From Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged:
I can’t think of any message more dreary and opposed to the idea of intellectual and religious freedom. The idea that you can go anywhere in a given state in this land of the free and home of the brave–so long as you step correctly and not out of line, has a deep history in sundown towns in particular as a threat and in the idea of respectability (in politics) in general. What Graham is with such southern graciousness explaining is that Black and Brown people very well might have rights that he would respect, if they can produce “the receipts” to legitimize themselves.
It’s breath-taking. And it also explains why so many Republicans seem so fond of voter suppression. They would sure like to let everybody vote, but damn it! Some folks just vote wrong.