I wonder what you actually knew about the Sherrod incident this morning when you called Andrew a racist. (I get that you since Googled it.)https://twitter.com/heerjeet/status/949034946592518145 …
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I just re-read the piece I wrote on the Sherrod story in 2010 (which ended up not running anywhere -- I wrote it for Real Clear Politics but they felt they'd already run too much on the story, and this was in pre-Medium days). A bit of context:
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Breitbart posted the Sherrod video after the NAACP passed a resolution demanding that the Tea Party disavow the racists in its ranks. To him, this was "fighting back" with "well, how about these racists in the ranks of the NAACP." So I'm sure he saw it as "they attacked first."
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Case in point; George Wallace was a racial liberal (by Alabama standards) until it cost him votes, then whoa, Nelly. What he "really thought" is a footnote, and arguably if he knowingly sold out, that's worse.
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Though in his case, what really fascinates me was his ability to remake himself yet again, to the point where he started winning the black vote in the '80s.
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