If you were Colbert King, a black “journalist” at The Washington Post, a man who advertises himself as reasonable, you’d concern yourself with The New Black Panthers advocating, in fact, offering to finance the murder of George Zimmerman. You’d be concerned that neither President Obama nor Attorney General Attorney Holder have spoken out and condemned illegal vigilantism. You might argue that it does more harm than good to the black community to have it associated with thugs, bigots, racists and advocates of chaos, mayhem and social destruction. NO YOU WOULDN’T! Not if you’re Colby King.

Instead, you’d write a column (The King is no prince) attacking Republicans (racists) – Conservatives (racists) – Caucasians (racists) – low tax advocates (racists) – states rightists (racists) – Constitutionalists (racists) – property owners (racists) and you’d smear anyone who doesn’t slavishly support left-wing lunacy as racists.

Mr. King associates his opponents with the Bourbon Democrats:

Conservative Republicans undoubtedly will take umbrage at any suggestion they belong in the same camp as post-Civil War conservative Democrats who proudly favored white supremacy and life before Appomattox.

So, let’s see. Are today’s conservatives big champions of states’ rights, a smaller and weaker federal government, less taxes, and more individual liberty? Yes, they will agree. But those goals, they would insist, are not racial in nature; they reflect a philosophy and set of values.

Mr. King chooses to associate with the New Black Panthers, clear evidence that Bourbon isn’t his choice, rot-gut appeals to him.