In 1972, South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond sent a letter to the office of Attorney General John Mitchell, suggesting John Lennon be deported. Thurmond believed Lennon’s antiwar and anti-Nixon views would spread in rock concerts and festivals... -- Matt Taibbi

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[–]mifu 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Thurmond was a racist who had a black woman as a mistress for many years. I guess you could say the relationship was complicated.

[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Deportation, censorship, smearing, lying, accusing any and everyone else of the crimes they are committing, etc
Conspiracy, corruption, abuse of power, and all that has been going on longer than I've been around to witness it

[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Instead of deporting him legally... they just had him killed