Harry Reid, Negro dialects, &c.

Two of my favorite smart people on the Harry Reid/Negro dialect/racism flap:

You see, good liberals occasionally slip in their parlance due to stress or by accident, and to no real worry; bad conservatives like a Lott or George Allen give valuable windows on their foul souls when they similarly lapse into insensitive speech. – Victor Davis Hanson

Republicans are right, so right, that if Mitch McConnell had said what Reid said, there would be a prolonged scandal. And they are right that political differences should not be turned radioactive by the malicious charge of racism. But it’s enough to point this out.  Don’t join in. – Mona Charen

The double standard is there, and if you don’t see it, you are delusional.

However, I tend to think Mona Charen is right.  Point it out and move on.  That a bunch of idiot Democrats would be calling for a Republican’s head under similar circumstances—and might well get it—doesn’t make it all right to do the reverse.  I want Reid unemployed because he’s destroying the country with his politics, not because he’s a “racist.”

Note the hypocrisy, decline to play, and move on.

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