Furthermore, it is unknown who the “red hats” and “white hats” are. The top result in a Google search for “Red Hats” turns up a influential women’s group.

The Red Hats are demanding an apology from me for a tweet that compares red hats to white hoods. And maybe it isn’t the same. After all, years ago, racists like Fred Trump put on the hood to hide.

The red hat represents a lost cause, as did brown shirts and white sheets. I am always reminded of a unified multiethnic nation, a great America, by this Helen Keller quote: “Alone we can do so ...