From: Gary Wiltshire 

You need to read some history re Thurmond's staff.  "Last years in the
senate?"

On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 10:23:37 -0400, Judy Folkenberg
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>> >>>What does that have to do with David's original
message where he said
>> "Good riddance" which is what Gary was reacting to?  As a South
>> Carolinian, I found David's message rather offensive.
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>Janel:
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>My response was probably somewhat of a non sequitur.  I'm assuming David
>found Thurmond's stand on race so repuslive that that's why he responded
>the way he did.  Yes, I think you have a point that one should not
"gloat"
>over another's death (however  long the life), but the death of Thurmond
>probably symbolizes to some the passing of a very ugly chapter in American
>culture and race relations.
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>I found Thurmond's stand on race, his Dixiecrat party association, very
>ugly.  I also have to admit that to his credit he apparently became far
>less racist as he aged...I think his senate staff was fairly diverse in his
>last years in the senate.
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>Having said that, I think that this country's racism (slavery, the civil
>war, the lynchings) has been the uglist chapter in our country's book.
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>Judy
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