32. A postscript to my J. Edgar Hoover twitter-essay. We need to think about how Hoover's racism, anti-radicalism & sexual repression linked
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42. Sexual repression was political for Hoover because it was the source of his power.
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43. Hoover could keep a lid on his sexual impulses. Other men (FDR, JFK, LBJ) couldn't. That gave Hoover leverage to blackmail them.
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@HeerJeet MLK represented to Hoover what white men of era most feared as well as hated... a black man having sex with white women.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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