What's so surprising is not that it keeps happening. What's surprising is that people continue to be shocked and scandalized when it does happen.
Every few weeks something erupts in America's collective consciousness -- a political scandal, a pop culture obsession, and a hot spot in the culture wars. When it does, an American leftist will say or do something appalling, ill-informed or attention-seeking (or all three). The rest of the country is outraged and it carries a news cycle or two.
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