Is it ever right to use a racial slur to make a point?

[Cato]

As misplaced as it was, the author's use of the word was meant to be provocative in order to draw attention to the overt racism displayed by Tea Party types.

to then indict an entire group of people by association based on similar political views betrays an infantile reasoning capability.

Pathetic. Perhaps you simply don't know what overt means.