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annie88 said:
The same people who have no problem with this are the ones who freaked out about the cross tattoo that Hegseth has.
Rules for thee, not for me
Exactly. Actually saw people on X making the comment that they were more worried about Hegseth's "racist" tatoos than this guy's known Nazi tattoo.
He has since said he's planning to remove it after all of the hubbub so he will be good now with the Dems.
Just like the former KKK congressman.
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In a 1944 letter to segregationist Mississippi Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, Byrd wrote,
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"I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
But gosh darnit, Byrd felt really bad about what he did.
Even the NAACP forgave him.
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When Byrd died at age 92 on June 28, 2010, the NAACP released a statement saying that over the course of his life he "became a champion for civil rights and liberties" and "came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda
Eulogized by Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Barack Obama.
Funny how some people get forgiven for their past transgressions and others don't. Hell Ted Kennedy let a girl drown. Never even got punished for it.
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