Sunday, August 1, 2010  The quelling of dissent......  Via
Instapundit, an article from the Volokh Conspiracy regarding
Obama's piping-hot-brilliant idea to truthfully discuss race and
gender issues 'around the water cooler'.  As Insty states and
Volokh points out, such frank discussions could get the folks
(IMO, the white folks at least, and especially the patriarchal
oppressors white males) involved in the water cooler discussion
sued/reprimanded/otherwise slapped down.  Because of the
perpetuation of harassment law to the point where anything that
might possibly offend someone is a sue-able offense, I can't see
where frank conversations could lead to anything good, except
for opening up more positions to meet diversity targets for an
employer.  That aside, how can there be a frank and honest
conversation when the likes of Shirley Sherrod is bellowing
without any cause or proof that Andrew Breitbart wants to see
all blacks back in slavery, where the President of the United
States, without knowing the facts