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why do people love this guy so much?
>>934215
he validates their already held beliefs
We wuz philosophers n shit
>>934215
He's proof blacks aren't necessarily inferior intellectually.
>>934224
Like you say that or others believe that?
Because he's a smart guy?
I mean, I don't know about you, but I admire intelligent people with good arguments.
Because he's intelligent.
Because nobody has been able to prove him wrong.
from my perspective he seems to be some libertarian talking head who the /pol/acks can use to batter imaginary liberals
>>934239
What, that blacks aren't necessarily inferior intellectually?
Why do you disagree with this sentiment?
>>934215
he make socialist butthurt.
He validates pre-held beliefs
post them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sGn6PdmIo
>>934348
There are a ton of other intelligent blacks and if You Sowell is the only one yiu can think of that's ignorance on your part.
>>934501
No
I liked him, but then /his/ said he was bad because he was a mouth piece for racist white people and an uncle tom. So, i reexamined his ideas about race and culture, but still found myself in agreement with his opinions and conclusions about the aforementioned subjects (I don't follow his economics) and still held a respect for his background on a personal level.
I guess I'll need to see someone dissect and destroy him before I stop liking him.
t. has been called an uncle tom before
>>934215
Because every conservative think thank spends billions shilling him everywhere?
>>934580
He doesn't seem nearly as mainstream as billions of dollars would imply.
>>934215
he black and argues conservative points very simple to understand
>>934501
>It's not that intellectuals you don't like are wrong
>It's that intellectuals I don't like are wrong
Wow, persuasive
>>934593
He's brought up as the generic Conservative economist but even then he's not a very good one because his arguments have a lot of flaws, badly analyses data, distorts or revises history and just pure misconstruing points to fit his views.
As a guy in a think tank all he has to do is shill whoever pays him without adhering to QC seen in Acadamia.
>>934215
He's an affirmative action nigger.
>>934677
The economist carted out to entertain a niche within the masses, but not one to be regarded in serious academic circles. Ok, I can see that.
>>934693
>graduated magna cum laude in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics
Affirmative action strikes again!
>>934693
Considering he went into a Black college first it's pretty funny that he shits on the institution that helped propel him to Harvard.
>>934719
He went to Howard University then his high scores on the College Board exams and recommendations by two professors helped him gain admission to Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.
AA wasn't in at the time but Harvard took the recommendation of two profs at the best Black University to heart at enrolled him.
Same reason anti-feminists support Christina Hoff Sommers.
>>934742
maybe they recommended him because he was fucking smart and earned it you dumbass
>>934693
nothing wrong with taking advantage of a system that is already put it place. Whats wrong is the people that put it in place to begin with.
>>934742
and Kennedy floated in on his name and probably a donation. How he got in honestly doesn't concern me, it's what he did while he was there and if he was handed that degree and distinction by the guilted white academic system of harvard's economics department, then I'd like to see the evidence.
>>934752
>nothing wrong with taking advantage of a system that is already put it place
Ayn? Is that you?
>>934723
He's the embodiment of "fuck you, got mine". He made a good niche for himself as the right wing's token negro. Wouldn't want to dilute that job market with more competition.
>>934752
You can say that crime is great as long as you get away with it with the same reasoning.
>>934822
Do you want the rest? Too late, I'm posting them anyway.
>>934215
he is the last living libertarian philosopher of note
>>934824
>you will never meet a qtpatooti Ayn Rand during the roaring 20s
>>934924
And that is why people love public intellectuals. They answered the question
>>934483
A ton is like only a dozen guys. That's not really statistically significant.
He's an Uncle Tom.
The reason the right loves Uncle Toms so much is basically so they can say "Look I'm not racist, this black guy says the same thing!", it's why they hold up hack frauds like Christina Hoff Sommers as well.
The thing is Uncle Toms walk a tight rope, as many women including CHS on the alt-right have found out recently, criticize anything on the alt-right and they will instantly throw you straight under the bus because they never actually cared about them, it was just about justifying their preheld beliefs. As soon as that woman or black man complains about something like harassment, bye bye!
>>935093
Calling some one an "Uncle Tom" is implying you think all blacks should think exactly the same on any given issue. You are disgusting.
>>935111
Fuck off.
He's a shill for far-right think tanks who purposely misrepresents data to justify racism against black people for huge lumps of cash.
Like Christina Hoff Sommers, they are professional disinfo shills. There is a reason they both work Koch related think tanks 99% of the time.
Uncle Tom through and through.
>>935111
>>935093
This. I like how the Right will enthusiastically embrace a minority who agrees with them, and even the alt-right will do the same [homosexuality is degenerate but based Milo is a glorious faggot, apparently], but the second a minority steps out of line with liberals, he's a heretic and a traitor.
>>935137
Piss off you racist.
>>935137
Yes, yes. I've heard all these arguments before. Do you know that you sound like a /pol/lack claiming someone is just a Jewish or Globalist Shill?
The fact that someone can come to completely different standpoint to you is just so mind boggling that they just HAVE to be a shill!
Kill yourself, friend!
>>935137
You can check the data yourself. His conclusions may noy be the best, but he stand behind clearer and more concrete data.
Also, the wage gap is not taken seriously by any economist.
>>935093
"Uncle Tom" is another word for uppity nigger desu
>>935093
Premium b8.
>>934215
He's the "black friend" libertarians have so they can say they're not racist.
>>935376
Blacks can't win. They always have to be under the thumb of one side or the other.
>>935376
Literally this.
>>934963
Try doing some research at least.
>>934215
Because he writes erudite and well-researched books that destroy left-wing superstitions.
>>935434
He writes a lot of books but past the early ones they all repeat the same line so it's more of a "hey I still exist" kind of thing".
He isn't really big barring certain circles.
>>935449
He does write a lot of the same, I will admit, but that's besides the point.
He's rational, he's incredibly smart and he consistently blows leftists and their ridiculous beliefs the fuck out since the 70s.
>>934215
"one of the good ones"
>>934215
More than him being right about many things, it is the amount of butthurt he inflicts on many people. See ITT how his not being the typical plantation nigger cause mass triggering.
>>935376
Get fucked faggot. The man can have his own opinions and he doesn't have to agree with your agenda.
>I disagree with him and hate conservatives so he must be an uncle tom!
I'm willing to listen to liberals but it's this holier-than-thou-we-have-all-the-answers attitude that pisses everybody off, dude.
>>935775
First of all I think it's hilarious he critiques intellectuals who make claims about society when his job is EXACTLY that at the think tank and he's irrelevant to Mainstream acadamia.
On top of that he has very wack job opinions and Column articles.
He called getting BP to use 20 billion dollars to clean up the gulf is comparable to Nazis and he called Rachel Carson influence on the DDT ban and compared other to mass murderer, denies climate change and actually considered the idea of the gold standard in current times and a general very bad grasp on history..
I applaud him for getting to where he got but he's a joke outside of that and only liked in certain circles for meme opinions.
