Im not saying he promotes racism but the hatred of him pretty much started right here:
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That case really tainted any future dealings Sharpton may have had. It was reported at the time that Sharpton actually said he could use this case to become the H.N.I.C. This was all pre internet so anything that got out entered the public subconscious and stayed there.
To this day, no one really knows what was true and what was fabricated. It was Sharptons Chappaquiddick.
OK, how long are people going to hold that against him?
Has he not learned and grown from that experience?
I mean...when do those people who use that as THE evidence of hating Reverend Al Sharpton finally move on with their lives?
How long are we going to hold that one night against Micheal Richards? Or OJ Simpson? Or Mel Gibson? ( ok in Mels case its more than one night )
If youre a public figure you cant make mistakes like that. It means you will never reach the heights you might have ahd that certain event not happened. Ted Kennedy could be a Sneator but never really had a chance at the presidency because of Chappaquiddick. It becomes part of who they are publicly. And people, good honest people, will look at that person and try to judge them for what they are now and in the backs of their minds, theres that event.
\Now take that and apply it to someone who disagrees with that public figures viewpoint. And that thing in the backs of their minds becomes something 100 times bigger, even when they dont know thats whats spurring them on.
You cant hold it against people for being human. Thats all they can be.
And anyone in the public eye needs to understand that.