Marcus Epstein's class 6 felony hate crime case was dismissed by the DC Superior Court on July 8.
Marcus Epstein is a young man with a very bright future. He has been in the right place at the right time, sailing through the right schools, and to law school at the University of Virginia. In the ultra-conservative world of the Peter Brimelow, VDare, American Renaissance, and John Tanton anti-immigration movement, he has already made a name for himself as a rising superstar.
Epstein has also made a name for himself as something of a bully, vociferously defending himself when his links to noted racists like Jared Taylor have been exposed, protesting that he is not a racist. A recent profile in the SPLC Blog proves the young man doth protest too much.
The Executive Director of Pat and Bay Buchanan's American Cause and Tom Tancredo's Team America PAC had been awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a 2007 drunken attack on an African American woman. The incident was detailed in this Blogcritics Magazine article on May 29, 2009.
During a drinking binge in 2007, Epstein, who claims he cannot possibly be a racist because he is part Korean and part Jewish, verbally and physically assaulted a woman on a street in Georgetown. Further complicating things was the fact that Epstein had the misfortune to have the assault witnessed by an off Duty Secret Service officer.
Bay Buchanan immediately rushed to Epstein's defense. In Human Events, she wrote that the poor thing was the subject of an "internet lynching" by the left-wing One People's Project. She simply could not understand why such a nice young man could be treated so badly by those nasty liberals. After all, he had a speech impediment. She went on to say he has an exceptional mind and is a very talented writer.
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— go to most recent comments1 - Glenn Contrarian
But SJ - don't you know that we liberals don't believe in enforcing the law, that that's the sole province of God-Fearing Law-Abiding Republicans? That's pretty much what Selwyn Duke said in his BC article!
Me, I guess I'm what Sean Penn called a "Commie Homo-loving son-of-a-[bleep]".
2 - Clavos
Glenn,
Did you read SJ's bio? An excerpt:
While she is highly critical of the influence of far right conservatives on her beloved Republican Party, her first priority is to do everything possible to help stop the far left, Democratic destruction of the United States.
3 - Glenn Contrarian
*chuckle*
Yeah, it's a vast left-wing conspiracy, y'know?
4 - Dan
"Epstein, who claims he cannot possibly be a racist because he is part Korean and part Jewish..."---SJ
It would be interesting to see proof of this allegation, and who's standard of this often cited pejorative would he have been responding to?
5 - Glenn Contrarian
Dan -
Here's the quote: "On July 7, 2007, at approximately 7:15 p.m. at Jefferson and M Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C., defendant was walking down the street making offensive remarks when he encountered the complainant, Ms. [REDACTED], who is African-American. The defendant uttered, “Nigger,” as he delivered a karate chop to Ms. [REDACTED]’s head."
And here's the link
6 - Glenn Contrarian
On a side note - I Googled
Republican "Marcus Epstein"
and the blogcritics site came up as the first entry on Google!
7 - Dave Nalle
Part Korean, part Jewish and entirely insane.
Dave
8 - Luigi Bastardo
"Part Korean, part Jewish and entirely insane."
Thus, Soy Vey was invented.
9 - roger nowosielski
Good article, SJ. What I fail to see is why they seem to be building Epstein as though a rising star?
10 - roger nowosielski
Here's another link, SJ, to the Epstein affair.
11 - Cannonshop
#4 Is it not obvious? The Standard as promulgated by Democrats.
Of course, he got it wrong. All you need to be labeled a Racist is to be a Republican, and not be an Obama Supporter (or, even easier, to be Labeled Racist, you just need to not support "Hopenchange"._)
12 - Glenn Contrarian
C-shop -
AFAIK, no one has said that if someone is Republican, they must therefore be a racist.
Just because the vast majority of those whites who happen to be racist also hold strong conservative beliefs doesn't mean that all conservatives are racist.
It's all a matter of likelihood - and if you can show that white supremacists are more likely to be Democrat than Republican, I heartily invite you to do so!
13 - Clavos
Most racists are apolitical, for the simple reason that their views are so far off the charts that neither party is a good fit for them.
14 - Glenn Contrarian
Clavos -
No, you are wrong. Remember how I posted that for a generation, the most powerful racist in America was a Democrat? Google "James O. Eastland" and you'll see what I mean.
But the Democratic party changed as time went on and grew out of racism. The Republican party did so too...but not nearly to the same degree. Why? Because conservatives are by nature 'conservative', resistant to change.
15 - Cannonshop
#12 Been missing the fooferaw around the Sotomayor hearings, Glenn? The outcome of said hearings so far has been "All Republcans are Racists" because they aren't chiffon-creaming the hearings on the express route.
16 - Glenn Contrarian
C-shop -
One of the most ironic things is seeing Jeff Sessions query Sotomajor about racism.
How about Googling Sessions and racism and see what you find.
17 - Clavos
@#14:
Once again, Glenn, you misread my comment: I said "most racists are apolitical."
Most means not all, so of course you're going to be able to come up with anecdotal evidence about any specific individual in either party, but that doesn't invalidate my statement.
18 - Glenn Contrarian
Clavos -
No, you're wrong again, because most racists also hold strong political views and are likely support that party that most strongly supports (or is least offensive to) their own beliefs.
If you're going to make statements like "most racists are apolitical", please back it up with something concrete.
19 - Baronius
Most racists are Democrats. Republicans don't judge people based on race; Democrats do. The only thing that's changed about the Democratic Party is which race they favor. But even that's false, because they play races against each other.
The Republican Party leans anti-government. A Republican can be a racist if he wants to, and he's not hurting anyone but himself. The Democratic Party leans pro-government. Whether it's Jim Crow or affirmative action, the combination of racism and governmental involvement can destroy a culture.
20 - Dave Nalle
The latest widespread accusations of racism against prominent democrats from Dick Durbin to Obama's new Healthcare Czar don't make a pretty picture at all.
Dave
21 - pablo
comment 19
That's pretty funny Baronius :)
Ya gotta love the chutzpa and sheer hypocrisy of most republicans, I sure do.
22 - Clavos
No, you're wrong again, because most racists also hold strong political views
I agree with you there.
and are likely support that party that most strongly supports (or is least offensive to) their own beliefs.
But nit there. neither party is institutionally racist, so most racists tend to be Neo Nazis or members of other fringe "parties," not Democrats or Republicans.
And please don't come back at me with more specific names, once again, I said most.
But I'll concede that I shouldn't have said "apolitical" originally. Perhaps "fringe political" might have been better.
23 - El Bicho
"All you need to be labeled a Racist is to be a Republican"
So dropping a N-bomb as you karate chop a woman isn't racist in your view, CS. Good to know where you stand.
And good luck to Baronius for his "Most racists are Democrats" entry in "The Dumbest Comment of the Day." It's the clubhouse leader
24 - Baronius
Thanks, EB. It's an honor just to be nominated.
25 - handyguy
The Republicans on the Judiciary Committee are not exactly being accused of racism. And no one objects to their stretching the hearings to 4 days, per se.
It's just that such a large proportion of their bloviations and questions are not about legal issues and Sotomayor's lengthy career in the law, but instead about a couple of phrases from a couple of her speeches.
The irony of Jeff Sessions leading the charge implying that the nominee is 'prejudiced' is pretty striking. [Rachel Maddow has listed all the embarrassing, quite racist comments attributed to him -- some he admits to and some not -- during his own failed judicial appointment hearing.] And the Ricky Ricardo allusion from Tom Coburn was both funny and utterly inappropriate.