'I'm sure there would have been a Woolworth's Lunch-counter Appreciation Day' on Fox News in 1960

[Newsjock]

Credit goes to TPM commenter "Lincoln Stax."
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/chick_fil_a_tv_news_helicopter.php?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150986110378907_23301121_10150986359008907#f1e0287658

That is all.

[Lifelong Protester]

1. Great minds think alike

I was thinking the same thing...

Bigots on parade...

[bluestateguy]

2. All these older Southern evangelicals were surely strong segregation supporters 50 years ago

I have no doubt about it.

[progressivebydesign]

3. Absolutely. I made that point a little while ago in another thread.

These crowds would be the same ones from the 50s and 60s. Same mentality.

[bhikkhu]

4. Exactly - and every time you hear a complaint about "PC" behavior and speech

keep in mind that its usually complaining about how you just can't hate and discriminate like you could in the good old days.

[The Wizard]

5. They need an "other"

for which to blame all their problems. In the 50s it was the colored or negro problem.

[Major Hogwash]

6. Ain't it the truth, ain't it the truth.

Hannity Insanity would be there, serving sandwiches, and O'Reilly would be mixing the malts.

Yeah, sure, sure.