being a Democrat means that you can promote segregation, join the KKK, vote against both black Supreme Court nominees, and use the word "nigger" on national television — and still be remembered as a promoter of black interests.
Robert Byrd's KKK membership is dismissed by his worshipers as youthful indiscretion. It wasn't. It was the beginning of a long and sordid history filled with hatred and bias.
Highlights of Robert Byrd's history of race relations include:
-- 1942: Joins the KKK; eventually rises to the rank of "Exalted Cyclops."
-- 1945: Writes "Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
-- 1947: Says in a letter that the Klan is needed "like never before" and declares that he is "anxious to see its rebirth."
-- 1964: Attempts to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It wasn't out of principled libertarian support for property rights. Cites a racist study claiming that black people's brains are statistically smaller than white people's.
-- 1967: Votes against Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination. Went to J. Edgar Hoover to see if Marshall had any Communist ties that could ruin his nomination.
-- 1968: Tells the FBI that it's time that Martin Luther King, Jr., "met his Waterloo." FBI ignores him.
-- 1991: Votes Against Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court nomination. Becomes the only senator in the body to have voted against both black Supreme Court nominees.
-- 2001: Refers to what he called "white niggers" on national television. Try to imagine, say, Haley Barbour being given a pass after calling someone a "white nigger."
We're told that he recanted his views. Great. So did Strom Thurmond. But those words — just words — rightly got him nowhere. If Robert Byrd's grandson runs for Congress and is defeated by a black candidate — as happened to Thurmond's grandon in South Carolina last week in a Republican primary — will the media breathlessly report it as the end of a racist era in the Democratic Party's sordid history, as they did of Tim Scott's overwhelming victory?
Do I need to draw you a picture? The metanarrative must be preserved at all costs: Republicans, racist; Democrats, good. That's all you need to know about the media's thoughts on race relations in America. The final relic of federally-approved segregation left us. That's the real story: it's the end of an era. What brave news outlet will report that?
...you're a fucking idiot. Grow up, you little faggot.
TreyParkersBitch 1 month ago
@TreyParkersBitch SO IS YOU DAD BITCH! FUCK YOU LITTLE BITCH!
impeachobamanow2010 1 month ago
What kind of Republican are you? he's one of the only decent Dems leave him alone in peace Ron Paul 2012
14ALLiWANT76 2 months ago
@14ALLiWANT76 FUCK ROBERT BYRD. YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
impeachobamanow2010 2 months ago