Photo by Dan Macy

Photo by Dan Macy

Richard Cohen wrote a Richard Cohen column, published yesterday, that is rightly upsetting rational people.

Here is the third to last paragraph in the twerk-rape culture writer’s piece on Republican governor Chris Christie’s “Tea Party problem.”

Today’s GOP is not racist, as Harry Belafonte alleged about the tea party, but it is deeply troubled — about the expansion of government, about immigration, about secularism, about the mainstreaming of what used to be the avant-garde. People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor-elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman and with two biracial children. (Should I mention that Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, used to be a lesbian?) This family represents the cultural changes that have enveloped parts — but not all — of America. To cultural conservatives, this doesn’t look like their country at all.

Nearly gagging at the sight of an interracial couple is conventional, says Richard Cohen who has yet to be fired.

Also here’s this public service announcement.

Update: Katharine Weymouth liked the column!

Second update: Richard Cohen defends Richard Cohen. Editorial editor Fred Hiatt says he should have edited that one sentence “more carefully” so it couldn’t be misunderstood.

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