[aristeides]

I agree that Lott is not smart, but attacks on Lott over this kind of stupid remark just reinforce the PC strictures on speech. It's particularly discouraging to see them on a conservative forum like this one.

[Catspaw]

Lott should've known that the press would be all over him when he made the remarks, bringing up the segregationist platform of the Dixiecrats and his speech before the CCC, but he said it anyway--on live TV. He gave the Dems a weapon against him. They can use this to say, "see? This guy is a leader of the Republican Party and he believes in segregation. Don't vote for a Republican unless you want to go back to drinking at a 'colored' water fountain, using a separate bathroom and sit at the back of the bus." That's stupidity, sheer idiocy, and Lott gave it to them.

[BillCompton]

...attacks on Lott over this kind of stupid remark just reinforce the PC strictures on speech.

So, in the name of anti-pc, we should not be held responsible for the things we say? I care what politicians say and do. What did he mean by his statement? I expect the truth and if I don't like the truth I will hold him responsible. If I am lied to, I will hold him responsible. This is not "PC strictures of speech." It is "words mean things."

[HoundsTooth_BP]

I agree that Lott is not smart, but attacks on Lott over this kind of stupid remark just reinforce the PC strictures on speech. It's particularly discouraging to see them on a conservative forum like this one.


I AGREE.