“There was nothing even remotely controversial about his opinions, only that he made the mistake of saying them.”
If they weren’t controversial, what was the problem with sharing his opinions?
Do you really think that his comments on Indian-Americans and Chinese were acceptable?
(By the way, he did NOT say that Indians and Chinese could not always be trusted. He said that they could NEVER be trusted.)
We could've just rolled our eyes and moved on.
Do you really think that his comments on Indian-Americans and Chinese were acceptable?
Increasingly, YES!
"Do you really think that his comments on Indian-Americans and Chinese were acceptable?"
I think it would have been better to say:
There is nothing even remotely incorrect about his opinions, only that he made the mistake of saying them.
Unfortunately the leftists have made telling the truth controversial.