In a television interview following the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision recognizing citizens' right to marry within their sex, George Takei chose not to celebrate, but rather to give us all a picture of a sore winner. His features stormy and his voice quivering with anger, Takei slurred decision opponent Justice Clarence Thomas as a "clown in blackface" who had no business sitting on the Supreme Court. A firestorm erupted on social media, and George Takei did later offer an apology for his jaw-dropping slur. But what the famed gay activist did not apologize for, also voiced by him during that interview, was an ideological philosophy much more hostile and potentially of far greater dangerousness. By hurling the "clown in blackface" slur, Takei implied that Thomas was somehow "not really" black because of his ideas.  And Takei went farther, charging that by authoring an opinion the actor did not feel to be sufficiently...(Read Full Post)