Lord Byron Quotes
Though I love my country I do not love my countrymen.
6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824, British Poet & Member of Parliament, Letter, April 22, 1823
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The hypocricy of this slogan is almost incredible. Most of the actions of the KKK over the years have violated the spirit and the laws of America. They are opposed to many of the Bill of Rights. There was a time, before the 1970s, where members literally got away with murder in the South. When Americas laws were enforced and KKK members who broke the law were jailed and sued for monetary damages, the Klan has a very tiny membership and is constantly under survelience.
Seeger had been a Communist in his youth and left the Party after Stalin’s excesses were disclosed, but he always espoused liberal causes like civil rights, rights of labor, freedom of speech and he was against the Vietnam War. Critics always accused him of hating America because he found fault with so much. See {639853} for more of his views on the subject.
The irony of this wonderful statement was that President Trump when he was campaigning gave the most racist and misoginist speeches of any presidential candidate in history. Actually many people who kbnow him well claiomed that he was not personally prejudiced but was just pandering to the racists and sexsits within his political base. His statements were so racist taht the KKK for the first time in history endorsed a prediential candidate. Most of the Trump supporters were not racists and many were not sexists, but amost all of the racists and sexists were supporters of Trump.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS known simply as Lord Byron, was an English peer, who was a poet and politician. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement and is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
