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1 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 12:23:05pm

Lest we forget just how incredibly bad things used to be...

2 Michael Orion Powell  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 12:43:44pm

re: #1 SanFranciscoZionist

...and have the South suck us in to its inferno again.

3 Charles Johnson  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 1:58:05pm

Some serious Bubba Factor goin' on here.

4 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 4:08:14pm

maybe people will actually wake up to the fact that there's a ton of KKK sympathizers in southern politics

5 theheat  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 4:45:47pm

Their mother must be so proud no hint of equality has tainted either of her douchebag children's consciences, despite what them libruls been rantin' about. Nossir, she raised both them boys right.

"Anyone care for any sweet tea?"
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6 sizzleRI  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 6:25:18pm

re: #4 WindUpBird

Oh, no no no. The KKK is entirely uncivilized. The CCC is a far superior racist organization for only the classiest of bigots.

7 CuriousLurker  Tue, Dec 21, 2010 7:36:37pm

Barbour could've easily avoided all this mess if he'd only been candid about the true nature Citizens' Councils from the get-go. Some public figures seem unable to grasp how easy it is nowadays to verify claims.

It makes me wonder how different things would be today if the internet as we know it today had been available 50 years ago. Would they have been better? Worse? We'll never know, but it will definitely continue to affect the future in ways we can't comprehend right now. It's both frightening & exhilarating.

8 Kruk  Wed, Dec 22, 2010 12:11:38am

re: #7 CuriousLurker It makes me wonder how different things would be today if the internet as we know it today had been available 50 years ago. Would they have been better? Worse? We'll never know, but it will definitely continue to affect the future in ways we can't comprehend right now. It's both frightening & exhilarating.

I'm pretty glad things like Google, Google Earth and Twitter weren't available during the Civil Rights Era. Many people working for desegregation and Civil Rights in the South had to do it quietly and at real risk of their lives. The ability for anyone to instantlt find out all about them would have made that impossible. (That's why Haley Barbour soft-peddling an organisation that published the names of people who signed a desegregration petition makes me spit. Those people and their families were put at real risk of harm).

9 CuriousLurker  Wed, Dec 22, 2010 6:26:12am

re: #8 Kruk

True, things like Google, Google Earth and Twitter could've increased their risks, but it also could've helped them in some ways. Alas, we'll never know as it's all speculation and we can never discount the human element of people doing unexpected things.

I have to say that the organizational skills of the people involved were pretty darned impressive. Over the past 10-15 years I've become so spoiled by the convenience of email, instant messaging, cell phones, GPS, etc. that I tend to forget to how much logistical planning & boots on the ground effort must've gone into coordinating most of the things that took place during that era.

Not only did they have to do all that, but they had to do it facing hostile forces that wanted to destroy them and surely attempted to thwart them at every turn. It makes me wonder how people like Rep. John Lewis feel when they see what's happening with elements in the GOP today. It's embarrassing & infuriating.


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