That was the point of the whole 8/28/2010 wankfest. He deliberately chose the same date and location as the March on Washington.

Oh, it gets worse; he's been actively comparing himself to King for years.

"I'm not racist, it's just that my immediate reaction in a crisis is to call someone a n—-er!"

Well, yeah, it wasn't accurate of me to say that "nobody" thought it was, but anyone who was in a position to know it was knew. It was definitely not a prevailing belief, in other words.

I know the entire point of this post is that Beck is a stupid asshole, but nobody thought the world was flat in 1492. This is hardly only his historical error, but it somehow makes him even more loathsome given his A Famous Historian act.

It's just astonishingly poor timing regardless. If it had come out she'd created a hostile work environment for Poles, it'd be a terrible idea to say something about lightbulbs in her defense too.

Ugh... I hate myself just for typing this in any context, but the joke goes:

Also, I haven't seen anybody but Wonkette talking about the fact that her defense, "I is what I is," is the punchline to a racist joke.

Speaking as one myself, I would advise a raging English nerd to stay the hell away from tabloids altogether.

Oh shit, she thinks she's McKayla Maroney. This is getting serious.

No wonder Glenn Beck's decided he's her new bestie.

Most of the .gifs I have saved are for situations when I'm pissed off; this was the only one that fit.

[gentle piano music, shots of amber waves of grain]

YOU HAF TA BELEE-YUV THAT THE TURRORISTS ARE MOOOOR STYOOOPID THAN THESE EN'ERPRAHSING PEOPLE.

If he was familiar with the Internet, he wouldn't have gone on Anderson Cooper that one time.

He is the Dumbest Motherfucker in Congress. I know that seems like it's saying a lot, but with this penis-looking melvin in the House it's not even a contest. On a really hot streak, Steve Stockman MAYBE comes close.

Yep. And every time racism in the South is brought up, there's another wing that insists it's just as bad up north. And while there are plenty of racist assholes at the institutional and individual level in the north, I'm gonna go ahead and say that I think maybe a region where people explicitly excuse racism as an…

Could be worse. I've spent all day terrified someone is going to ask Jeremy Irons what he thinks about Berlusconi.