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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'I'm sure there would have been a Woolworth's Lunch-counter Appreciation Day' on Fox News in 1960
Credit goes to TPM commenter "Lincoln Stax."
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'I'm sure there would have been a Woolworth's Lunch-counter Appreciation Day' on Fox News in 1960 (Original Post)
Newsjock
Aug 2012
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All these older Southern evangelicals were surely strong segregation supporters 50 years ago
bluestateguy
Aug 2012
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Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)1. Great minds think alike
I was thinking the same thing...
Bigots on parade...
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)2. All these older Southern evangelicals were surely strong segregation supporters 50 years ago
I have no doubt about it.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)3. Absolutely. I made that point a little while ago in another thread.
These crowds would be the same ones from the 50s and 60s. Same mentality.
bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)4. Exactly - and every time you hear a complaint about "PC" behavior and speech
keep in mind that its usually complaining about how you just can't hate and discriminate like you could in the good old days.
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)5. They need an "other"
for which to blame all their problems. In the 50s it was the colored or negro problem.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)6. Ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth.
Hannity Insanity would be there, serving sandwiches, and O'Reilly would be mixing the malts.
Yeah, sure, sure.