[bvw]

I agree that the criticism of Moose's speech patterns is silly. But such criticism is not "racist" -- not unless we are back in the sad days when by putting "latent" in front of some slander we could make it apply to anyone.

[Sir Gawain]

Political correctness can scare a lot of conservatives and force them into defense mode, even on FR. The moderators probably don't think the comments are racist. They just have to say that in case some liberal is monitoring the site waiting to paint it as a hate-site.