Because I believe in God’s 9th Commandment, I cannot agree with your observations.

re: #70 wrenchwench

I see a pretty good defense of Barry Goldwater there. JBS not so much.

The word “nuance” used in discussions of race makes me think somebody has a different idea of what constitutes racism than I do. I agree with Obdicut’s #68 wholeheartedly.

I don’t know why you want to delve deeply into nuance to show that the JBS is not racist. The very sources you give state that “everyone knew this” [that they were racist], and then try to explain, through nuance and strict adherence to ideology, that there was not any racist motivation to the actions which made “everyone know” they were racist.

You’ve done a lot of work to show what the JBS was, and maybe is, why now do you work to deny what was obvious to contemporary observers?