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Mardn Luthec KfnS Dry

'Fnherc uai E ceruc of ircvto.

I
I

irtiity r'oout lrali. Ooly Iarc

Hclnpvnswiltlng oo tcandrrp
arrd mrnplatn. And of courrc tca*
eot ruiled (a3rin) Iilce hc al uqp does.
Scnrsr Helrns ltelE" aFqE ro
cshfisc arcrybody *tfi Accs. ]#kh
r4unrcnrs bsecd rr ecidfne. &lt Ic
ncrer utd bcclr:rc hc ir arrroundod by an urrctr:orr* new becd
of poltdcsl flsriblll,cr who dcctdc
what tluy bcltenEbarcd oa uAst*lb

in Pruh.
5o ir sas *ith MarUn tudarKlnp
Nwer mind wfio he rtdly s{s or
whrt he did cn srd; end foqrtho*'
mr:c.h r new halidgt In lris nenrc wlll
cost ut ot how many orhct Arr.fl,
cr:rs lived livcc tntrG d++rviry of
hmsr. Forgst all Erat Thc Con$6s
end $r $natc decj&d rhat l,lanin
Luch,cr Klng Doy rc pod rolioo.
Ar elecrioa Fff l5 upon ru. And
ttst'c lll that mrtrerrd.
So {f ystr, gstttle turdtr,irc o,tre of
thoc cynicr who b,elfe,ra thrt r hugc
rrrciqlry 9f drc rnen and rr^pctren
holdirg p"blic c'ffrce todey u,,ould

billiur cfyrrrndollrr
for a fu,v thou$nd wcll.oryrni:cd
r40i15) you'F right,
eaee?ty brrrn s

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FALL ISSUE

$rtt

8ur
not th+ only rhing. Thc
blrcls lca&tc who lobbicd rc furiorx-

ly fcr King Dry csrflrrncd anprher

uaplersrru rcrlky, Ey cclebfirdrrg
King rs thc inatnation of rtl dq/
rdmie, drcy here chs.a Dp gtorify
rhe hirnionic rrdrer dren tf,c lrcroic
snd by hfsrcrroe thcy.rEuned thc
b.ighu.* and rhe b,crr amoag tbcir
olvn ll8oc.

[,et ut a5+unrs fur e rno,nrnr tlut

wc shpuld rnrLe rhetlell srf {lsfnen

throea 6mply wi$ Et afftrrnative

srtion phn. fhc FBI filcs not*irhstlndtng. hou dm Kin6 seck up

rgairst, sryr

ftotp

t{iilashtngron

Crrrur or BrpolcerT. Washingncn or,

in orrr <l\+rrt tirni, tlre he Fsur Scrr

Ctqrcril ChepEc lrrncr or rny

s,umhr of black herocs in Koreaard

Vitm,arn? Thelc ele mm cU of us cEn
adrdre, hcroes whoee nrfitcs invohc

md bno'drHhood bcrrr,,een
r hrsbry of sacrifioc std rhlevsntntharruony

mcn pfip ahnca

. Inllead, rhe sporr,rorr of King Day

I symbolthirprccs$srhin dlc
rvoundr o{ tho* old errough !o
rcmembcr and lics to lhose roo
r,cung ro undcrsand
chooe

l0ng Day should lraw bsen

tcjecrod becar:* irt Furpolc ls
rtaioliic and pruFrrc. Cotrgrcar FiLd

ur {agr'in) in iu rutclary capaciry ro

ranctify e nd proE(( natio:ral
synbols.
lGrrg'e rncmgry ilptEsnta! tns
d:rn ruythint cl$, rhe del thstlnsti.
nraootl arrlandenr,gols-hu, o[di,

orn*r end tredtapot-rhould be

rubodinaed b rhc, individual,s
oonrcicnce, Thc bnnd of eivil db.
obcdicnre hc prechcd (and fot
whtch lre b rcrurmb"..d) erhsru hu

foihurers tD ftgedsgcid re{orrnas a

pooocrs ro bc carricd out in shc
stnoeE.

Thc +ir1t of Mardn LurhcrKingis

elivc rodey in Wcrr Qsrmsilf,.rh.re
nrobs hurl tconeg ar soldisrs and lic
dowrr ln rhr prrhofmil{carytnrcb- It
Isaliw in NewYorJ< Exd Lo Arrgphs
end Ctklgp where policcmrn strd
uclrers rad rir craffic oontrollctg
<.onspire ro perelpe our livci ':
improw *rcirpooirion. Anditi*i j
{n our school$, crn o{rt srteeG ertd in
our deelings with other nadons,
wtrereeurhsriry and tndition ard in
doclinc,

Ignoring ttc tcal hcroes in or:r

nsrisn's lift, rhc blacks haue clroarn
a fitit\ whO rcprCrene not rlcir
cmsncipotion, por thcir secriflces ond
b'rrrrcty in rervice to drelf sunEry;
tashcr, rhey haw ctroaen a rnan
c,hce tule in hicery r+er lo lced his
pooplc lnro a perpctueldepcndcnce
oF d.I'e welferc $tae, r rcrtble
bcrd4P of body and :oul- And a
bunch of smilirrg whitt politicir:rs
+,cnt d6ng for d:c dds. S

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SOUTI.IERN PARTISAN 1983

RTISAI{
IEW

by Rlchprd Quinn

a
I

Rings
here bos bcco a lot eaid and
written htely aboul titc Bill
ol Rights, OR lh.at rubject,
rloaeph Sobtarr, ths beBt
rlcrs'sjpnpBr columniot in Arertce,
. ralecd n eouPle of cspcahllY pl1o,
wcirtive Fqintre. $Ihy, hc adlcd, hra
the Bill of Right been grcDssquely
oon0ortd to prot*ct perrrert+, Inr.

rtogrephcrn aad flagburnanr? Anil

why je lt rarcly inrrulrcd !o protect
lerge ocgonrrts of th# p+lruls,bn?
, Taic, for eralrplq tlre preourrption of innocen e end tltc Con.
2i
-] stititianal
guatorrt c of duc luecsss.
The l9S0 Civil Righte Feeboration
Act (wNch nay be law W the time
you rcud theg srgrdg) pmssrn+t
guilt unlccs the awueed csn FovE
hig or ltcr innosnoe, IIcrG'B hor'r, it
u,orks; ila u,bit+'run compr[y or
trrrEioEae in fourrtl wit]rcut raciuj
quotsr in plece among the wwlc

fore, ths n*v law ar.rtffisticall)' dB.

clenee the ctployer guilty of racia]
discrim in nti ott thue rclbvin g th*

.Iuetice Deperlrncot of swkward

problcma ltkc rndring a c*sc or frnd-

ingprcof.
fu lt[r. Sobranpoirtts oul t]tc
Arrrericsn Civil l-ibertier Unioil hss
tlue far boca eilent on tlds pm,blem.
IVe muct uEaume that thEi} sgrile|b
atfor:reys ErE mue.h to buey de'
fcadingl flq6.burncrr 8nd mtid'
triniug cbornrl vt gilanco urur public
oducntion !o makc urtsin tlrat rro
school childrca are whirpcriqg
praj'Ert bc'twesr dasrcs c hiding
Eiblcs in iheir loclr*ru.
lhre pnoccs ir np] the only Conrtfirtionul guorantce to be turnod
on its heed. Nchon Mcndcla's recent viOit, tO thig couniry decnonetratetl thldihe opituon induatry in
A.Ercrica haa algo

nsdc

a moclce4r

of the Firct Amgndmnrtt Every roajor publicaton and orery lY ne*r

shoe, gsue th+ Illrrrdrle story, th
eame beric rpinr The peat'atatearnan freedsn-fightcr mdc hir lri'
uslphgnttow on behelf of op.
presaed peopla av=rSnvherc. It wra
es if all ths eilitolieln hnd bexr
elcarcdby the Ccntrul Opinion
Cqarmittea to protest the intcgrity
of the party linc,

The Mandcln gtory couldhave

used a littla vsrirtion in rrews tleatmeni,, Altr alJ, It'fr, IUasdels nnas
prrtin jeil 27 yetts rgo-n<rb bccoure
oI his humanilarisn philosopl6..but
beceuee hc wao e tettlcigt rvho

openly udvocated (ond peraorratly

oorrrmitted) violsme againsi the

guve'rnmcnt, Nrrtonly tbnt, t"he

Soqth Alricsn gcryenttlnt offered
Iilandsla hia fruodom lang ego if he
rvould menely promiea trot t+ ghoot

pEoFI end not to adw+atc tlre uee

ofvio(enccbyhis folloqrug" I{e opL

cd to otay in iail whcrc he wes B$;.
ting wordarlul prcaa. ]yleanwhile
I|landelars wifc, Yfirurie, enjoycd a
l^evish lifcluyle h' Eouttr Africsn

ahndud^e, Ferlonnlly djrpc{rsd a

bnrrrl of cert-titrsgt bodyguatds nnd
waa impliurted in thc nunder of *
blacJs AJricEn boy who uraa sppaF
cnt{y samifiocil ua rn e**,mptrc of t}re'
need Ic all guod. revoluiionaricr to

follon ondpr+
Did any of thig come up during
I{andc}a'r Victory T!ur? Not rea\y.
In focr" gthjs Woshington prcsr
@nfecrence, Mnndsla annfirnpsd
thst he r'"ould acrept qucst^ione only
from bladc jorunalists. Wsr hc
callcd a bi6oC lor this bl ataub np{ qf
sagregrtiou? And wh.at vrsuld harre
he,ppenod if the hasidcnt od Svut^h
Africa, upon viailing Am:ricr, lrnd
rttsruftd to limit qucstions tb
whiCc rcportere only? l{toll, lctlt
jrut rny itJ: nol likely he rwuld hsve
be an ?mbroosd by Certgc !fuab or
c+rnuded by Madoilrts.
Btrt to St bo&k to the BilI d
Fights. Msdsls's visit drdronstrot,
ed how dratnatictlly the rrfru+ 1treas"
in Arrurica meigfiea in lock.stp on
the bU stariee- 'lhc coglnnation for

ttris uDjfono,ity of opinion in.{merica is partly b$nplogicsl, $atdlit*

hook-uFs, cofirpqter modems, nn'ure
sSadiceteg,

nctwwfing iltd na-

tional publicetion ch*inr ell cerrsc a

eob*olidstion of lhc l)ower to coneroi
cornsrunicaliong in the hnndg of a
amrll group olpeople who in turn
rreepond to foesutfc gtoups and io
chic trende in ideolory,
Eut another part of tlrc nc$ofl is
thuLne are looirrg our netTc, FIou'
mBnY Peopl+ ouL llrerc acroas the
fgce ol Anoriea erc yt/cli uwarre tha1,
Mandda ie a bad cgg, msybe eucrr
Sdy to in t'h+ oo'utfort End security.d
their lromcs, but are afraid to ec(Frccs t]rcir rcal opiniots gubticly?
rlll of wbich is u lot lilte thc old
tnrisn aborrl literacry: thccc who
don'tr rtad rrrr' no bettcr off thsn
tlro* who can't. By the aamc bru.
gal lqgjc, freodon: of :peech is uraIaes to PeOplS wbo have loct th
coursse ts upeeJr oulAmcrica ic not grcnt merely b+.
causc *B ere tJre laod odthe frc+,
It'g titre we ffittlsp[erzd thnt t]ris ja
uleo aupporul to be ttrc horoe odthe
bqrue. O

SOtNfi4F PARTISLT SEOOND OUAHTER .I990 7

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PARTISAI\ VIE\A/
ncfl{,Efion$ on t}re

Ffl
I
I

lktile FkS

old brnmr dlspleycd 6o our oo$tr r'y"l schcttd

t"ng beforu Chanccllor PorGr Fornrrre rnnourxBd
hir dsirimr ro ban the &infrdeor brnlt flag rt
Od Misr. Still, reEdrrr tom Mis#sippi (md elrcwhen)
lrc invlad m r4erd our d$er flag * ln lct of dcftrno+
gpirmthe penish p'rcrerrrt e whiehC'hsncellor Forrun Eo
readily
'The luarsnbod.
ner*= of Fsriujre's dcciston trme jusr s$ trr r,vEr
6
Pr,crs- Tlurcfore, publicrpon was &lavsd long
Eo:r
enorah oo b,rcnp a ler+dcsen'i.ng Scalsuag utd m lvnng d:rt
hnnoc sqr:rrdy on Fcrtuncl thriuld,ers (pqc 7 ) for displrf .
irrg drlt peorlirr hrnt of chganrcr thar hrot*s n*itl:sr
vicroty nm drferr.
Of course. Chencdlor Fornrne pobeNy Soujhr of
hlmsclf x e sty otd &:x. llc srid lre nar ten'ring only thc
fhgic oflhtal use, and ilrrt snrdcnrs rrcae frec to wrt/c ic
he

lf thcrc rms onc k*oo lcarned in chc crnrpvs

riotc of rhc 1960's. surcly it ulrs tbEt tud; 116p'e,*'tisrcd
cprnpromise onJy etnver sp isflgnc both .iidci. Wb+n
opinisnr uc rharply dividrd (nnd cmorioru src rulrning
hor) cvcryorre hcms th gty *'ho *irs ro dane slong cite
unpfticirUy.

ftnce.
So ler vc bc dcqisi"e:

Tlrosc who carry es 1[9uc thc bqcdc flEg cs e "ndi$t

rymbol" &mmrstrate c pirirblc gnorrnct of history. If c

flry, rhar flsw fuismrie[v oscr slavc.holdug *ucr l$

rurosrrtiqtlly radrt, rlen rhq o+Xht o be bonning Otd
Gl.ory, &cquEt the $nars rnd Saipeslle*vorrcr shvg'1p141*
$ancE, Ncrrth srrd South, fsr eighry ycsrs grior ro thc V:rr
.fo Sourhr-rn Independtnce. tndfcd, uotil 1833, rlrc British
tlag (aff, every otiw fhg in Wesrern Europe) flcw or/er
slavaholding pot,r8r6, Wlun rtsrrry uns rbolished in Eng.
lurd, Farliarncns ge+elourly epprogrlrtxl <hc hugc $urn of
?0 rniUion pounds (o cotnfensrtc Bricish plancee for rhrir
"pmperFYt' !ors.
The ooinr !t lhec humrr\ slarmry rr6tatputinc pntt of tire
vrorl,J'r ceonomy fr,orn rhc bcginoing o( dile undl wcll inro
the ninsr-ntlr eenn:ri. The Sooclrurrr ConfcCgrocy ecirtcd
forr snh tr fan 1'r:ars, :u r cimu wlrcn menf Sollrircrngtl had
ulcaciy frscd 6eit alere {anci rnost whicsoutherncrs had
ncvt; owncd any i+ rhc Arrt plaoc).

Robcrt B tre, for cxamplc. u,ro(c thrt "3[0"trl rs

iruritution ir r rnoq;f aod polirical cvi[, '' ]le fread hir

0rr

Ce'acs

io d:c lecc l840b- Gncel Grrnt, oc rhr odrs hend. *'ho

comnpnCsd thr Uoian frrce+, hcld hi* own de'ree ilaril
1E65, four yects bc6m he wr.s clcged ro dre pccsidrnsyYct drccc who rant abor.rt sacilc rytnbob iasisc on tlnilir.g

tht Sorlh pegccurUy.

ftr some of us, rhc whip I'rs lct ire ring, Ecclulc +r
knorv ctrc enrch, Oth,ett in th,c Sou6. lik+ Chanccllor
Fornure qr Oh Mirr. hrw {lnetty cmbraced The Ue. For
thtm, chs llgalEcrs whip is :r clcr,nring riarol of 0rgsllantism.

To be forgivcn bv

lhir

accusers fur the "sinst'

of thrir

Richad lvl. Quinn

lnyrhiog-Jo anyrlrinB, clsr

t-r,drcrs, th*y wi[[ poy

own h*rrrgge.

No one ircntitttd to dtwrnd chstuie milite-tc ug:tittr our

o',vn Erc. Durirrg thc Vrr f4a,rren the Srsrcs, niarly
300,000 Soutlrern msn rnd boys dtad b'rarrlv [n ur cpic
srrugh chm rcmlins dlc doninrnr uveor of Amerhan
hircoty. Thc brrdc Aassdllrsnds *arymbolof rbesoruh.
em chErEClGr, e dcierrninrti,on ro'h lcft slonc, urd * *ill
wrsld indrpcndencc. h hs n'othing to do with slrvoy,
Bur ir doer luw a las o do wirh inrcgriry,
Flanncry Q'Corurcr instucmd us tler intcgiry j+rurnlly
d.iimd h *h"r r$s:ile norwilli'rg E do, Bf hisaaions +nd
8g'rrncntl, s 1fanmrf provethei he r: nuty,hones(pcrulant Soltsh, or rii. But tt ig u,har hr refuse s to da drar
okec 6c trut rffrgut, The n'ard "No" rrlu$f bc in thc
voebulsry of a pcrson-or a ffopla-wirh intcgntyTharefiorc, othcchantirg mob thar purhrs ur o disown
oru rudve k*ry nod odisgroce eur nocirors bt mlstng
out slrc symboh of our pa,+c, *r sey "Nol" Th.e ficg wi.U stry,

\Vc sr* proud of ir.

And nocooly rhar, re inviacllAmsricaru to look oo thrc

simph desigr. the Souchcrn Gosr, ar a S1rnbol o{ the inc,c.
perrdcnr clisit rh2r fuuodld our Rep'ubtk.

Tarurishcd Gold
Ncuawrek m4arine <ekbrmred irs 50th anolrcrsry this
yeac wirh,e 160 pqse

'Sf#ial Editioo"

wd zr:zr:9

rnodestly en<irlcd

'1tro.qmeckrn Dteem-"

ln a grrnd demacrrtic g3cturc Neu$ucJ* dccided gp v'r.irc

aborrt rhc lialc propl* who "live Thc ncwr" rather than the
rten cnd women who ''fn0kc lhe nn*$." So t}r tdirOcs
selsaed fiuc qryicrl Amrricm f*maties frorn a[[rcgione r.ni

r.r.nlk of Americrn ltG, trocing tlrcir hisrcricr !1s[ ro rf'r

'errlietr dayn o{ rheir Amerjcut 4rprrrcncu,

How, thuL dots rhc Sourh fir inco No*rrrreel<! visiocr of

Amcridn drcaml' Hecdg hon' ir goes:
Ao evjl rlhis Sor:chcrnplrrtter ''ookhis plcuwC'wkh
a sltvc eirl (hfi,v Netln+*l llri(lrd chl: is not mrCc clccr)
wiro tlreo grrr birth, co a helf-breed soar. The planrcr rjpl>ed
gfiq

the brbc ftrym his mstl.rr's rrmr,aklherforprolirrndgut

rhc bot 1q *brk. Agahgrrdssme, ctrrry youdg norn (siraCes
of Mandtngo), hc rcdr the frrsdomtrain ro Ohio whrrc hc

bccame chc gneur gmndfrtlr,cr rc rhc blrck wrr:an wflo

rorcod thc civil righu rnovrmcnr in Qfiio pd who pru"
rurnabt,l gsve Noqr{,lek thir colc'rfi.rl farnily hi:rsr}',
In point Of'fccr. m.eglire cs{drncc sLE[crts th+g slave
femilitc snrc nwly ccporexd, E{forclrrcc'madc unifrrmlv
qarosr thc Sotfi o krep fiunilics tqvther (tn part becrr'rrr
Eood r nora h wa$ good for busin ess). Ths rcq o sC rbo sh o* s
rhu rirerry freed sla"cs st0pd So,rrtlr, kepc <[oa oes wirh
tlrcir fqrrncr owrr*rt rnd found foc rhcmrrl*+r a lifr s,[to6crhcr mtrte s"*fi;ing rhln rhcir cor:sirs who cnded u9
ilccatng rffidr nts in [,Iararm ua&r rhc ehrdow of Nr.rrs.
reck's

cditqriol

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SOUTHERI.{ PARTISAN I9E3

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gfi4Lr

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RTISAN
IE\U
The Messageof Dauid lluke
it's not a iirnple tsotld, jr lt3 People have a \r'a"s 0f
tulning onc to be a bit nrore cornplcx ihnrr we hrd
platr:red for rhem to be,
Thnt uas onc oI ftrs lcssons Jcerncd (or it slroutd
havc bcctr) by etl the smug mcdia celebrities rvho had
p.lsnned to:nake giblet grsry out of David Duhe, when
he *ppcarcd ret:entJy on net'rvork and crble tetevicion

utlh rh<nvs-

'

Dnke, |ou rvj,ll rws.ll, is the ex-Klsrtlrnun ftonl

ilctairie, Lorrisisna, wlro ups*b t}lr fupublican cstabIirhnrent:n Fcbruary when he rFon a st{t in bhe SLate
Hous+ trf Reprcsenlslises, In er sxtraordinary shorv of
nusc)q, Bonald Rcagarr a.nrl George Bush r*conled
mrnmerui*lt rgujnet l)rrke, Indcsd, the Republican
lllLiunal Conrmlttcc sc]ll ttr(u)'to Joh:r trtcn (Duk*'s

plirnary opponcnt) by the lrucirloads. Still, lhe 3$

year-old Duke *on in an dscLiun that set a nery rG60nl

for vot;t' tt'lm.ou!

Suddort[v

i.r: u

lsvid

prrly nrimarl'.

Drrke rvas national news,

b\crJ

nctwork tnlk shorv ltost in Chiq6gs, New York *n<l

lVashington wentcd to intervien tlis )'shoo Kla::sman
fro::r lxn:isisnr,- Herc at lasl $89 an oDpoltuniLJ for
tl:em to confirm th*ir rleepest a:rd d*rkosL susFieions
ab0ut $e South, to expOge tlal Sinister lx5,er oI raeism
they ahvqus knerv lurked beneath the surfuca in all
trh0se hatcful litrte Southeln torrns, juer. like .ffls'
sissippa Brrrninf, wheru s $'hite shoet r+jth t*'6 e3eholes cnr out $g$ fitr,shed a*ty in cvgry elmet.
But Dr.vid Duke didn't quite qomp\5. with thsir
calefrt)J1' culitivrtz<l ntereotirEre of thc So'uthern redncck, He rvasnt fat ol illitusta IIe didnt t1'cJl cfucw
tohsdco- Dukc turued out to be srnoothJy polixhed and
+rtiorlate. witfi a quick smilc and * rlenn-cul almosl
innorent look- Urrde:l tough jntrrlofl*tiou b.r t}e t)pst,

in the bneiness, he handled hirustlJ Frsrty

welJ.

T0 be ;ure, Dovid l]uke does have a peculiar

btckcrpund,'I\cn1,y years *So) he rvoro a lisz.i
Swastika arun bend at a ooUcga ga,lhering "as a
gimmirk'' to pr,otcst a speech giv.en bV radical larvyer
Willirm Kuttlrler- Also during lltc l9?ffs Drrke tnade
slilrsrncnts at ralties and in college debat*s rvhhh he
now oonfersc; $'srg ill-conoqired ("I have outgrswn 1tr,g
exulreranre gnri eo*tslncsg oI lfty youlh," he says).
Bnt thc votei's of Lonisiana ir'crs not vry
oonen:ed lbout rthrt Drvi<l fJuke may havc rnid in
l9?5, They rierE more intnrcsced iB what he was sil)'ing
in ths lt6'9 crurpaign. And the fhings he caid in Urct
anmDaign tauscrl thern to turn oul in record nrrmbetg

by Richard Quinn

to eJcct Duke as thcir loprcse*trrit'c, . ..

So. rvhat doas atl thls nrcrn? Are we io hssr:rre thau
moat of Ltrp wtert in and sruund hletaine, I,ouislan^t
itre evil racists? Tha[ the-v all scer*t[r syrnnathieo *ith
lhe KKI(?
No, I surpect thal rnort, of thcm dcciilcd to iftnoro
Duke's past, lo occeyt his assnran*s thai hc had made
"many rnist*J:es it: rnt'lifs thrlf norv tegrel-" A:rd
lhey rwle rvitlirrg to vote for hirn becc,use hc spoko
forceintJy for the need co hcassegs the currc:tt riirection
oI poliLiea ia Amcnta, IIc exlaessod a tru*tlrtion tl:at
may be gt'otyixg in comrrturit^:ts eli rc|'os thc eounlr-v
rvhert ordinsry cirir+us rre frd up witi drugs and
slreet violenoc, with epectal inccrast pplilics *nd
"r+versc di*criminrlion," u'ith t}e b[o*tilg or' th+
rrelfsre,state, tilc dcay qf thc eities, tlrq failurc ta
educatc our ehildren in thc pubtic schoolc and the
dlsinlrHration oI tle Arnerican familyWIat Detter wf,y to rcject Sotiljcs BS usutl t-han ro
elect a mr,velick liko Dgvid Duke? Whtt better $'ru' tD
tweak the nose cf the estaLrligtrmenll
Duke u'ag raj'itrg, sit]r considerabls force, tlrat.
lrqor and middki clcx rvhlter in America arre t]ro
forgolrsn peopte. The!' arc ertrested to ahoulder the
gr*rtest poltion of t^he tax burden ortly to lind chal
their chitCrgn cr?n't snfc in school ot' thst ttr*y tun'g
gct, scJrglarslrips bccaute af mitortty ptsferenc+ or t^hel
they ca:r'l gct jobc in the posr ollice hecause of quota
hiri::g or that they ean't rgnture orttsldc their homes
*t night urjthout losr rrf injury,
Nottc of this js intendcd as a defens of Dnvirl
nuke- IIis ratler *udden ahi{6 6 rnorg rconsnsiblc
rhetoric, a:rd other hints of r*rlicalism jn )ria r$cent
background are indcnd confesing. Tintc will be the t+st
of his sinceri(v. But I do intend to dsfend thc yottc* of
hii Ejstr;cr flavjd lJuk* rnay hav-e been Mstalris,
I+uisiantk \t'd.y of mlkirrg an cl(troordinary statantcnl, not ln spite of fhc rrc.tion*l Republican Prrty's
hprvy-handcd attempt ro inscntct them on how tn wte,
but ratrhar laecgfirs of it,
Prn'ha,ps poliriuirno with morc conwntional back.
grounds ryill trlie nqte of a sign reos?tly posted on B
hoed nnrr h{ctairic, T}r* sign sirnply sal.r: \VEI.COIIi E
?'O I.OTJISISNA* NOBODY TELLS US HO\ti'$
$OfE. Thrt is the ocnrr*l tnesltrxe of David Duke's
olocLign, anit ir [t a'rery $outhern senlirnent^
Republi.can Nstional Chairntatr Lee Afs;alntr rcho
uttdsrgLunds lhe South well,13 qobably coilumplgfing
t"hri niessagc a[ lhin very nroment. O
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