[TheBlueMax]

"No decent person wants to be characterized as a bigot. So if such a charge is made, the victim of the accusation is forced to deny the slur and lose sight of the message he was trying to convey.

I disagree. We conservatives have, for the past 30 years, been forced to "prove" that we are not racists. In my opinion, when being accused of being such, our response should be "Prove it", and pay no attention. We get suckered into this trap all too frequently.

[dsc]

“We conservatives have, for the past 30 years, been forced to “prove” that we are not racists. In my opinion, when being accused of being such, our response should be “Prove it”, and pay no attention.”

Absolutely right, with the minor quibble that I think it’s time to get a lot more assertive about it.

Rather than, “Prove it,” I think we need a response along the lines of, “You’re a lying sack of s*** and a domestic enemy of the Constitution, you loathsome traitor.”

It is long past time for decent people to realize that, when dealing with scumbags, civility is just a self-imposed handicap.

Are we just going to let the brownshirts beat us up like that couple in New Orleans?