read for comprehension. He was talking about āconventional conservatives.ā
I wonder if there is a pill for knee-jerkingā¦
I take the same thing from it, but doesnāt that mean heās calling the conservative base racist?
@Paxsimius - Pretty much, yes.
For those outraged (as I was): Please go read the entire piece before reacting. Thatās not the writerās view of interracial marriage, heās describing an ideal expoused by some cultural conservatives. It probably could have been written better.
GET RID OF HIM! We have not time for these racist pricks.
Rupert Murdoch and many other conservatives are in interracial marriages. Who are these people with āconventionalā views to whom he refers?
@dsquid @drengy The āmistakeā he made was letting his personal bias leak into his assumptions about conservatives. He doesnāt say that itās the view of someone with a conservative mindset, but that of someone with a āconventionalā mindset. Although the wider context is about conservatives.
Maybe using the word āconventionalā was a slip of the tongue, but only in the same way as when someone describes a homosexual as abnormal.
The above of course isnāt quite the attention grabbing headline that sparked this thread - but it still sounds pretty iffy.
Well, itās not like heās dissing an actual inter-racial marriage. Last time I checked, both De Blasio and his wife were humans.
How can it be inter-racial if itās the same species: itās not like weāre talking rishathra here. . .
Iām sorry, but I donāt read it that way. He writes like a slightly less wind-baggy David Brooks, but clearly heās not saying that racism is OK. Heās kind of making fun of rubes. Rightly so.
(That would be inter-species)
Yeah, I would have to read some of his other columns before casting a judgement on his personal opinions. He may or may not be racist, but I donāt think this was the best example as he was pretty clearly describing the GOP base and doing so in a condescending way.
Yes, itās fairly clear that this is not Cohenās view, but rather what Cohen thinks people with āconventional viewsā think. It does seem more of an indictment, however, about what Cohen thinks the rest of the countryās values are, and how out of touch he may be with prevailing national opinions. (That is, is he suggesting that animus toward intermarriage is mainstream? Maybe in some parts of the country, but I wouldnāt call it āconventionalā to be racist anymore.)
And I maintain that itās not an inter-racial marriage. They are both members of the human race. Now, if you want to consider the social construct of āraceā based on some gross physical similarities, but have not as yet reached speciation, thatās an entirely different question. . .
Iām confused. Or maybe you are? Maybe we both areā¦
