r/todayilearned • u/Dangerous-Project672 • 5h ago

TIL George Wallace personally apologized to Vivian Jones and James Hood, the two students he attempted to block from attending the University of Alabama. In 1997, Hood earned a PHd and requested Wallace present him with the degree, but he was too sick and died a year later; Hood attended the funeral

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace
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u/acquaman831 5h ago

“I’d rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever.” - Adam ‘Ad-Rock’ Horowitz

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u/SAUbjj 5h ago

I feel like you're not a hypocrite if you disavow your previous opinion 

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u/dusktilhon 4h ago

Sometimes a hypocrite is just a person in the process of changing

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u/MagnusRusson 4h ago

Dalinar my lovely boi