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reddit_lies Reddit/Lies yes it's really me 4mo ago (image post) 437 thread views #282527

Did you know that Strom Thurmond was a progressive who was congratulated by the NAACP and ACLU for his stances on racial justice?

Me neither. But that's probably because someone made it up over a decade ago, cited random :marseycitrusshrug: sources, and no one ever noticed

https://web.archive.org/web/20180227034246/https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/the-good-fight-zwnj-the-last-lynching/Content?oid=1108264

https://web.archive.org/web/20131103031652/http://archive.upstatetoday.com/?p=5441

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Elon_SUSk COOL/NlGGA 4mo ago #6664712

He renounced racism in the 70s and 80s and gained a lot of black voters.

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reddit_lies Reddit/Lies yes it's really me Elon_SUSk 4mo ago #6664724

This paragraph is about the 1940s

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Detroitvelvetsmooth alpha/male Pibble got loose somehow Elon_SUSk 4mo ago #6664818

The one I find fascinating is George Wallace. He very much is a story about 20th century America- he's most famous for his "segregation forever" speech, but in the 70s he became a born again Christian, and apparently actually meant it since he renounced racism, became rather progressive on racial issues, and ended up winning his last elections with a majority share of the black vote in his district.

I kind of like stories of people legitimately trying to become better people, since in general individuals don't change, and the born again Christian movement did devolve into megachurch peepee root pastors groofting retirees, but some of the adherents in the early stages of Christian revival in the 60s/70s really did seem like they tried to live in a Christ-like manner.