Terrible Person Says Terrible Thing To Score Terrible Political Point

“This remark is the equivalent of using the ’n’ word. It shows contempt for middle America, expressed knowingly, contemptuously, on purpose, and with a smirk. It is indefensible to use this word. The president knows what it means, and his people know what it means. The public thought we reached a new low of incivility during the Clinton administration. Well, the Obama administration has just outdone them.”
-Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist, discussing President Obama’s use of the word “teabagger,” casually dismisses three centuries of dehumanization, violence, and intimidation in the world’s most pathetic attempt to manufacture outrage. Although not unsuccessfully; I’m pretty outraged.