Red State editor and Fox News contributor Erick Erickson accidentally announced on Twitter this morning that, well, his parents were a bit racist and he’s nostalgic for the days when it was socially acceptable to be so:
Needless to say, the denizens of Twitter weren’t impressed by his family’s conflated notion of what constitutes an “Asian” any more than they were by his decision to shoot a copy of the New York Times for its editorial in favor of gun control:
@EWErickson "can we have lo mein tonight, mom?" "no, Erick. China fought against Japan in the war, but they look the same to us."
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) December 7, 2015
your parents apparently couldn't distinguish Koreans from Japanese people, they must've been real fucking dullards @EWErickson
— Anthony (@aklingus) December 7, 2015
@EWErickson So what you're saying is, xeonophobia is *learned*…
— Bob Garrett (@BobGarrettRadio) December 7, 2015
@EWErickson So your parents were not only racist, but also idiots?
— Faz "Ingobernable" Fazzler (@jfeeser) December 7, 2015
@EWErickson Never forget when Chinese forces under General Tso attacked Pearl Harbor.
— Daniel Lam (@danyzn) December 7, 2015
The tweet is garnering quite a bit of attention because, as one user noted:
