(08-09-2023, 12:32 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: The Mikesez's and Marty's just don't realize this is all sound bites. 

I do realize that people are making more of this than they should.  On the other hand, ever since the Civil War, there has been an effort to whitewash what the Confederacy was fighting for.  People are sensitive to that, and don't want that type of effort to creep forward without contradiction. 

We could amend the sentence in a reasonable world. It would be a simple problem to solve. Do you think that is going to make DeSantis less racist to the dems?

I haven't seen anyone accuse DeSantis of racism.  This really isn't about racism, anyway.  It's more about people's suspicion that this is a subtle attempt to minimize what slavery really was.  People fight over smaller and smaller issues these days.  Bud Light, for example.  Tiny issue, huge controversy.  

Do you those with the bullhorns will put them down and walk away?  No.

You think they would appreciate that nuance? Nope.  No.

You might. Probably not, though, since your world is driven by the barkers.  My world is driven by the barkers?  I don't know how to respond to that.  That's just [BLEEP].