Re: Social Darwinism; was: So Long Judge Moore, We'll Miss You

Dick C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> ambrose searle wrote in talk.origins
> 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (maff) wrote in message news:
> >> But Bible Belt fundamentalists, Confederates and the Klan didn't
> >> beleive in Darwin or evolution. THey wre murdering and torturing
> >> people even before Darwin.
> > 
> > So what? How does that change the fact that Darwin was also a racist?
> 
> How racist was he, especially when compared to others of his society?
> Why condemn someone's thinking when it reflected the then current societal
> attidudes?

His racism wasn't simply a matter of imbibing current political
values... it was, according to him, A BYPRODUCT OF HIS SCIENTIFIC
THEORY.