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Originally Posted by dawgfan
I'm not following this at all. What exactly did I say or agree with that you are debating?
I agree with TOSU that she made a mistake and apologized for it; I don't think she meant it maliciously or in a racial sense (and Tiger seems to agree) and those trying to make a bigger deal out of this than it deserves are serving more to publicize themselves and piss off people than they are to make clear that the term and the context in which it was used could've been read as racist, given the history in this country of whites lynching blacks.
I do think it's apparent that some out there don't recognize why the term "lynching" when spoken by a white about a black would engender a much more explosive response than in just about any other context.
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I'm saying that people are very forgiving of people saying/doing things to people publicly as long as both sides haven't got a problem with it but let it be two people of the same sex in their own bedrooms and all of a sudden it's going to cause the end of society as we know it. It's damned odd and agian, I wasn't accusing you but the argument in general is basically hypocritical to a huge number of people.
If a public insult should be ignored then why is a private situation so scrutinized?