Absolutely inexcusable (no link, you can find Douthat's column yourself in today's Times):
This progressive fascination with eugenics largely ended with World War II and the horrors wrought by National Socialism.
Nobody's talking censorship. Douthat has the right to say anything he wants, no matter how untrue, ignorant, obnoxious, racist or inflammatory he wants. He does not have a right to lie outright and hurtle utterly specious charges in the NY Times, however. This is far beyond "fit to print."
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