tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post7403776053605824705..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Asian Vote Redux (UPDATED)Dr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-42843627753586528672012-12-04T00:28:25.588-05:002012-12-04T00:28:25.588-05:001) did you read my post in the first place? i spec...1) did you read my post in the first place? i specifically was descriptive, not prescriptive. most prescriptive advise is self-serving bullshit anyway. if you're going to represent someone's position, you should at least make an effort.<br /><br />2) religious, racial, economic, etc., issues all count. i know of very wealthy but very atheist republicans. for these ppl economic matters loom large, especially since they're wealthy from investment income. similarly, very conservative religious christian asians can identify with that aspect of the republican party. marginally religious southern white males can identify with the national-racial aspect of the republican party.Razib Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09555115542918519593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-21839965033061409932012-12-03T23:20:41.065-05:002012-12-03T23:20:41.065-05:00Heresolong: I'm no longer convinced that &quo...Heresolong: I'm no longer convinced that "freedom" in the abstract has much of a constituency, even among those who loudly invoke it. So, no, I don't think that Asians or anybody else is going to be much inspired by libertarian slogans about "freedom works."Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-9608149668587693802012-12-03T23:17:37.169-05:002012-12-03T23:17:37.169-05:00Razib: thank you for commenting.
you have a ph.d...Razib: thank you for commenting.<br /><br /><i>you have a ph.d. in engineering :-) so of course reading comprehension is not your strong suit! </i><br /><br />You'd be surprised how many obscurely witten academic papers I had to slog through during the lit review phase of the dissertation writing. A fair fraction written by people with Asian surnames. Just sayin' . . .<br /><br />But I apologize for having conflated Half Sigma's views with your own.<br /><br /><i>my 'solution' is that the repubs are the white xtian party and the dems are the 'others.' i've stated this elsewhere. i see no better optimum equib. for repubs (or dems) than that right now.</i><br /><br />I, too, have <a href="http://academywatch.blogspot.com/2012/11/further-post-election-ruminations.html" rel="nofollow">conceded this elsewhere</a>. But this raises the question: since Republicans are substantially winning the Asian evangelical vote and marginally winning the Asian Catholic vote, it appears that, at least for these, religious loyalties are trumping racial ones. Does a Republican move towards "unaffiliated" (whatever that looks like) actually attract non-Christian Asians? Or does it merely leave Asian Christians with only their racial loyalty at stake? I don't actually know, but blithe assumptions about it are ill-advised.<br />Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-88214120391934898322012-12-03T22:06:17.052-05:002012-12-03T22:06:17.052-05:00The solution is to convince more of the "othe...The solution is to convince more of the "others" that freedom actually works. Otherwise we are done.heresolonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461382067580153600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-13452027699249195602012-12-03T13:38:23.704-05:002012-12-03T13:38:23.704-05:00oh, i apologize. just noticed you have a ph.d. in ...oh, i apologize. just noticed you have a ph.d. in engineering :-) so of course reading comprehension is not your strong suit!Razib Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09555115542918519593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-4307456032598140622012-12-03T13:03:28.177-05:002012-12-03T13:03:28.177-05:00Razib’s and Half Sigma’s solution to this problem ...<i>Razib’s and Half Sigma’s solution to this problem is the make Republicans “less Christian”.</i><br /><br />take a course in reading comprehension. that's HS's solution i presume? (from the comments) it's not my solution, and i've said it elsewhere. <br /><br />my 'solution' is that the repubs are the white xtian party and the dems are the 'others.' i've stated this elsewhere. i see no better optimum equib. for repubs (or dems) than that right now.<br />Razib Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09555115542918519593noreply@blogger.com