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Funny@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

Those that work forces are those who burn crosses.

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Those that work forces are those who burn crosses.

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Funny@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

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I can’t find a source for this at the moment, but I read somewhere that the original line was “Some of those that hold office/are the same that burn crosses.” It rhymes a lot better.
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  It does rhyme better, but why would they change that?
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    Radio stations wouldn’t ever play the first way.

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