dholliday
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Is support for the Confederacy automatically support for slavery?
Current Affairs Donald Trump POS: Judgement cometh and that right soon
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Is support for the Confederacy automatically support for slavery?
TheBigIguana
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dholliday
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Horrible people. I met their ilk in Johannesburg, the way they talked about black people was just sick, lacking in any humanity.
I called them out on it but just got laughed off as if I was saying silly. I've swerved well clear of such poisonous people since, fortunately in Western Europe such filth are quite rare.
Method in the madness there.
It is no coincidence that this bellicose tirade comes hard on the heels of the accusations of treason in the wake of his Putin debacle.
This is pure wag the dog stuff.
I guess I'll answer this with another question:
What reason could a true "yankee" possibly have to fly a Confederate flag if not for slavery/racism? At least a small minority of Confederate flag waving people in the South could argue it's their heritage, their ancestors were killed in battle, and so on. In places like Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York? It's just racist
BigDunc'sFod
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Not all trump supporters are xenophobic racists, but the vast majority of xenophobic racists are probably Trump supporters
Haven't really ever seen any as far north as Mass (one or two in NH) but traveling around the country I've seen a few. I'll never get my head around someone flying both the confederate flag and the American flag.
No “probably” about it
Not all Trump supporters are racists.
But all racists are Trump supporters.
tsubaki
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The overreaction to Ocasio-Cortez is astonishing; you'd almost think she was a viable Presidential candidate rather than a shoe-in to a safe seat in the house. You would almost describe them as scared.
Toffeeslam
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Tough guy in front of the Iranians but when it comes to Putin (who is a much larger threat to the US then Iran will ever be) he turns into a little scared clown who threw his own intelligence agencies under the bus to kiss some Putin butt.
The work of a certified bully if I ever saw one
abelard
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They are pretty upfront about what they're afraid of:
I’m A Conservative, And I Went To An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Rally
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/23/conservative-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-rally/
"On Saturday evening, Democratic congressional candidate Cori Bush held a rally in celebration of her birthday. Bush, who is running in the Aug. 7 primary against seven-term incumbent William “Lacy” Clay Jr. in Missouri’s First Congressional District (St. Louis), brought in some star power for the event: Democratic socialist and Bronx native Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Over the years, I have attended my share of political events: tea party protests, a Rick Perry speech on tax cuts, a Ted Cruz rally, and even a speech given by President Donald Trump earlier this year. But nothing prepared me for the stark difference in tone.
Bush’s rally packed a few hundred friends and activists into a bar called the Ready Room in St. Louis, and almost from the moment I walked through the door, I was surrounded by a group of women who were discussing over drinks the reasons they had gotten involved in politics — the two things they all had in common were anger and fear. One even said, “I just couldn’t stand being angry and afraid all the time.
As the rally kicked off, a series of invited guests took the stage, each sharing the reasons that they supported Bush. Several mentioned the Ferguson protests — which began after police officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014 — and recalled being tear-gassed and arrested alongside Bush.
Others invoked the “Israeli occupation of Palestine” while still others told stories of “woke” grandchildren who asked over pancakes whether ICE was going to come and arrest them.
One even praised the strength and dedication of convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur — while Ocasio-Cortez (who was waiting in the wings) and Bush nodded along.
But then Ocasio-Cortez spoke, followed by Bush, and I saw something truly terrifying. I saw just how easy it would be, were I less involved and less certain of our nation’s founding and its history, to fall for the populist lines they were shouting from that stage.
I saw how easy it would be, as a parent, to accept the idea that my children deserve healthcare and education.
I saw how easy it would be, as someone who has struggled to make ends meet, to accept the idea that a “living wage” was a human right.
Above all, I saw how easy it would be to accept the notion that it was the government’s job to make sure that those things were provided."
Utterly ridiculous and only done as most farmers are in red states and administration beginning to realise how bad the tariffs are.
TheBigIguana
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Also people like to say that the Civil War wasn't only about slavery but honestly all the other reasons come back to it. Like states rights was really the state's right to decide if they wanted slaves. Also read the declarations of seccession. Some actually list continuing slavery as a reason
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