[Fwd: Claremont Institute Precepts: To Be, or Not To Be: Ebony Magazine and the Non-Existence of Black Conservatives]

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 02:55 PM 6/21/01 +0000, justin asks:
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>>Who said that members of the so-called supreme court (or political
>>appointees in general) have to be influential? By the same logic, Adolf
>>Hitler was one of the most influential whites.
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>Wasn't he? --jks

Not every impact amounts to influence (which implies something positive),
some impacts are more appropriately labeled 'notoriety.' Thus, few people
would cry "ideological bias" if Adolf were not named the most influential
person by some magazine - simply beacuse most people undertsand the
distinction between influence and notoriety.  Ditto for Clarence Thomas.

wojtek