From 365: Monday Watercooler: Spit and bigotry don’t make good talking points

You’ve lost the argument when you spit on someone or yell the word faggot.

Most dues paying members of the Tea Party movement aren’t raving bigots. However, the message of the group gets lost when a few in their tribe think political debate includes spitting on a congressman, yelling the epithet faggot at Barney Frank, or calling John Lewis a nigger. Smart conservatives quickly backtracked from this type of behavior. Dumb ones, like Iowa Representative Steve King, didn’t see why people were shocked. No big deal in his “mind.”

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