And I’m not alone in thinking that Lee is still just trying to slither his way out of tight spot.
That’s an intense situation to be in — Lee was literally shaking in his cowboy boots — and Lee did apologize and denounce what he said.
He’s not sorry he’s racist, he’s sorry he got caught.
The black men he’d been racist toward didn’t write him off completely; instead, they gave him the opportunity to apologize and own his mistakes and grow as a person.