I agree that the pin is in very bad taste and that many buyers probably did take the racist interpretation of what it said to heart (TX is also the state where a Sikh store clerk was beaten to death for wearing a turban shortly after 9/11 by a bunch of rednecks who don't know the diffference and probably don't care to learn it).

It could also be interpreted to be a statement about the semantic hyper-sensitivity of the "PC" set, who are also not traditionally popular in GOP circles. I'd also venture a guess that most non-wingnut Dems are probably less than proud of sentiments expressed by some of the bumper stickers out there, at least one of which could probably have been found for sale at a state Dem convention in one of the blue states.