I have to join the chorus of voices disagreeing with this The charge of racism has been thrown around countless times in our society along with other slanders Generally in order to rise to the level of documentation one needs to show that there is sufficient reason to believe the charge Here we just have a few people speaking off the cuff saying it s racist with no proof or justification whatsoever Dowd even found it necessary to add an imagined word to Wilson s comment to make it racist It s sheer speculation no matter who said it and if some editors are going to allow an unfounded accusation like this to tarnish this man s name we ll have to add refutation of this opinion something like Jonah Goldberg s excellent article pointing out that if Dowd hears racism where there is none this means she is prejudiced This could quickly devolve So why not just remove it