I’m sure there are conservatives who are upset that the House Republicans have exonerated the Obama administration on Benghazi. Indeed, even Lindsey Graham — not exactly an extremist conservative — has expressed outrage about the House Republicans’ conclusion. But conservatives, even of the most fire-breathing sort, generally realize that burning down the nearest beauty shop will not persuade the American people that Obama and his team are culpable for what happened at Benghazi.
And the angry people need to consider that perhaps, just perhaps, the legal and political system came to the right conclusions. The recognition that racism is bad does not entail the conclusion that a particular police officer who acted in a tough situation deserves to go to prison. There is a price to be paid when one becomes a captive of one’s own side’s narrative, and one refuses to take a fresh look at the facts.