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But it's a particularly dangerous foolishness for black Americans, because it leads us to take seriously thugs like the Black Panthers, and to glorify the Kody Scotts and Nathan McCalls we ought to condemn instead.
In the liberal Guardian , foreign affairs columnist Martin Woollacott said Republican senators "sent out a dismal message--of American selfishness, American foolishness, and American readiness to put her own safety first, whatever the consequences for the rest of us."
And, especially in his earlier years, he did not suffer fools gladly--at least if they were stubborn in their foolishness.
To the contrary, Will argued, "Because [Jackson] is black, his white rivals sit silently beside him, leaving his foolishness unremarked.
Now, set aside the complete foolishness of distinguishing between "near-term buy" and "accumulate" (how, again, am I supposed to accumulate shares if I don't buy them? and does near-term buy mean that these stocks are a long-term sell? or perhaps just a long-term accumulate?).