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Their accomplishments do stand on their own. You were using them as tokens in the above post, and I called it out. A couple of public figures don't undo an en
by jbooth 14y ago
Their accomplishments do stand on their own. You were using them as tokens in the above post, and I called it out. A couple of public figures don't undo an entire culture and electoral strategy.
- gaius 14y agoNot at all. Just demonstrating the falseness of the assertion that Republicans don't represent or respect blacks. Once again: The world is not as simple as that. Oh, and while I am here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Democrats Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the American South. In the 19th century, they were the definitive pro-slavery wing of the party, opposed to both the anti-slavery Republicans (GOP)
- jbooth 14y agoThe 19th century, thanks. Pretty disingenuous. You already know the content of these links before clicking them, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_rights_(speech) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_rights_(speech) http://newsone.com/16051/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/ http://newsone.com/16051/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/ (just for fun) For what it's worth, I don't think President Bush the person was particularly racist. But he was definitely the #1 candidate among racists.
- davidw 14y agoYou know a story probably wasn't HN material when you end up discussing racism and recent US presidents:-/