Racists Want You To Get Used To It

Says Andrew Sullivan of this anti-health care spot, “It’s an effective ad against something of a straw man…. Conflating wider worries about the intensity of vaguely articulated loathing of Obama as racially tinged with specific worries about health insurance reform is, however, a useful piece of sophism.” I don’t know. I’m of the opinion that it’s always great to see an oppressed group of people attempt to reclaim a word that has been used in the past to cause hurt and shame. I’m thrilled for Republicans that they’re trying to take the “racist” label back. Especially the black ones.