@1northofcenter Briefly, the very act of publishing article & devoting almost whole magazine to it gives it stature.
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@1northofcenter New Republic in response to other bad books (including Murray's own Losing Ground) went route of full dress review.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@1northofcenter Word count doesn't quite do it justice since book made scientific claims & reviewers (mostly) lacked time & qualifications2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet that said, I would have to agree with you and@tanehisicoates that history of mag also matters. So maybe not ok.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates I'd be ok with an excerpt of a book claiming genetic basis for bad Jewish stereotypes followed by rebuttals.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates but if such an issue was published in Hamas's newspaper I'd feel quite differently about it.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@1northofcenter@tanehisicoates Bingo: As TNC & I keep saying, Bell Curve was part of larger history of magazine.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates that was before TBC was published. In retrospect, we see his anti-welfare stance was based on white supremacism.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@1northofcenter @tanehisicoates Going back even further, Murray burned a cross when he as a teen. He said it wasn't racial, though.
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates sounds like a swell guy all around.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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