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Bush announces anti-racial profiling rules
Our multiculturalist president has issued guidelines greatly expanding the restrictions on using race and ethnicity in federal investigations. An official in the Justice Department said “the over-arching theme of the guidelines is that law enforcement officials cannot use race or ethnicity ‘as a proxy’ to focus increased criminal suspicion on a person.” I won’t even begin to explain the danger and absurdity of this policy; anyone with half a brain already knows it.
Thankfully, however, the anti-racial profiling rules do not affect investigations of terrorists. This is what we at VFR call the “unprincipled exception,” that is, the device by which suicidal liberalism can be made minimally compatible with continued existence on this earth. Comments
The worship of diversity probably defeats Communism for its utter lunacy. I think some White westerners are willing to pay any price (and by that I mean ANY price) for diversity. Posted by: Peter Phillips on June 19, 2003 1:45 PMTo a particular kind of individual, the lure of something that has the power to make him appear more moral than his fellow man is extremely strong. We all know how strong the lure of, say, brand-name dungarees, T-shirts, snowboards, or sunglasses is for teenagers. Well, multiply that by some very large factor and you have the strength of this other kind of lure for certain people. This kind of individual could care less about diversity — likely even shuns it when able — but can’t resist the feeling of moral superiority he gets from posing as a diversity-worshipper. Posted by: Unadorned on June 19, 2003 5:35 PMI couldnt agree more. Posted by: Peter Phillips on June 19, 2003 5:41 PMYou all failed to notice the Ashcroft-esque backdoor they put on this bill, which states that racial profiling is banned except “when there is ‘trustworthy information’ that links persons of a particular race or ethnicity to a criminal incident or organization”. This can (and will) be interpreted so broadly that the bill really has no meaning except to protect Bush’s ass from being burnt by his pre 9-11 (feb 2001) comments that that racial profiling is “wrong, and we will end it in America.” While it is fun to delve into a speculation on the nature of human nature and liberal society (Unadorned), you guys completely missed another one of Bush’s sneaky little Texas poker moves. Daugherty may be right that these guidelines are not as bad as they first seemed. Roger Clegg has an interesting article at NRO praising them: http://www.nationalreview.com/clegg/clegg061903.asp Posted by: Lawrence Auster on June 19, 2003 9:02 PM |