As a liberal (not a progressive) I abhor censorship and pc retardedness.
"Gook" does not offend me. I'm a liberal. Words have no power in and of themselves. I believe calling somebody a 'gook' is not the same as referring to them as a 'gook'
cripple is not the equivalent of retard or whatever.
Dr. K., was against the Balkan intervention during the Clinton years. I always thought he was a phony prick.
from the wikipedia entry:
"Krauthammer opposed purely "humanitarian intervention" (with the exception of overt genocide). While he supported the 1991 Gulf War on the grounds of both humanitarianism and strategic necessity (preventing Saddam Hussein from gaining control of the Persian Gulf and its resources), he opposed American intervention in the Balkan wars on the grounds that America should not be committing the lives of its soldiers to purely humanitarian missions in which there is no American national interest at stake"
Dr. K., did flip flop here. Intellectual gymnastics are his forte. Wheelchair bound, he exceeds in mental feats of strength.
note: I actually agree with much of what he wrote ... with the caveat that what he wrote is not what he later supported when ideology and petty partisanship raised it's ugly head.