Yesterday a bunch of Tea Party anti-healthcare protesters called black and gay lawmakers ‘nigger’ and ‘faggot’ . Today the right-wing blogs want an apology — from the lawmakers, to the protesters. Glenn Reynolds, at Instapundit , targeted his ire at James Clyburn, the Congressman and veteran of the civil rights movement. (The capitals, inevitably, are his.) “DOES CLYBURN OWE TEA PARTY PROTESTERS AN APOLOGY? The bogus racism card has been played so often that I no longer find such charges very credible. I’m sure, however, that, true or not, they’ll be played much more loudly than the indisputably true statements about the antiwar movement.” Conservative blogger Ann Althouse is more magnanimous and forgiving of the lawmakers . She doesn’t want them to apologise. But she does feel that “it’s outrageous for them to pose as victims without very good cause. So what if some idiot said a bad word?” Meanwhile GOP chairman Michael Steele and House Minority Leader John Boehner condemned the protesters . The same protesters who they encourage and inspire with dog whistle phrases and sly hints .
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Right-Wing Bloggers Demand Apology From Lawmakers Called ‘Nigger’ By Tea Partyers [Idiots]
