How many of you would sign this petition?

[rog1187]

Radio host petitions for removal of ‘Byrd’ from public spaces


David Beard

TheDPost.com



MORGANTOWN — A satellite radio host who once worked in Morgantown has launched a petition drive to remove the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s name from all public facilities.



The host, Andrew Wilkow, of Bellmore, N.Y., told The Dominion Post he’s taking a jab at the Confederate flag mania sweeping the nation.



“The petition was a simple response to the game that is played by many Democrats when we are faced with an issue over race,” he said in an email exchange. “If it is now going to be that the Confederate flag comes down and statues of Confederate generals must be removed, it would stand to reason the same treatment would be given to the legacy of a senator who was in the KKK.”

Wilkow is an afternoon host on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. He edges his conservative views with humor, as evidenced in the moniker of his show, The Wilkow Majority, and its slogan: “We’re Right. They’re Wrong.” He worked at WCLG from 1998-2000.

The petition aims “to remove the name of the late Senator and Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd from the public space, road ways and government buildings (including schools).” The petition page notes that Byrd also conducted a filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.



The petition goes to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

As of midday Thursday, the petition had 4,259 signatures, with a goal of 5,000.



The folks signing the petition hail from across the country, with very few from West Virginia.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

Radio host petitions for removal of ‘Byrd’ from public spaces


David Beard

TheDPost.com



MORGANTOWN — A satellite radio host who once worked in Morgantown has launched a petition drive to remove the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s name from all public facilities.



The host, Andrew Wilkow, of Bellmore, N.Y., told The Dominion Post he’s taking a jab at the Confederate flag mania sweeping the nation.



“The petition was a simple response to the game that is played by many Democrats when we are faced with an issue over race,” he said in an email exchange. “If it is now going to be that the Confederate flag comes down and statues of Confederate generals must be removed, it would stand to reason the same treatment would be given to the legacy of a senator who was in the KKK.”

Wilkow is an afternoon host on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. He edges his conservative views with humor, as evidenced in the moniker of his show, The Wilkow Majority, and its slogan: “We’re Right. They’re Wrong.” He worked at WCLG from 1998-2000.

The petition aims “to remove the name of the late Senator and Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd from the public space, road ways and government buildings (including schools).” The petition page notes that Byrd also conducted a filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.



The petition goes to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

As of midday Thursday, the petition had 4,259 signatures, with a goal of 5,000.



The folks signing the petition hail from across the country, with very few from West Virginia.

No, this is equally as stupid.this tit for tat thing on principle is almost more annoying than the crybaby minority special interest groups.

 

[WVUBRU]

No. Stupid as is the latest in GA of removing Davis, Lee, Jackson monument from Stone Mountain. People need to understand the difference between a symbolic measure such as flying a flag on public ground versus recognizing a memorial to history in a country such as ours. You can't just wrap up everything that might be interpreted as offensive into the same bundle and have the same action towards everything. Nothing wrong with the acknowledgment of historical figures even if it might be offensive depending on perspective in the right context.

 

[WVUCOOPER]

I can't imagine ever signing a petition.

 

[RichardPeterJohnson]

Radio host petitions for removal of ‘Byrd’ from public spaces


David Beard

TheDPost.com



MORGANTOWN — A satellite radio host who once worked in Morgantown has launched a petition drive to remove the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s name from all public facilities.



The host, Andrew Wilkow, of Bellmore, N.Y., told The Dominion Post he’s taking a jab at the Confederate flag mania sweeping the nation.



“The petition was a simple response to the game that is played by many Democrats when we are faced with an issue over race,” he said in an email exchange. “If it is now going to be that the Confederate flag comes down and statues of Confederate generals must be removed, it would stand to reason the same treatment would be given to the legacy of a senator who was in the KKK.”

Wilkow is an afternoon host on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. He edges his conservative views with humor, as evidenced in the moniker of his show, The Wilkow Majority, and its slogan: “We’re Right. They’re Wrong.” He worked at WCLG from 1998-2000.

The petition aims “to remove the name of the late Senator and Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd from the public space, road ways and government buildings (including schools).” The petition page notes that Byrd also conducted a filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.



The petition goes to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

As of midday Thursday, the petition had 4,259 signatures, with a goal of 5,000.



The folks signing the petition hail from across the country, with very few from West Virginia.

I'm ok with it as long as every highway, road or street in the south that has "Lee" as part of the name is changed too. There probably will only be 10,000 or so names to change. As for the Robert C. Byrd Expressway and everything else named after him which is a mind-boggling list btw(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd), I'm sure you'd be ok to substitute your frontrunner for all time greatest WVian, Daniel Boone!

 

[Keyser76]

Nope, People Change

 

[Op2]

It's ridiculous to try to equate the Confederate flag with Byrd's names on buildings. But to try to explain how/why Byrd is given a pass on this, the simple explanation is that when he did his "conversion" from KKK guy to mainstream guy it was a long time ago and such sins were forgiven then. Then after he became mainstream guy he became a longtime successful politician and the stuff in his past became longer and longer ago and he used his influence to get a bunch of stuff named after him.

If Byrd or someone like him tried to do a transition today from recent KKK membership to mainstream politics they would have zero chance of succeeding.

The comparisons need to be made at the same point in time. In the 1940s the Confederate flag was tolerated and a transition from KKK membership to the mainstream was tolerated in politics. In the 2010s, neither is tolerated.

 

[rd280z]

Radio host petitions for removal of ‘Byrd’ from public spaces


David Beard

TheDPost.com



MORGANTOWN — A satellite radio host who once worked in Morgantown has launched a petition drive to remove the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s name from all public facilities.



The host, Andrew Wilkow, of Bellmore, N.Y., told The Dominion Post he’s taking a jab at the Confederate flag mania sweeping the nation.



“The petition was a simple response to the game that is played by many Democrats when we are faced with an issue over race,” he said in an email exchange. “If it is now going to be that the Confederate flag comes down and statues of Confederate generals must be removed, it would stand to reason the same treatment would be given to the legacy of a senator who was in the KKK.”

Wilkow is an afternoon host on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125. He edges his conservative views with humor, as evidenced in the moniker of his show, The Wilkow Majority, and its slogan: “We’re Right. They’re Wrong.” He worked at WCLG from 1998-2000.

The petition aims “to remove the name of the late Senator and Ku Klux Klan member Robert Byrd from the public space, road ways and government buildings (including schools).” The petition page notes that Byrd also conducted a filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.



The petition goes to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

As of midday Thursday, the petition had 4,259 signatures, with a goal of 5,000.



The folks signing the petition hail from across the country, with very few from West Virginia.

Any request from a liberal POS, I would certainly deny

 

[mneilmont]

It's ridiculous to try to equate the Confederate flag with Byrd's names on buildings. But to try to explain how/why Byrd is given a pass on this, the simple explanation is that when he did his "conversion" from KKK guy to mainstream guy it was a long time ago and such sins were forgiven then. Then after he became mainstream guy he became a longtime successful politician and the stuff in his past became longer and longer ago and he used his influence to get a bunch of stuff named after him.

If Byrd or someone like him tried to do a transition today from recent KKK membership to mainstream politics they would have zero chance of succeeding.

The comparisons need to be made at the same point in time. In the 1940s the Confederate flag was tolerated and a transition from KKK membership to the mainstream was tolerated in politics. In the 2010s, neither is tolerated.

You are generous. As I recall, he called blacks the N word during 40s and 50s. He called blacks the N word on the Senate floor in 201? era. Is that term racist or not? We have whites who go all to hell when it is used by whites, not when the blacks and Byrd use it. Is it racist or not? Was it part of Byrd's ever day vernacular? Don't offer that he just misspoke. He is one of the last eloquent speakers to be on the Senate floor.

 

[Op2]

You are generous. As I recall, he called blacks the N word during 40s and 50s. He called blacks the N word on the Senate floor in 201? era. Is that term racist or not? We have whites who go all to hell when it is used by whites, not when the blacks and Byrd use it. Is it racist or not? Was it part of Byrd's ever day vernacular? Don't offer that he just misspoke. He is one of the last eloquent speakers to be on the Senate floor.

Saying he called black people in the 40s and 50s proves my point. You could do it back then with impunity and not have repercussions. Today it's different. Depending on the context maybe you can get away with it a little today but no way you could say it today like you could in the 40s and 50s.

 

[Mntneer]

The guy that created this petition was a DJ in Morgantown back in the 90's I believe.

 

[rog1187]

It's ridiculous to try to equate the Confederate flag with Byrd's names on buildings. But to try to explain how/why Byrd is given a pass on this, the simple explanation is that when he did his "conversion" from KKK guy to mainstream guy it was a long time ago and such sins were forgiven then. Then after he became mainstream guy he became a longtime successful politician and the stuff in his past became longer and longer ago and he used his influence to get a bunch of stuff named after him.

If Byrd or someone like him tried to do a transition today from recent KKK membership to mainstream politics they would have zero chance of succeeding.

The comparisons need to be made at the same point in time. In the 1940s the Confederate flag was tolerated and a transition from KKK membership to the mainstream was tolerated in politics. In the 2010s, neither is tolerated.

LOL, as recently as 2005, in his memoir, Byrd describes the KKK as a fraternal assembly of, quote, "upstanding people," end quote. He was the only senator to vote against both African-American Supreme Court nominees Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.

 

[mneilmont]

Saying he called black people in the 40s and 50s proves my point. You could do it back then with impunity and not have repercussions. Today it's different. Depending on the context maybe you can get away with it a little today but no way you could say it today like you could in the 40s and 50s.

Why are you overlooking what he said on Senate floor in one of his last appearances? It is offensive and racist or it is not.

 

[ThatNehlenFeelin]

that outsider can go to hell

 

[Op2]

Why are you overlooking what he said on Senate floor in one of his last appearances? It is offensive and racist or it is not.

Why are you even arguing this? You know how things are today. The standards are much different today. Byrd had his "white ******" comment several years ago and apologized up and down and he survived. If he had done much worse he probably wouldn't have survived. He had his 2005 book about his life and of course he had to mention his time in the KKK in a story of his life and he said he regretted it and it was bad, yadda, yadda. Do you expect us all to think that in the year 2005 Robert Byrd wrote a book saying the KKK was good and got away with it? Think about that. It makes no sense.

Whether one likes current standards no not, the reality is that they are simply different than the old ones. Way back when if you were in gov't you could do the Confederate flag thing or you could have a recent KKK membership. Today you can't do either of this, which is for the better IMO, but the larger point is the flag vs Byrd comparison doesn't hold because Byrd's KKK membership came so long before the new standards.

How many people are there in mainstream politics today that were in the KKK 10 or even 20 years ago? Very, very few, if any.

In 1946 Byrd wrote:

"The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation."

Six years later he was voted to the US House of Reps. That would never happen today

 

[mneilmont]

Why are you even arguing this? You know how things are today. The standards are much different today. Byrd had his "white ******" comment several years ago and apologized up and down and he survived. If he had done much worse he probably wouldn't have survived. He had his 2005 book about his life and of course he had to mention his time in the KKK in a story of his life and he said he regretted it and it was bad, yadda, yadda. Do you expect us all to think that in the year 2005 Robert Byrd wrote a book saying the KKK was good and got away with it? Think about that. It makes no sense.

Whether one likes current standards no not, the reality is that they are simply different than the old ones. Way back when if you were in gov't you could do the Confederate flag thing or you could have a recent KKK membership. Today you can't do either of this, which is for the better IMO, but the larger point is the flag vs Byrd comparison doesn't hold because Byrd's KKK membership came so long before the new standards.

How many people are there in mainstream politics today that were in the KKK 10 or even 20 years ago? Very, very few, if any.

In 1946 Byrd wrote:

"The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation."

Six years later he was voted to the US House of Reps. That would never happen today

Robert Byrd could have raped Lassie and still won WV - yesterday, today - tomorrow. It has nothing to do with the era. It is totally Robert Byrd in WV.
I would not want to run against his corpse. He was called "The Daddy" and it was an earned title.

 

[Mntneer]

Why are you even arguing this? You know how things are today. The standards are much different today. Byrd had his "white ******" comment several years ago and apologized up and down and he survived. If he had done much worse he probably wouldn't have survived. He had his 2005 book about his life and of course he had to mention his time in the KKK in a story of his life and he said he regretted it and it was bad, yadda, yadda. Do you expect us all to think that in the year 2005 Robert Byrd wrote a book saying the KKK was good and got away with it? Think about that. It makes no sense.

Whether one likes current standards no not, the reality is that they are simply different than the old ones. Way back when if you were in gov't you could do the Confederate flag thing or you could have a recent KKK membership. Today you can't do either of this, which is for the better IMO, but the larger point is the flag vs Byrd comparison doesn't hold because Byrd's KKK membership came so long before the new standards.

How many people are there in mainstream politics today that were in the KKK 10 or even 20 years ago? Very, very few, if any.

In 1946 Byrd wrote:

"The Klan is needed today as never before, and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia and in every state in the nation."

Six years later he was voted to the US House of Reps. That would never happen today

Byrd got a pass simply because of his party affiliation. Period.