Come on, girl. Did you really think he would? Any remorse, any change of heart (using the term loosely)? They don't change. And they certainly don't feel sorry.
For a case that's 40 years old, the conviction - though it gave me about two seconds of vindication - is weak and far too late. That's what makes me the angriest about all of this. He's spent the past 40 years free as a bird, with nothing but his hatred eating away at him. There is no guilt, as far as he's concerned and the state of Mississippi backed him up on that.
I especially loved the testimony of the former mayor of the town. That the Klan seemed to him a "peaceful organization" and he was presonally unaware of it's bloody past.
I will repeat that. He has lived in Mississippi, for some time, at least. I'd imagine that would be required for one who runs for mayor. And he was personally unaware of the Klan's violent history.
They don't change. And they certainly don't feel sorry.
Some do. George Wallace repudiated his views later in life. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace#Change_of_views) I certainly expected at least that much from a "man of God."
Re: the mayor--doesn't that just make your head explode??? Isn't that outrageous? I just want to get in his face and say "as a white Southerner, how dare you be that unaware? You are not allowed to be that blithe about that part of our history--you are not allowed to pretend that didn't happen. You must bear witness." Every Mississippian knows about the Klan, and what happened in Neshoba County.
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Did you really think he would?
Any remorse, any change of heart (using the term loosely)?
They don't change. And they certainly don't feel sorry.
For a case that's 40 years old, the conviction - though it gave me about two seconds of vindication - is weak and far too late.
That's what makes me the angriest about all of this. He's spent the past 40 years free as a bird, with nothing but his hatred eating away at him. There is no guilt, as far as he's concerned and the state of Mississippi backed him up on that.
I especially loved the testimony of the former mayor of the town. That the Klan seemed to him a "peaceful organization" and he was presonally unaware of it's bloody past.
I will repeat that.
He has lived in Mississippi, for some time, at least.
I'd imagine that would be required for one who runs for mayor.
And he was personally unaware of the Klan's violent history.
There's that throbbing vein again.
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Some do. George Wallace repudiated his views later in life. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace#Change_of_views) I certainly expected at least that much from a "man of God."
Re: the mayor--doesn't that just make your head explode??? Isn't that outrageous? I just want to get in his face and say "as a white Southerner, how dare you be that unaware? You are not allowed to be that blithe about that part of our history--you are not allowed to pretend that didn't happen. You must bear witness." Every Mississippian knows about the Klan, and what happened in Neshoba County.