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Archae

(46,328 posts)
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 04:51 PM Jun 2015

Like I said, they don't even bother hiding their racism anymore.

Of course, this is what 150 years of pro-Confederate propaganda creates.

Iowa Conservative Radio Host Backs The South In The Civil War

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Tuesday, 6/9/2015 3:10 pm

GOP presidential candidates are flocking to a conservative talk show hosted by Jan Mickelson, along with programs hosted by Steve Deace and Simon Conway, since these Iowa-based radio personalities hold sway over the upcoming February 1 caucuses. On Friday, Mickelson spoke to two announced candidates, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who told him during the show that President Obama is “redistributing poverty” to states like Iowa, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). When Graham tried to draw a parallel between the American Civil War and the current conflict in Iraq, Mickelson jumped in to defend the Confederacy: “I don’t consider the North amongst ourselves. You mentioned capturing territory, I’m considering [Fort] Sumter South Carolinian territory and you were invaded, pretty much like the Russians are invading the Ukraine.” Graham pleaded: “I can’t go down that road. I’m all for the union.” Mickelson is not alone, as Deace regularly hosts secessionist Michael Peroutka, who blamed the North’s victory on supposed societal ills such as gay marriage.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/iowa-conservative-radio-host-backs-south-civil-war#sthash.S2NJaUuf.dpuf

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Like I said, they don't even bother hiding their racism anymore. (Original Post) Archae Jun 2015 OP
Now gay marriage is changing old history. xfundy Jun 2015 #1
See how evil! HassleCat Jun 2015 #4
Gay marriage promotes military victories? immoderate Jun 2015 #2
Sumter was American territory... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #3
Reminds me HassleCat Jun 2015 #5
 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
3. Sumter was American territory...
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 05:21 PM
Jun 2015

you asshat. It wasn't the War of Northern Aggression, it was the War of Southern Treason.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
5. Reminds me
Tue Jun 9, 2015, 05:33 PM
Jun 2015

Where I live, there is a clown who has the rebel flag all over the place, on his truck, painted on an old wooden pallet in his yard, and flying right under the US flag on his flag pole. What does that mean? To fly both flags at once? Is he glad the US beat the Confederacy? Is it supposed to designate dual citizenship? Maybe he's just a moron.

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