The rhetoric---racial or otherwise in this thread and others---stems in part from different definitions of bigotry, according to lead article in the current (December) The Atlantic.

It's titled "Conservatism Without Bigotry, Republicans must reckon with their policies' racial effects.That would be more likely if liberals stopped carelessly crying racist."

Liberals and conservatives reading the article may see themselves as equally contributing to a great national tragedy.

I say this because, as Geo says, hashing race and taxes here aren't an improvement. Time to cool it.