The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Rick Perry Campaigns In Virginia, Where HPV Vaccine Mandate Causes Little Controversy”–headline, [Huffington Post], Sept. 14
  • “New York Special Election Loss Played Down by White House”–headline, Politico.com, Sept. 14

The Littlest Haters
“Teachers are branding thousands of children racist or homophobic following playground squabbles,” London’s Daily Mail reports:

More than 20,000 pupils aged 11 or younger were last year put on record for so-called hate crimes such as using the word “gaylord.”

Some of them are even from nursery schools where children are no older than three.

One youngster was accused of being racist for calling a boy “broccoli head” and another was said to be homophobic for telling a teacher “this work is gay.”

Two primary school children were reported for homophobia after quarrelling over a rubber and calling each other “gay” and “lesbian.”

Remember, if you know a toddler who has engaged in hate speech, report him to AttackWatch.com.

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