Hehe. I gotta tell ya, I didn't write the paragraphs because of any lack of simplicity in this issue. The issue is remarkably clear and when in the face of such stunning clarity people are compelled to try and equate the harm caused by Bill Clinton's remarks to the fear and doubt caused by the comments of Trent Lott, it is near certain proof to me they sense their destroyed position toward the furor and are groping in utter futility for some means to contend with the destruction while at the same time preserving their last shred of dignity.
I will magnanimously allow the escape. Nevertheless for the same reasons I wrote the paragraphs to which you have previously referred, I will restate, once again, the obvious.
The Irish have no valid need to fear Bill Clinton, especially since Clinton himself is Irish, he made the comments amidst his earnest attempts to heal the problems experienced by the Irish and since he apologized quickly to distance himself from the implications of the comments.
Contrariwise, Trent Lott has several times implied a certain affinity with present racist groups and with America's racist past, even himself as a young man pointedly taking steps to suppress black freedom. These facts and more like them, in conjunction with the fact he is now the chief lawmaker in America who quite belatedly apologized for his comments, and this only after it was clear his half-hearted attempts would not suffice as an apology, gives many Americans several valid reasons to doubt his motivations and fear his continuance as majority leader.
The situations between Lott and Clinton are as different as east and west. |
