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Published Jul. 7, 2008I understand that Jesse Helms has died in the last few days......What I don't understand is all the hoopla over what a wonderful man he was and how is stood for what North Carolina is and was.
I have only lived here for 3 years and after doing some research over the weekend about Helms I am scared to learn what North Carolina IS and WAS. I am sure that this has been blogged about over the weekend, but I have not been on here since Thursday morning (major withdrawls....)
I am just asking what was SO great about this man that I missed in my research? It is certainly evident that he stood for something and never waivered in the 90 years he was alive!!
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But when it's a central theme in his 1990 and 1996 campaigns against Harvey Gantt (who was black)...it proved conclusively that he'd really not progressed on that subject in the preceding 40 years even allowing for the cultural norms of his formative years.
That's the crux of my problem with his politics...his absolute beliefs in his rightness. Belief anchors you and doesn't allow you to easily accept other ideas...life becomes static and you can't grow as a person as you can from idea to idea.
Even when it's patently obvious to almost everyone else on the planet that you're wrong!
Certainly, he was very representative of his times. I'm thankful that for the most part, we've grown beyond that outdated world view.
Our society isn't close to perfect in this area...but it's a lot closer to that ideal than he was.
July 7, 2008 1:21 p.m.
Yeah, well so did Hitler. And Jeffery Dalmer.
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July 7, 2008 12:19 p.m.
GOLO member since July 2, 2008
July 7, 2008 10:47 a.m.
Guess what... many African American's also own SLUMS of houses which they rent out to the public.
An African American lady who works at my office owns several apartments which she rents through the Housing Authority.. and they have just been re-inspected and didn't pass. Why you ask? Because the tenants have utterly destroyed the apartments.
What Jessie's wife did is NO different than what many people all over the country do.. be they white, black, asain, mexican.. whatever.
There is no point in putting dirty, disrespectful, callous people in a nice new apartment.
Your comment was pointless and not needed..
July 7, 2008 10:39 a.m.
"I have been too lax too long in doing something really significant about AIDS."
Would that be considered a flip-flop?
GOLO member since May 8, 2008
July 7, 2008 10:38 a.m.
That's not her fault.You could put those folks up in a new home and watch it go down the tubes in little to no time.They are "renters" and for the most part,do not care about someone else's property.Look at West Gville what they did to it.It looks like a third world country.SE Raleigh? Just about anyplace where MLK names is plastered.
GOLO member since December 30, 2007
July 7, 2008 10:31 a.m.
Well that's certainly true, and some of it wasn't very admirable...especially the slum housing his wife rented to indigents near downtown for decades which became condemned after it was brought to light by one of the news channels.
Still - a man is dead, and prayer for comfort to his loved ones is a compassionate exercise.
God bless.
Rev. RB
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July 7, 2008 10:26 a.m.
July 7, 2008 10:24 a.m.
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July 7, 2008 10:21 a.m.
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July 7, 2008 10:11 a.m.
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