Comments on: Americans: Superior because of our DNA (Sorry, everyone else, but it is what it is…)

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:36:35 +0000

Social Darwinism – certainly not at its worst but close to. “Adventure DNA” and self-selecting groups of heroic risk-takers, who share the same genetic traits? That would be laughable, but the repeatedly used term “American DNA”, which is described as “unifying” and “risk-taking”, makes me cringe on the inside just a little bit. It somewhat reminds me of the creepy idea of a superior “German superrace”, the idea of a people with superior abilities and special, unifying racial traits.I happened to have read some of the “race theory”-cr*p that passed as science here in Germany 70 years ago, and it seems to be based on the exact same kind of thinking: The “Germanic” or “Teutonic” race had to live in the unfriendly, cold Northern environments for thousands of years – an environment in which only the strongest people could thrive and survive in, thus making “the race” grow stronger and more superior with each generation.The same flawed logic seems to be the base of Medved’s arguments. Note, that I am not calling him a Nazi (so Godwin’s law does not apply), I am merely noting that his theory seems to be based on the exact same brand of Social Darwinism. Makes you wonder what Medved might think about Australians with European ancestors though. Do they share a common “criminal DNA”, passed down by the first European criminals that were forced to emigrate? Just wondering….

By: Anne Gilbert

Anne Gilbert — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:09:14 +0000

I was under the impression that Michael Medved was an a–h— so far to the right he’s basically twisted into a pretzel. I wonder what the Discoveryless Institute is “doing” with him?

By: Bert Chadick

Bert Chadick — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:18:07 +0000

So a Disco Institute director has found Negroes, Orientals and native Europeans to be genetically inferior to us robust Americans (of European descent). Well, they are a scientific research organization, so their data must be impeccable.Luckily the DI can put to rest those rumors that all such research is done by racist jackasses looking to paint a coat of legitimacy on their vile presuppositions.

By: crf

crf — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:47:02 +0000

You take millenniums old racist cant, infuse within it at key points the word “DNA”, and you get a serious modern scientific theory about why Africans are just born failures, and white Americans are steeled risk-takers. Wow, Cool. And Obama’s black!!! OMG OMG !!!

By: Tyler DiPietro

Tyler DiPietro — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:56:54 +0000

At a time when the entire Discoverup Inst. propaganda machine has been playing a guilt by association game with evolution and social Darwinism, recently hired Discoverup fellow writes a piece advocating what is essentially social Darwinism. These people are parody proof.