This was spot on from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social back in October, even more so now.
Inae Oh
“Our culture is built to eternally forgive men, generally, and white men of means, especially, for their mistakes.”
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social on Platner and the bone-headed calls from Dems to forgive a wee bit of racism now and then is very, very good.