[Bluntpoint]

Stop deluding yourselves that there's anything you can do that will convince the race-baiters that Republicans aren't the collective Antichrist. It's their entire agenda, it's all they've got. They aren't going to give it up.

That said, Lott still has to go.

If I once was a sinner, but I have changed, should it matter to me if you don't believe me?

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Nothing in Lott's legislative efforts, that I know of, give any indication that he's a racist. His voting record is what's important to me.

To a certain degree, my lack of concern with the state of Trent's heart is due to a general belief that the concept of racism is waaay overblown. There will alway be people who dislike others based on the other's skin color, religion, hair style, etc... I do not condone this behavior, but I cannot get too worked up about a facet of human nature that will not go away.

As long as the "disliking" types aren't aggressing against the objects of their ire, then I say let them dislike to their hearts content. That solution is at least as acceptable as the current environment, in which one must only toss the word "racist" into any situation one wants to hopelessly confuse. It's also the way to err on the side of freedom for individuals, which rapant PC browbeating most certainly is not.

I don't know what Lott intended in his remarks. They were poorly chosen at best. It's absurd that I'm even defending the guy because, like I said, he's never struck me as less than a first class twit. And I guess I'm not really defending him so much as I'm reacting to the endless cycle of conservative acquiescence to liberal bullying. I'd rather stand up to it and err on the side of being "racist" than give another inch to these cave-dwelling thugs. There's no reason to expect they'd do less.