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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: coug who wrote (69801)	12/23/2002 2:27:32 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

In hindsight, you're probably right. Though I think perhaps you misunderstand the intensity of the fears of integration in the deep South at the time. I had a small role in the civil rights struggle in the 60s, and coming from a Northern, integrated community, when I went into the South I was unprepared for two things: first, the huge and, frankly, not totally unjustified fear of the extent and unknown aspects of life changes it would (and eventually did) bring, and two, that many segregationists were not ignorant, redneck boobs, but that many were highly literate, intellgent, and cultured people who sincerely believed that their way of life was worth protecting from the incursions of Northerners for the overall benefit and health of society and the nation. I find it hard to fault BB for not being in the forefront of the destruction of a beloved way of life.