John Locke Foundation oberst John Hood has a column out on Tara Servatius’ resignation and the current state of political dialogue in general. Definitely worth a read. Highlights:

I know it has become a cliché to make the following point, but some clichés are simply popular distillations of important truths. We should be able to disagree without being disagreeable. We should be able to debate political topics without making everything relentlessly and poisonously personal. And we should be able to laugh at ourselves, and among ourselves, even when discussing serious topics.

There is a bright line between levity and offense, however, and the image in question crossed it. Its use was an offense for which there was no defense.