The Single Stupidest Conservative Talking Point

With a blog post title like this, I confess that there are lots of stupid conservative talking points. But the winner is “derp, modern Democrats are the real racists because Jefferson Davis and Robert Byrd were racists, derp.” This is in fact the single stupidest conservative talking point. Of course the National Review, noted magazine of segregationists and apartheid supporters, is happy to float that argument out in reference to the Confederate flag. Nikki Haley of course is the real civil rights hero.

I also appreciate how such arguments completely leave out the active support of Republican presidential candidates for the flag. When you are this hackish, might as well go all the way.