Note that it was Democrats who supported slavery (Brooks, who issued the beating, and his colleagues were all Democrats) and (eventually) Republicans who supported civil rights and abolishing slavery. In Orwellian fashion, the narrative has been re-written for political advantage...
------------- Max Charleston SC On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Actually I think that was a beating with a cane, by a great South > Carolinian, who nearly caused the death of the recipient, that crisis only > being averted when other scalawags pulled him away from the activity (and > one, gasp, pulled a pistol!). The rhetoric of today is tame compared to > what was regularly issued at the time. The recipient clearly deserved the > beating! > > --FT > > Oh yeah... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Brooks > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
