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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Sep 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Kyle Smith

    Apparently there is a lively debate on whether the original Ty Cobb was a racist (and all round nasty guy)https://twitter.com/rkylesmith/status/907442195241857025 …

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    http://nypost.com/2015/05/31/how-ty-cobb-was-framed-as-a-racist/ …
    8:54 PM - 11 Sep 2017
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      1. uptowngbv‏ @uptowngbv 11 Sep 2017
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        A guy born and raised in Georgia after reconstruction? Unlikely to be racist imo.

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      1. Warren Terra‏ @warren__terra 11 Sep 2017
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        So the idea is, he was rather freely vicious and violent in a time of ugly racism, but maybe wasn't unusually racist for the time and place?

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      1. Nick  👣 🐾  🇨🇦 🇺🇦‏ @JWH1895 11 Sep 2017
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        From what I've read, if you judge him by the standards of his day he was a world class asshole.

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      1. Michael Jemal‏ @gmall 11 Sep 2017
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        a friend enthusiastically recounted & anecdotally dismissed Cobb's racism & misanthropy. Many believe him to be exact opposite.

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      1. Andrea Aguirre‏ @sumo_andy 11 Sep 2017
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        Total asshole. And unsuprisingly racist.

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      1. Robert E. Dorn‏ @robertedorn 11 Sep 2017
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        As Trump certainly didn’t read it, the joke stands.

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      1. Juan Salvo‏ @j_salvo 11 Sep 2017
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        Is this a real debate or like the debate about what the confederate flag means?

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      1. Ambode‏ @AmBoDe33 11 Sep 2017
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        Everything I've every read is a yes. A blowhard by the day's standard, an a$$ & more by today's. <unfortunately> just like 'The Babe' (Ruth)

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      1. קשת A*‏ @SababaUSA 11 Sep 2017
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        How hard is it to accept that a player in a segregated baseball league from 1905–28, who has a reputation for racism, was racist??

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      1. K-Lux #MaskUp  🦩‏ @KellyLux 11 Sep 2017
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        I thought that was a given?

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