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In reply to the discussion: Killing Jews is part of Confederate Heritage? [View all]Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)27. Probably the right sequence.
It seems an ethnic group which doesn't have a presence is exotic, but once they arrive the mob mentality takes over.
I don't mean to suggest the CSA was some shining moral beacon in any way, just that they probably weren't measurably more antisemitic than most of the rest of Western Civilization. And that their postwar heirs adding all sorts of antisemitic, anti-Catholic, etc. platforms to their position really diverges from the original they claim to revere so.
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A bit of a side note. Somewhat contra-intuitive, but South Carolina in particular seems to have
GeoWilliam750
Aug 2017
#20
It' is just a bunch of racists. Anybody with any pigment in their outer layer....
pangaia
Aug 2017
#7
I'd suggest it probably has some comparison to Irish in British service
Pope George Ringo II
Aug 2017
#31