Spinning Into Butter

Amanda Marcotte apologizes for "offensive" imagery in her book:

I'm sorry. Plain and simple. I didn't pick the offensive imagery in my book, but I should have caught it sooner than now. I didn't and there's no excuse. It was my first book, I was excited and happy, but I needed to have a more critical eye. I would do anything to remove racist images from the first printing of the book if I could, and I am relieved and happy to say that they will be removed from future printings. Seal Press has their note of apology up too, and they accept full responsibility for these mistakes. I really recommend reading it.

I'm a lot prouder these days to be a Democrat than to be a liberal, because we're just a bunch of lily-livered pussies. Amanda used those images because of their dated, privileged, white male view of the world, in equal measure sexist and racist--and people are outraged because they are, in fact, sexist and racist?

Baloney. These "sensitivity" issues have their place, but when they start driving wedges between communities who ought to agree, they should be tossed aside like the stupid distractions they are. Amanda, having lost a job over exactly such a situation, should be aware by now that it's a game you can never win.