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In reply to the discussion: Nikki Haley was asked by a voter what was the cause of the Civil War. It did not go well. [View all]BadGimp
(4,031 posts)77. Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
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Nikki Haley was asked by a voter what was the cause of the Civil War. It did not go well. [View all]
Swede
Dec 2023
OP
She's got to know she wouldn't have fared very well in the southern states in the...
PJMcK
Dec 2023
#63
Yeah, government interference in states' rights to let their people own other people.
Ocelot II
Dec 2023
#3
how on EARTH did this ignotwit get elected to any office, much less GOVERNOR? I know, it's SC but still...
CurtEastPoint
Dec 2023
#8
Because she blows all the MAGAt dog whistles to keep some credibility within that community, while pretending
Martin68
Dec 2023
#60
The Post constantly reminds of Haley's contradictory or ambiguous stances. They headlined her failure to slavery fail.
Martin68
Dec 2023
#82
I was brainwashed as a 4th grader in a Virginia rural school when we studied "Virginia History" in 1962.
Martin68
Dec 2023
#83
You mean "the War of Northern Aggression". That's what some of my associates called it.
Wonder Why
Dec 2023
#54
Do a web search on the term. I just did but posted that before I did so because I heard it from people.
Wonder Why
Dec 2023
#90
Yep. "The War of Northern Aggression" is what many still call it. They say it was about 'state's rights'
Attilatheblond
Dec 2023
#69
There are places in the south that referring to it as the civil war is frowned upon very much
Cheezoholic
Dec 2023
#12
Confederate state governments were interfering in African-American people's freedoms
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2023
#16
I remember when unreconstructed Neo-Confederates liked to say it was for "economic reasons."
sop
Dec 2023
#18
So basically, the Federal government was interferring with the rights of southern citizens to interfere with the ...
marble falls
Dec 2023
#23
And it's currently being employed to justify the creeping effort to own women.
Attilatheblond
Dec 2023
#72
"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery" - Declaration of Secession
Tactical Peek
Dec 2023
#44
Anyone who thinks Haley is a "moderate" in any sense of the word is deeply misinformed. This example of
Martin68
Dec 2023
#59
What a spineless, revisionist history cult. Disgusting, deplorable and all lies, all the time. n/t
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2023
#61
Woke liberals trying to change the long standing tradition of using people as property
IronLionZion
Dec 2023
#67
I hope she says the Alamo was about illegal immigrant settlers crossing the border
IronLionZion
Dec 2023
#88