I had wanted to give the benefit of the doubt as well, because as another poster suggested---there is a grain of truth within his statements. Then I remembered

I had wanted to give the benefit of the doubt as well, because as another poster suggested---there is a grain of truth within his statements. Then I remembered that 'grain of truth' is how these sort of philosophies continue to survive, and insinuate themselves into common discourse. So I am ignoring that single grain an focusing on the rotten conclusions that veer too closely to the sort of rhetorical landmines that have historically been damning to society. If you are going to call out a specific ethnic group, or push politically sensitive buttons then you need to bring out arguments with a much higher standard than 'grain of truth'. I hope this isn't too much of a rant, I simply wanted to clarify because usually I am the one helpfully playing devils' advocate but I simply couldn't do so this time.