The verdicts in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial had been announced, and I was jubilant. Last week's podcast opened with an upbeat segment. First, though, some general remarks about this week's events.Ġ2-Too soon made glad. This week's Radio Derb likewise takes those two narratives as frames, although using a different battle to illustrate the Cold Civil War. The Mean Lynching Crackers narrative of low-class good ol' boys persecuting harmless blacks.The Cold Civil War narrative of two big groups of whites at loggerheads, with nonwhites comparitively inconsequential except as tokens.Last week's podcast leaned heavily on two narratives: And Radio Derb is on the air! Greetings, listeners, from your moderately genial host John Derbyshire, here with some ruminations on our current national ruination. (Equity! Equity!)Ĥ0m58s Triggered by "trigger." (Infinite regress looms.)Ĥ2m49s Black Friday? Eeek! (But students show sense.)Ġ1-Intro. madness.)ģ9m07s New victim group: the neuro-diverse. (Lone holdout juror.)ģ6m45s National Border Security Chiefs without borders. (Fruit of the D.A.'s efforts.)ģ2m05s What's the difference between James Fields and Darrell Brooks? (We all know.)ģ4m49s Mistrial in Dallas. (A monstrous miscarriage of justice.)Ģ3m57s Waukesha killings. (Inspired by John Ball.)ġ6m31s Narrative sustained in Georgia. (The rich & connected crush free speech.)ġ4m08s A catch-phrase for the Cold Civil War. (Post-Rittenhouse tristesse.)Ġ9m30s Lawfare in Virginia.
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