I'm A Racist Now, I Guess

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas)

I recently got into one of those online pissing matches on Facebook. It began when I joined a comment stream about FOX News analyst Judge Jeanine Pirro, a woman of extreme intelligence who, in a video, criticized Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the potty-mouthed Texan who called Governor Greg Abbott "Hot Wheels" and later denied she was referring to his wheelchair.

Judge Jeanine was amazed that Crockett had so many defenders in the Democrat party, and I added my two cents by writing, "No surprise there, they all voted for Kamala Harris for president." I was of course referring to Harris' utter lack of brain power and abilities, not her skin color. But one person on the stream, a black woman, replied directly to me with, "Are you a racist?" I responded that I was not, but she doubled down and insisted I was. Exasperated, I wrote, "I am now! People like you create racism."

Here's my beef: One cannot criticize a person of color for any reason without being accused of racism. That's just insane; there are plenty of stupid, ignorant, murderous black people who are deserving of criticism, and saying so doe not make one a racist. Or does it? Are we to pretend that all blacks are above reproach? Because that's a stretch. And BTW, verbally criticizing a Jew who is deserving of criticism does not make one antisemitic. It's the gassing to death we object to.