I was registering and I needed a user name; I am strong believer in the KISS principal so I was thinking how to keep it short. The thought of short triggered the word long. I could have just as easily went for the name Shorty, but I am in to history so the name “ Wild Bill Longley“. sprang to mind. You might not have heard of him. He was a character in Texas history during the occupation (reconstruction) after the Civil War. He was an interesting character, but not someone I want to emulate. There are people in history that I would like to emulate but Longley is not one of them; he had a sad troubled life. At an early age, I think he was sixteen, he got pulled into the insurgency when he killed a black trooper who was about to kill his father. From then on he never had a normal like. He spent the rest of his life fighting and killing people until he was finally hung.
I have nothing in common with Longley except we are both Southerners. Longley was a racist and a cold blooded killer. I think racism is dumb and I love the peaceful life, free of personal drama. I am a democrat and although he fought for the democrat cause during the insurgency I doubt he ever voted. In the beginning, white Southerners were not allowed to vote by the occupation forces and by the time they regained the vote he was a wanted man and could not afford to take the chance.
Oh by the way I misspelled the name Longley, but it doesn’t bother me.
I have nothing in common with Longley except we are both Southerners. Longley was a racist and a cold blooded killer. I think racism is dumb and I love the peaceful life, free of personal drama. I am a democrat and although he fought for the democrat cause during the insurgency I doubt he ever voted. In the beginning, white Southerners were not allowed to vote by the occupation forces and by the time they regained the vote he was a wanted man and could not afford to take the chance.
Oh by the way I misspelled the name Longley, but it doesn’t bother me.
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