It wouldn't matter if I lived in Little Rock, Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, or New York City. The facts don't change based on where I lived.
The only pertinant facts that need to be addressed, are what was taking place in the South during this period. I have no problem in general telling folks where I lived in those days, but under the circumstances, I'm not inclined to play along. That is a diversion technique, and I'm not buying in.
Please point out any insult I’ve made towards you. I’ve not made any post “about you”, though you might like to think so.
I could have sworn you made this comment to me. If it wasn't to me, please tell me who you were making it to.
Yes...that is a very long reply, with quite a bit of innuendo and a lot of assumptions.
You know DixieChick2000, having a discussion with you is rather difficult. You keep making insults, but don't address specifically what it is that you disagree with. If you think I've displayed innuendo or assumptions unfairly, then disagree on point and I'll address the specific issue you disagree with.
Everything hinges on where one lived at the time. There were very big differences between a big city and small cities.
You know what, I grow more than a little tired of you trying to make where I lived the issue. For that reason, I will respond on point at the bottom of this post. Perhaps then you'll see just how absurd it is to make the case where I lived makes all the difference in the world.
If you wish to go through life refusing to admit that the South had major racial problems in the 50s and 60s, be my guest.
Okay...I never said that. There were things that needed changing. However, there were things that were good, and you refuse to recognize that.
The issue I have been trying to address since the start of this thread, is the absurdity of the idea that "RACIST ROMNEY SUPPORTERS "LIKE THE OLD CONFEDERACY". You took ofense to that because I pointed out that the Democrats had a solid lock on the South until Richard Nixon won it in 1972. Did they or didn't they? Well, yes they did. The Democrats have tried to flip the whole Civil War, Confederacy, and racism reality on it's head. Once again, when I see this, I object stridently. I will always do so. The Democrats to this day, try to claim we're racists. Who were the racists? Republicans or Democrats? Once again, which party had a lock on the South during those years?
I’ve admired you in the past, but I now recognize you to be a bully.
If you truly admired me, you would realize I am not trying to be unfair to you or anyone else in the South. It may seem to you that I am talking in generalities, but I am not. I have family in the South. I have come into contact with many people from the South. I've got no axe to grind with people in the South. None the less, I can't change history.
Ah yes, I am a bully. And why am I a bully? Why I'm a bully because I made some comments and I have stuck to my guns on those comments. If I renounce my thoughts, I'm A-Okay. If I stick to my premise, I'm a bully. Do you really win discussions this way?
Not going to play anymore.
Alright, I'm not going to give you grief over it. I'm sorry we've had a disagreement here. You take care...
Please consider how where I lived would change any of what is posted below. You can right click, view, any of these to see larger versions.
This doesn't even start to take into account the actions of the KKK, burning crosses, and various lynching parties.
I considered those photos to be too rank to even post here.
Look, there was isolated KKK and even NAZI activity across the country. Lynchings took place outside the South too. The vast majority of such activity took place in the South. And as such, when the idiot-stick Andrew Sullivan tried to reference the Republicans in the manner he did, I objected strenuously. He specified the region.
