John Derbyshire thinks that "to the degree that black and nonblack Americans get on with each other at all, it is largely thanks to the coalition of black citizens and nonblack liberals and interest groups represented in the national political life by the Democratic Party." So: You've got a black friend? Thank the Democrats. Good relations with your black colleagues? Send Nancy Pelosi some flowers. Appreciate your white housemates? Howard Dean deserves a kind word. I have to say, I think Derbyshire has actually written the craziest goddamn thing I have ever read on the Corner -- which is, as far as I can tell, a blog devoted to continually upping the ante for "crazy goddamn things." The idea that black Americans and white Americans are natural enemies who have only put down their swords because they both love the Democratic Party is so serenely nutty that I'm beginning to wonder if John Derbyshire isn't just a bored imp from the 5th universe who's growing more and more distraught that none of his "colleagues" have realized he's pranking them.
