We’ve seen many arguments that wolf-crying over racism led us to the point where no one could persuade President-elect Trump’s supporters during the election that this time, the wolf is really here. And although some remain in denial, more liberals than you might expect have come to this same conclusion in the aftermath of the election.

It isn’t hard to see why if you look back over the last eight or nine years of political controversy. You’re upset by the scandal of the IRS targeting conservatives? Racism. Public-sector union reform? That’s just a vehicle to disempower African-American workers. The Second Amendment? That’s racism, probably — even if we can’t actually get any of you gun nuts to take the bait and object to the idea of black Americans owning guns. You say you believe in limited government? That’s just a clever code word for racism. After all, “America’s unique brand of anti-statism is historically inseparable…from the legacy of slavery.”