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<p>I rather doubt that, particularly since Thompson never made any “statements”, he never issued a policy statement, never said this is how I feel, what he did was make a joke that was obviously taken for what it was by the audience it was directed towards. How do I know this to be true? If his joke offended just one of the participants it would have made the front page of the New York Times. </p>
<p>Under the heading of seeking understanding, I should ask why would a person waste so much time, energy and space on this BB on such a ridiculously absurd issue, particularly in light of your convoluted approach to both attributions and associations with the notion of “Confederate or Southern Sympathies”.</p>
<p>Given all the challenges we face, all that is reasonable fodder for discussion about the issues that will impact us as individuals as well as our nation; is there really anyone aside from you on this site or anywhere else in the universes, that gives a rat’s derri</p>