Reply #208: If Wilson is not racist, what about Sen Strom Thurmond's daughter was "unseemly" and a "smear"? [View All]

Following Sen Strom Thurmond's death, his mixed-race daughter admitted to being his daughter. Wilson called that "unseemly" and a "smear". Why? What is the non-racist reason?

Wilson was also an outspoken proponent for flying the Confederate Battle Flag, a flag rarely seen in the decades prior to the Civil Rights movement, over the South Carolina capitol building. Why? A sudden interest in a "heritage" that concerns less than 4 years of the state's history? Unless you see it as also celebrating a heritage of slavery, segregation and Jim Crow laws in which case, yes, it could represent a lot of South Carolina's history.

Bottom line: the man is a bigot. He has proven that many times over. That does not necessarily mean this particular issue was rooted in his bigotry. But a man who has been so openly racist has to be careful of his words if he doesn't expect them to be interpreted as such.