Yet just a few posts earlier it looks like the political party of the Klansman is what interested you:
“Suppose some Republican had wandered into a Klan meeting by mistake or out of curiosity. The media would NEVER forgive that. Well, Byrd didn’t just wander into a Klan meeting. He was actually running the Klan meeting.”
> just a few posts earlier it looks like the political party of the Klansman is what interested you <
In a way, it does. But only because of how the media would paint the picture. A Republican who attended a Klan meeting would be slammed by the media today, tomorrow, and forever.
But if it were a Democrat, the story would be ignored. Or if it couldn’t be ignored, the media would say that the Democrat has “evolved”, and is now a swell guy.
A perfect example of that is the Democrat governor of Virginia, and his Klan yearbook picture. All is forgiven. He’s a swell guy again.
But morally, I make no distinction between a Republican who supported the Klan and a Democrat who supported the Klan. Both would have some explaining to do. No free pass for either.