ANTIDOTES to the Virtue-Signaling, Violence-Encouraging Ignorance, Arrogance and Intellectual Thuggery of Elitists in U.S
ANTIDOTES to the virtue-signaling, violence-encouraging ignorance, arrogance and intellectual thuggery of elitists in U.S. scientific and academic establishments
Compiled by Stuart H. Hurlbert San Diego State University, San Diego, California, June 20, 2020
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
-- Martin Niemöller, WW I German U-boat commander, Lutheran pastor, and, until 1934, supporter of the Third Reich
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody will see it.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
-- D.H. Lawrence
We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us.
-- George Orwell (apocryphally)
The mainstream media, many university administrations, large numbers of politicians on the left and, now, many scientific societies have declared that there is widespread systemic anti-black racism in law enforcement organizations, in academia, and in society in general. This is the most damaging, divisive, fact-deficient narrative being pushed by the illiberal left at this moment in the U.S. Below are links to 63 articles, speeches, interviews, etc. – many (23) by black intellectuals, law enforcement officers, and pundits – that refute that narrative and address related matters.
The poisonous, nation-destroying nature of the narrative, when believed by young people and naively trusting voters and politicians, is now all too evident. Every rare instance where a black is injured or killed as a result of bad training or a racist mindset on the part of a particular cop is now treated as justification for revolution, not just by anarchists but by legions of poorly informed, flame-throwing journalists, academics and other kibitzers safe in their well-patrolled castles.
I am a scientist. I was prompted to compile this list to counter the mind-numbing avalanche of virtue-signaling, politicized directives now pouring forth from the (administratively) highest levels of the scientific and academic communities. These cabals pretend to be arguing only for racial equality and police reform. But in fact, they purport, illegitimately, to speak on behalf of the entire memberships of their organizations as they endorse principles, writings and political agendas of other organizations and individuals that go well beyond racial equality and police reform. These are out of control palace revolutionaries and their coup is nearly complete.
Here, briefly, are some of the suggestions being sent out by scientific society leadership cabals to their memberships: - Donate to Black Lives Matter & Black Lives Collective & Southern Poverty Law Center & Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Donate to community bail funds for protestors and rioters & fight to end cash bail - Accept the theories of Critical Race Theory, Critical White Studies, White Fragility, & White Privilege - Support #ShutDownAcademia & #ShutDownStem & #Strike4BlackLives - “Dismantle systemic and structural racism in the academic hierarchy” - Defund the police & Decolonize your bookshelf & Search out white implicit bias - Accept the teachings/writings of Howard K. Zinn, Robin DiAngelo, Corinne Shutak, Ta-Nehisi Coates, etc. These are the tip of an iceberg. Individuals are free to advocate for anything they like. But sightless in their ideological bubbles, the leadership cabals, by going so political, are greatly damaging their own credibility and that of science generally. They do this not only in the eyes of the general public (and politicians on appropriations committees) but also in the eyes of the powerless and unconsulted members of their own organizations. Most of these have been cowed into complete silence, just as if they were living in Russia, China, Iran or Turkey. ***************************
THE SELECTED ANTIDOTES
Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed By Jason Riley, talk at Heritage Foundation, June 23, 2014
Black Lives Matter By Walter Williams, Creators Syndicate, May 6, 2015
Black Lives Matter Protesters Chant 'Pigs In A Blanket, Fry 'Em Like Bacon' WCCO-CBS Minnesota, August 30, 2015
Conservatives, Black Lives Matter, Racism Larry Elder & Dave Rubin on Rubin Report, January 15, 2016
The War on Cops By Heather Mac Donald, Encounter Books, 2016
Sheriff Clarke: Black Lives Matter needs to be marginalized Clarke interviewed by Megan Kelly, FOX News, July 8, 2016
The Demagogues’ War on Cops By Thomas Sowell, National Review, July 12, 2016
Black Lives Matter: Radicals Using Moderates to Help Tear America Apart By David French, National Review, July 11, 2016
Does Black Success Matter? By Thomas Sowell, Townhall.com, August 16, 2016
Black Lives Matter's anti-police crusade makes unrest new normal By Ron Hosko, TheHill.com, October 12, 2016
Race and Hispanic Origin of Victims and Offenders, 2012-15 By Rachel Morgan, U.S. Department of Justice, October 2017
A new look at racial disparities in police use of deadly force By Joseph Cesario, TheConversation.com, July 31, 2018
The Myth of Systemic Racism (Pt. 2) Coleman Hughes interviewed on the Rubin Report, October 11, 2018
How Anti Racism Hurts Black People By John McWhorter, Heritage Foundation, December 2, 2018
The new racism has infected society By Walter Williams, The-Dispatch.com, January 10, 2020
'A dream as old as the American dream': Embrace black patriotism over victimization By Clarence Page, Washington Examiner, February 13, 2020
Critical race theory’s toxic, destructive impact on America By Carol Swain, Washington Examiner, February 14, 2020
The Illiberalism of Social Justice By Peter Boghossian, New Discourses, February 25, 2020
Cops and Race Glenn Loury & John McWhorter on The Glenn Show, May 28, 2020
Riots Invite Crime, Not Justice Blacks end up suffering more when hostility to police makes it impossible to maintain urban order. By Robert Woodson, Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2020
Anger Privilege By Daniel Greenfield, Sultan Knish, May 31, 2020
Black Lives Matter's official social media accounts don't address riots, looting amid its protests Indecent cops, indecent rioters By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe, June 1, 2020
The Myth of Systemic Police Racism Hold officers accountable who use excessive force. But there’s no evidence of widespread racial bias. By Heather Mac Donald, Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2020
The modern age of dissent versus riot By David Webb, TheHill.com, June 2, 2020
The Mandatory Banality of University Presidents By Peter Wood, Minding the Campus, June 2, 2020
Black Lives Matter - are the stats accurate? Wilfred Reilly, interviewed by E2 Review Podcast, June 4, 2020
Douglas Murray on the George Floyd protests, rioting & COVID hypocrisy Douglas Murray interviewed by The Sun, June 4, 2020
How Universities Inject Toxic Anti-Americanism Into Students By Philip Salzman, PJMedia.com, June 4, 2020
The 1619 Riots By Christopher Flannery, The American Mind, June 5, 2020
Rioting, looting, arson and violence have become a civilization-destroying pandemic By Heather Mac Donald, FoxNews.com, June 5, 2020
Reaping a False Narrative Sown by Our Elites: George Floyd, Riots, and Civil Discourse By William Watkins, The Beacon, Independent Institute, June 5, 2020
The Manufactured Crisis of Police Racism By Jared Taylor, The Unz Review, June 5, 2020
Candace Owens: “I DO NOT support George Floyd!” & Here’s Why! By Candace Owens, 850WFTL.com, June 5, 2020
Hypocrisy 'at the heart' of the Black Lives Matter movement Rob Smith at Sky News Australia, June 6, 2020
The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Deeply Unserious By Shelby Steele, RealClearPolitics.com, June 8, 2020
Niger Innis: Black Lives Matter agenda doesn't have a 'damn thing to do' with saving black lives By Andrew Miller, Washington Examiner, June 9, 2020
Protests Are More French Revolution Than American Victor Davis Hanson on the Eric Metaxas Radio Show, June 9, 2020
Comments on George Floyd’s Death, Policing Practices in America Statement to U.S. House of Representatives By Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute, June 10, 2020
A comprehensive list of police officers injured or killed in US riots True North Wire, June 10, 2020
Ex-US Police Officer talks 'Black Lives Matter', taking a knee & protests Brandon Tatum, interviewed by The Sun, June 11, 2020
White Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter Exposed! The Hodge Twins, Twitter Media Studio, June 11, 2020
The Socialist Revolution's Internal War on Americans By William Gheen, ALIPAC.US, June 11, 2020
The American Press Is Destroying Itself By Matt Taibbi, ‘Reporting by Matt Taibbi,’ June 12, 2020
Jason Riley On Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police Riley interviewed by Ben Domenech, Federalist Radio Hour, June 12, 2020
Affirmative Action: The Systemic Racism No One Wants to Talk About By Philip Salzman, PJMedia.com, June 6, 2012
Thoughts on the Science Shutdown By Eric Weinstein, June 10, 2020
Black Lives Matter Hurts Blacks By Derryck Green, Ricochet.com, June 12, 2020
Defending Against the Jacobins By Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars, June 12, 2020
Silence is Violence: The Quest for Totalitarian Democracy By Abraham Miller, American Thinker, June 13, 2020
BLM spreads the virus of antisemitism By Eli Nahum, Monitoring Antisemitism Worldwide, June 15, 2020
Black Lives Matter is like the Taliban By Jacek Karnowski, Remix News, June 15, 2020
The American Soviet Mentality: Collective demonization invades our culture By Izabella Tabarovsky, Tablet Magazine, June 15, 2020
An Eye-Witness’s Shocking Account of What’s REALLY Happening During the Seattle Riots Posted by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper/LewRockwell.com, June 15, 2020
Black Professor to Mark Levin: No Pattern of Epidemic Racism Among Police Wilfred Reilly interviewed by Mark Levin, PJ Media, June 15, 2020
New barbarians deny free speech to others and destroy historical artifacts By Richard Rahn, Washington Times, June 15, 2020
Cancel Culture -- What Happens When Everything Gets Cancelled? By Brian Joondeph, American Thinker, June 16, 2020
As American politicians cower before BLM, they get a lesson in courage from… France By Thomas Lifson, American Thinker, June 17, 2020
Call them the 1619 riots By Charles Kesler, NY Post, June 19, 2020
Marxism, BLM, and American gullibility Compilation by Fred Elbel, CAIRCO.org, June 20, 2020
ANTIFA infiltrated Black Lives Matter, is Revolting and Coordinating the National Effort to Tear Down 350 US Historical Monuments By Capt. Joseph John, Combat Veterans for Congress, June 20, 2020
Victimhood is a State of Mind Ayishat Akanbi interviewed on Triggernometry, June 21, 2020
My terrifying five-day stay inside Seattle’s cop-free CHAZ By Andy Ngo, New York Post, June 20, 2020
Michigan State University VP of Research Ousted Because of His Past Scientific Statement By Eugene Volokh, Reason.com, June 21, 2020
Why Are University Students So Stupidity-Friendly? By Robert Weisberg, American Thinker, June 21, 2020
Exploring ‘Other Ways of Knowing’: The New Religious Threat to Science Education By Lenn Pier Ramos, Quillette.com, June 20, 2020
Teddy Roosevelt Statue to be Removed from Museum of Natural History By Kyle Morris, Breitbart.com, June 21, 2020
How I Ran Afoul of Campus Cancel Culture By Steven Hayward, Commentary Magazine, July/August 2020
America Run Riot: The narrative around the killing of George Floyd is destructively false By Wilfred Reilly, Commentary Magazine, July/August 2020