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Strom Thurmond was once a presidential candidate most notable for being able to suck a golf ball through 30 feet of garden hose. His son tries to completely end the cycle of familial suckage.



The lawmaker son of notorious segregationist and former U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond said on Tuesday that he was proud to support the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state capitol.

South Carolina state Sen. Paul Thurmond (R) addressed the Senate after Gov. Nikki Haley (R) called on lawmakers to vote for the flag to be removed.

Thurmond, whose segregationist father died in 2003, noted the role his own ancestors played in the history of the South and their involvement in the Civil War. Thurmond proudly recalled some of the positive aspects of their legacy but lamented that his ancestors didnt always make the right decisions.

For the life of me, I will never understand how anyone could fight a Civil War based in part on the desire to continue the practice of slavery, Thurmond said. Think about it for just a second. Our ancestors were literally fighting to continue to keep human beings as slaves, and continue the unimaginable acts that occur when someone is held against their will. I am not proud of that heritage.

Now we have these hate groups and the symbols that they use to remind African-Americans that things havent changed and that they are still viewed as less than equal human beings, Thurmond continued. Well, let me tell you, things have changed. Overwhelmingly, people are not being raised to hate or to believe that they are superior to others based on the color of their skin.


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I am proud to be on the right side of history regarding the removal of this symbol of racism and bigotry from the Statehouse.


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