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« on: August 18, 2014, 04:24:31 PM »
Thomas Jefferson probably fits pretty well into this category.
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« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2014, 04:27:11 PM »

Well there's the fact that LBJ was not an FF in any sense of the word.
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« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2014, 04:34:15 PM »
The CRA was less the result of conscious action by LBJ than it was action on the streets by activists who risked their lives to see it become a reality. Any person in office who didn't sign off on that risked political suicide, which is something I think LBJ readily understood.
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2014, 10:26:11 AM »

You don't think overthrowing the oppressive Batista regime and ending the half-a-century-long exploitation of Cuba by the United States puts one into 'freedom fighter' territory?
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