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The Genealogist

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3. It is long past time to stop sanitizing a dark chapter of American history

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2017, 12:47 AM

Aug 2017

This ridiculous notion that the southerners who rebelled and seceded from their own country it were just misguided but honorable gentlemen is a lie. They were traitors who turned against their country so they could keep owning other human beings as property without anybody meddling in their vile slave system. Where's the honor in that?

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Rubin: Enough of the Confederate statues, the alt-right heroes and Trump's moral idiocy [View all] highplainsdem Aug 2017 OP

A great article by Rubin. dalton99a Aug 2017 #1

The rethugs will always believe anything or anyone is better than HRC. kairos12 Aug 2017 #2

It is long past time to stop sanitizing a dark chapter of American history The Genealogist Aug 2017 #3

Ironic that Nikki Haley was the one who got the ball rolling hexola Aug 2017 #4