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Originally posted by Sen
The comment about Senator Byrd is particularly relevant in this discussion. Strom is a man who changed over the years and as was pointed out, hired the first black staffer for a southern Senator. Yet somehow, everyone wants to remember 1948 Strom, instead of the man he became. However, Senator Byrd was not only a member of the KKK, he was a Grand Dragon. Why is there not more of an outcry about him? Because he changed??? If that's your answer, then it should apply equally to Strom.
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Should, but doesn't. Politics as usual, we know the drill by now. On this scale however I find it in bad taste to point out all the negatives about the guy after he's dead. He can't hurt you if he ever could or wanted to, and all you'd be doing is sticking a thumb in the eye of said persons loved ones. In this context, I fail to see how debating whether or not he genuinely changed is relevant to anything worth the effort of pointing out.
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