my fear when we wrote this was the people were just going to shrug and say that is so obvious, he really didn t need to say it, it s just sober now, as you noted that hasn t been the reaction from all corners. tucker: what has the reaction been? interest income at the reaction at university of pennsylvania professor wax teaches has been extraordinary. she was condemned by some of her colleagues not because they took issue with any particular thing that we said in the op-ed, she was just condemned for essentially saying what we said. there were no allegations that anything we said was incorrect. next we went in other words, truth in the academy is no longer a defense, is that the point?
why do you think this was so offensive and? you are describing the lives if they lead, why would they be outreach? there may be three hypotheses for why some people don t do well in the country. one is they just black and native talent and ability, another is their behavior is not conducive to doing well and the third is that there are structural impediments to their doing well. it s just orthodoxy now in some corners in the academy and outside the academy for that matter that it s the latter that has to be true, it s not the first to tell mike to go. what we are saying is no, that s not the case. tucker: and orthodoxy is always the enemy of toothed tell my truth. we are out of time, i appreciate
through the list of hate groups, so-called hate groups, some of them are clearly hateful and crazy and then they get to the family research council and say i may not agree with our agenda but they are not a hate group. why does nobody at, say cnn the washington post, think this is overreached. it s not a hate group, it s a christian group. it s acquired thinking. there s a bigger agenda behind this. the former spokesman for the southern poverty law center, mark, he made very clear, he said we don t have any objective criteria here. this is not based on criminality or violence. we are trying to wreck the groups, we are trying to destroy the groups. this is, again the last pitbull going after those who oppose the agenda. the media needs to be put on record knowing that that s what s behind the splc. tucker: it s just so dishonest. it s like treating media matters
that s true. because what s more important is to signal that you are on the side of the good guys, even if that means denying something that is true. it s a matter of are you in the in group or the outgroup. tucker: if you have academics knowingly denying things they know are true, isn t that the definition of corruption? yes, unfortunately it is. almost every person who took umbrage at what we said in the academy actually practices the very virtues we were asked only in the piece. they teach their kids this. they don t teach their kids the opposite of what we ve prescribed. tucker: that s exactly right. i live in a neighborhood full of liberals who don t get divorced and go to bed at 10:00 p.m., whose kids are obedient.
like a legitimate media analysis group, which the press also did until they were called on it repeatedly. have you had any response from media organizations to your letter? not really. the conservative groups, conservative media that understands what the splc is up to, yes, they are publishing it. others not so much. here s the thing, tucker. they now know they have no excuse when there s another attack like we saw against republicans, the congressman or the attack on the frc five years ago, the media has become complacent in this violence was inspired by the southern law center. i hate that garbage. tony, thank you so much. if you want to have a good time go watch the goonies, but a start from that movie, martha plimpton says abortion in seattle can be a great time too. she actually said that. we will show you the very latest