Editor of the National Review drops the N-word in interview

[Nevilledog]

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Having a hard time coming to any conclusion besides the obvious one about what Rich Lowry catches himself blurting out here


11:12 AM · Sep 16, 2024

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[dem4decades]

1. I don't think that was a mistake, they are emboldened, saying the quiet part out loud.

[underpants]

6. You don't say that word that casually unless you say it a lot

I haven’t said that word since I was in the Army. It was a conscious decision I made. I used to say it a lot unfortunately, I just was stupid.

[dem4decades]

12. I'm sure it just slides off his tongue, like "hello" does when I see someone.

[Ocelot II]

28. Exactly. These days that word isn't on the tip of most people's tongues

such that it might slip out like some other inappropriate words - for example, it's possible that I might drop an F-bomb in the wrong situation because I use it from time to time in private. But since I don't drop the N-bomb even in private (or even think it), there's no chance I'd ever say it in public. If it's in your normal private vocabulary, though, sooner or later you'll slip and prove you're a racist asshole.

[underpants]

30. I did say it after watching D'Jango Unchained

It enveloped me. My wife asked what I was watching and I said it. I’ll never forget that.

[Ninga]

2. He self corrected laughingly...:

[Nevilledog]

20. It's clear as a bell when slowed down

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[Freethinker65]

3. Is this unedited?

This should tank the National Review and Mr. Lowry. They always attempted to be the intellectual conservatives. This is really bad.

[TwilightZone]

10. They've been faking the intellectual part for years.

They're just another right-wing tabloid at this point, hiding behind flowery language and false intellectualism.

If you really want some insight into how Trumpers and other conservatives currently view the world, read the comments for any NR article about Kamala Harris. They've lost their minds.

[Freethinker65]

16. Oh, I know that. But I also know conservatives that read it.

They will no longer be able to pretend it is above racist MAGA bullshit.

[TwilightZone]

17. Oh, they'll still pretend.

Conservatives have been pretending and insisting that they're not racists for as long as conservatives have been in existence. The denials have been particularly prevalent since the Civil Rights Era and bumped up a notch in the Reagan Era.

It went to new levels with Obama, of course, when the mantra became that racism no longer existed because we had a black president.

[Nevilledog]

13. From the podcast

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[Clouds Passing]

4. The more egregious the statement, the more media coverage they get.

It is their game plan, not an accident.

[marble falls]

5. As a migratory bird, wild geese are protected by the Federal Government. The punishment is severe.

[misanthrope]

7. Do ducks migrate?

Plenty of Americans prey on them.

[marble falls]

8. Only during hunting season. Just play around with nest otherwise in front of a game warden and find out ...

https://www.fws.gov/law/migratory-bird-treaty-act-1918

The List of Bird Species To Which the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Does Not Apply

The Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004 (MBTRA) amended the MBTA by stating the MBTA applies only to migratory bird species that are native to the United States or U.S. territories, and that a native migratory bird species is one that is present as a result of natural biological or ecological processes. The MBTRA requires the Service to publish a list of all nonnative, human-introduced bird species to which the MBTA does not apply, and an updated list was published in 2020. The 2020 update identifies species belonging to biological families referred to in treaties the MBTA implements but are not protected because their presence in the United States or U.S. territories is solely the result of intentional or unintentional human-assisted introductions. It reflects the most current scientific information on taxonomy and natural.
Migratory Bird Permits

Regulations regarding migratory bird permits (50 CFR 21) provide information on permits for "the taking, possession, transportation, sale, purchase, barter, importation, exportation, and banding or marking of migratory birds. This part also provides certain exceptions to permit requirements for public, scientific, or educational institutions, and establishes depredation orders which provide limited exceptions to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Permit Program issues and maintains these permits through ePermits.
Citation
16 U.S.C. 703-712


https://www.fws.gov/media/list-birds-protected-migratory-bird-treaty-act-2023

You'll notice ducks are at the head of the list.

[misanthrope]

14. Granted, but that doesn't change the essential fact

that Americans find predation of waterfowl to be culturally acceptable. The outrage at this would make it appear as if that acceptability only applies to certain demographic sets.

[TwilightZone]

15. Yes.

https://www.ducks.org/conservation/waterfowl-research-science/why-waterfowl-migrate

[WarGamer]

9. The Neocon Review

[Think. Again.]

18. Who's the lady on the left and why doesn't she eat?

[Nevilledog]

19. Megyn Kelly

[Think. Again.]

21. Didn't she used to be healthy?

I hope her malnutrition problem is nothing minor.

[Nevilledog]

22. She also used to be sane.

[Think. Again.]

23. Oh I doubt that.

[Montauk6]

25. Her disgust at the mere suggestion of a Black Santa still eats away at her, I guess...

[SoFlaBro]

24. They took longer than fucking expected to get around to tossing the N-word into their appearances.

[ck4829]

26. Wow

[Ocelot II]

27. Rich Lowry has always been terrible. He was the guy who had a hard-on for Sarah Palin:

I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/inris-rich-lowry-palin-se_n_131735

Obviously he hasn't improved.

[edbermac]

29. Of course, he has a perfectly logical explanation

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