39. In the imagination of White supremacy, blackness is linked to lewdness and a dangerous sexual openness.
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40. During various Red Scares, Hoover and others repeatedly linked communism with with homosexuality.
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41, In MLK, Hoover saw a person who brought together everything he hated: black militancy, sexual openness, political radicalism.
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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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44. Hoover must have been enraged by the fact that King wouldn't allow himself to be blackmailed (le mot juste) & defied Hoover.
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45. Perhaps the final thing to remember is that Hoover, monstrous though he was, was a product of bipartisan national security state.
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46. Liberal presidents from FDR onward allowed Hoover to amass power: they valued his ability to collect secrets & repress the left.
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47. Hoover was the golem who learned to blackmail his creator. Fear the golem, but don't forget to challenge the creator.
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@dustinharbin Sorry, here in one place: https://storify.com/JeetHeer1/j-edgar-hoover-as-piller-of-american-institutional …
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