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

"Sarah Berel-Harrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "ambrose searle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Dick C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > 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?
> >
> > He was not only a racist, but he promoted the idea that racial
> > superiority was a product of natural selection. Thus, those who lived
> > in colder climates (like white Northern Europeans) were forced by
> > natural selection to evolve into more creative races that had the
> > ingenuity to build fires and houses, while those living closer to the
> > Equator (like Black Africans) remained inferior in their mental
> > capacity.
> 
> ??? i guess you missed the part where he discussed
> the urban poor in the UK, or maybe you think they
> were 'Black Africans'.

he just thought they were of inferior genetic constition.