From: f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,misc.headlines,talk.politics.mideast
Subject: Re: Jack S Defends MLKing Slur (Was: ARF DEFENDS HIS HONOR)
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:23:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: ccsvax.1992Oct14.202322.1498
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University

In article <1992Oct14.162025.6006@udel.edu>, carroll@dori.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll) writes:
> In article <BvzoD3.Gou@ddsw1.mcs.com> arf@ddsw1.mcs.com (Jack Schmidling) writes:
>> 
>> 
>> Article 36262 (9 more) in misc.headlines:
>> 
>> From: gummitch@techbook.com (Jeff Frane)

[text deleted]

>> They attacked him like sharks at a feeding frenzy.  They 
>> could not mention his name without playing that scratchy old 
>> film of him, as an 18 year old student with a swastica, 
>> protesting the Vietnam war.
>> 
> 
> Back in January, Jack was trying to defend David Duke, saying that he
> had changed since his days as a Klan member. At the time, I entered
> into an agreement with him, that I would provide evidence that Duke
> had not changed his views since his Klan days, and in return, Jack would
> provide evidence of an alleged "secret Rabbi tax." I provided the following
> article, showing the David Duke is the same hate-mongering bastard that
> he was in the days when he wore a hood. I think that this following
> article, recieved through a UPI newsfeed on January 17th is very
> relevant to Jack's current claim, as well as interesting because despite
> repeated requests, Jack has refused to fulfill his part of the deal.
> 
> ->        DALLAS (UPI) -- Republican presidential candidate David Duke says that
> ->his philosophy remains unchanged from his days as a grand wizard of the
> ->Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana, a newspaper reported Friday.
> ->        Duke told The Dallas Morning News that he was ``proud'' of his years
> ->as a Klan leader, an apparent switch from the candidate's attempts in
> ->the past two years to moderate his views on race.
> ->        Duke also said that blacks and other minorities have the upper hand
> ->in the United States and he is concerned about the threat to white
> ->citizens.
> ->        ``Obviously the scale is tipped over in their favor and what happens
> ->is the rights of the majority come down,'' he said.
> ->        Duke said he now stands by his controversial past as a Klan leader in
> ->Louisiana. ``Fundamentally yes, I haven't changed,'' he said.
> ->        Duke has made unsuccessful bids in Louisiana for the Senate and for
> ->the governor's office in recent years. He began moderating his views
> ->after he was elected to the Louisiana House in 1989. He left the Klan in
> ->1980 and started the National Association for the Advancement of White
> ->People.
> ->        Duke said he originally joined the Klan in 1973 because it was the
> ->only group ``that was standing up for Western, Christian values openly,
> ->white values.'' He said he still believes in the ``basic fundamental
> ->view of the Klan.''
> ->
> ->
	Duke may or may not have made such a statement but I personally
would not want to rely on reporting from the Dallas Morning News as a
source.  Living in Texas, I think we have better newspapers.  I live
near the Louisiana border and have relatives in New Orleans and so
cannot avoid the rumble and chaos of Louisiana politics.  This report
on Duke sounds most uncharacteristic of his statements in recent years
and like all of us, I suspect he could have grown up some.  I understand
Senator Byrd was once a Klan member. If anybody over thirty will look
back a few years with any honesty they should find some interesting and
perhaps fascinating changes; if not, God pity them.  The human being
is not a static robot but is capable of remarkable change.  Look back
a hundred and fifty years and we find many examples of slave owners
who became emancipators.  When will we stop seizing on elements of the
past to feed our petty hatreds and desire for vengeance and move into
an era of real brotherhood?  An eye for an eye and we'll soon all be
blind.

    	[Text on comparison of Duke and Clinton deleted]
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