(07-26-2018, 01:29 AM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(07-25-2018, 10:27 PM)mikesez Wrote: Do you want me to make a list of the other 17 dixiecrat senators?  The assassination attempts were in 1975.  Do you think any of those 17 were still in the Senate as Democrats at that time, and still proud of their votes in 1964 and 1965?  Bonus if they say they're both proud of their vote and also say that they're "left wing" or "liberal".  Let me know if you find one.

All but Strom Thurman stayed lifelong Democrats. You're putting the burden on us to prove they weren't sorrowful when you should prove they were. It seem more logical to believe that they were content with the choices they made just a couple years before the time period to speak about. 

This isnt some sort of trial. I think we agree that the guys morally failed with the votes they cast in 1964 and 1965.  The question is how to categorize them, as left wingers, or as right wingers? Neither is a crime or moral failing. You don't usually need to meet a burden of proof to put someone in a category.  If you put them in a different category that's fine.  I keep telling people my reasons and my evidence and no one ever tells me theirs.  It's not really about burden of proof so much as it is not my turn anymore to be the only one bringing up specific names with specific dates and specific events.  Someone else needs to step up. The rest of you seem to be going on hunches or feelings. If feelings are all the evidence you need to categorize people, that's fine. Feel however you want. If you have actual reasons, lay them out.

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