Ultimately, whether it’s Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling, or any other idiot whose mouth is going before his/her brain is in gear, the damage they do will certainly be exploited to its maximum, albeit regrettable potential by those of less than honorable intent. Evil charlatans like Al Sharpton and Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus Jr. are like a pack of drooling hyenas prowling for opportunities to extract whatever legitimacy they can from controversy so they may apply it to their own illegitimate adventures. With that said, it’s even more frustrating when our president slips the boundaries of sensibility and protocol and comments on issues requiring in-depth historical and factual context. When asked by reporters in Malaysia recently about LA Clippers owner Sterling’s comments, President Obama immediately morphed into Community Organizer Obama, sounding more like an opportunistic NAACP attorney with a speech impediment than the “leader of the free world”.

The sins of slavery and bigotry are grievous and littered with the lessons of history to be sure. But those sins weren’t born in this country and they won’t die here. They are sins of men’s hearts. Thus to sacrifice our first Amendment rights for the comments and miscues of uneducated fools like Bundy and Sterling, accomplishes little but to embolden equally uneducated bigots like Al and Snoop-Dogg. In fact, the United States of America and the vast majority of “We the People” have sacrificed more to advance the causes of liberty, equality, and freedom than any nation in all of human history, (and done so in a far shorter period of time). One would think our “brilliant” president would understand and build on that truth, instead of fanning the smoldering embers of racism in order to advance his personal and ideological agenda.