1) Conservatives have shared a picture of Joe Biden with Senator Robert Byrd claiming that Robert was a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Robert was never a Grand Wizard. In the late 1950’s he was an organizer and member of the KKK. However later he denounced his membership and said that being a member of the KKK was his greatest mistake. In an interview with the Washington Post in 2005 he said "“I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times … and I don’t mind apologizing over and over again. I can’t erase what happened.” In simpler words Senator Robert Byrd changed his mind along with a great number of people that lived through the transformative years in the 1960’s.
2) Deranged conservative pundit Ann Coulter always brings up Robert Byrd’s membership in the KKK to claim that all Democrats and all liberals are secretly racist, ignoring the overt racism in some conservatives and Republicans.
3) Senator Robert Byrd died in January 2010. Seems like Chip Bok is beating a dead horse to death. What the hell is wrong with these people? Do they think that no one will simply look up this information? It took me one click on Wikipedia to find out.
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1) Conservatives have shared a picture of Joe Biden with Senator Robert Byrd claiming that Robert was a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Robert was never a Grand Wizard. In the late 1950’s he was an organizer and member of the KKK. However later he denounced his membership and said that being a member of the KKK was his greatest mistake. In an interview with the Washington Post in 2005 he said "“I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times … and I don’t mind apologizing over and over again. I can’t erase what happened.” In simpler words Senator Robert Byrd changed his mind along with a great number of people that lived through the transformative years in the 1960’s.
2) Deranged conservative pundit Ann Coulter always brings up Robert Byrd’s membership in the KKK to claim that all Democrats and all liberals are secretly racist, ignoring the overt racism in some conservatives and Republicans.
3) Senator Robert Byrd died in January 2010. Seems like Chip Bok is beating a dead horse to death. What the hell is wrong with these people? Do they think that no one will simply look up this information? It took me one click on Wikipedia to find out.