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To: ohioman

Jeff Davis was Catholic??? Fascinating, since Catholics were targeted by the KKK far more than even blacks. But then again, the KKK was the terrorist wing of the Democratic Party.


43 posted on 01/02/2010 2:20:35 PM PST by dangus (Nah, I'm not really Jim Thompson, but I play him on FR.)
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To: dangus
... and Judah Benjamin, Secretary of War and then Secretary of State under Jefferson Davis, was a Jew.

The stereotypes of the south aren't quite so clearcut as the SPLC would lead one to believe. There were native Catholics and native Jews who supported the Confederacy and suffered no ill treatment, even to the point of being elevated to the highest offices of the land.

Perhaps there was something else at work?

Nah, not possible, all the history books say so. /s

45 posted on 01/02/2010 2:32:04 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: dangus
Jeff Davis was Catholic??? Fascinating, since Catholics were targeted by the KKK far more than even blacks.

And don't forget Scarlett O'Hara ... though she wasn't exactly practicing.
47 posted on 01/02/2010 3:14:24 PM PST by Dr. Sivana
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