I just wonder if they realized that they were doing it. You see, Ida B. Wells rather famously called for every black home in America to have a Winchester rifle, and I frankly wish that more African-American families had listened to her. We might have had a smoother path to civil rights and proper enfranchisement if they had.
Anyway, here’s the relevant quote, which is from an essay attacking lynching*. Read the whole thing if you’re ready to get infuriated again about a part of the Democratic party’s history that it absolutely refuses to apologize for, or even acknowledge if it can possibly avoid it. Heck, read the whole thing anyway. Continue reading I applaud Google’s decision to honor pro-gun, Republican African-American Ida B. Wells.