Today Is ‘Sigmund Freud’ Day
It’s not his birthday or the anniversary of his death, however, it is just another in a long litany of days where another rightwing hero gets caught in a racist dash to the bottom. And surely he would be smiling today:
Harry Reid saying negro = no big deal Cliven Bundy saying negro = racist #BundyRanch #doublestandard
— Mitch Behna (@MitchBehna) April 24, 2014
It’s one thing to attempt to defend a racist, entirely another to do so in a Freudian slip that suggests you do not understand what “nuance” and “context” mean.
And just for added irony - here is Thomas Jefferson:
‘Bigotry is the disease of ignorance’