“Different groups in different areas developed different traits to assure their survival.” Quote by Jim Goad
“Equality is a nice idea, but it's entirely impossible to prove.” IdeasNiceImpossibleProve Author:Jim Goad
“You could paper the globe with evidence that there are demonstrable cognitive and physical disparities between what are crudely called human "races." But you could fit all the evidence of innate equality on your pinkie fingernail with room to spare.” HumansRoomsRaceFitPaperEvidenceHuman RaceGlobesSparesInnateCognitiveDisparityFingernails Author:Jim Goad
“My crazy parents and those crazy Catholic nuns didn't do a good job of forcing me to keep the Ten Commandments, but they kept me forever fixated on the very idea of a taboo.” IdeasJobsParentForeverCrazyTenCatholicCommandmentsGood JobTabooNunTen Commandments Author:Jim Goad
“Anti-racist propaganda is relentless and inescapable, as if the propagandists fear that if they shut up about it for a second, they'd instantly become racists themselves.” IfsPropagandaRacistShut UpRelentlessPropagandistAnti Racist Author:Jim Goad
“It amazes me that some people who ordinarily can recognize autocratic bullying, tacky sloganeering, and - especially - camp value are unable to spot it in this Hate Scare that grips the Western world.” PeopleWorldValuesHateWesternSpotsBullyingScareCampsWestern WorldTacky Author:Jim Goad
“Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness.” GovernmentLawHateSpeechCreatingSpheresFrighteningEagernessHate SpeechEnglish SpeakingTorque Author:Jim Goad
“I don't think it's entirely paranoid to suspect that one day, you won't be able to so much as question the primary tenets of anti-racism without going to jail.” ThinkingAbleOne DayRacismPrimariesSuspectsJailParanoidAnti Racism Author:Jim Goad
“Here's an easy one: "Race is an entirely social construct." No, it's partially one, depending on how any given society seeks to define it and its implications. But there are basic things such as skin color and hair texture. Even a Martian who'd had no exposure to human "social constructs" would be able to spot those differences. But no Martian, as hard as he tried, could point at a "culture" or to "equality." Those are the social constructs. Those can't be measured in the same way as human DNA.” WayHumansHardWould BeAbleCultureGivenSocialEasyDifferencesRaceColorHairSkinsSpotsConstructsDnaExposureImplicationsTextureSkin ColorMartiansBasic Things Author:Jim Goad
“I'm developing a mild rash at the idea of "plugging" anything, because it's not how I roll.” IdeasDeveloping Author:Jim Goad