(08-31-2018, 01:46 PM)mikesez Wrote: I want DeSantis to win and I want my darker skinned friends and neighbors to be OK with him winning.  He needs more votes and more good vibes.  He should sincerely apologize for a poor choice of words.

I disagree.
An apology is an admittance of wrong doing.
He. Did. Nothing. Wrong.

If there was a real inference to be made by his words I would agree. People shouldn't get offended by words, imo. To me, it makes you look weak. Mentally. Emotionally. 

But I get it... there are words and phrases you just shouldn't say. To people. About people. I get it really I do.

But until someone actually compares someone to a monkey, or people to monkeys because of a certain thing, I can not make the connection based solely on the word and the opponent.

If anything those who take his words out of context to make it about the black man he is running against are much more racist than the white man who told his constituents to not mess something up.
For reference
mon·key
ˈməNGkē/Submit
noun
1.
a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.
2.
a pile-driving machine consisting of a heavy hammer or ram working vertically in a groove.

verb
1.
behave in a silly or playful way.

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