Ned Resnikoff, senior editor of the leftwing publication ThinkProgress, encounters a tradesman:

Then things get a little odd.

Update, via the comments:

Mags adds,

One of the things that’s grimly funny is that Mr Resnikoff doubtless imagines himself as the one who’s enlightened, sophisticated and not at all prejudiced. And yet he veers towards hysteria based on nothing whatsoever beyond the race and presumed social class of a polite, visiting plumber. And note that the plumber’s reticence on political matters – i.e., his professionalism and good manners – is viewed by Resnikoff as suspect: 

And this, lest we forget, is the kind of effete meltdown that Ms Resnikoff felt important to share publicly with his peers, in order to establish his ‘progressive’ credentials.

It would, I suspect, be interesting to hear the plumber’s account of his visit.