I said I wasn't going to comment, but...*sigh*
I think it's appalling that people's posts are being deleted because they are expressing an opinion. Last time I checked we had free speech. Everybody is entitled to it.
This thread exemplifies just how divided we are...most of you are praising Mr. Thurmond on his many good works/deeds/etc. and that is fine. However, in that far away place called the black community
there's a different view of the same man. As a black person whose parents and grandparents unfortunately felt the brunt of this man's racist views, clearly I have a much different opinion. So when I see comments like RD and Bamboozled's being deleted I'm asking why that is. It's not like they're (or me for that matter) are trying to start a mini-race war. It's how we feel (and I do agree with their comments). And just as the many of you feel that he was a good man and all, we feel differently.
Now if Mr. Thurmond has changed his ways throughout the course of his life then I applaud that--because racists as well as racists attitudes suck
. But let's not forget the man's past as it's a part of who he is overall.
That's all I had to say.