Affirmative Action Goes Down 6-2

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

It looks like the Supreme Court has subjected affirmative action to majoritarian politics, which is always a great way to protect minority interests.

Wire.com

New York Times

Comments

[rowsdowerisms.livejournal.com]

You sure showed him.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I can never decide whether the denial of supermarkets being private or the assertion of a market for public schools was funnier.

[rowsdowerisms.livejournal.com]

Lolz, it's almost as if you don't understand basic economic terminology. A supermarket is a 'market participant', as is a public school. The public school provides a 'public good' and generally operates in a relatively 'open market' with private schools. They supply 'private goods'. A supermarket that refused to sell to minorities would be engaging in 'economic discrimination' which is a kind of 'market failure'.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Lolz, it's almost as if you don't understand basic economic terminology.

You got me with the *almost*

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

It's almost as if basic economic terminology had nothing to do with the discussion!

[rowsdowerisms.livejournal.com]

Kudos then for basically coming right out and admitting that one of your favorite conversations on livejournal was basically just an unproductive shitstorm of you being intentionally obtuse! Keep fucking that chicken.