Arnold Ahlert would like to know why "they're 'his' people" is considered a fine answer to the observation that Saddam Hussein has murdered 180,000 Iraqis. So would I.
Posted by Andrea Harris at January 5, 2003 11:59 AMThey're brown, he's brown, (i.e. "non-white") what business is it of ours what those heathens do to each other?
Ahhhh, you've got to love (errr, despise actually) the (frequently not so) subtle racism of leftism. Many leftists don't ever acknowledge it, even when they themselves practice it. But sometimes it bubbles up to the surface in forms which are impossible to ignore. Except, of course, if you're a lefty, in which case: ignore away!
Posted by: Robin Goodfellow at January 5, 2003 at 12:27 PMSo apparently, it's okay for George Bush to imprison or kill American citizens. They're "his" people, right?
Posted by: Ken Summers at January 5, 2003 at 12:57 PMActually, that number is sadly closer to 1,000,000. I hate that I have to correct you up like that.
Posted by: Alex Knapp at January 5, 2003 at 10:31 PMI guess the article writer forgot to add some zeroes.
Posted by: Andrea Harris at January 5, 2003 at 11:43 PMUnh unh, Ken, we're the melting pot. None of us are technically Bush's people. And the "his people" bit only works for little brown people in other parts of the whirled.
Posted by: David Perron at January 6, 2003 at 12:57 PM