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AverageOldGuy

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2. She was elected by the people of her district with 52% of the vote

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:51 AM

Dec 6

Does this mean 52% of the people in SC First Congressional District use such slurs? Probably so.

Excuse me, but, goddam it, I'm 80 yrs old, born and reared in Jim Crow rural Mississippi where a young black man who worked for my grandfather was lynched and at least four Blacks were murdered because they got out of their place.

This comment likely will bring down a firestorm on my head, but I know white Southerners -- the bulk of them are white supremacists "christians". All my Mississippi cousins send their kids and grandchildren to segregation academies and I'm convinced every damn one of them would be Klan members given the chance.

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The world would be a kinder, gentler place... GiqueCee Dec 6 #1

She was elected by the people of her district with 52% of the vote AverageOldGuy Dec 6 #2

And that 52%,,, GiqueCee Dec 6 #3

Woah. Horrific family related story, AOG. And not uncommon back in those days. I do remember a pen pal from Decatur electric_blue68 Dec 6 #5

I hope she gets Thompsoned tonekat Dec 6 #4