Reply #44: I think you're right -- I see more factionalism than opposition to racism, all too often

[ProgressIn2008]

Using racism to score points against the other side doesn't mean you give a shit about racism. Running to appropriate racial enlightenment to score points for your side doesn't mean you give a shit about racism, either.

Also, I see some of the crap about Jindal downgraded to what's called "ethnic slur." No, it's racism. It was intolerable when directed at Obama. It's intolerable when it's directed at Jindal. Full stop. No qualifiers. I've seen some people claiming to be "Democrats" and "progressives" say racist crap about Micheal Steele, too (though I'm not talking about any DU threads here, because I have no idea if that happened here). "Uncle Tom" racist remarks, lot of them. Nice.