tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post116423425023295657..comments2023-10-30T08:28:53.519-07:00Comments on The Bush Diaries: Racism: The Richards RantPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1164267213615031312006-11-22T23:33:00.000-08:002006-11-22T23:33:00.000-08:00Thanks for the post Peter. I do believe you're rig...Thanks for the post Peter. I do believe you're right, anyone put in a position of being heckled like that might lash out... "but it held the mirror up for us to look into and see some part of ourselves--whether black or white: the part that hates and rages."... It could have been one of us...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1164248874486861842006-11-22T18:27:00.000-08:002006-11-22T18:27:00.000-08:00I said on another blog that I honestly believe tha...I said on another blog that I honestly believe that he was extremely flustered by the hecklers and in a rush of blood to the brain he just tried to dredge up the most hateful thing he could without really having any meaning behind it. So I don't think he's a racist as such but just threw the most vile insult he could think of at the time. <BR/>Doesn't make it right at all but he's got to live with it now and I can't imagine being more embarrassed at my conduct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1164241670678937012006-11-22T16:27:00.000-08:002006-11-22T16:27:00.000-08:00Ditto, PaL. And thanks for linking to the apology,...Ditto, PaL. And thanks for linking to the apology, which was pretty remarkable. <BR/><BR/>So interesting that the audience had such a hard time NOT laughing, even when Mr. Richards was being utterly serious. He could not have been MORE serious. <BR/><BR/>Context is everything, which is why I believe him that, on a conscious level, Richards is no more a racist than the average white American.Cardozohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15458100243031931974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1164238620590919162006-11-22T15:37:00.000-08:002006-11-22T15:37:00.000-08:00I love this article. It is right on. And I thank y...I love this article. It is right on. And I thank you for writing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com