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What? Another self-appointed warrior for social justice who also ‘exaggerated his exploits’? Never!

August 28, 2011 By Kathy Shaidle

Why can’t Leftists just tell the truth?

Late in life, Kennedy was miffed at allegations that some of his writings about the Klan were fabricated or exaggerated. Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt, co-authors of the book ‘Freakonomics,’ alleged that Kennedy misrepresented portions of ‘I Rode With the Ku Klux Klan,’ as did critic Ben Green, a Tallahassee writer about the civil rights era.

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