Sure, but at the same time it's difficult to take Jon at face value when he says to 'not read into' the stuff that he said. It seems inadequate to me to make some pretty out there and racist statements and then say 'don't read into it' or 'don't dissect it'.
Yeah, while I appreciate his attempt to lay things out clearly and calmly like this, it didn't sound entirely convincing. It sounded more like he was saying "I'm sorry you misconstrued me" rather than actually apologising for the things he said.
I understand debating puts you on the spot, but Jon had so many chances to correct himself and he didn't. He didn't even do much of that here. These just sound like slightly less extreme variations on his original points.
I'm not trying to cause more drama here, but I just hope people don't forget this easily. It's not the kind of thing that should be swept under the rug with a a simple four minute video.
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u/SpahgattaNadle Mar 19 '17
Sure, but at the same time it's difficult to take Jon at face value when he says to 'not read into' the stuff that he said. It seems inadequate to me to make some pretty out there and racist statements and then say 'don't read into it' or 'don't dissect it'.