Reply #10: I agree with the other poster who

[hileeopnyn8d]

said she's a symptom not the genesis. Yes, she did stir them up but she is hardly the only one. Nor is she even the biggest offender.

What I'm struggling with in your post is the idea that there were never any race issues in West Virginia. I have family in West Virginia, my mother grew up there, my niece and two of my brothers in law are black - trust me - West Virginia isn't utopia of racial harmony.

And who pray tell, were these "busloads of instigators who came from Pittsburgh to fire up the race thing?" Are you talking about the Freedom Riders? Civil Rights activists?

I'm glad your community passed the test back then, I'm sorry they're failing it now. I don't think you can blame that on Sarah Palin. Do you believe you can stir up racial hatred where no racial hatred exists?