I saw this on Drudge and I could not help but laugh. The breathless reporting of the “gay slur” like it is a violation of a sacred taboo is sad and funny. That and the reportette’s unwillingness to actually report what it is the guy put on the sign. That’s how nutty this religion of liberalism is now. They put being rude to homosexuals up at the top of the list of taboos, as if the gays are a sacred class of shamans.

Of course, the ridiculous reporter is probably easily outraged. That’s what happens when you live your life isolated from large swaths of reality. According to her biography, she popped out of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and she has a JD from Yale. Smart gal, who does not have a lick of useful experience in the world in which most of us live. She may as well be a space alien covering earth.

Up until recent, reporters were plucked from the ranks of the working class. A boy with something on the ball, but lacking the resources or interest in academics could become a reporter. That typically involved a long apprenticeship working with experienced reporters. It also meant living among the people they covered. Then the job of reporter became a profession and a dumping ground for upper middle-class kids, who could not cut it in professions like finance or law. The result is a media full of precious sissies.