http://politicsandpoetry.com/2010/06/richard-spencers-subtle-r-card-against-douglas-murray/ Home to a cat-loving neocon poet Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:06:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://politicsandpoetry.com/2010/06/richard-spencers-subtle-r-card-against-douglas-murray/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Richard Spencer Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:24:05 +0000 http://politicsandpoetry.com/?p=316#comment-1241 just came across this by accident. probably too late now but you should do your research. the "west indian mums would go to the wall for their kids" was the phrase that andrew neil turned into "west indians love their kids more than white mums". so they are not two different examples. if you had read the original interview you would have seen that she wasn't meaning it in an entirely positive way - she was suggesting there was something atavistic - desperate, almost - about the way west indian mothers treated their kids. that, on the other hand, (by implication) white middle class parents can be more relaxed and confident. which is, if you think about it, absolutely true. if you had read that full interview my arguments might have made slightly more sense to you. just came across this by accident. probably too late now but you should do your research. the “west indian mums would go to the wall for their kids” was the phrase that andrew neil turned into “west indians love their kids more than white mums”. so they are not two different examples. if you had read the original interview you would have seen that she wasn’t meaning it in an entirely positive way – she was suggesting there was something atavistic – desperate, almost – about the way west indian mothers treated their kids. that, on the other hand, (by implication) white middle class parents can be more relaxed and confident. which is, if you think about it, absolutely true.
if you had read that full interview my arguments might have made slightly more sense to you.

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