Comments on: Duke Supporter Elected to Louisiana GOP Governing Committee http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/ Hatewatch is a blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jh http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-93 jh Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:42:32 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/#comment-93 <p>As a GOP person I am not thrilled about this. However it should be realized that no one is hardly aware of these GOP races. Even party supporters often don't vote in them and there are often vacant seats.</p> <p>I suspect he got his Christmas card list out and got people to the polls. It is a bad situation but does not reflect the typical view of the party. He will be taken out of office next time he is up</p> As a GOP person I am not thrilled about this. However it should be realized that no one is hardly aware of these GOP races. Even party supporters often don’t vote in them and there are often vacant seats.

I suspect he got his Christmas card list out and got people to the polls. It is a bad situation but does not reflect the typical view of the party. He will be taken out of office next time he is up

]]> By: Nicole Nichols http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Nicole Nichols Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:59:59 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/#comment-88 "I can see that those who desire racial conflict first try to elininate the middle ground that exists where persons who are different come together." David, I don't believe a truer statement was ever made. At this point in our history there are too many divisive things happening - from many different entities. I, too, lived through desegregation. So much hard work and so many lives were touched by this era - and I'm not ready to be thrown back 40 years. It starts in our neighborhoods and communities - we HAVE to learn how to reach out and how to turn it around. - we HAVE to start somewhere, and our own backyards need to be the focus. We must never accept or ignore hate. “I can see that those who desire racial conflict first try to elininate the middle ground that exists where persons who are different come together.”

David, I don’t believe a truer statement was ever made. At this point in our history there are too many divisive things happening – from many different entities.

I, too, lived through desegregation. So much hard work and so many lives were touched by this era – and I’m not ready to be thrown back 40 years. It starts in our neighborhoods and communities – we HAVE to learn how to reach out and how to turn it around. – we HAVE to start somewhere, and our own backyards need to be the focus.

We must never accept or ignore hate.

]]> By: David Tyler http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-82 David Tyler Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:07:26 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/#comment-82 <p>I don't quite know why so many whites(and some Blacks as well)want to stoke the flames of racial hate and conflict.Both white and black live in my neighborhood, as has been the case for a good while.Lately there are some elements of both races that cant seem to get along.Having lived through desegregation here many years ago,I can see that those who desire racial conflict first try to elininate the middle ground that exists where persons who are different come together.With a hostile Supreme Court on the loose,I fear for those too young to remember the hard times of the past when so few found common ground.Every one of us need to do our part to make sure we oppose racial haters so we don,t have to return to the hard world of the past.</p> I don’t quite know why so many whites(and some Blacks as well)want to stoke the flames of racial hate and conflict.Both white and black live in my neighborhood, as has been the case for a good while.Lately there are some elements of both races that cant seem to get along.Having lived through desegregation here many years ago,I can see that those who desire racial conflict first try to elininate the middle ground that exists where persons who are different come together.With a hostile Supreme Court on the loose,I fear for those too young to remember the hard times of the past when so few found common ground.Every one of us need to do our part to make sure we oppose racial haters so we don,t have to return to the hard world of the past.

]]> By: peter webster http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-79 peter webster Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:42:48 +0000 http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2007/08/02/duke-supporter-elected-to-louisiana-gop-governing-committee/#comment-79 Between the white racists and sexual offenders, the Republican party would be woefully understaffed... Between the white racists and sexual offenders, the Republican party would be woefully understaffed…

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