**[tiffanyb](http://quibbling.net/) replied to [my previous post](http://tj.tumblr.com/post/80219662249/when-barack-obama-says-such-things-which-are):** > 1. Obama gets criticized for the respectability politics bullshit all the time, including from the left. > 2. Paul Ryan's remarks went farther than Obama's ever did, impugning the moral character of urban black men as a whole. > 3. Lowry is full of it. and **[cleversimon](http://cleversimon.com/) added:** > Paul Ryan is only “possibly well-meaning” if you ignore, um, everything else he’s said and done in his entire career. The man’s repulsive. > Yes. Agreed, on all counts. That was one of those articles where my bullshit detector was on alert, but I couldn't put my finger on precisely what it was that bothered me about it. Thanks to you both.