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The Ethics Of Allen-Bashing

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Good news, everybody! According to former teammates, Allen used the “N-word” in college.

This news represents a slight ethical quandary for me. On one hand, I don’t particularly want to see Allen re-elected, but on the other hand, the process of digging up dirt from a candidate’s college days is reprehensible. (Also, if you read past the sensationalist title of that Salon article, you’ll find that only 3 out of 19 former Allen college friends said they remember him using the “N-word,” and all of them remembered him as a great guy, so the “dirt” is pretty weak.) Allen should be voted out (or not) because of his current activities, not what he said in the huddle of a college game thirty years ago.

Richmond War Room had a similar, but funnier, take on the news: Dear Partisan Snipers: Shut Up.

Thomas Krehbiel writes The Krehbiel Strikes Back, a moderate commentary on news, media, politics, and culture.

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