8. Having the luxury not to worry about being raped, Charles Murray can think about it in the abstract, as a thought experiment or question
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9. When challenged, Murry responded that he was "asking people to take a question seriously"https://twitter.com/charlesmurray/status/542527839795306496 …
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10. That rhetoric of "hey, I'm just asking a question here, not making a substantive point" comes up in Murray's scientific racism as well.
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11. When challenged on racism and dubious science, Murray (and defenders like
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12. Now Charles Murray doesn't exist in the abstract, he's only worth thinking about because he's part of a powerful social network.
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13. The American Enterprise Institute has invested a lot of money -- millions -- over the years making Murray into a prominent intellectual.
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14. If a woman were drinking at an AEI event (they tend to be lavish) & raped, would she have only herself to blame? We should ask AEI.
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15. Should that be a sign at front of AEI? "Warning: If you are raped while drunk here, it is your own fault."
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16. Someone should call up AEI and ask them what exactly their policy would be for handling rape after one of their lavish events.
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17. Aside from AEI,the other institution that has deep ties to Charles Murray is The New Republic (sorry, I can't help it!)
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18. Scott McConnell, who used to be a Podhoretzian neo-con in 1980s, has written about how TNR was a neo-con front: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/no-tears-for-tnr/ …
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19. As McConnell notes, Peretz-era TNR was ostensibly liberal magazine but served an important function as laundry operation for neo-cons.
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20. Neo-cons like McConnell, Midge Decter, & Michael Ledeen had access to TNR through back-channel: Martin Peretz.
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