A federal judge in Tampa, Florida appeared to have a good time penning his order denying a prosecutor's bid to have a trial date moved to accommodate a federal agent who months ago scheduled a trip to travel to an area of the country graced by the "totality" of Monday's rare solar eclipse.
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Douglas Merryday was apparently in no mood to grant a holiday.
When and how did it become acceptable to make a false accusation that someone is racist?
For adherents of religions that revere the Ten Commandments, with their injunction not to bear false witness against one's neighbor, such accusations are divinely prohibited. For those who find moral instruction elsewhere, the problems with such false accusations are readily accessible to reason. False accusations of racism erode respect for truth and for the gravity of the charge. They risk boomeranging. They injure innocent people and make it harder to fight genuine racists like the ones in Charlottesville.
