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Post #227,479
by Another Scott
10/1/05 9:55:53 AM
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New :-)
I don't think he's an idiot myself. He's very bright. But he's not open to evidence that he's wrong in some of his views.

I don't think he's racist either (at least not as I understand the term). But I do think that he has a blindness in his views on race and poverty. If he had said, "... crime would go down if we aborted all male children ..." his point would be just as valid (not that I agree that it is as valid as he does, for reasons already given) but would not have resulted in as much criticism.

He does not seem to be well suited for a live radio talk show. Such a person needs to be able to make a cogent point quickly. Perhaps he just needs more practice.

He has more [link|http://www.bennettmornings.com/agnosticchart?charttype=minichart&chartID=11&formatID=1&size=3&useMiniChartID=true&destinationpage=/pg/jsp/general/featured.jsp#0|spin] on his comments, after he had more time to refine them. He also went off on the deep end (in his comments on Hannity and Colmes - scroll down).

I'm sure his ratings and subscriptions have increased dramatically after this incident... :-/

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #227,495
by ben_tilly
10/1/05 11:42:42 AM
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New Spin?
What he said he meant was my initial impression of what he meant. Given that, I believe that I read his intention correctly up front, and he is now clarifying what he actually did mean.

That isn't spin in my books.

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #227,497
by Another Scott
10/1/05 11:58:25 AM
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New Considering the original topic seemed to be Social Security
I'd call it spin. But it's no biggy.

Cheers,
Scott.
     Bill Bennett demostrates he is a racist - (JayMehaffey) - (101) - Sept. 29, 2005, 01:12:39 PM EDT
         So are you saying poorosity and blackness *don't* correlate? - (CRConrad) - (65) - Sept. 29, 2005, 02:07:50 PM EDT
             Bill Bennett: - (jb4) - (64) - Sept. 29, 2005, 05:52:57 PM EDT
                 Make no mistake yourself - (ben_tilly) - (63) - Sept. 29, 2005, 06:00:17 PM EDT
                     Mandatory enforced abortions will lead to lower crime rates? -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 29, 2005, 06:11:30 PM EDT
                     Uh, Ben...Read me in my posts, dude! - (jb4) - (10) - Sept. 29, 2005, 06:20:40 PM EDT
                         You claim the statement is racist. I claim it is factual. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 29, 2005, 08:37:40 PM EDT
                             C'mon Ben...you know me better 'n that! - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2005, 09:47:02 AM EDT
                                 Thank you for the clarification. - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 30, 2005, 12:04:00 PM EDT
                         want to explain why stating a fact makes you racist? -NT - (boxley) - (6) - Sept. 30, 2005, 09:24:22 AM EDT
                             Fact? What fact? - (jb4) - (5) - Sept. 30, 2005, 09:49:14 AM EDT
                                 Of course crime rate would go down - (boxley) - (4) - Sept. 30, 2005, 10:05:48 AM EDT
                                     What do you mean by rate? - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 30, 2005, 11:31:38 AM EDT
                                         youts cause crime,removing youts lessens crime -NT - (boxley) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2005, 02:59:29 PM EDT
                                             True! - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:02:06 PM EDT
                                             Now we're Getting somewhere! - (Ashton) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:34:14 PM EDT
                     Other correct statement - legalizing drugs will act similar - (tuberculosis) - Sept. 29, 2005, 06:55:54 PM EDT
                     Can we see even a hand-waving proof of that? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (49) - Sept. 30, 2005, 10:06:28 AM EDT
                         I didn't think so. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Sept. 30, 2005, 11:40:25 AM EDT
                             Gimme time to type!!! - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 30, 2005, 12:06:51 PM EDT
                                 Okay. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2005, 02:02:22 PM EDT
                                     Look at timestamps!!! - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:00:42 PM EDT
                                         Touchy, aren't ya? - (mmoffitt) - Oct. 3, 2005, 12:10:17 PM EDT
                         Sure - (ben_tilly) - (43) - Sept. 30, 2005, 12:02:52 PM EDT
                             I dunno - (pwhysall) - (19) - Sept. 30, 2005, 12:53:35 PM EDT
                                 That one is admittedly harder to prove - (ben_tilly) - (18) - Sept. 30, 2005, 01:14:08 PM EDT
                                     Wouldn't last - (drewk) - (17) - Sept. 30, 2005, 01:39:18 PM EDT
                                         Then show me Canada's permanent underclass -NT - (ben_tilly) - (16) - Sept. 30, 2005, 03:51:19 PM EDT
                                             I don't know Canadian society that well - (drewk) - (13) - Sept. 30, 2005, 03:54:42 PM EDT
                                                 They don't but... - (ben_tilly) - (12) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:05:37 PM EDT
                                                     I'm not talking about capitalism, but about human nature - (drewk) - (11) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:21:08 PM EDT
                                                         Confirmed! 'He who is not One Up is One Down' - (Ashton) - Sept. 30, 2005, 05:17:51 PM EDT
                                                         Slavery also used to be defended as inevitable... - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Sept. 30, 2005, 06:30:49 PM EDT
                                                             Where did you see me defending it? - (drewk) - (8) - Sept. 30, 2005, 09:25:07 PM EDT
                                                                 "defended" might be the wrong word - (ben_tilly) - (7) - Sept. 30, 2005, 10:01:55 PM EDT
                                                                     I may have noticed another aspect - (Ashton) - Sept. 30, 2005, 11:05:15 PM EDT
                                                                     Lots of disagreements - (drewk) - (5) - Sept. 30, 2005, 11:08:59 PM EDT
                                                                         On that last bit... - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 30, 2005, 11:33:40 PM EDT
                                                                             I don't know about that - (drewk) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2005, 12:51:31 AM EDT
                                                                                 You might have a point - see "stranger anxiety" -NT - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 1, 2005, 12:02:24 PM EDT
                                                                             ethiopian comment, they are racially distinct - (boxley) - Oct. 1, 2005, 09:47:19 AM EDT
                                                                         We do have several disagreements - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 1, 2005, 12:18:21 PM EDT
                                             go to the nearest reservation.... -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2005, 09:44:12 AM EDT
                                                 Granted, but in numbers and societal impact... - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 1, 2005, 12:00:12 PM EDT
                             Wait a minute... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2005, 01:31:19 PM EDT
                                 Right, he disproved the argument they didn't make - (drewk) - Sept. 30, 2005, 01:41:12 PM EDT
                             Man, you took me literally. - (mmoffitt) - (20) - Sept. 30, 2005, 02:09:34 PM EDT
                                 "Forever to have nots?" - (imric) - (7) - Sept. 30, 2005, 02:21:05 PM EDT
                                     Let me be a little more clear. - (mmoffitt) - (6) - Sept. 30, 2005, 03:52:23 PM EDT
                                         I don't see it - (imric) - (3) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:17:41 PM EDT
                                             If it doesn't have to be that way, can you ... - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Oct. 3, 2005, 12:05:37 PM EDT
                                                 Sure - (drewk) - Oct. 3, 2005, 12:11:28 PM EDT
                                                 Nope! - (imric) - Oct. 3, 2005, 12:12:51 PM EDT
                                         entrenched underclasses are good for business - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2005, 09:50:58 AM EDT
                                             Henry Ford would argue with you. -NT - (Another Scott) - Oct. 1, 2005, 09:57:14 AM EDT
                                 That's not *Ben's* reasoning - (drewk) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2005, 02:29:28 PM EDT
                                     You should read him in his posts. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2005, 03:49:39 PM EDT
                                         Because it is - (drewk) - Sept. 30, 2005, 05:13:10 PM EDT
                                 Speaking of handwaving... - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Sept. 30, 2005, 03:58:55 PM EDT
                                     What about this... - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 30, 2005, 04:29:39 PM EDT
                                         What does "permanent" mean to you? - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Sept. 30, 2005, 06:19:00 PM EDT
                                             Briefly... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 30, 2005, 07:32:01 PM EDT
                                                 Then we differ on what permanently means - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 30, 2005, 08:16:30 PM EDT
                                     I would then argue for frenco canadians to hold the place - (boxley) - (3) - Oct. 1, 2005, 09:56:43 AM EDT
                                         Not comparable - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Oct. 1, 2005, 11:58:05 AM EDT
                                             well ya were a west coaster, lets have jake weigh in on this - (boxley) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2005, 06:43:13 PM EDT
                                                 Things are very different now - (jake123) - Oct. 3, 2005, 03:50:18 PM EDT
         Jessie Jackson is a racist too. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Sept. 29, 2005, 03:02:09 PM EDT
             Other cool PC issue - (drewk) - (3) - Sept. 29, 2005, 03:12:16 PM EDT
                 Where do you suppose the people in the West Indies came from -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Sept. 29, 2005, 03:25:44 PM EDT
                     China. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 29, 2005, 03:34:38 PM EDT
                 It's not Africa that's the problem . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 29, 2005, 03:31:38 PM EDT
             Well, yes - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - Sept. 29, 2005, 03:47:43 PM EDT
                 The question a racist always has to ask, - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 29, 2005, 04:13:22 PM EDT
                     They called them indefinitely indentured servants. -NT - (folkert) - Sept. 29, 2005, 04:34:26 PM EDT
         Wrong. Proves hes a statistician - (bepatient) - (20) - Sept. 29, 2005, 04:41:23 PM EDT
             Are all statisticians racist, then? -NT - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 29, 2005, 04:54:54 PM EDT
             A poor one though. - (Another Scott) - (13) - Sept. 29, 2005, 05:03:11 PM EDT
                 You're right, but for the wrong reason - (drewk) - (12) - Sept. 29, 2005, 05:10:58 PM EDT
                     Superbly stated reason why - - (Ashton) - Sept. 29, 2005, 05:50:47 PM EDT
                     A slightly different view. - (Another Scott) - (10) - Sept. 29, 2005, 06:10:03 PM EDT
                         Both your views are 'right' IMO - (Ashton) - Sept. 29, 2005, 06:58:00 PM EDT
                         I think you're misunderstanding his point - (drewk) - (8) - Sept. 29, 2005, 07:45:25 PM EDT
                             Bingo - (bepatient) - (7) - Oct. 1, 2005, 04:37:39 AM EDT
                                 Yes, but be-Not a smug Boolean-head - I know it's Hard, here - (Ashton) - (6) - Oct. 1, 2005, 07:50:30 PM EDT
                                     From you, that's ironic - (drewk) - (4) - Oct. 1, 2005, 07:58:39 PM EDT
                                         Et tu captain clarity: Not. At. All. - (Ashton) - (3) - Oct. 1, 2005, 08:39:06 PM EDT
                                             If by "slogan word" you meant "racism" ... he didn't say it - (drewk) - (2) - Oct. 2, 2005, 07:57:51 AM EDT
                                                 [Raises hand] - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 2, 2005, 11:39:00 AM EDT
                                                     Oohhh.. spinning the def'n of spin! - (Ashton) - Oct. 2, 2005, 04:31:19 PM EDT
                                     Did you hear the entire thread of his show? - (boxley) - Oct. 2, 2005, 11:22:18 AM EDT
             I would suspect both - (JayMehaffey) - (4) - Sept. 29, 2005, 10:18:00 PM EDT
                 No, he is not "literally" saying what you claim he is - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Sept. 29, 2005, 10:47:15 PM EDT
                     No argument with your qualified restatement, except - - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 29, 2005, 11:04:17 PM EDT
                         You don't understand. Gambling is a Virtue. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 29, 2005, 11:08:37 PM EDT
                             I know.. Guido 'told' me. -NT - (Ashton) - Sept. 30, 2005, 05:20:01 PM EDT
         Jesse weighs in on Bennett (new thread) - (drewk) - Sept. 30, 2005, 09:27:21 PM EDT
         This thread reminds me of a classic PG essay (new thread) - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 30, 2005, 11:12:53 PM EDT
         Just an idiot not a racist - (andread) - (3) - Oct. 1, 2005, 08:56:56 AM EDT
             :-) - (Another Scott) - (2) - Oct. 1, 2005, 09:55:53 AM EDT
                 Spin? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 1, 2005, 11:42:42 AM EDT
                     Considering the original topic seemed to be Social Security - (Another Scott) - Oct. 1, 2005, 11:58:25 AM EDT

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