re: #597 Dark_Falcon

He needs to do that, but he should take it further. Knotts should have all party help withdrawn from him. If that means the Democrat wins, so be it. The lesson must be taught: Being a racist is not acceptable.

Here’s the thing: I have to guess that 99% of people in politics know this sort of stuff is publicly unacceptable. And yet we keep having these incidents. So if there are this many people incapable of censoring their words to suppress the racist stuff, how many more ARE able to censor themselves, and successfully keep their racist thoughts under wraps while on the campaign trail?

It is my sad suspicion that the answer is “lots and lots”, and that those folks only voice their darker thoughts (if ever) when they are in the company of those they trust completely and when they are sure they are not on the record. I would very much like to be wrong about that, but I don’t think I am.