I knew Mr. Razib Khan will show his true self eventually, and he did. Despite his protestations to the contrary, he objectively is working for the goal of de-legitimatizing Israel by falsifying scientific data to prove that Jews are not a distinct people with shared identity but a collection of descendants of various South-European ethnic groups. Naturally, this theory is welcomed by various Arab scoundrels with their claim that Israelis are newcomers from Europe, and that Palestinians (Arabs, that is) are closer to original ancestors than “occupiers”-Jews, therefore they have legitimate right to kick Israelis from their homeland and take it for themselves. My impression of this article was confirmed when I saw in the thread applauding comments by Ray Sawhill (who called it “heroic”), John Emerson and other admirers of Steve Sailer’s pop-scientific racist site.
So: enough. The site “Secular Right” has a deceitful name. I don’t know what other blog collaborators think on the “Jewish question“**; they might not share Mr. Khan’ tendencies. Sorry, but they are now guilty by association.
Out of my blogroll.
**The words “Jewish question” were featured in original title of Mr. R.Khan’s article, which he then renamed because of outrage in the comments. He claimed his reason for removal was that he was interested in discussing genetic connotation of the article, not association with Nazi term. Some commenters disagreed:
Your outright dismissal of the highly offensive nature of your original title (a title that can still be seen in the link) as unimportant is extremely bothersome. It should be very simple to avoid titling your piece on Jewish genetics in a way that makes a clear link to the attempted genocide of the Jewish race. An acknowledgement of error and understanding of the offense you caused should be the natural response to realizing said error. Pretending that it doesn’t matter at all, or that the hurt you caused is less important than the discussion you hope to provoke with this article, is precisely the wrong stance to take. I sincerely hope you rethink it and realize the mistake you made.
He didn’t. He responded with even more blatant condescending dismissal.
This is a bit off-topic, but did you see this story:
Uncle Joe Honored by National D-Day Memorial
There are many in Russia who’d support it.
I have a slight objection to “a tyrant whose troops didn’t even play a role in the D-Day landings”.
It was not “his” troops. It was the help from a country and people who suffered from Nazis more than any other in Europe. Stalin does NOT represent that help – even though he was the head of state and Head of Command at the time.
Generally, Americans grossly underrepresent and undercalculate the role of Soviet participation in the War. I’ve stumbled on it several times, and every time it makes my blood boil.
I still don’t understand why people ascribe the Russian resistance to Nazi Germany to Stalin when he was the one who purged the Red Army of nearly its entire officer corps in the years before the invasion, and ignored or persecuted the spies who gathered most of the intelligence indicating that Hitler would renege on their non-aggression pact.
You would be even more surprised to learn that there are some in Russia who believe the purges in the military were “for the best” and that “it made the Army stronger”…
There is all kinds of depressive reading on this topic; people will believe any lie under “daring the establishment” label, as long as it fits their idiosyncrasies….
[…] Conversely: I knew Mr. Razib Khan will show his true self eventually, and he did. Despite his protestations to the contrary, he objectively is working for the goal of de-legitimatizing Israel by falsifying scientific data to prove that Jews are not a distinct people with shared identity but a collection of descendants of various South-European ethnic groups. Naturally, this theory is welcomed by various Arab scoundrels with their claim that Israelis are newcomers from Europe, and that Palestinians (Arabs, that is) are closer to original ancestors than “occupiers”-Jews, therefore they have legitimate right to kick Israelis from their homeland and take it for themselves…. […]
Having read this, I have to wonder if you actually read the sources that Razib gave. I’m especially interested in how you reached the conclusion that he “falsified” data. Are you sure that word means what you think it means?
1)Yes.
2)Yes.
I’m flattered by your interest. Can’t say I am – in debating with you or Razib-khan.
Ok. So where do you think Razib falsified data?
something with your comprehension skills, I guess.
I’ll translate: get lost.