Thurmond's dead - Page 4

The diplomat · June 27, 2003, 11:27

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Originally posted by Sava
He just took his racism and buried it.

If that is true, then how come he was the first southerner to hire a black on his staff. Could he have hired blacks on his staff if he were racist? no.

The truth is that he repudiated his racist views. Why can't you give the man credit for turning away from his racist roots?

And dare I remind you that Al Gore's dad voted against civil rights! How come Dems are never challenged for their racist views?

monolith94 · June 27, 2003, 11:43

There's this saying, if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all...

I choose to say nothing in this thread.

Boris Godunov · June 27, 2003, 11:59

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Originally posted by The diplomat
And dare I remind you that Al Gore's dad voted against civil rights! How come Dems are never challenged for their racist views?

That's a blatant misrepresentation of Gore Sr.'s views. He voted against ONE civil rights act, in 1964, but his reasons were not racist in nature, and he subsequnetly repudiate the vote and apologized.

1. In 1956, Al Gore sr. was one of only two Southern senators who refused to sign the racist Southern Manifesto.
2. Voted against the Poll Tax of 1942
3. Voted for Civil Rights Act of 1957
4. Nominated 2 young black students from Memphis for appointment to US Air Force Academy - risky in Tennessee in 1957
5. Voted for 1965 Voters Rights Act
6. 1968 Fair Housing Act
7. Al Gore Sr. apologized for his 1964 vote and called it a big mistake. He said he was concerned that it went to far to fast and would be used to cut off funding of schools who appeared to be in violation.

Source: Washington Post

This is not the voting record of a racist.

Dems are challenged for their racism. Byrd is still tied to being in the KKK, despite his repudiation of it. And Thurmond WAS a Democrat, as were dozens of racist politicians who joined the GOP. Now I ask, why is it the most virulently racist Southern Dems jumped to the Republican party?

monolith94 · June 27, 2003, 12:08

"Now I ask, why is it the most virulently racist Southern Dems jumped to the Republican party?"
Excellently stated, Boris!

HolyWarrior · June 27, 2003, 12:24

Still waiting for the lefties to rise up in indignation over Robert Byrd's past. Sava? Boris Godunov? Carver? Chegitz? ANYONE?

F U C K O F F A N D D I E , H Y P O C R I T E S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Boris Godunov · June 27, 2003, 12:30

Ah Holy Warrior, Apolyton's very own version of Ann Coulter, minus her penis.

I suggest you read the thread and my posts and re-evaluate your above statement.

And then find any point where the posters you mentioned defended or even expressed a liking for Mr. Byrd.

Now wipe the froth from your mouth and go back to the trailer.

Imran Siddiqui · June 27, 2003, 12:45

As said before... Thurmond was beaten in the governor's race in 1950 because he hired a black physician to the medical board. He also was the first Senator to hire a black aide. He backed the bill making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. And the guy that wrote a Thurmond biography (Jack Bass, quoted earlier by Sava) says that he thinks Strom was embarrassed by his past.

Az · June 27, 2003, 12:49

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Originally posted by ixnay

I think you're confused and have mixed up liberals and Jesus.

I agree. Jesus is a hypocrite.

Carver · June 27, 2003, 13:07

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Originally posted by Sprayber

I never cheer when convicted murders are put to death. But I'm sure you meant that to say some people.

But of course.

Guynemer · June 27, 2003, 13:11

So they finally retired the animatronic puppet that has impersonated ol' Strom ever since he shuffled off this mortal coil back in 1986?

chequita guevara · June 27, 2003, 13:21

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Originally posted by HolyWarrior
Still waiting for the lefties to rise up in indignation over Robert Byrd's past. Sava? Boris Godunov? Carver? Chegitz?

Who says I support the Democrats?

Lefty Scaevola · June 27, 2003, 14:11

I can not believe that no one has posted the obvious punchline:

"Thurmond's dead "

How can you tell?

chequita guevara · June 27, 2003, 14:14

Lefty Scaevola · June 27, 2003, 14:17

Of course it will not be all that long before they are telling that about me.

MichaeltheGreat · June 27, 2003, 14:21

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara

Lenin wasn't a hater.

"Terror is a legitimate instrument of state policy" - V. I. Lenin

MichaeltheGreat · June 27, 2003, 14:24

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Originally posted by HolyWarrior
Still waiting for the lefties to rise up in indignation over Robert Byrd's past. Sava? Boris Godunov? Carver? Chegitz? ANYONE?

F U C K O F F A N D D I E , H Y P O C R I T E S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Apparently you didn't see my warning.

Normally, that would be just three days for the first time I bust you playing games to get around the sensor, but since you had to toss in the insult too, you'll get the standard week off.

Al B. Sure! · June 27, 2003, 15:47

Aivo:

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Hard to believe that my long-dead maternal grandfather, who I remember as a senile old man, was a kid when Thurmond was elected for the first time...

yeah can you believe he ran for president against Truman and Dewey!

DinoDoc · June 27, 2003, 16:31

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Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
"Terror is a legitimate instrument of state policy" - V. I. Lenin

Trotsky had a whole book dedicated to this subject.

mrmitchell · June 27, 2003, 16:45

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This just proves liberals are hypocrites.

No, it just proves so about Sava.

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*sniff*

The old guy had a good run, though. Maybe some day we'll get a centenarian on Poly.

Dis · June 28, 2003, 02:24

well I may be mistaken on that liberal bit.

But from what I've heard about liberals recently. They even treat peadophiles fairly. And there is some professor in Kansas who says he can understand why peadophiles are the way they are.

Personally, I don't like racists. But I do no rejoice at their death.

I think if some of you look, you will find some of your own family members are racists. I bet most of you have someone like that. Would you rejoice at their death?

My father was a bit racists, and my mother is sometimes racists. My uncle is really a racist.

While I don't respect their position of racism, I don't hate them. It can be difficult to hate your own family.

I am not racist, because I'm one of those geeks who did what he was told to in elementary school. I believed all that stuff that PBS fed me. And I do believe it is wrong to be racist.

But it's a character flaw. That doesn't make them a bad person. Thoughts do not make someone bad, action does. If they acted on that racism it would be a different story.

Boris Godunov · June 28, 2003, 09:54

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Originally posted by Dissident
But from what I've heard about liberals recently. They even treat peadophiles fairly. And there is some professor in Kansas who says he can understand why peadophiles are the way they are.

So paedophiles should be treated unfairly? That would seem to run contrary to the basis of our judicial system. And so what about the professor? Isn't trying to understand why paedophiles are the way they are an important step towards treating them and preventing them from harming children? None of this is any sign that the liberals you seem to want to demonize are condoning paedophilia. On the contrary, liberal activist groups who have been among the most vocal against the Catholic Church's harboring of sex criminal priests.

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While I don't respect their position of racism

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But it's a character flaw. That doesn't make them a bad person. Thoughts do not make someone bad, action does. If they acted on that racism it would be a different story.

Funny how you seem to have such compassion and understanding for racists, but then go on the bash liberals at every turn. Priorities?

The Templar · June 28, 2003, 12:28

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Originally posted by Dissident
well I may be mistaken on that liberal bit.

But from what I've heard about liberals recently. They even treat peadophiles fairly. And there is some professor in Kansas who says he can understand why peadophiles are the way they are.

Uh, what's wrong with treating pedophiles fairly? What are you saying?

They shouldn't get lawyers to defend against charges? They should be denied due process?

Oh, and if we can cure pedophila did you ever think that that will benefit both kids and pedophiles?

Stop and think next time before you put finger to keyboard.

MichaeltheGreat · June 28, 2003, 12:43

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Originally posted by The Templar
Stop and think next time before you put finger to keyboard.

Nobody else does, why should Dis be held to a higher standard?

DinoDoc · June 28, 2003, 12:45

Damn straight!

Inverse Icarus · June 28, 2003, 13:11

if all these old school GOPers die off, the darkies could sieze control! ahhh!!!

Boris Godunov · June 28, 2003, 13:34

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Originally posted by DinoDoc
Damn straight!

Oppressor!

Boris Godunov · June 28, 2003, 13:35

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Originally posted by Uber KruX
if all these old school GOPers die off, the darkies could sieze control! ahhh!!!

Accoring to the spoof site www.whitehouse.org, Thurmond died of shock after the SCOTUS struck down the sodomy laws.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

DinoDoc · June 28, 2003, 22:15

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Oppressor!

Uppity limp wristed poofter!

Vesayen · June 28, 2003, 22:25

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Don't let your dislike for his political views (which I generally share) color your thoughts for him as a person. Your accusation of lynching is unwarranted and unsubstantiated. Even most racist white Southerners never participated in lynchings.

Okay, I wont let his racist politics get in front of the fact he is just a racist.......

Aproximate quote: "There are not enough men in these united state's army to force the nigger race into our schools, our pools and our homes!"

Nice guy eh?

DinoDoc · June 28, 2003, 22:28

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Originally posted by Vesayen
Aproximate quote: "There are not enough men in these united state's army to force the nigger race into our schools, our pools and our homes!"

Is that why he was the first Southern senator to hire blacks to his staff?