Reading Jonah Goldberg's column on racism felt akin to watching a meat grinder coping with a piece of old cow. It brought to mind my English teacher, an urbane elliptical man who I suspect would have dismissed Goldberg's argument that antiracism leaves no room for dissent as sophistic. His article turns logic on its head trying to argue that to disagree with an idea is a form of totalitarianism. Racism is not bad, as he suggests, it's evil. My neighbor, a professional woman in her early forties has to worry every time she takes her dog for walk that someone in a passing car won't take a shot at her. That's the risk you run in this society if your skin happens to be darker. There is no argument about right or wrong or whether your intolerance of racism has Marxist overtones. There is no room for dissent. We have American citizens with evil and hatred in their hearts who are willing to commit acts which hurt and kill if they think that they can get away with it or have listened to demagogic politicians who use racism to gain political traction. No amount of sophistry can excuse the fundamental truth that racism is evil and must be fought at all levels and all times. Period.