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L.Pharmstrong

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33. Lincoln should have let them go.

Reply to coti (Reply #14)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 08:26 AM

Nov 2020

After winning the Civil War, he should have let Sherman burn the entire Confederacy to the ground and then said go be your own country. It would have instantly become a third-world shithole without support from the industrialized Northeast. Instead we’ve be locked in a Cold War with the Confederacy for the past 150 years.

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"We need to succeed [sic] from the union and form our own country." MS House Rep [View all] Tactical Peek Nov 2020 OP

ran unopposed. that's the first problem nt msongs Nov 2020 #1

I believe that was done once before pfitz59 Nov 2020 #2

Bye. We won't even stop you this time. Statistical Nov 2020 #3

That's about where I am with these clowns greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #13

Nah, no need for a satellite state to a foreign power in the middle of the Continental US... JHB Nov 2020 #29

Moron. n/t Lugnut Nov 2020 #4

Say Buh-Bye to your welfare checks Lock him up. Nov 2020 #5

Could always build a wall around em'... Chicago1980 Nov 2020 #7

Fine vercetti2021 Nov 2020 #6

Oh, and those Climate-Changing hurricanes... Lock him up. Nov 2020 #9

Yeah vercetti2021 Nov 2020 #11

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2020 #17

Ah, the South-bashing has started early today 🙄 moose65 Nov 2020 #28

How about you go ahead and fire upon Fort Sumter, asswipe, and see how that goes for you. RockRaven Nov 2020 #8

Price. sheshe2 Nov 2020 #10

Poor tragic MS on it's own. pat_k Nov 2020 #12

I'm in total support. In fact, if they don't secede, we should coti Nov 2020 #14

Lincoln should have let them go. L.Pharmstrong Nov 2020 #33

He should have chased them into the ocean Fullduplexxx Nov 2020 #34

Well, cutting Dumbfuckistan loose would surely make the colossal federal deficit disappear quickly. catbyte Nov 2020 #15

If these states seceded, we could make them behave before they got their blue state foreign aid. diane in sf Nov 2020 #16

Go for it. I'm tired of subsidizing your sorry ass. jalan48 Nov 2020 #18

Sedition. Evict his Neanderthal ass. lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #19

The first time they pulled something like that didn't work out. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2020 #20

Be careful what you wish for DFW Nov 2020 #21

These are people who tear at the fabric of our republic when it benefits them ... Earthshine2 Nov 2020 #22

Making a country of the poorly educated. nt Boogiemack Nov 2020 #23

"Gift uns ar freedum frum thees gol-dam spellin rewls!" struggle4progress Nov 2020 #24

Well alrighty then! I'm all for shutting down ... Brother Mythos Nov 2020 #25

Please do BlueNProud Nov 2020 #26

Can we sell back most of the Louisiana purchase to the French? SomedayKindaLove Nov 2020 #27

Please proceed, Representative. eom tarheelsunc Nov 2020 #30

I thin thas a brilyunt ideer. Vinca Nov 2020 #31

Go right ahead. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #32

Anyone wanna tell Johnny reb here that they're 0-1 on this at the moment? Tarc Nov 2020 #35

Foster is free to leave the US any time. apnu Nov 2020 #36

Buh-bye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out /nt wackadoo wabbit Nov 2020 #37