The Democrats and our newly elected Democratic leader were, in part, elected upon the basis of getting “beyond politics” and “beyond partisanship.” But it’s apparent that this is only lip service and the Democrats and Mr. Slocum continue to inject fear, divisiveness, hatred, and falsehoods into the conversation. You may think that I am guilty of the same, but I am only defending myself and my ideals against an ignorant, offensive attack.

Furthermore, I felt the need to show examples of intolerance on the other side of the aisle to simply make the point that while there are some intolerant people on both ideological sides of the body politic, those examples do not make their respective institutions, or its members, racists.