[MD] Zen

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Arlo,

 
On Friday, March 14, 2008, at 07:33AM, "ARLO J BENSINGER JR" <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
>[Steve]
>I don't think he means that he literally can't say it. He does seem to be
>correct that he can't say it without being written off as a racist.
>
>[Arlo]
>So when someone says something like this, what should we think? He's a racist?
>He's a moron? A buffoon? A sad little man threatened by those different from
>himself?

Steve:
I actually picture Platt as tall with silver hair like a guy on a mutual fund commercial, but I don't think we need to think anything about the man based on his statement. We can just talk about the idea and whether it is right or wrong. Certainly race is a big issue in this election, but anyone who as tried to talk about the issue has been called a racist.

Regards,
Steve