Barbecue eatery owner, segregationist Maurice Bessinger dies at 83

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Barbecue eatery owner, segregationist Maurice Bessinger dies at 83

(A relative of mine in Columbia told me recently that someone else had taken over as CEO and stated that
he wasn't into politics. Thank goodness...)

By JOHN MONK

[e-mail] 24, 2014 Updated 13 minutes ago


Maurice Bessinger THE STATE NEWSPAPER


COLUMBIA, SC — Maurice Bessinger, who was as famous for his barbecue shops and sauces as he was for his diehard segregation stands, has died at 83.

A Korean war veteran with a gentlemanly demeanor, a businessman who grew a restaurant business that employed 200 employees, a devout Baptist who supported missionaries abroad, Bessinger in many ways had a background as American as the finger-licking tasty Southern food his establishments were known for.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/24/3288326/barbecue-eatery-owner-segregationist.html#storylink=cpy

[gopiscrap]

1. oh well....

[TlalocW]

2. He was featured on the Daily Show, interviewed by Stephen Colbert

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-21-2002/civil-whites

TlalocW

[beerandjesus]

7. That sauce shouldn't surprise Colbert....

Mustard-based is how it's done in South Carolina.

It's pretty weird till you acquire a taste for it, but it's worth the effort!

[TlalocW]

13. Yeah, I remember an episode of the Colbert Show

Where I think he was working a story based in North Carolina or maybe featuring a representative from there, and he talked about the difference in bbq between the Carolinas - North Carolina's being vinegar-based. As he tried a plate, he would pretend to dry-heave and retch.

TlalocW

[Shrike47]

3. An upfront bigot. Worth reading to see his slant (i.e., slavery was good for blacks)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. that's not that unusual a view amongst bigots. nt

[Paladin]

9. Yeah, that's standard-issue Sons/Daughters of the Confederacy propaganda. (nt)

[jsr]

4. I love it when Southerners refer to racism as 'politics'

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. i wouldn't attribute this to just southerners. i think most majorities think that what does

not impede their lives, is politics.

institutionalized racism is a political issue for most whites, but a personal issue to most AA's.

[cordelia]

8. Thank you for a rational, non-judgmental response. nt

[Champ50]

10. May he rot in hell.

[Tom Ripley]

11. Lawdy, the mincing bigot has now gone to that great veranda in the beyond! Bless his heart.

[NightWatcher]

12. I prefered to eat at his other brother's establishment, Bessingers

It's just as good, without all the hate and racism.

[Dirty Socialist]

14. It's Kind of Difficult

For blacks to be "helped" by slavery when two-thirds of them DIED on their way over here.

[cali]

15. piece of shit bigot.

fuck him.

[joeybee12]

16. A bigot to the end...well, if there is an afterlife...

hopefully he's experiencing a lot of regret right now.