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hlthe2b

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1. Yes... the reverberations of vanquished populations go on for generations....

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 03:03 PM

Feb 2013

I wonder, had Lincoln lived and been able to enact his more moderate approach to Southern reconstruction (and what likely would have been a "Marshall-like" plan for Southern rehabilitation), if things (and attitudes) might have been different 150 years later...

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The Old South's Last, Desperate Stand [View all] marmar Feb 2013 OP

Yes... the reverberations of vanquished populations go on for generations.... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #1

Generations, centuries... and we wonder why the Irish can't let it go... Hekate Feb 2013 #3

Interesting reading. Matariki Feb 2013 #2

I love broad sweeping statements about the South when a Google search... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #4

From what I can see from the link thucythucy Feb 2013 #6

"Redistricting is not the same as gerrymandering"?? Seriously?? It is in most states.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #7

Redistricting is not the same as gerrymandering: thucythucy Feb 2013 #8

Incredible. Just curious, but in what decade were you born? nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #9

What difference would that make? thucythucy Feb 2013 #13

It makes a lot of difference because you evidently understand very little about American politics. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #14

OKay, fine. Your position is I'm young and I'm ignorant thucythucy Feb 2013 #15

You need to read the article el_bryanto Feb 2013 #10

K&R for great reading Populist_Prole Feb 2013 #5

The article is accompanied by the following photograph and caption: Ian Iam Feb 2013 #11

"The historical memory of white Southerners is not of ethnic coexistence and melting-pot pluralism" SpartanDem Feb 2013 #12