I have spoken to some who I would consider to be a bit on the liberal side and they have brought up the KKK thing - in a negative way.
I played golf with someone who lives locally who went on and on about how Byrd was a son of a bitch for joining the Klan, etc, etc, etc. The conversation drifted to different points and we got to talking about what we did for a living. He is a construction foreman and, oddly enough, the job he was currently working on (after being unemployed for a while) was a project Byrd was responsible for bringing to the area. I debated whether to bring up this point and chose to just let it go and try to enjoy the rest of the round. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > One thing about Sen. Byrd's recent passing is that most of the > comments about his being a Klan member has been from right wing > bloggers and the like, for instance: > http://willtomlinson.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/robert-byrd-died/ > > I suspect that the wing nuts are the ones that do not think that > someone can change.Or at least bring up something from the person's > past to cut them down. > > That said, I think that most of what Senator Byrd did in office more > than negates his brief Klan membership. > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> ah yes, because the tea party and other conservative groups have been >>> very understanding so far. >>> >>> Seriously Scott, regardless of what order the races are in, somebody's >>> gonna be pissed. >>> >> >> I disagree. If this was a white gov't worker making the same >> statements about a black farmer, regardless fo how long ago it was, >> people would be up in arms (people like Sharpton). >> >> To this day all people remember about Sen. Byrd was that at one time >> he was a member of the KKK, not anything else after ( I may not have >> agreed with the guy on a lot of things but he brought a lot of money >> and improvements to my state (WV) a lot of which have directly >> affected the local economy where I live) . Maybe non-white people are >> capable change and white people are nott? >> >> With that said, if she acted this way a long time ago and was, as >> someone pointed out, trying to show how she has changed, she should >> not have been fired, IMHO. >> >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
