"Seggies"

I just had the misfortune to surf past Matthews' show on MSNBC. He had on a guy who wrote a book about LBJ. They were discussing the tale of how Johnson was warned that if he pushed the Civil Rights Act he would lose all the powerful Democratic Southern senators. Johnson said "If that's the price, then so be it" or something to that effect.

Matthews then read a list of the senators. Lots of big, famous names.

"Seggies, all" said Matthews.

And then he went on blabbering, repeating the word "seggies" and adding his definition: segregationists.

Seggies????

Really?

I have *never* heard that term. Ever. And how casual it sounds. A stupid, silly word applied to such a terrible chapter in our history.

Seggies?

Come on, Matthews. This is bad, even by your low standards.