What I believe is that conservatives on this thread are worried that liberals will use this incident as fuel for the fire, but as I have said a few posts ago, do excuse such a statement, or at the very least, sweep it under the carpet is irresponsible journalism.
The comments on this thread also reveal how far reaching PCspeak has affected our public discourse.
What I find to be utterly indefensible is, at the very least, Sherrod didn’t bother to get her facts straight (if given the benefit of a doubt).
Don’t forget why Sherrod made headline news in the first place.
And every time some conservative politician or pundit thinks they can get way with a racial comment or ethnic joke, apologies, retractions and resignations follow.
The particular incident in this story adds nothing to the discussion about whether this woman is a racist or not. (The more she talks, the more she reveals herself to be.) What the article does is makes conservatives look like petty racists because they are saying that there is such a huge difference between lynching someone and beating them to death, that using the wrong definition makes one a liar. It's a stupid argument.
A political savvy editor would have never let it be posted.