From a reader:

I could not disagree more with just about everything you said. In particular the assertion that “this kind of politics is counter-productive.” Really? Who has total control of our country right now, Jonah, the people who practice this kind of politics or the whipping boys who are “too principled” to fight those people?
You’re also completely wrong in that adopting some of their more hateful tactics would make us exactly like them. That’s ridiculous on its face. These people are never going to learn from our high-minded example, what planet are you from?
You sound like the milquetoast RINOs that we desperately need to get rid of if we ever want to have conservative principles even considered in our government again.
Breitbart was trying to show that the NAACP calling the Tea Parties racist is the pot calling the kettle black (pun intended). You, like most of your republican brethren in Congress are being played for a sucker of the liberal media by deliberately misunderstanding as they did.

Needless to say, we’ll agree to disagree. Unless of course this reader refuses to agree to even that.

Update: From a reader:

I don’t think you’re a milquetoast moderate, but I do think you’re missing the point a little. When I first watched the video, I was less bothered by Sherrod’s comments than I was by the murmurs of assent and agreement in the crowd. And now Glenn Reynolds has pointed out that the NAACP President was in attendance too. Did they all know that there was a moral to the story coming?
I believe this was Breitbart’s point in posting the video. Sherrod may be unfortunate collateral damage in this sad affair, and that should probably be rectified. But as near as I can tell, Sherrod wasn’t the target of Breitbart’s scorn. She was merely the vehicle to showcase unchallenged racism in the ranks of the NAACP.