Do We Decry Any Use Of the "N word"?

This is the “when to risk amplifying what you know is false” problem. There is no universal solution to it. Sometimes known as, “Sunlight disinfects. It also makes things grow.” https://t.co/yJZ8SWsjno

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) May 26, 2021

Or not?

It's not a simple calculus.  But any creeping retun of very public racism:

Video catches hecklers screaming ‘monkey’ at Black high school basketball players https://t.co/c0hMCDjygZ

— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 26, 2021

Should be exposed and condemned. Of course, it matters who is doing the condemning, and how:

Ignore GOP condemnations of Marjorie Taylor Greene — it's all a part of the troll https://t.co/us64u3WSm9

— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 26, 2021

Just as there is a difference between a cat peeing on the bed, and a cat shredding the curtains and the furniture in the house, while using the bedding as a scratching post and the mattress as a litter box.

Because I can tell you from experience that once the cat pees outside the litter box, they will continue to pee in that spot, or find other spots, to pee; all outside the litter box.  Ignoring the cat while they do this, makes no difference to the cat; and alters not one jot its behavior.

Condemnation from GOP House leaders is pretty useless.  Censure of Greene would be more effective.  Will the House GOP, en masse, refuse to censure Greene's beyond the pale remarks?  Censure is also probably the most serious punishment Greene would receive.  I know some people call for expulsion, but in the history of the House, only five members have ever been expelled.   Three because they supported the Confederate rebellion in 1861 and 1862, and two because they were convicted of bribery and/or other crimes.  So either you support treason, or you are convicted of a "high crime." Convicted, as in, you'll be repesenting your constituents from a jail cell.  Less than that, the House has not seen fit to remove you.

The last Senators removed from the Senate were all due to the Confederate rebellion.  Even Tailgunner Joe was only censured; but it was enough to end his political career.  I imagine MTG would wear her censure as a badge of honor and fundraise some more off of it.  Maybe the House could consider not seating her if she's re-elected.

I'm not sure what else they could do, or would be willing to do.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Capitol:

GOPer 1: how do we convince young people conservatism and capitalism are superior to communism?

Tom Cotton: Let’s announce that hating racism is communist!

GOPer1: who let Tom in?

GOPer2: sorry, I was holding the door open for the GrubHub guy and he pushed past https://t.co/x6nTfQbNnQ

— NoLongerPurelyCivilHat (@Popehat) May 26, 2021

This is what Sen. Cotton tweeted:

This tweet is approved by the Communist Party of China. https://t.co/rXcoWoc9jt

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) May 25, 2021

And somehow "Communist Party of China" and "CCP" are the approved ways of referencing China? Are all the voters in the GOP over the age of 70?  And scared of black people?