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LBJ was so very wrong. [View all] GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 OP
SC is under a 3 point spread SCantiGOP Aug 2016 #1
I turn 50 in just over a month GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #2
If white, did you, as you grew up, consider the "n" word absolutely normal and appropriate... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3
I'm too shamed to answer that question SCantiGOP Aug 2016 #4
Don't be ashamed. You grew up in a culture you didn't create. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #5
Normal, yes. Heard it all the time. GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #9
" He left small town south because he could not stand the hate. " 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #13
Different? GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #15
I'm from GA, born in 1946 brer cat Aug 2016 #23
I agree it was not usually hate. More just a sense of separation and superiority. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #27
Native Floridian, lived in the south all my life OriginalGeek Aug 2016 #28
2 generations + elleng Aug 2016 #6
LBJ never foresaw someone as offensive and caustic.... Raster Aug 2016 #7
FDR developed the southern strategy. former9thward Aug 2016 #8
A generation is about 25 years, so he was actually right book_worm Aug 2016 #10
I must polity disagree GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #12
Tonkin Gulf Martin Eden Aug 2016 #11
Great post GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #14
LBJ wouldn't be shocked by the racism. It was even worse during his long career. Martin Eden Aug 2016 #17
This back and forth has been very enlightening GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #19
Vietnam was a big part of my political awakening Martin Eden Aug 2016 #21
On Moyers' PBS show, I heard phone recordings of LBJ... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #20
First and foremost it was a political decision Martin Eden Aug 2016 #22
I looked for the LBJ phone recordings again... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #24
K&R... spanone Aug 2016 #16
This is a good thread. longship Aug 2016 #18
Good sentiment, GulfCoast66. n/t Hugin Aug 2016 #25
But LBJ was also so right Proud Public Servant Aug 2016 #26
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