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No Apologies From Dem Klan Defender
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Posted on 09/30/2005 11:48:12 AM PDT by wagglebee
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To: hispanarepublicana
"Something I've always wondered......if it was "so cool" to be in the Klan, and their principles so "worthy", and these people in it in Byrd's time were such "upstanding" citizens, why did they feel the need to hide behind a mask?" And something else - IF the Klan's principles were so "worthy", and they were so "upstanding", why would Bryd denounce them today. After all, those qualities are timeless - they do not go away with time. If they were great in the past, they'd be great today. So, Byrd is full of it!
To: 2banana; wagglebee
Yes, inquiring minds want to know. In view of the incredible pounding that Dan Quail, and President Bush took regarding their Vietnam era service, what about the service of Sheets Byrd?
He probably considered his duties in the KKK comparable to our military services.
Like Bent Willie, Sheets gets a pass.
Let's not forget that in 1988 the MSM portrayed Bush 41 as a wimp. This Yalie was a 19 year old combat Naval Aviator while Sheets was keeping blacks, Catholics and Jews in their place.
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posted on
09/30/2005 1:29:39 PM PDT
by
Jacquerie
(Democrats soil the institutions they control)
To: hispanarepublicana
I think many are guilty of applying today's moral standards to the early 1940's. People had very good reasons to organize against federal influence after the Civil War, given the most cruel and unfair circumstances of Reconstruction. The robes were worn to avoid being singled out by fed's and reveneurs and perhaps being hounded out of your job or arrested on trumped-up charges.
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posted on
09/30/2005 2:22:44 PM PDT
by
bukkdems
("My aunt was very frugal" - Benon Savon)
To: wagglebee
If this were a Republican, the dimms and the MSM would have barbecued his ass in molasses and run him out of town on a rail. When its one of their own, suddenly they are silent!
HYPOCRITES!
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posted on
09/30/2005 2:27:51 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: bukkdems
I think many are guilty of applying today's moral standards to the early 1940's. I don't know....when Tennesseeans and Germans showed up to become my ancestors' neighbors next to their ranch in South Texas, they were welcomed and looked upon as equals by my ancestors even if they didn't have the same "heritage". There was even a little intermarriage. There were Indian/Mexican "vaqueros" on the ranches down there then, and there was intermarriage and friendliness/relations between the Indian/Mexicans and the more Spanish ranchers. In fact, there were even "official" ethnicity names for the children of such pairings.
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posted on
09/30/2005 5:52:05 PM PDT
by
hispanarepublicana
(No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
To: wagglebee
Isn't it ironic that you hear nothing from the usual suspects; JJ, Rev. Al, and the the minority victim crowd.
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10/13/2005 5:24:02 PM PDT
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KeyLargo
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