He is an opportunist, but even most opportunists have a consceince on some level, and there's a time many will sacrifice ambition when the carnage gets too close to home.At first I was taken aback by Wallace backing out but it makes sense. He's a classic opportunistic politician, he probably figures helping to burn down the South won't help his prospects.
It might hurt his chances in this timeline, but then again, he might not choose to run... or he might have been killed in the riots. That's absolutely possible unless the author says otherwise.I wonder how Lester Maddox did during the riots in Georgia? IOTL he refused to serve black patrons of his restaurant in ‘64, and threatened them with a pickaxe handle. Ultimately closing it rather than allow blacks to enter by law. None of this hurt his being elected as governor in ‘67.
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Real life health comes before this.Announcement:
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Get well soon! We can wait.Announcement:
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Get well Geon !Announcement:
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That must awful.i.e. cataracts
Mom had cataracts, and while she was having that dealt with, she also had her eyes fixed so she no longer needed glasses for distance vision. I hope there is a silver lining there for you as well. Or better yet, a mithril liningNothing serious, just a lot of little things (i.e. cataracts) that need to be taken care of. I hope to come back to it soon.
Best wishes, Geon. I hope after your recovery, the cataract surgery has as positive an oucome as mine did.Announcement:
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Yes, Robert should be grateful for the kindness of the people at Grace Baptist Church.I think the idea behind the forgiveness is to show that, unlike the Freedom Army, Minnie May and her church are willing to extend forgiveness to those who ask for it, and refuse to stoop to 'An Eye for an Eye'. Though I think Robert should count his lucky stars that he was actually SORRY. I think they'd be a little more stern with someone who simply said 'Sorry' after bombing the church in the most dry tone possible.
I think you mean 'defused', as diffused means spread about.And he would make it his business to ensure that somehow this “race bomb” as he would later call it would be diffused throughout the south.