re: #27 ernie1241

I didn’t read all 688 pages of “Shouting at the Rain”, but I did peruse some pertinent parts. The gist of it seems to be that JBSers did not oppose Civil Rights because they are racist, but because they are principled. The argument is no different from the one against Rand Paul, who said he would not favor the Civil Rights Act because a restaurateur has the right to discriminate.

It seems the JBS was more concerned about appearing to be racist than they were about actually being racists.