WALSH: Why Are People Offended By Cultural Appropriation On Halloween But Not St. Patrick’s Day?

Megyn Kelly set off another round of disingenuous outrage yesterday when she suggested that perhaps it’s not always racist for a white person to dress as a non-white person for Halloween. She argued that such a costume could be a tribute, something done with innocent intentions and in good fun, and therefore not in any way racist. Predictably, people lost their minds over this perfectly reasonable point of view and Kelly issued a tearful apology this morning. So commences another Halloween preemptively ruined by humorless left wing scolds.

USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers stated the liberal position with appropriate levels of self-righteousness: “Dear white people who are upset that you can’t dress up as another race or culture for Halloween: your feelings don’t matter. The only feelings that matter are of those who feel disrespected/mocked by you appropriating their culture for entertainment. Show some common decency.”