Right-wing commissioner won't apologize for remark

It would be a fallacy to think culture war matters insulate conservatives from criticism on this blog. Indeed, right-wing emphasis on social issues is cheap elitism that in effect keeps the public subjugated to the corporate empire.

Bill James is a right-wing county commissioner in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

On Tuesday, one of the other commissioners gave a speech about her son, who had died of AIDS. After the debate, James leaned over to the other commissioner and said, "Your son was a homo, really?"

Members of the county commission are demanding that Bill James apologize. Last I heard, James has refused to say he's sorry.

James has aroused controversy before, like in 2004 when he made a racist comment in an e-mail. In that exchange, he said black children have "parents who lack the desire to act properly."

How did Bill James get reelected after a bigoted statement like that?

(Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/topstories/story/1129040.html)