"The difference between the Panthers and other freakish groups that look good on the air, of course, is that that they threaten white people." Dave Weigel in his blog entry 'Megyn Kelly's minstrel show'
This is exactly why Fox News and idiots like Erick Erickson and Sarah Palin exploit scary imagery and scary phrases like "palling around with terrorists." It scares certain predisposed white people.