[aristeides]

In a sane world, the consequence of Lott's silly remark would have been nonexistent. It's PC that blows it up out of all proportion.

[ohioWfan]

I don't know about that. It sounded very much like he was supporting segregation in his silly remark, and he didn't clearly state his views for days afterward.

Granted, if he were a liberal, it would have blown over. But since he was a Republican, and we live by higher standards of decency and honor, he suffered the appropriate consequence for what he said.

The inequity of how liberals are treated and what they get away with that Republicans are held accountable for, IMO, is the real issue......not free speech, nor a world gone mad with political correctness.