You recall the allegation made by Representative Andre Carson that he had heard the "N-word" hurled at him and Representative John Lewis at least fifteen times by racist tea-party protestors demonstrating against passage of Obamacare. The tea-party housewives and grandparents were so intimidating that Mr. Carson fully expected to have "rocks thrown" at him. Well, in this postmodern world when an allegation is made that confirms the liberal narrative it becomes their "truth" whether there's any substance to it or not. Thus, Rep. Carson's allegations have become part of "what everyone knows to be true" about the tea-party movement.
Unfortunately, for the diminishing remnant of liberal Americans who still think that serious allegations should have at least a little bit of supporting evidence in their favor beyond just one politician's sayso, it turns out that Mr. Carson's version of events lacks what might be called empirical warrant. Some folks at Patterico did a little investigating and here's what they came up with:
Of course we must keep in mind two things: First, to many on the left evidence simply doesn't matter. It just clutters and complicates things. What matters is whether an allegation has purchase, whether it's useful, and charges of racism are, of course, always useful. Second, the lack of evidence in these videos only proves how subtle and sneaky these white bigots really are. You can't hear the "N-word" because people were probably yelling it in pig latin so that it was garbled on the video, but resonated with perfect clarity in Mr. Carson's finely-tuned ear.
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